The Friday Stat Attack – was this week asked by Fred Milln if Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food ice-cream really did taste of fish…

OHAFC 1st XI: Old Etonians (A), Arthurian League Premier Division, 12pm KO

FIXTURE

• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 17.4 miles
• Fourth longest trip of season and longest remaining travel distance
• Average distance for 9 away League games this season: 14.9 miles
• Referee: Guy Walker
• Refereed one previous OHAFC fixture, 4-0 1st XI Dunn Cup semi-final defeat in 2013
• OHAFC have four games remaining – likely to need 3 wins to avoid relegation

TEAM:

• OHAFC (10th, 10pts) v Old Etonians (9th, 11pts) in Premier Division
• Last season: OHAFC 8th in Prem Division with 22pts, Eton 4th with 28pts
• OHAFC’s 15th League game of the season, Eton’s 13th
• Harrow won 3, drawn 1, lost 10, goals scored 20 (4th fewest in division), conceded 47 (most in division)
• Eton won 2, drawn 5, lost 5, goals scored 16 (2nd fewest in division), conceded 21 (4th fewest in division)
• 4 points separate 6th to 10th in the Premier Division
• OHAFC could climb as high as 8th with win; will stay 10th with draw or defeat
• OHAFC will go above their opponents with a win
• Last time out: OHAFC lost 1-0 v KCS Wimbledon at home (last weekend), Eton lost 3-1 at home to Brentwood (last weekend)
• Current form (last 3 League games): OHAFC – L, L, W Eton – L, D, W
• OHAFC currently on run of 7 defeats in last 8 games
• OHAFC League away form this season: Pld 6, won 1, lost 5, scored 8, conceded 24
• Eton League home form this season: Pld 5, won 1, drawn 1, lost 3, scored 10, conceded 13
• Eton have worst home form in the division, OHAFC have worst away form
• Corresponding fixture last season: OHAFC lost 2-1 on March 1st (Scorer: Owen-Edmunds)
• Previous meeting between sides: 0-0 draw at Harrow on Nov 8th 2014
• Overall League record between teams (last six seasons): Pld 9, OHAFC won 5, drawn 2, lost 2, goals scored 20, conceded 15
• OHAFC won once in last five meetings between the teams
• League record at Eton (last five seasons): Pld 4, won 3, lost 1, goals scored 13, conceded 6
• Record OHAFC victory v Eton (last six seasons): 4-1 (A), March 30th 2013 & Dec 3rd 2011
• Record defeat v Eton (last six seasons): 0-4 (H), Nov 3rd 2012
• OHAFC current League performance after same no. of games last season: 8pts worse off (10 v 18), scored 8 goals fewer (20v28), conceded 20 goals more (47v27)
• OHAFC League performance versus corresponding fixtures last season: 7pts worse off (7v14), scored 8 goals fewer (9v17), conceded 9 goals more (25v16)
• OHAFC and Eton performance in common fixtures this season: 9 common fixtures played – Lancing (H), Brentwood (H&A), Salops (A), Tonbridge (A), Cholms (H), Charterhouse (A), KCS Wimbledon (H&A): OHAFC 9pts, scored 16, conceded 32; Eton 11pts, scored 18, conceded 18

PLAYER:

• 39 players from squad used this season, 80 in last six seasons
• 13-man squad named for Matchday 15
• Leading 1st XI appearances (League only): 12 – Breeden, Lederman 11 - Gilbert
• Leading 1st XI scorers (League only): 5 – Gilbert, 4 – Hoffen, 3 - Lederman
• Worst discipline offenders (League only): 2 ‘yellas’ – Breeden
• Poulter set for 70th career start and appearance for 1st XI
• Richardson set for 60th 1st XI career start, 10th 1st XI League start and appearance of season, needs 1 more goal for 5 1st XI career League goals
• Breeden set for 50th Club start of career, 15th 1st XI season start and appearance, needs 1 more goal for 5 Club goals this season
• Berry set for 30th 1st XI League appearance of career
• Gilbert set for 20th 1st XI League start of career, needs 1 more goal for 10 1st XI career goals
• Hill set for 15th Club start & appearance of career
• Lederman set for 15th 1st XI start of season, needs 1 more goal for 5 Club goals this season
• Hoffen set for 10th 1st XI League start of season, needs 1 more goal for 5 1st XI League goals this season
• Milln set for 10th 1st XI League appearance this season, needs 1 more goal for 10 1st XI career League goals
• Lalude set for 10th 1st XI appearance and 5th 1st XI League start of season & career
• Newton set for 1st XI debut
• Total 1st XI appearances in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 471
• Total 1st XI goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 116
• Avg 1st XI apps/goals per player (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 39/10
• Total Club appearances in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 599
• Total Club goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 144
• Avg Club apps/goals per player (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 50/12

