The Northern Premier League Fixtures Secretary has provided a series of new fixture dates, including the four games postponed earlier in the season that were still to be scheduled, but also including some other revised dates to accommodate other fixture criteria.
The changes as they affect the current fixture list are as follows:-
- A new date for the postponed home game against Rugby Town (Tuesday 17/1/17)
- The home game on Saturday 28/1/17 will now be the previously postponed game against Loughborough Dynamo rather than Leek Town
- The away game at Witton Albion has been moved forward to Tuesday 14/2/17 (since postponed – see here).
- The home game against Spalding United has been moved forward a week to Tuesday 21st February
- A new date for the postponed trip to Chasetown (Tuesday 28/2/17) replacing the Spalding game mentioned above.
- A new date for the postponed home game against Witton Albion (Tuesday 7/3/17)
- The Leek Town home game mentioned above will now be on Saturday 18/3/17
The revised fixture list for NPL First Division South games is as follows:
Saturday 14 January 2017 15:00 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Kidsgrove Athletic
Tuesday 17 January 2017 19:45 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Rugby Town
Saturday 21 January 2017 15:00 Romulus v AFC Rushden and Diamonds
Saturday 28 January 2017 15:00 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Loughborough Dynamo
Saturday 4 February 2017 15:00 Sheffield FC v AFC Rushden and Diamonds
Saturday 11 February 2017 15:00 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Belper Town
Saturday 18 February 2017 15:00 Kidsgrove Athletic v AFC Rushden and Diamonds
Tuesday 21 February 2017 19:45 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Spalding United
Saturday 25 February 2017 15:00 Basford United v AFC Rushden and Diamonds
Tuesday 28 February 2017 19:45 Chasetown v AFC Rushden and Diamonds
Saturday 4 March 2017 15:00 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Stocksbridge Park Steels
Tuesday 7 March 2017 19:45 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Witton Albion
Saturday 11 March 2017 15:00 Northwich Victoria v AFC Rushden and Diamonds
Saturday 18 March 2017 15:00 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Leek Town
Saturday 25 March 2017 15:00 Market Drayton Town v AFC Rushden and Diamonds
Saturday 1 April 2017 15:00 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Northwich Victoria
Saturday 8 April 2017 15:00 Leek Town v AFC Rushden and Diamonds
Saturday 15 April 2017 15:00 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Newcastle Town
Monday 17 April 2017 15:00 Stamford v AFC Rushden and Diamonds
Saturday 22 April 2017 15:00 AFC Rushden and Diamonds v Carlton Town
A summary of the fixture changes, along with a downloadable schedule and references to the Google Calendar schedule can be found on the Fixture News Page here.
The consolidated Fixture and Results List can be found here.