Match Preview

LEISTON v ST IVES TOWN - MATCH PREVIEW

Match Information
Leiston v St Ives Town
Saturday 2nd September
Emirates FA Cup First Round Qualifying
3pm kick off
Watson & Hillhouse Stadium, Victory Road, Leiston, IP16 4DQ
Tel: - 01728 830308.

Admission Prices
Adults £12
Concessions £9 (over 65’s)
Students (with ID) £7
U16’s £3
U5’s FREE

Printed Programme for £2.

Members Bar and Main Hall (Bar) open from midday.

Refreshments available throughout the day with the snack hatch also open near the club shop.

Car Parking in the main club.

Match Sponsor: - Suffolk Truck Sales.

The Blues entertain St Ives Town in the Emirates FA Cup First Round Qualifying tomorrow afternoon.

Having taken 8 points from their first 6 league games, Leiston will look to have a break from the league and try to have a cup run in the most prestigious cup in the world.

There were some bright spots against Needham Market on Bank Holiday, not least young Cameron Rayworth who deservedly won man of the match from match sponsors, the LFC Supporters. Joe McNeil also came on to make his first Senior appearance, having played numerous games for the U18’s and Reserves (now U23’s) in the past couple of campaigns.

St Ives currently are 19th, with the Blues 12th, and the Cambridgeshire side drew with Kettering Town 1-1 last week, conceding an equaliser with just seconds to go.

Leiston defeated St Ives Town twice last season in the league. Goals from Adam Mills and Adam Bailey-Dennis gave the side a 2-1 away win last September, before a Will Davies goal gave the Blues a win in late January last season.

This will be the third meeting in FA competitions between the two sides. In 1988, Leiston lost 4-2 to St Ives in the FA Vase, with Dale Threadkell and Glyn Clouting on target for the Blues in an Extra Preliminary Round.

In 2007, the Blues lost 3-2 to St Ives in the same competition.

St Ives Town reached the Fourth Round Qualifying stage last season in the FA Cup,

Blues midfielder Ollie Saunders said in the week: -

“We have had a good bank holiday weekend. Playing two games in three days is never easy, and we haven’t got the biggest squad either, with a few out due to injury. So I think picking up four points out of six in a tough away game and a local derby isn’t a bad points tally at all and will hopefully give us some momentum going forward. On a personal note, it was excellent to captain the team in the local derby too.”

If the games ends in a draw on Saturday, then the Blues will play St Ives Town in a Replay on Tuesday night.

Games involving teams from Suffolk and Norfolk in the FA Cup First Round Qualifying this weekend: -

Kirkley & Pakefield v Witham Town
Hornchurch v Fakenham Town
Heybridge Swifts v Gorleston
Ware v Dereham Town
Woodford Town v Felixstowe & Walton United
Concord Rangers v Wroxham
Billericay Town v Stowmarket Town
Canvey Island v Lowestoft Town
Mildenhall Town v AFC Sudbury
FC Romania v Needham Market
Leiston v St Ives Town.

Winners will receive £2,250 whilst the losers pick up £750.

Meanwhile, the U23’s are on the road again, this time at Haverhill Rovers. The side have picked up points against Great Yarmouth Town (0-0, A), Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers (3-2, H) and Diss Town (1-0, A) in the past few weeks, with the side also playing Needham Market U23’s but going down 3-2 at home. The U23’s now sit 16th in the league table.

Games in the Thurlow Nunn First Division North tomorrow afternoon: -

Diss Town v Haverhill Borough
Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers v Whitton United
FC Parson Drove v Framlingham Town
FC Peterborough v Harwich & Parkeston
Great Yarmouth Town v Cornard United
HAVERHILL ROVERS v LEISTON U23’s
Holland v Norwich CBS
Stanway Pegasus v Whittlesey Athletic
Swaffham Town v Needham Market U23’s
Wivenhoe Town v Holbeach United.