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OHAFC 1st XI: Lancing Old Boys (H), Arthur Dunn Cup Quarter-Final, 1pm KO

FIXTURE

• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 9.5 miles
• Average distance for 18 League fixtures this season: 12.74 miles
• Referee: Gary Thomas
• Never refereed an OHAFC fixture before

TEAM:

• 10th in Premier Division versus 3rd in Premier Division in Quarter-Final of Arthur Dunn Cup
• 1st Round: OHAFC beat Cholms 3-2 at home (Scorers: W Orr-Ewing, Breeden, Hoffen); Lancing beat Old Sennockians 6-1 away
• 2nd Round: OHAFC beat Chigwell 2-1 at home (Scorers: Hill, Orr-Ewing W); Lancing beat Winchester 9-0 away
• 16th game of the season for OHAFC in League and Cup, 15th for Lancing
• League form this season: OHAFC won 3, drawn 1, lost 9, goals scored 20, conceded 46; Lancing won 7, drawn 2, lost 3, scored 30, conceded 18
• Last time out: The two sides met last week in the League at Lancing, the home side winning 1-0
• Last season in the Arthur Dunn Cup: OHAFC lost 3-2 at Repton in 1st Round, Lancing lost 2-0 at home to Forest in the semi-finals
• OHAFC Dunn Cup record last six seasons: Pld 14, Won 10, Lost 4 (2 aet)
• OHAFC Dunn Cup rounds reached last 5 seasons: Semi Final x1, Quarter-Final x2, 1st Round x2
• Biggest Cup win & defeat since 2009: Won 8-0 v Epsom Oct 2011 (1st Rd); Lost 4-0 v Winchester March 2013 (Semi-Final)
• Competition best (all-time): Won 2007, Semi-Finals 2000, 2002, 2013
• Corresponding League fixture this season: Lancing won 6-1 on October 4th 2014
• Previous meeting: As above
• Overall Lge record between the teams (last 5 seasons): Pld 12, OHAFC Won 3, Drawn 3, Lost 6, Goals for 16, against 28
• Lge record at Harrow (last 6 seasons): Pld 6, Harrow Won 3, Drawn 1, Lost 2, Goals Scored 11, Conceded 15
• Record OHAFC win: 3-1 (H), Jan 28th 2012
• Record OHAFC defeat: 1-6 (H), Oct 4th 2014
• One previous Dunn Cup meeting (last five seasons): OHAFC won 4-3 (H) Jan 23rd 2010 (Scorers: Brunt, Hoffen, Martins, Milln)
• Of 15 Dunn Cup ties in last six seasons, OHAFC only drawn away from home twice
• Winners of Saturday's tie will enter hat for semi-final draw

PLAYER:

• 39 players from squad used this season, 80 in last six seasons
• 13-man squad named for Cup tie
• Leading 1st XI appearances (all competitions): 13 – Breeden & Lederman, 11 - Gilbert
• Leading 1st XI scorers (all competitions): 5 – Gilbert, Hoffen, 3 - Lederman
• Worst discipline offenders (all competitions): 2 ‘yellas’ – Breeden
• Most Dunn Cup appearances (last six seasons): 14 – Lederman, 12 – Baker, 10 - Milln
• Most Dunn Cup goals (last six seasons): 12 – Hoffen, 5 – Martins, 4 – Baker
• Lederman set for 110th career Club appearance (last six seasons, OH record), 15th Dunn Cup appearance (last six seasons) & 15th Club appearance of the season
• Baker set for 80th career Club start
• Milln set for 75th career 1st XI start and 10th 1st XI appearance this season
• Richardson set for 60th career Club start
• W Orr-Ewing set for 10th Dunn Cup start & appearance
• Molloy set for 10th Dunn Cup start & appearance (last six seasons)
• Soyinka set for season debut in Dunn Cup & needs 1 more goal for 60 career goals for Club
• Gilbert needs 1 more goal for 15 career Club goals – yet to score in a Cup competition
• Hill set for 10th 1st XI start & appearance this season
• T von Hirsch set for 5th career Club appearance and making Dunn Cup debut
• Firoozan set for season debut for Club and Dunn Cup debut
• Coleridge-Cole set for Dunn Cup debut
• Total Dunn Cup appearances in 13-man squad (last six seasons): 66
• Total Dunn Cup goals in 13-man squad (last six seasons): 14
• Total 1st XI appearances in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 504
• Total 1st XI goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last six seasons): 102
• Total Club appearances in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 607
• Total Club goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 171

