OHAFC 1st XI: Fixture v Old Radleians postponed - Radley unable to raise a team. Next fixture: Haileybury (H), Saturday March 5th

OHAFC 2nd XI: Old Eastbournians (A), Arthurian League Division Three, 1pm KO at Barn Elms Playing Fields, London SW13 9SA

FIXTURE

• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 1.6 miles
• Joint shortest distance to an away game this season (Sennockians play at same ground)
• Average distance to 8 away Leageu grounds this season: 6.5 miles
• Average distance for 18 League games this season: 7.33 miles
• Referee: Peter Hartley
• Refereeing his 4th OHAFC League fixture in the last 7 seasons
• Record of 1 win, 1 draw & 1 defeat previously, no penalties or cards awarded to OHAFC
• Previously refereed 2 OHAFC 2nd XI games, both away to KCS Wimbledon 2’s: 2-1 defeat last season & 2-0 win the season before
• Weather forecast: Cloud, 5 degrees (acceptable glove-wearing threshold: 5 degrees)
• Pitch forecast: 20% good, 40% fair, 40% poor

TEAM

• Old Eastbournians (8th, 7pts) v OHAFC 2’s (6th, 14pts) in Division Three
• Top two teams promoted to Division Two, bottom two relegated to Division Four
• Average points needed for promotion to Division Two (last 3 seasons): 28 (Avg points per game 1.73, OHAFC currently 1.08)
• Average points needed to avoid relegation to Division Four (last 3 seasons): 16 (Avg points per game 1.02, OHAFC currently 1.08)
• OHAFC 11 points off promotion places, 8 points off relegation places
• Average position of OHAFC 2nd XI last 3 seasons: 6th in Division Three
• Average position of Eastbournians last 3 seasons: 5th in Division Four
• Eastbournians promoted from Division Four last season (2nd behind Sennockians)
• 14th League game of season for both teams
• 1st away League fixture for OHAFC since 8-3 defeat at Citizens on Nov 7th
• League form to date: OHAFC won 4, drawn 2, lost 7, goals scored 33 (3rd most in division), conceded 39 (most in division)
• League form to date: Eastbournians won 2, drawn 4, lost 7, scored 21 (2nd fewest in division), conceded 34 (3rd most in division)
• OHAFC will stay 6th regardless of result
• OHAFC victory and a defeat for Salopians at leaders Sennockians on Saturday guarantees Division Three football next season
• Two OHAFC wins from remaining three games guarantees survival regardless of other results
• Last time out: OHAFC lost 4-0 to Lancing 2’s in Junior League Cup quarter-finals, Eastbournians beat Haberdashers 3-2, both games last week
• Current form (last 3 League games): OHAFC W D W, Eastbournians W L D
• 2-0 win over Salopian 2’s a fortnight ago was the first time this season and first time since 5-0 win over Malvern 2’s in November 2014 the side has gone three consecutive League games unbeaten
• OHAFC away League form this season: Pld 5, lost 5, scored 8, conceded 21
• OHAFC 2’s are 1 of only 4 teams in the League to have lost every away game this season – only Forest 2’s in Division Two have lost all 6 of their away games
• Eastbournians home League form this season: Pld 7, won 1, drawn 2, lost 4, scored 11, conceded 21
• Corresponding fixture last season: No corresponding fixture
• Previous meeting: 3-3 draw at Harrow on Jan 30th 2016 (Scorers: Taunton-Collins 2, M Curry)
• Overall League record between teams (last six seasons): Pld 3, OHAFC won 1, drawn 2, scored 10, conceded 6
• League record at Eastbourne (last six seasons): Pld 1, a 2-2 draw five seasons ago
• Record OHAFC victory: 5-1 (H), March 5th 2011 (Scorer: Soyinka 5)
• Record OHAFC defeat: N/A
• OHAFC current League performance after same no. of games last season: 6pts worse off (14 v 20), scored the same number of goals (33), conceded 8 goals more (39 v 31)
• OHAFC League performance versus corresponding fixtures last season: Pld 6, earnt the same number of points (10), scored 2 goal more (21v19), conceded 3 goals more (24v21)

PLAYER:

• 46 players from squad used this season, 129 in last seven seasons
• 13-man squad named for Matchday 14
• Leading 2nd XI League appearances this season: 13 – Taunton-Collins, 11 – Khan & Robinson
• Leading 2nd XI League scorers this season: 5 – Alhadeff, M Curry, Taunton-Collins
• Worst discipline offenders in League this season: 1 yellow – O Curry, Gordon
• M Curry set for 50th Club start of career, seeking 25th Club goal of career (Is he a ‘1 in 2’ striker?!)
• Khan set for 15th 2nd XI appearance this season
• G Pratt set for 5th 2nd XI start & appearance this season
• McHardy set for 5th 2nd XI League start & appearance this season, kept the 2’s only clean sheet of season in previous League game v Salopian 2’s
• Hovey set for 5th 2nd XI League appearance and 5th 2nd XI start of season & career
• Newton set for 5th 2nd XI start & appearance of career
• Three players set for Club debuts on Saturday: George Sanders, Jamie Barwick, Douglas Pratt – Good luck!
• First time three players made their debuts for an OHAFC side in the same fixture since 1st XI’s 3-1 defeat at Charterhouse on March 29th 2014 (Debuts for Firoozan, Kellock, Shah)
• Total 2nd XI appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 262/51
• Average 2nd XI appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 20/4 (current season high: 26/5)
• Total Club appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 428/54
• Average Club appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 33/4 (current season high: 45/12)

OHAFC 3rd XI: No fixture. Next match v Old King's Scholars (H), David Woolcott Cup, Saturday March 5th