Haydon Whitham Stadium, Outgang Road, Market Deeping, Lincs PE6 8LQ
Kick-Off 3pm
ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League Premier Division
Saturday 7th February 2015
Deeping Rangers v AFC Rushden & Diamonds
AFC Rushden & Diamonds make another trip to Lincolnshire on Saturday to face Deeping Rangers in the ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League Premier Division.
Details of admission prices will be added here as provided by the host club.
Please monitor AFC Rushden & Diamonds Twitter feed (@AFCRD) if the weather conditions suggests the fixture may be in any doubt.
Adam Confue will be unavailable for this game as he will be serving his one game ban for his dismissal for two yellow cards at Holbeach.
Matt Gearing has made 99 appearances for AFC R&D, so if he plays on Saturday it will be his 100th appearance.
Our Opponents
Deeping Rangers FC was founded in 1966, starting in the Peterborough & District Leagues. They joined the UCL in 1999, narrowly missing promotion from Division One in their first season, but they then won the league the following season, and have remained in the Premier Division for the past 14 seasons. They won the UCL Premier in 2006-07 – see here for more details of their history. Their manager is Tuncay Korkmaz, who led them to fourth place in the league last season. After a slow start to this season their recent form has been much improved as they have risen up the UCL Premier Table either side of the festive period.
Since the Diamonds first visit, at the start of last season, the stadium has been named as the Haydon Whitham Stadium in memory of their club secretary, who sadly passed away in the close season along with club president Norman Fowler.
Last season’s game was the Diamonds first game at Step 5 level, and they recorded a 3-2 victory – report here.
The Rangers club website is here and their twitter feed here. They play in Claret and Blue.
Directions / Getting There
For directions to Outgang Road, Market Deeping PE6 8LQ for the trip of around 44-miles from the Dog and Duck see here. Specific directions from the Town Centre are to head north on the B1524 towards Bourne. Turn right onto Towngate East at the Towngate Tavern Pub. Go straight over a mini roundabout onto Outgang Road, where the ground is 1/4 mile on the left.
To reach Outgang Road by public transport is rather challenging, the main options being via local transport to Peterborough then service 102 operated by Delaine Buses from Peterborough Bus Station to Market Deeping, followed by a walk to the ground. For door-to-door directions see the Traveline website.
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.
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.