OHAFC 2nd XI: Old Merchants Taylor (A), Junior League Cup 1st Rd, 12.30pm KO

FIXTURE

• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 14.9 miles
• Average distance for 9 League away fixtures this season: 10.4 miles
• Referee: Rich Barnard
• Refereeing his fourth OHAFC fixture, one win and two defeats to date

TEAM:

• 2nd in Division Five (North) v 4th in Division Three in first round of Junior League Cup
• Old Merchants Taylor defeated Forest 3’s 7-1 at home in Preliminary Round on January 10th
• 14th game of the season for OHAFC in League and Cup, 9th for Merchants Taylor
• League form this season: OHAFC won 6, drawn 2, lost 5, goals scored 33, conceded 31; Merchants Taylor won 3, drawn 2, lost 2, scored 19, conceded 17
• Last time out: OHAFC lost 2-1 at KVS Wimbledon 2’s (Last weekend), Merchants Taylor lost 3-2 to the OHAFC 3rd XI (Harrow, Jan 17th)
• Last season in the Junior League Cup: OHAFC lost 1-5 at home to Old Millfieldians in the quarter-finals, Merchants Taylor are making their debut in the competition
• OHAFC 2nd XI Junior League Cup record last six seasons: Pld 17, Won 13 (2 aet), Lost 4, Scored 64, Conceded 33
• Record away from home: Pld 5, Won 3 (1 aet), Lost 2, Scored 14, Conceded 13
• OHAFC 2nd XI Junior League Cup rounds reached last 5 seasons: Winners x1, Finalists x1, Quarter-Finals x2, 1st Round x1
• Biggest Cup win & defeat since 2009: Won 9-0 v Oundle (H) Jan 21st 2012 (1st Rd); Lost 5-1 v Charterhouse 3’s in Final, April 21st 2012 (Neutral venue)
• Competition best (all-time): Won 2006, 2011
• Previous meeting: No previous meetings between the teams, Merchants Taylor have played the OHAFC 3’s twice this season, drawing 1-1 (Home, Sep 13th 2014) and losing 3-2 (Away, Jan 17th 2015)
• This is the first away tie for the OHAFC 2nd XI since facing Haberdashers in the 2012 semi-final on March 31st
• Winners of Saturday's tie will face Winchester 2’s away in Round Two

PLAYER:

• 40 players from squad used this season, 121 in last six seasons
• 12-man squad named for Cup tie
• Leading 2nd XI appearances (all competitions): 13 – Orr-Ewing J & Khan, 11 – Taunton-Collins
• Leading 2nd XI scorers (all competitions): 6 – Curry M, 4 – Khan & Kerry
• Worst discipline offenders (all competitions): 2 ‘yellas’ – von Hirsch C
• Most Junior Leauge Cup appearances (last six seasons): 15 – Orr Ewing J, 14 – Chopra, 13 - Soyinka
• Most Junior League Cup goals (last six seasons): 21 – Soyinka, 7 – Harder, 5 – Berry & Stead
• Khan set for 40th career Club start, 25th career 2nd XI appearance, & 20th career 2nd XI start
• Berry set for 15th Club appearance of the season
• Richardson H set for 10th career Club appearance and 2nd XI season debut
• Beeley, Massey & Pratt set for 5th 2nd XI appearances of season and career, set for Cup debuts for the Club
• Curry O, Newton, Pittalis & Taunton-Collins set for Cup debuts for Club
• Total Junior League Cup appearances in 13-man squad (last six seasons): 34
• Total Junior League Cup goals in 13-man squad (last six seasons): 7
• Total 2nd XI appearances in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 235
• Total 2nd XI goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last six seasons): 34
• Total Club appearances in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 352
• Total Club goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 38

OHAFC 3rd XI: No fixture this weekend

Other Stats of the Week: February 7th 2015

• 38th day of the Gregorian calendar
• 55 days until Easter Tour 2015!
• 1812 English author Charles Dickens is born
• 1935 The board game Monopoly is invented
• 1959 Former footballer and current Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy is born
• 1974 Grenada gains independence from the UK
• 1988 Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is born
• 1992 The Maastricht Treaty is signed, creating the European Union

Items to diarise immediately and action appropriately:

• Independence Day in Grenada

Colemanballs of the Week:

“I’ll bet there are eight teams in the last sixteen who won’t win the competition” (Andy Gray)