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Shepsheddynamo

Shepsheddynamo

Yearfounded:1907 Chairman:MickSloan ClubWebsite:www.pitchero.com/clubs/shepsheddynamo.

GOOD AFTERNOON AND A WARM WELCOME TO THE PLAYERS, OFFICIALS AND SUPORTERS OF SHEPSHEDDYNAMOWHOMAKETHEIRFIRSTTRIPTOSTNEOTS

Our two sides met for the first time at Shepshed quite recently - on 3rd December last year at the Dovecote Stadium in Shepshed. Our hosts came smartly out of the traps that day scoring twiceinthefirstfourminutesbeforeaddingathirdbeforehalftime. Ourladsrespondedwell after the break and a Trey Charles goal early in the second half seemed to give us a chance to salvage something from a poor first 45 minutes, but our hosts showed how to defend a lead and we returned home with nothing. Since then, Shepshed kicked off 2023 in style beating Loughborough at home and Dereham away and followed that up (like ourselves) with two blank Saturdays thanks to the recent inclement weather. Shepshed are currently in tenth place in the table some fourteen points of our lads thanks to a solid away record where they have won six and drawn one of their twelve completed matches. They will look to maintain thatrecordtoday.

Last season Shepshed finished a respectable eleventh in the league table having graduated from the United Counties League. This season they had a busy start to their campaign in cup competitionwithnofewerthansevenoutingsinthetwoNationalcompetitions. IntheFACup they first had to travel to the North East to face Winterton Rangers in a replay after a goalless first match and they won 3-1.At home in the next round they defeated Pinchbeck United from the UCL before a second home draw – this time against County neighbours Coalville. A 1-1 drawwasfollowedbya2-0replaydefeat. ThenintheTrophytheydefeatedBiggleswadeTown inthefirstqualifyingroundbeforeanawaydefeatatHarboroughTown.

Previousmeetingofourteams:

3rdDecember2021 ShepshedDynamo 3-1 StNeotsTown

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JohnWalker