Dakyn Road, Leicester LE5 2ED
Kick-Off 3pm
ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League Premier Division
Saturday 20th December 2014
Thurnby Nirvana v AFC Rushden & Diamonds
AFC Rushden & Diamonds make a trip to Leicester on Saturday as they travel to face Thurnby Nirvana in their final game before Christmas. This will be the Diamonds first visit to Dakyn Road, as it is their free-scoring opponents first season in the United Counties League.
Adam Confue will be unavailable for this game, as he serves his ban for picking up five yellow cards this season.
Details of admission prices and any parking recommendations will be added here as provided by the host club.
Our Opponents
Thurnby Nirvana was formed in 2008 by the merger of Thurnby Rangers and Leicester Nirvana, joining the UCL at the start of this season after winning the Step 6 East Midlands Counties League last campaign.
They are based in Thurnby Lodge which is an estate in eastern Leicester. Their ground has a clubhouse in one corner, with two small covered areas on a bank behind the goal next to the clubhouse (seen towards the bottom of the picture below). There is hard standing alongside the pitch on both sides. There is a review of a recent visit to the ground here.
Thurnby are managed by Damion Quailey and their club colours are green and red. Their club website is here, and their twitter feed is here.
They have had a mixed debut season in the UCL, but notably have reached the fourth round of the FA Vase where they will entertain Holbeach in the New Year. They have averaged over three goals per game at home, and are second only to the Diamonds in terms of total goals scored, and in goals scored at home.
Getting There
Directions for the trip of around 36 miles via the A6 to Dakyn Road, Leicester LE5 2ED from the Dog & Duck are here.
To reach Dakyn Road by Public Transport requires getting to Leicester by train then taking FirstBus 54 from Leicester Station to the Goodwood district then walking to Thurnby Lodge – although there is a more convenient Arriva bus 53/53A from Leicester City centre, or First Bus 35/35A.
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.
