Whitstable Town have the advantage at the midway point of this Isuzu FA Vase semi-final contest – but the margin would have been so much more had it not been for Hartpury University keeper Stephen Sarkodie.
What are the football dynamics like in a town where two senior teams co-exist side by side? Particularly, featuring one club considerably larger than the other. Do both have a role to play or is a merger entirely suitable for pooling resources?
Merthyr Town are enjoying a renaissance under the stewardship of former Yate Town boss Paul Michael – and he is determined to return them to the level that he believes they belong.
The Step 5 club priced out of its 11,000-seater home of five years insists news of being replaced as tenants by their arch rivals came as “a complete shock”.