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ROYSTON v BLUES - MATCH PREVIEW

Match Information
Pitching In Southern League Central Premier
Royston Town v Blues
Saturday 15th January
Kick Off 3pm
Garden Walk, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 7HP.
Tel: - 01763 241204.

Game 23/40.

The Blues head to Hertfordshire tomorrow afternoon to take on Royston Town, who currently lie in 7th place. Leiston are one point behind Royston but have four games in hand. They will be without Dylan Switters and Ben Hunter who both moved on loan until the end of the season to St Neots Town and Stowmarket Town respectively in the week.

The match between the sides earlier in the season saw Royston take an early lead but Will Davies levelled late on in the first half with an acrobatic kick. Seb Dunbar will be returning to the side after having missed the Lowestoft Town game due to illness.

Other games in the past have seen the Blues win 5-2 at Garden Walk in August 2018. Goals from Patrick Brothers, Christy Finch, Seb Dunbar, Jake Reed and Matt Blake saw the team to a very good win. In the rematch back in Suffolk in December 2018, a 1-1 draw was played out with Noel Atkins on target. In early December 2019, Leiston fought their way to a 0-0 draw in Hertfordshire.

Blues joint manager Chris Wigger said on Thursday: -

‘As managers when you get periods of bad weather and games being called off it can become an extremely frustrating time. But myself and Darren have been doing this long enough now to understand that that is part of football. So all you can do is make sure that as a group you train hard when you can and focus on being as organised as possible when you do finally get the opportunity to play again. So rolling into a very tough fixture away on Saturday, it’s our job to make sure that the boys are chomping at the bit to get out there and put on a performance to match our last against Lowestoft. This week we have seen two players (Dylan Switters and Ben Hunter) depart for loan periods at other clubs. We wish them both good luck while they are out.’

Games in the Pitching In Southern League Central Premier: -

Banbury United v AFC Rushden & Diamonds
Barwell v Peterborough Sports
Bromsgrove Sporting v Alvechurch
Coalville Town v Tamworth
Hitchin Town v St Ives Town
Lowestoft Town v Biggleswade Town
Nuneaton Borough v Rushall Olympic
Redditch United v Stratford Town
ROYSTON TOWN v LEISTON

The Blues Reserves host Wisbech St Mary tomorrow as they look forward to playing nine of their last 13 league fixtures at home. A good 4-0 win at Debenham LC last week has seen the side move up to 12th (out of 16 sides) in the Thurlow Nunn First Division North. They can also look forward to a Suffolk Senior Cup quarter-final fixture at home to Beccles Town next weekend.

Tomorrow’s Thurlow Nunn First Division North fixtures: -

Downham Town v Sheringham
LEISTON RESERVES v WISBECH ST MARY
Needham Market Reserves v Great Yarmouth Town
Peterborough North End v FC Parson Drove
UEA v Harleston Town.