Dog and Duck Stadium, London Road, Wellingborough NN8 2DP
Kick-Off 8pm
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
Friday 15th August 2014
AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Oxhey Jets
AFC Rushden & Diamonds will start their second campaign in the FA Cup by hosting Oxhey Jets at the Dog & Duck on Friday evening. The game has been switched to a Friday night to allow the venue to host two FA Cup games this weekend. The Jets play in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, which is a Step 5 league equivalent to the UCL Premier.
Please note this game will kick off at 8pm on Friday evening.
Diamonds fans will have many memories of last season’s run in the competition, but one of these will be their opening game last season when they might easily have gone out of the competition at the first hurdle at London Colney – opposition from the same division as the Jets.
The winners of the tie will host Bedford Town in the FA Cup Preliminary Round on the weekend of 30th August. You can see more information on this season’s FA Cup on the FA Website here including Round Dates, List of Entries Accepted, List of Exemptions, Prize Fund and full draws for the Extra Preliminary Round, Preliminary Round and First Round Qualifying.
This is an all-pay game. Entrances prices for this game are the normal cup tie £6 Adults, £3 Concessions (Over 60s, students, U16s) and £1 U8s.
Should scores be level after 90 minutes there will be a replay at The Boundary Stadium, South Oxhey on Tuesday 19th August (KO 7:30pm).
N.B. As this is a game in an FA competition, the FA rules regarding alcohol must be observed, meaning that no alcohol can be consumed outside of the clubhouse, and to ensure this there will be no alcohol sales from 7:45pm until the game is finished – please help us by observing this rule.
Match Status information is here.
Our Opponents
Oxhey Jets play in South Oxhey, near Watford, and were formed in 1972. They reached their current level in the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League in 2005. They first entered the FA Cup in the 2005-06 season.
The Jets play in blue shirts and shorts, and are managed by Wayne Gladdy.
Further details about the club can be found on their website here. Their Twitter feed is here.
Last season the Jets finished in 18th place in the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division.
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 Section of this website 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 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.
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.
