Mill Meadow, Gravel Hill, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 9QX
Saturday 19th December 2015
Kick-Off 3pm
Southern Football League Division One Central
Chalfont St Peter AFC v AFC Rushden & Diamonds
AFC Rushden & Diamonds will again head into Buckinghamshire at the weekend when they travel to face Chalfont St Peter AFC on Saturday. With the Diamonds maintaining the league lead last weekend, with Chalfont in second place on goal difference, this will be a chance for the teams to claim top spot prior to the festive fixtures.
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 is a Diamonds Match Diary here, and the club twitter feed will provide the latest information before, during and after the match using the link https://twitter.com/AFCRD or by following @AFCRD.
See below for details of all the social media options for following the Diamonds, as well as details on Radio Diamonds.
Our Opponents
The Saints were founded in 1926 as mainly a juniors club but with the efforts of motivated volunteers they eventually began to see on-field success culminating in the 1952 Berks & Bucks FA Intermediate Cup.
Senior status followed and the team began to progress through the Parthenon League, London League, Spartan League (1963-1975) and Athenian League (1976-1984) before spending 20 years in the Isthmian League, including their 1987-88 championship season. In 2006, Chalfont St Peter left the Isthmian for the step 5 Spartan South Midlands League after the FA restructured step 4. Their six-year stay in the Spartan South was accompanied by consistent on-field success (a 60% win percentage) and culminated with their championship winning 2010-11 season and the most successful season in their history. Promotion to the Southern League Division 1 Central followed, with the team consistently finishing middle of the table from 2011 until the present.
Danny Edwards has been managing the team for 12 seasons now, with 258 games and 107 victories for The Saints up until the beginning of this season.
The two teams met at the Dog & Duck in September, with the Diamonds recording a 3-1 victory – report here.
Their website is here, and their Twitter feed here. Their club colours are red shirts and green shorts.
Getting There
AFC Rushden & Diamonds Travel is running a combined players / supporters coach for this fixture – see details here, including a revised departure time.
You can find directions for the trip of around 60 miles to Mill Meadow, Gravel Hill, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 9QX here.
Those wanting to use Public Transport will find that the trip requires a complicated rail / bus journey – see the Traveline website for door-to-door directions.
Other Info
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.
Details of the Diamonds playing squad and management team are here. Individual player profiles for the Diamonds squad are available here. Player and Match Stats are here, and previous seasons stats are here.
Player and Match Sponsorship options are detailed in the Commercial Section of this website as detailed here
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.
Radio Diamonds will be broadcasting for this game – 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.
