The point on Tuesday night saw Leiston remain 8th in the league table after Ronnie Blois’ late strike in stoppage time (taking him to 7 goals for the campaign) saw the Blues draw 3-3 with Alvechurch.

Harborough Town are currently in second place and are in a two horse race for the league title with Spalding United. They sit six points behind Spalding United at present, but Harborough Town have three games in hand. Harborough sit ten points ahead of third place Real Bedford.

The sides drew 2-2 earlier in the season in Suffolk. Ryan Jarvis put Leiston ahead after just three minutes but two George Carline goals, either side of the interval put Harborough Town ahead. But Ben Fowkes’ goal in stoppage time made sure Leiston had a share of the spoils.

PREVIOUS MEETING IN LEICESTERSHIRE

THE sides met at Harborough Town on Saturday 28th December, with Leiston falling to a 4-0 defeat in front of 404 supporters.

Ben Stephens, Luis Rose, Connor Kennedy and Joel Carta were all on target for Harborough Town with Cameron Rayworth was sent off for Leiston just after the hour mark.

HARBOROUGH FUN FACTS

HARBOROUGH Town are nicknamed ‘The Bees’ and play at Bowden Park. They were founded in 1975 and are managed by Mitch Austin and they finished fifth last season, in the final play-off place, before losing on penalties to Kettering Town in the play-off semi-finals.

They started off as Harborough Town in 1975 before merging with Spencer United in 2008, to play in the Northamptonshire Combination League. They ended the first season as runners-up in 2009, before going on to win the Premier Division in 2010. This enabled them to compete in the United Counties Division One. They came bottom of their first season but came runners-up in 2011/2012, thus winning promotion to the Premier Division.

In 2021/2022 they won promotion to the Northern Premier League, while they won their respective play-off division in 2023/2024, defeating Hinckley Leicester Road and Anstey Nomads.

The side reached the Second Round of the FA Cup last season, winning 4-1 at Tonbridge Angels in Round One before losing 5-3 at Reading in extra time the following round.

FORM GUIDE:
(Most recent league game first)

HARBOROUGH TOWN: W W L W W
BLUES: D D W L W

AFTER this weekend’s game at Harborough Town, Leiston see the first month out of 2026 at home to Royston Town next weekend.

Leiston will then have six games in February to contend with, with five in the league (four away) and a Suffolk Premier Cup game against Needham Market in the middle of the month.

Games coming up until the end of February:

Saturday 31st Jan: Royston Town (H)
Tuesday 3rd Feb: Bury Town (Away)
Saturday 7th Feb: Barwell (Away)
Saturday 14th Feb: Bromsgrove Sporting (HOME)
Tuesday 17th Feb: Needham Market (HOME - Suffolk Premier Cup Quarter Final)
Saturday 21st Feb: AFC Sudbury (Away)
Saturday 28th Feb: Real Bedford (Away)

MATCH INFORMATION
Harborough Town v Blues
Pitching In Southern League Premier Division Central
Saturday, January 24th, 2026, 3pm kick off
Bowden Park, Harborough Town Community Football Ground, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9HF
Tel: 01858 469352

Admission Prices: Adults £15, Concessions (over 65s) £8, Under 16’s £3.

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