WELCOME

Good evening and welcome to this Pitching In Southern League Division One Central match against AFC Dunstable.

We offer a very warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters of the ODs, and hope they enjoy the game and have a safe journey home later this evening.

Tonight’s opponents arrive at The Meadow following backto-back defeats in the league – a run that has seen them lost a little ground on their rivals for the play-offs this season dropping to eighth, albeit with games in hand over their nearest rivals. They’ve also made two significant and potent additions to their strikeforce, following a long-term injury to their talisman BJ Christie. They have been re-joined by Taylor Rhiney, who has scored 35 goals in just 28 appearances for Biggleswade United since the Summer. They have also added the 18-year-old Chilean striker Max Bustamante, signing from Beaconsfield Town. He is a former Chilean youth international who scored two goals against us for the Rams in our Berks and Bucks Cup defeat in December.

February, against Hadley on Saturday, to complete our quadruple header at The Meadow before we face the ODs again at Creasey park on 25 February.