WELCOME

Good afternoon and welcome to this Pitching In Southern League Division One Central match against Thame United.

A warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Thame. We hope you enjoy the game and have a safe journey home this evening.

The Red Kites have eased their concern over being drawn into a relegation battle with two 3-1 victories in their past two matches, against Waltham Abbey on 1 April, and then against Kempston Rovers on Saturday. But they will be without defender George Gilmore today, suffering a broken arm against the Walnuts having only recently come back from a long-term injury.

Our own 1-0 win over Waltham Abbey on Saturday has opened up a small fivepoint gap over Highworth Town below us. The weekend's results means we are now mathematically safe from automatic relegation as both FC Romania and Barton Rovers can no longer overtake us. But we are by no means out of the woods, so any points we can earn today will boost us as we head into

Thursday night's huge away game against the Worthians. Despite the awkward timing and long journey, we hope to say as many Ducks as possible to support the team for this crucial encounter.

Today we'll be holding the vote for the 21CD Supporters' Player of the Season, so get thinking who you think should be recognised for their performances throughout the campaign. The winner will be announced at our end-ofseason presentation evening, with a date to be confirmed shortly.

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We have just one more home game this season, against Ware on 22 April. We're delighted we'll be able to offer free entry to all under-16s, plus a limited number of free tickets for adults – courtesy of the Mayor of Aylesbury Tim Dixon, who is sponsoring the match in recognition for the generosity of our fans in supporting this season's charity partner, Aylesbury Foodbank.

Come on you Ducks!