Dog and Duck Stadium, London Road, Wellingborough NN8 2DP
Kick-Off 7:45pm
ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League Premier Division
Tuesday 18th March 2014
AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Desborough Town
AFC Rushden & Diamonds will host Desborough Town on Tuesday evening at the Dog & Duck in the ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League Premier Division. The two sides met at Waterworks Field in a Tuesday evening game in October, with the Diamonds recording a 2-0 win in the rain – report here.
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
Desborough Town have the rather unusual nickname of “Ar Tarn”, which is believed to have been adopted from the local pronunciation of “Our Town”. The club was founded in 1896 and joined the Northants League, which was later to be renamed as the United Counties League – and they have remained in the same competition for over a century. They have won the league title nine times, a record beaten only by Rushden Town.
A fire at Braybrooke Rd in December 2008 destroyed their clubhouse, with a replacement opening in February 2011.
When the two teams met in October they were managed by Steve Walker, but he was replaced by ex-Thrapston supremo Ian Walker in November. Walker has since brought in a number of new players, including several from Thrapston. They play in all blue and their website is here, but their twitter feed appears to no longer work. After a promising start to the season they have had a mixed period since, and are now in lower mid-table.
Ex Diamond Daniel Grainger joined Ar Tarn in September, and they also have a number of players from Sileby Rangers title-winning side of last season, including Michael Byrne and David Glass. Diamonds player Brad Harris joined the club after a spell at Braybrooke Road.
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. You can see a stadium plan that maps out these facilities here.
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.
Player and Match Sponsorship options are detailed in the Commercial Brochure as detailed here.
The fixture list is here, and latest fixture news 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 is here.
