AFC Rushden & Diamonds will play their first game in the Northern Premier League First Division South on Saturday when they travel to Staffordshire to face Newcastle Town (KO 3pm). The Diamonds are planning to wear their yellow away strip for this fixture.
Directions on how to reach Buckmaster Avenue, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 3BX are here. The club is running a shared coach for this fixture – details are here. Those using public transport will find that the 101 bus stops nearby, and there is an access route via a bridge across the Lyme Brook. Newcastle Town have provided two very useful guides – Newcastle Town Matchday Information and Newcastle Town Directions
Details of the Castle history, and other information on kit colours etc, is on the NPL website here, with other information on the club directory page here. Their new website is here, and twitter feed here. They finished in 14th place in the league last season.
Those Diamonds fans that followed R&DFC may remember visiting this stadium around 15 years ago to face the likes of Wrexham in a pre-season tournament. The ground is unusual as there is a banked cycle track surrounding the pitch, helping to give an elevated view.
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.
Other Info
A summary of the Diamonds 2016/17 playing squad, including player pen-pics is here. Individual player profiles for the Diamonds squad are available here. Current Player, Match and League stats are here, along with historic player stats. Last season’s stats are here.
The Diamonds fixtures for the 2016-17 season can be found here.
You can find a shared Google calendar that includes all the Diamonds fixtures here. This will allow you to link to that calendar or copy and paste them into a personal calendar. See here for more details of linking to iOS calendars.
Player and Match Sponsorship options are detailed in the Commercial Section of this website as detailed here
The latest fixture news is here. You can find a directory of all of the Northern Premier League First Division South Clubs, with links to web pages, twitter feeds etc here, where you will also find a set of links to other useful resources.
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), and 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 broadcast commentary on the 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.
