Dog and Duck Stadium, London Road, Wellingborough NN8 2DP
Kick-Off 7:45pm
Friendly Fixture
Tuesday 21st July 2015
AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Biggleswade Town
AFC Rushden & Diamonds will play the first home game of their pre-season campaign with the visit of Biggleswade Town to the Dog & Duck on Tuesday evening.
Please note that there has been extensive remodelling of both the pedestrian and vehicular access to the ground over the summer – please follow designated routes. There is also continuing work in London Road which will also result in some local parking restrictions.
Admission to the game will be £5 adults and £3 concessions.
See below for details of all the social media options for following the Diamonds, as well as details on Radio Diamonds.
Our Opponents
Biggleswade Town play in the Southern League Premier Division, where they finished in 19th place last season. They are known as the Waders, and were formed in 1874. They moved from local leagues to the Eastern Counties League in 1955, and then to the UCL in 1964 and on to the South Midlands League in 1980. They moved into their current ground in 2008, and promptly won promotion to Step 4 and the Southern League. They won promotion to the Southern League Premier in 2013.
This will be the first meeting between the two sides (The Diamonds have faced the other local team Biggleswade United before).
The Waders website is here and their twitter feed is here. They are managed by Chris Nunn.
The Dog and Duck
For directions to the Dog and Duck see here, where you will also find details of car parking options. You will find a range of bars and catering facilities, as well as a Club Shop. There is covered seating available, as well as two covered standing areas. You can see a stadium plan that maps out these facilities here, along with details of catering facilities (including a snack bar menu / prices with details of the famous Diamond Burger).
There is always a need for additional volunteers to help with ongoing maintenance and matchday work, as detailed here.
Other Info
Details of the full pre-season campaign are here. A summary of the players who are already signed on for the 2015-16 season is here. Individual player profiles for the Diamonds squad are available here, Details of the new players and triallists are here. Historic player stats are here, and last season’s stats are here.
Player and Match Sponsorship options are detailed in the Commercial Section of this website as detailed here
The fixture list is here, and latest fixture news is here. You can find a directory of all of the Southern Football League Division One Central Clubs, with links to web pages, twitter feeds etc here, where you will also find a set of links to other useful resources.
There are a range of social media options available to help follow the Diamonds, with the well used and liked twitter feed to the fore, as well as a Facebook page and Club Instagram Page (follow afcrd). For this season we are also going to launch a Snapchat service, accessible on mobile platforms such as an iOS or Android Phone, so you can follow the live matchday story by finding afcrd on Snapchat. This will be trialled during some of the pre-season games, including this one, and more details will follow nearer the start of the season proper.
Radio Diamonds plan to start broadcasting once the season proper begins – details here.
Don’t forget you can get a regular Diamonds news bulletin delivered to your inbox, including details of all the forthcoming fixtures by signing up to the Club Newsletter – you will see a sign-up box on the right-hand side of the site homepage – just under the Hevey Logo.
For details of the history of AFC Rushden & Diamonds see here.
There are details on how to become a member of AFC R&D here, as well as news on Season Tickets, Multiple Game Tickets and related prices here.
The club depends upon volunteer support from its fanbase. If you would like to join the group who help either on matchdays or behind the scenes see here.
People accessing the website via Tablet or Mobile who want to access some of the nested menus on the website may find the “Quick Links” tab useful – found just above the “Hevey” logo on the homepage.
