Match Pack: Altrincham (H)

Sutton end their home campaign with the visit of Altrincham, who visit Gander Green Lane in the U’s penultimate league clash of the season.

Read below for everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Match Info

• Fixture: Sutton United vs Altrincham
• Competition: Enterprise National League
• Venue: VBS Community Stadium
• Date: Saturday, 18th April; 3pm KO (1pm Turnstiles)
• Strip: Amber home kit
• Television: National League TV

Officials

• Referee: Aaron Farmer. Making his second visit of the season to Sutton having taken charge of the game against Solihull in August. In his third season as a National League referee, he has also refereed half a dozen games this season in the EFL.
• Assistant Referees: Sean Rothwell (red/yellow); Ryan Head (yellow)
• Fourth Official: Nick Blogg

How to Follow

Video

A live stream on National League TV – via DAZN – will be available overseas by purchasing a match pass here.

A range of passes are available for the 2025/26 season, with pricing as follows:

• Annual – Pay Up Front: £99.99/year

Pay for a year upfront to get the best value deal.

• Annual – Pay Monthly: £12.99/month

Pay for a year upfront to get the best value deal.

• Monthly Flex: £19.99/month

Renews monthly. Cancel anytime with 30 days’ notice.

Audio

Supporters will be able to listen to all the action, with a Mixlr audio commentary being available and will be posted on social media accounts before kick-off.

Social Media

You can also follow the game through our social media channels below, with full text coverage during the fixture.

X: @suttonunited

Facebook: @suttonunited

Instagram: @suttonunited

In Person

Tickets are available to purchase here.

For enquiries, supporters can contact the club over the phone at 02086444440 or via email at tickets@suttonunited.net.

Ticket Prices

General Admission:

Getting to the Ground

Stadium Address:

VBS Community Stadium

Gander Green Ln

Sutton

SM1 2EY

By Car

Travel along the M25, exiting at Junction 8. Then travel north on the A217 for about 15-20 minutes. Ignoring signs for Sutton itself, stay on the A217 to the traffic lights by the Gander Inn (on the left), turn right into Gander Green Lane. The Borough Sports Ground is about 200 yards up this road on the left hand side. If you reach West Sutton Station you have gone too far.

On matchdays, the club car park in Gander Green Lane is for parking permit holders only. Away fans should park in Gibson Road, the local municipal car-park. It takes no more than 15 minutes to walk from Gibson Road to the stadium. Click here for more information regarding parking, while a map of Gibson Road can be found here.

By Rail

It is recommended that visiting supporters use Sutton station, which is on the main lines out of Victoria and London Bridge and is at the top end of Sutton High Street, about 20 minutes’ walk from the ground. Two buses between Morden and Sutton stations run conveniently close to our stadium: route 413 bus goes down Gander Green Lane, and number 80 runs along Collingwood Road. The ground can then be reached by taking the path through Collingwood Rec.

West Sutton railway station is adjacent to the ground. It is served by Thameslink trains via Wimbledon or Sutton. Come out of West Sutton station and turn right into Gander Green Lane and the ground is about 100 yards further along. Away fans should walk past the main entrance and after about 70 yards turn right into Collingwood Recreation Ground, where the away turnstiles 5-8 are situated.

By Bus

The 413 service runs past the ground down Gander Green Lane. The bus leaves Sutton town centre from outside the main post office. The 80 route from Hackbridge to Belmont runs down Collingwood Road. The ground can be reached by taking the path through Collingwood Rec. Both routes also connect with the Northern Line at Morden.

London Buses are now cashless. Fares are a flat £1.75, and this includes multiple journeys within a one-hour period of the first “touch in” with a contactless payment card or Oyster card.

Accessibility

All accessible entrances will be open as detailed in the stadium map below:

We currently have spaces for ten wheelchair users (seven home, three away) and we would ask anyone who needs to use this facility to book in advance (contactus@suttonunited.net). If any wheelchair user needs to park at our stadium, please let us know in advance and we will make arrangements to welcome you. We have accessible toilets at both ends of the ground and in the main stand. Ambulant supporters will need to climb a handful of steps as there are currently no lifts.

