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Leighton Town are tomorrow’s visitors from Bedfordshire and will arrive at Short Lane in sixteenth place in the table having won seven, drawn seven and lost twelve of their twenty-six matches to date.That leaves them just five points behind ourselves but they have a match in hand.Their fairly low position in the table is deceptive though and can largely be put down to a poor start to the campaign, which saw them winning just two league matches in the first three months.They have done much better in recent months and in January have two solid 1-0 home wins under their belt against Biggleswade Town and Daventry Town respectively, these being followed by a 0-3 reverse away at Rugby and then, last Saturday, a draw one apiece at home to AFC Hayes.
We travelled to Leighton early in the season and managed to win a close affair by three goals to two, ours coming from Jack Mullan, Mark Bitmead and Dan Brown.Last season though, both results, at home and away, saw us on the wrong end of 0-3 defeats.Overall, there have been just eight competitive matches between the clubs, the first game being an FA Cup tie in 1997, resulting in four wins apiece.
Ashford no longer have the services of Kiri Takahiro but on the opposite side of the coin Alex Duffy is back from holiday and very much in contention, after settling in well following his recent arrival at the Club. Kick-off as usual is at 3.00 p.m.
This evening's Youth Cup Semi-Final against Enfield Town has been postponed, presumably because the pitch is waterlogged.It will probably be next week now but confirmation will be posted as soon as possible.
It is a fairly quiet midweek for the Club this week, the only team in action being the Under-18s who will be travelling to meet Enfield Town U18 on Wednesday evening in the semi-final of the Middlesex Senior Youth Cup. The match is a 7.45pm kick-off, subject to a pitch inspection on Wednesday morning.
The match is to be played at our opponents’ new ground which is The Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Donkey Lane, Enfield, EN1 3PL, (Tel: 07761 814842),and the directions are: Take the M25 to Junction 25 and head towards London on the A10. Turn right into Carterhatch Lane at the Halfway House pub and Donkey Lane is first left after the pub. It is a journey of around 42 miles each way, using the M25. This match replaces the originally scheduled match this evening (Monday) at home to Northwood.
The 1st Team has suffered a blow. Following Saturday’s match, Kiri Takahiro, who has been a popular player this season with team mates and supporters has decided to stop playing for personal reasons. Manager Paul Burgess said “Kiri has decided to call it a day for a number of personal reasons, I am extremely disappointed to lose such a committed and professional character, a technically excellent footballer and of course a gentleman, it was a difficult and emotional decision for Kiri and one that he had clearly taking time to consider. He goes with our best wishes and the door is certainly not closed, things change in football as we all know.”The Club would certainly echo those words. Although he has only been with us this season, Kiri will undoubtedly be remembered as the first Japanese player ever to don the tangerine and white and we will miss him.
Friday, 27 January 2012
It is a fairly quiet midweek for the Club this week, the only team in action being the Under-18s who will be travelling to meet Enfield Town U18 on Wednesday evening in the semi-final of the Middlesex Senior Youth Cup. The match is a 7.45pm kick-off, subject to a pitch inspection on Wednesday morning. 
