WELCOME

Good afternoon and welcome to this Pitching In Southern League Division One Central match against Welwyn Garden City.

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

We've lost our past three matches against Welwyn (all in 2022), so hopefully the New Year can bring us better fortune. The Citizens have also changed their manager since we played them in September. Max Mitchell resigned to become assistant manager at Potters Bar Town, and Marc Weatherstone was appointed in his place. He has continued the side's good run of form, currently hovering a few points outside the playoff positions. It'll be a much changed side from the line-up we faced at Herns Way, with just two of that team in the starting line-up in their 1-0 defeat against Waltham Abbey on Tuesday night.

We'd also like to welcome today's two matchday mascots – Jack Kennett and Olly Cross – to today's game. Both are keen footballers –

Jack plays for the Aylesbury United Juniors under 10s – and would like to be professionals one day. Hopefully they'll add the Ducks alongside Manchester United and Queens Park Rangers to the teams they support following today's game.

Our next game is away against Didcot Town on Tuesday 7 March. Hopefully you will have already seen that the game will now be played at the ASM Stadium in Thame, rather than in Didcot. This is due to an issue with the floodlights.

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There is no game scheduled for the following weekend, as the Southern League kept those dates blank in the fixture list, and we'll be back at home against Walthamstow on Non League Day, 25 March. We look forward to seeing you then.