For more information, supporters can access the club’s FAQs, which can be found here.

Full Fan Guides for both home and away fans can also be accessed here.

Footballing activities will be available in the fanzone, including table football, as well as the bar and club shop being open.

Furthermore, Paul Brunson will be in the fanzone for a Meet and Greet as part of the Amber Rising initiative, along with live music from Merton Music Foundation pre-match. There will also be a Brass Band performing at half time pitchside, while the evening’s events will be concluded with the See Seas performing in the MBA Lounge.

Prior to that, the annual End of Season Awards’ will take place in the MBA Lounge together with a raffle, following on from the final Strikers Are Key in the Rowlen’s Bar, and will precede a Legends’ Match on the pitch. All timings will be confirmed on Friday night.

Stat Attack

2 – Both sides have an identical record across the last five games (W1, D1, L3), though Sutton’s run began with a win, while Altrincham’s is their most recent result.

4 – Altrincham have the fourth worst away record this season (W5, D5, L14).

4 – Sutton’s last two wins over Altrincham were by a margin of four goals or more (4-0 and 5-0).

5 – Sutton’s emphatic 5–0 victory at the start of last season is the biggest margin of victory in this fixture.

9 – Seven of Altrincham’s last nine goals have all been scored in the first half, having only drawn a blank in two of their last nine games.

Head-To-Head

• Altrincham wins: 8
• Draws: 3
• Sutton United wins: 7

Last Four Meetings:

• Altrincham 2-1 Sutton United – 6th September (National League)
• Altrincham 1–0 Sutton United – 14th December 2024 (National League)
• Sutton United 5–0 Altrincham – 17th August 2024 (National League)
• Altrincham 0–4 Sutton United – 17th April 2021 (National League)

Last Time We Met

A James Gale strike ten minutes from full time saw Altrincham come from behind at the J. Davidson Stadium, condemning Sutton United to a fifth defeat of the season.

Sutton opened the scoring with one of their first real chances of the game, as a deep ball from Lewis Simper was cleared as far as the returning Liam Vincent, who combined nicely with Jayden Harris who reached the byline before cutting the ball back, where Ashley Nadesan cutely flicked the ball home his first league goal of the campaign.

Despite taking both the lead and the momentum into the interval, Altrincham equalised just after the restart when Elliot Osborne’s cross was headed home by Jimmy Knowles, and Phil Parkinson’s side came close on a number of occasions soon after, with Gale most notably being denied by Jack Sims with a point blank save following a rapid counter-attack, coming moments after Nadesan was stopped himself by an excellent Luke Hutchinson save.

With ten minutes to go though, Altrincham completed the turnaround when Sims superbly tipped Tom Crawford’s powerful strike onto the crossbar, though he could do nothing about the rebound with Gale finally getting the better of his opponent, tapping home the decisive goal at Moss Lane.

Player In Focus

Isaac Marriott

Position: Midfielder

Age: 26

Appearances 25/26: 43

Played for Both

Ali Smith

Alistair Smith enjoyed a two-year stint at the VBS Community Stadium, which had succeeded a season at Altrincham during the 2020/21 campaign.

The Mansfield Town academy product had spent time on loan at a number of clubs, including Loughborough Dynamo, Frickley Athletic and Kettering Town, before joining Altrincham on a temporary deal in November 2020. This would be the last of his loan spells away from Field Mill, with Smith making 11 appearances before signing on a permanent deal in January 2021. He would make a further 30 appearances as a permanent Alty player before returning to the Football League the following summer, becoming one of Sutton’s first signings as a League Two club.

The midfielder would appear 68 times for the U’s and won the Ralph Carr Young Player of the Season award at the end of the 2022/23 campaign, having helped the club achieve a third successive season in the fourth tier after an 11^th place finish. This would signal the end of his time in South London, with Smith’s form catching the eye of teams in League One, and he would join Lincoln City ahead of the 2023/24 season following the expiry of his Sutton contract. He has since followed that move up with loan spells at Colchester United and AFC Wimbledon, where he is currently plying his trade, having signed for the Wombles on a permanent basis ahead of their promotion-winning campaign last term.