Dog and Duck Stadium, London Road, Wellingborough NN8 2DP
Kick-Off 3pm
ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League Premier Division
Saturday 9th November 2013
AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Cogenhoe United
After a long sequence of weekend away games, the Diamonds welcome Cogenhoe United for their first Saturday afternoon game at the Dog & Duck in over a month, in the ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League Premier Division.
This will be the first meeting between the two teams.
Admission prices are detailed here. There are details on how to become a member of AFC R&D here. Match Status information is here.
Our Opponents
In its current guise Cogenhoe United FC was formed in 1967, and initially played in the Central Northants Football Combination before joining the UCL in 1985 as they moved into their Compton Park home. They were promoted to the UCL Premier in 1987, where they have remained ever since. They won the UCL Premier in the 2004-05 season, with ex-RDFC striker Darren Collins scoring 50 goals that campaign, and he went on to become their manager in 2007.
They are nicknamed the Cooks, and their club website is here and their Twitter feed here. They play in blue shirts and shorts. For the first part of this season they were managed by Andy Marks, but he has recently moved abroad and Paul Lamb has taken over the reins.
The Cooks have had a good season so far, progressing to third in the league, including holding free-scoring Deeping Rangers to a 0-0 draw last weekend and recording a 100% record of success during October.
A number of Diamonds players have spent time at Compton Park, including Alex Deakin and Matt Gearing. Ex-R&DFC Youth Team player Lewis Hallford has recently joined the Cooks.
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 a covered standing area.
There is always a need for additional volunteers to help with ongoing maintenance and matchday work, as detailed here.
Other Info
A summary set of profiles for the Diamonds Players and Management is here. Individual player profiles are here, with player and match stats available here. For fixture news, including a downloadable fixture list, see here.
Player and Match Sponsorship options are detailed in the Commercial Brochure as detailed here.
The fixture list is here, and specific match status information here, along with the next planned fixture for the various AFC Rushden & Diamonds teams. 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 EA Sports 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.
A full directory of UCL clubs, including links to websites, ground details (with a map pinpointing all the UCL grounds), along with club links including Twitter details plus some general UCL links is here.
The UCL Handbook, along with links to competition rules for the season are here.
