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OHAFC 1st XI: Old Brentwoods (A), Arthurian League Premier Division, 1pm KO

FIXTURE

• No OHAFC team has played this close to Christmas in last six seasons (previous latest: Dec 17th 2011)
• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 23.8 miles, 3rd longest journey of the season
• Average distance for 9 away League games this season: 16.0 miles
• Referee: Peter Spelman
• Refereeing his 4th 1st XI fixture in last six seasons, all away from home
• Record to date: Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 1
• Also refereed Vets Cup defeat at Brentwood two weeks ago

TEAM:

• Brentwood (7pts, 6th) v OHAFC (7pts, 7th) in Premier Division
• Last season: OHAFC 8th in Prem Division with 22pts, Brentwood 7th in Premier Division with 23pts
• OHAFC 9th League game of the season, Brentwood’s 8th
• Harrow won 2, drawn 1, lost 5, goals scored 13, conceded 23 (most in division)
• Harrow conceded just 4 goals in last 5 League games after conceding 19 in first 3 games
• Harrow failed to score in 3 of last 4 League games; failed to score in consecutive League games for first time in over 6 seasons; already matched record of failing to score in 3 games in one season (10 matches still to play)
• Brentwood won 2, drawn 1, lost 4, goals scored 9, conceded 16
• 1 point separate 6th to 10th in the Premier Division
• OHAFC will climb to 6th with win, will stay 7th with draw or loss
• Last time out: OHAFC lost 1-0 to Salopians (Home, last weekend); Brentwood lost 7-1 to Charterhouse (Away, last weekend), Arthur Dunn Cup 2nd Rd
• Current form (last 3 League games): OHAFC – L L W, Brentwood – L L D
• OHAFC League away form this season: Pld 2, won 1, lost 1, goals scored 3, conceded 2
• Brentwood League home form this season: Pld 4, won 1, drawn 1, lost 2, goals scored 6, conceded 10
• Corresponding fixture last season: OHAFC won 2-0 on March 22nd 2014 (Harder 2)
• Previous meeting between sides: OHAFC won 5-1 (H) on November 22nd 2014 (Baker, Breeden, Lederman, Gilbert 2)
• Overall League record between teams (last five seasons): Pld 11, OHAFC won 8, lost 3, goals scored 34, conceded 17
• OHAFC have won more games and scored more goals against Brentwood than any other team in the last six seasons (Next most wins: 6 v KCS Wimbledon & Chigwell; next highest goals scored: 22 v Cholmeleians)
• OHAFC and Brentwood two of six teams to have maintained Premier Divison status unbroken in last six seasons (Others: Charterhouse, Lancing, Forest, Cholms)
• League record at Brentwood (last five seasons): Pld 5, won 3, lost 2, goals scored 9, conceded 8
• Record OHAFC victory v Brentwood: 6-1 (H), Nov 9th 2013
• Record defeat v Brentwood: 2-4 (A), Nov 26th 2011
• OHAFC current League performance after same no. of games last season: 2pts worse off (7 v 9), scored four goals fewer (13v17), conceded 6 goals more (23 v 17)
• OHAFC League performance versus corresponding fixtures last season: 3pts worse off (4v7), scored 6 goals fewer (7v13), conceded 4 goals more (16 v 12)
• OHAFC and Brentwoods performance versus common opponents so far this season: Played 4 common opponents (Lancing, Eton, Forest, KCS Wimbledon), OHAFC 4pts from 4 games (scored 5, conceded 15); Brentwoods 4pts from 5 games (scored 6, conceded 11)

PLAYER:

• 32 players from squad used this season, 78 in last six seasons
• 12-man squad named for Matchday 9
• Leading 1st XI appearances (League only): 7 - Breeden & Lederman
• Leading 1st XI scorers (League only): 4 – Hoffen, 3 – Gilbert, 1 – five players
• Worst discipline offenders (League only): Breeden, Gilbert, Orr-Ewing W – 1 yellow card
• Age breakdown of last week’s 13-man squad: Players aged 20-29 – 12, Players aged 30-39 – 0, Players aged 40-49 – 1
• Last week also saw Breeden, Lederman & Taunton-Collins become first players to reach 10 Club appearances for the season
• W Orr-Ewing set for 70th Club start in last 6 seasons; set for 50th 1st XI appearance; needs 1 more goal for 5 Club goals

• Orr-Ewing set to become fifth 1st XI captain of the season in 11 games (Lederman, Molloy, Richardson, Milln the others - *Woolley named captain for friendly v The School)

• Verhagen set for official season debut for Club (played for 1st XI versus School); set for 10th Club start in all competitions

• Soyinka set for 5th 1st XI appearance; needs 1 more goal for 60 for Club (most in last six seasons, H Hoffen 2nd on 46)
• Lalude set for 5th 1st XI start
• Breeden set for 10th 1st XI start and appearance this season; needs 1 goal for 5 1st XI goals in all competitions
• Lederman set for 10th 1st XI start and appearance this season
• Will Bamford set for Club debut
• Total 1st XI appearances in 12-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 233
• Total 1st XI goals in 12-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 51
• Total Club appearances in 12-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 367
• Total Club goals in 12-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 138

Other Stats of the Week: December 20th 2014

• 354th day of the Gregorian calendar, 5 days until Christmas
• 105 days until 2015 Easter Tour!
• 1946 Popular Christmas film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is released in New York
• 1955 Cardiff is proclaimed capital city of Wales
• 2007 Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days
• 1946 English-Israeli psychic Uri Geller was born
• 1959 English cricketer and journalist Simon Hughes was born
• 1980 England left-back Ashley Cole was born
• 1983 English model Lucy Pinder was born
• 1983 West Indian cricketer Darren Sammy was born
• 2012 American journalist Larry King died

National Events:

• Earliest date for Winter solstice’s eve (Northern Hemisphere)

Colemanballs of the Week:

"Was I intimidated by Tiger Woods? A little bit. He's got this aroma about him" (Golfer Ben Curtis)

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