OHAFC 2nd XI: No Fixture

OHAFC 3rd XI: Old Sennockians (A), David Woolcott Cup Quarter-Final, pm KO

FIXTURE

• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 1.64 miles
• Average distance for 10 League fixtures this season: 12.42 miles
• Shortest away trip of season to date for any OHAFC team
• Referee: Thomas Jaggs, refereeing his first ever OHAFC fixture

TEAM:

• OHAFC 3rd XI (4th in Division Five North) face Old Sennockians (1st in Division Four) in quarter-finals of David Woolcott Trophy
• Trophy open to teams from Divisions Four and Five of Arthurian League plus other invited teams
• Sennockians highest ranked team in the competition
• 10th game of the season for OHAFC, 16th for Old Sennockians
• League form: OHAFC won 2, drawn 3, lost 3, goals scored 20, conceded 21; Sennockians won 9, drawn 1, lost 2, goals scored 42, conceded 17
• OHAFC away form in League and Cup: Pld 4, Won 1, Drawn 2, Lost 1, Goals scored 10, Conceded 10
• Sennockians home form in League and Cup: Pld 8, Won 6, Drawn 1, Lost 1, Goals scored 29, Conceded 15
• Current form (League and Cup): OHAFC W, W, L Sennockians W, L, L
• Last time out: OHAFC beat Old Rugbeians 4-2 at home (last weekend), Sennockians beat Old Stoics 2-0 at home (last weekend), both games in Second Round of DW Trophy
• Last season in DW Trophy: OHAFC didn’t enter, Sennockians lost 3-1 to Oundelians in semi-finals
• OHAFC 3rd XI Cup record last six seasons: Pld 4, Won 1, Lost 3, Goals scored 12, Conceded 19
• Biggest Cup win: Last weekend’s 4-2 win over Rugby
• Biggest Cup defeat: Last season’s 7-3 defeat to Oundle on January 25th 2014
• Competition best (all-time): Current run to Quarter-Finals
• Corresponding League fixture last season: OHAFC lost 6-1 on Sep 28th 2013 (Scorer: Jamal)
• Previous meeting: OHAFC won 6-1 (H) on May 4th 2014 (Scorers: Smith 4, Elwell, Sewell B)
• Winners of Saturday's tie will face winners of Tonbridge 2’s/Bancroftians and Eastbournians/Chigwell 3’s in semi-finals

PLAYER:

• 38 players from squad used this season, 79 in last three seasons
• 11-man squad named for Club’s second consecutive DW Trophy tie
• Leading 3rd XI appearances (all competitions): 8 – Feather, 7- Kapoor
• Leading 3rd XI scorers: 6 – Smith, 5 - Walker
• Worst discipline offenders: 2 ‘yellas’ –Feather
• Fogarty set for 15th 3rd XI & Club career start and appearance
• Smith set for 15th 3rd XI & Club career start
• Kapoor set for 15th 3rd XI & Club career appearance
• L Callander set for 15th career Club start and season Cup debut
• Walker set for 10th Club career appearance
• N Callander set for 5th 3rd XI & Club start of season & career
• B Sewell set for season Cup debut
• Total 3rd XI appearances in 11-man squad (all competitions, last three seasons): 106
• Total 3rd XI goals in 11-man squad (all competitions, last three seasons): 34
• Avg 3rd XI apps/goals (all competitions, last 3 seasons): 10/3
• Total Club appearances in 11-man squad (all competitions, last three seasons): 120
• Total Club goals in 11-man squad (all competitions, last three seasons): 36
• Avg Club apps/goals (all competitions, last 3 seasons): 11/3

Other Stats of the Week: March 14th 2015

• 73rd day of the Gregorian calendar, 285 days until Christmas
• 20 days until 2015 Easter Tour!
• 1885 The first public performance of the Mikado, a light opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, takes place in London
• 1933 English actor Michael Caine was born
• 1945 English comedian Jasper Carrott was born
• 1979 French footballer Nicolas Anelka was born
• 2014 English politician Tony Benn died

National Events:

• Mother Tongue Day (Estonia)
• Spring Day (Albania)
• White Day (Japanese and Korean version of Valentine’s Day)
• Steak & BJ Day (British men’s version of Valentine’s Day)

Colemanballs of the Week:

“Don’t sit on the fence Terry – what chance do you think Germany have of getting through?” (Jimmy Hill)

“I think it’s fifty-fifty” (Terry Venables)