Compton Park, Brafield Road, Cogenhoe NN7 1ND
Kick-Off 7:45pm
ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League Premier Division
Tuesday 25th February 2014
Cogenhoe United v AFC Rushden & Diamonds
AFC Rushden & Diamonds make the short trip to Compton Park to face Cogenhoe United on Tuesday evening in the ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League Premier Division. This is the rearranged game for the fixture that was postponed at the start of the month. The two teams are currently battling towards the top of the league table, and this will be the Diamonds shortest trip away from the Dog & Duck for this league season.
The two sides met at the Dog & Duck in November when the Diamonds recorded a 4-2 victory – report here
Details of admission prices and any parking recommendations will be added here when provided by the host club, along with any details of catering arrangements.
Jamal Clarke will be serving the second game of his two-game ban for picking up 10 yellow cards.
Our Opponents
In its current guise Cogenhoe United FC was formed in 1967, and initially played in the Central Northants Football Combination before joining the UCL in 1985 as they moved into their Compton Park home. They were promoted to the UCL Premier in 1987, where they have remained ever since. The won the UCL Premier in the 2004-05 season, with ex-RDFC striker Darren Collins scoring 50 goals that campaign, and he went on to become their manager in 2007.
They are nicknamed the Cooks, and their club website is here and their Twitter feed here. They play in blue shirts and shorts. For the first part of this season they were managed by Andy Marks, but he went abroad shortly before the two teams met in November, and Paul Lamb has taken over the reins until his return.
After losing striker Courtney Herbert to Corby Town they have signed ex-Sileby and Kettering striker Rob Foster. Herbert had scored both the Cooks’ goals in the game at the Dog & Duck in November. Ex-R&DFC goalkeeper Darren Watts has recently taken over between the sticks for the Cooks, as keeper Matt Finlay moved from Compton Park to join the Diamonds. In their two most recent games they have won away at Deeping Rangers before a draw against Huntingdon Town, so they will be aiming to continue this good run against the Diamonds.
Getting There
The Cooks play at Compton Park, Brafield Road, Cogenhoe NN7 1ND. For directions for the 9 mile trip from the Dog & Duck see here.
There is no obvious public transport option for the trip to Cogenhoe.
Other Info
A summary set of profiles for the Diamonds Players and Management is here. Individual player profiles are here, with player and match stats available here.
Player and Match Sponsorship options are detailed in the Commercial Brochure as detailed here.
The fixture list is here, and latest fixture news is here, and specific match status information here, along with the next planned fixture for the various AFC Rushden & Diamonds teams. Don’t forget you can get a regular Diamonds news bulletin delivered to your inbox, including details of all the forthcoming fixtures by signing up to the Club Newsletter – you will see a sign-up box on the right-hand side of the site homepage – just under the EA Sports Logo.
For details of the history of AFC Rushden & Diamonds see here.
There are details on how to become a member of AFC R&D here, as well as news on Season Tickets, Multiple Game Tickets and related prices here.
The club depends upon volunteer support from its fanbase. If you would like to join the group who help either on matchdays or behind the scenes see here.
A full directory of UCL clubs, including links to websites, ground details (with a map pinpointing all the UCL grounds), along with club links including Twitter details plus some general UCL links is here.
The UCL Handbook, along with links to competition rules is here.
