Love Lane, Petersfield, Hampshire GU31 4BW
Saturday 28th November 2015
Kick-Off 3pm
Southern Football League Division One Central
Petersfield Town v AFC Rushden & Diamonds
AFC Rushden & Diamonds will make their longest away trip of the season when they travel to face Petersfield Town on Saturday.
The game was subject to a pitch inspection on Saturday morning but this was passed successfully. Please check the twitter link https://twitter.com/AFCRD or by following @AFCRD for further news.
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
Petersfield Town FC was founded in 1993 after Petersfield United closed down (because they weren’t granted permission to switch from the Isthmian 3rd Division to the Wessex League in 1992).
They won promotion to the Southern League at the end of the 2014-15 season. This is Petersfield’s second promotion in a row as they won the Wessex League Division One in 2013-14 before winning the Wessex League Premier in last season. You can find all the details from their title winning campaign on the Non-League Matters website here. They only lost two league games during that season, scoring 118 league goals.
Their best national cup run was the 1994-95 FA Vase where they reached the 2nd round.
They are known as the Rams and are managed by Ian Saunders. Their website is here, and their Twitter feed here. Their club colours are red and black. On Wednesday evening they recorded a 3-1 win at home to Fleet Town.
The two teams met in the first game of the season, with the fixture ending in a 1-1 draw – report here.
Getting There
AFC Rushden & Diamonds Travel is running a combined players / supporters coach for this fixture – details here.
You can find directions for the trip of around 115 miles to Love Lane, Petersfield, Hampshire GU31 4BW here
For those wanting to use Public Transport, will find that the ground is around a 15 minute walk from Petersfield station
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.
