March-May
Eastwood Town 2 – 2 Portsmouth (HT: 0 – 0)
Akwasi Asante 52’
Jermaine Beckford 70’
Will Keane (Portsmouth)
Honours Even At Coronation Park. Eastwood Town played out an entertaining draw against Portsmouth, twice the Badgers were behind and twice they levelled. Jermaine Beckford got the equaliser to give Eastwood a point.
Eastwood Town 0 – 0 Rotherham United (HT: 0 – 0)
Harlee Dean (Rotherham)
Badgers Made To Rue Missed Chances. Coronation Park hosted a promotion clash for the second season in a row between these two teams. Despite having the best of the game, Eastwood just could not find the goal that would give them 3 points.
Scunthorpe United 0 –
1 Eastwood Town (HT: 0 – 0)
Martyn Woolford 81’
Aidan Chainey
Rearguard Action Provides Victory. The Badgers travelled to Scunthorpe hoping to pick up their first win in 4 games and get their title challenge back on track. Despite The Iron having the best of the game, it was Scunthorpe old-boy Martyn Woolford that got the winner for Eastwood.
Eastwood Town 2 – 0 Sheffield United (HT: 2 – 0)
Martin Pusic 19’
Matt Lowton OG 33’
Martin Pusic
Quality Of Possession More Important Than Quantity. Coronation Park hosted a sell-out when the Blades came to visit. The home fans were not disappointed as the Badgers recorded a famous win to keep their 100% record against the giants from South Yorkshire.
Luton Town 2 –
0 Eastwood Town (HT: 1 – 0)
Anthony Brooker (Luton)
Hatters Strike Lucky. Eastwood Town travelled to Luton and for long periods of the game, should have scored a ton of goals, unfortunately Luton hit them on the break twice to get all 3 points.
Eastwood Town 2 – 0 Barnsley (HT: 0 – 0)
Martin Pusic 54’
Martyn Woolford 74’
Martyn Woolford
Eastwood Show Class To Upstage Barnsley. On a sunny spring afternoon at Coronation Park, Eastwood Town upset the odds to record a good victory against Barnsley. Martin Pusic and Martyn Woolford once again linking up well to give the Badgers the victory.
Eastwood Town 0 – 3 Doncaster Rovers (HT: 0 – 2)
George Friend (Doncaster)
Eastwood Powerless To Resist As Doncaster Dominate. With fixtures coming thick and fast, the Badgers had to rest some players and it showed as Doncaster gave the Badgers a reality check with a big victory.
Eastwood Town 3 – 1 Notts County (HT: 1 – 0)
Jermaine Beckford 26’ 53’
Akwasi Asante 82’
Jermaine Beckford
Eastwood Strike Lucky To Down Magpies. In their second local derby of the season, Eastwood Town recorded a fortunate victory over Notts County. The Magpies had a lot of chances but struggled to put them away while the Badgers had their shooting boots on to record a 3-1 win.
Oldham Athletic 2 –
4 Eastwood Town (HT: 2 – 3)
Martyn Woolford 13’ 88’
Akwasi Asante 18’ 27’
Martyn Woolford
The Latics Shocked By Dominant Badgers. With the title in sight, Eastwood manager Craig Chaplin whipped the dressing room up into a fever before the match with some inspiring words. On the pitch, it seemed to work, as every player put in an excellent performance to record a good victory. Eastwood now are within touching distance of the title.
Crawley Town 1 –
4 Eastwood Town (HT: 1 – 2)
Martin Pusic 20’
Martyn Woolford 32’
Keiron Forbes 71’
Danny Ventre OG 88’
Martyn Woolford
Badgers Ease To Victory. Fresh from another big win away, the Badgers put in another excellent performance that Crawley had no answer for. With goals coming from all over the park, Eastwood know that the title can be wrapped up next weekend.
Eastwood Town 5 – 1 Tranmere Rovers (HT: 3 – 1)
Martin Pusic 25’ 90+1’
Akwasi Asante 30’ 36’
Joe McKee 86’
Akwasi Asante
Coronation Park Ecstatic As Badgers Secure Title. Eastwood Town headed into this game knowing that a positive result would guarantee them the title with only 2 games to play. The Badgers put in a champions performance as they smashed Tranmere at home to give Craig Chaplin his 4th title in 5 years!
Preston North End 3 –
0 Eastwood Town (HT: 2 – 0)
Leroy Lita (Preston)
Preston Record Easy Win. With the title secured, the Badgers rested a lot of key names in preparation for the last home game. The second-string team battled hard but went down to a three nil loss.
Eastwood Town 2 – 0 Stevenage Borough (HT: 2 – 0)
Martin Pusic 27’
Akwasi Asante 45’
Joe McKee
The Party Begins As Badgers Ease Past Stevenage. The last home game of the season saw Stevenage travelled to champions Eastwood. The Badgers recorded an easy win with all the goals coming before half-time. At full-time the party really started as the players enjoyed the trophy which they worked so hard for, the next challenge is the Championship.
League Table:
EASTWOOD TOWN WIN THE LEAGUE BY 13 POINTS!
FA Cup: Lost in 3rd round (v Bolton)
League Cup: Lost in 1st round (v Peterborough)
JPT: Lost in N quarter-final (v Walsall)