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Letcombe Host Crowmarsh

Ben Stone24 Jul 2015 - 17:56
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Pre-season action at Bassett Road

Our pre-season matches continue on Saturday (25th July) as Crowmarsh Gifford visit Bassett Road for our traditional friendly fixture.

Last year we were 1-0 winners against tomorrow's opposition, with a single strike by defender Jon Hanson enough to give us a narrow victory. We now we will have to be on our game tomorrow if we want to continue our unbeaten pre-season record. Crowmarsh finished 11th in North Berks Division 1 last season with a total of 15 points from 22 league games.

With Manager David Richardson on holiday, Des Williams will oversee the side tomorrow. Des, of course, no stranger to managing Letcombe sides - and Dave has kept in touch with the squad over the last few days and has selected the side for tomorrow. We will again rotate a number of players tomorrow as we look to ensure as many players as possible get some game time during pre-season. Tom Stone, Chris Brind and Pat Howe will be rested, having played in the 0-0 draw with Milton. We will include Andy Goodchild, Tom Broad, Matt Pill and Marc Merritt for the first time this pre-season and add Chris Hewitt to the squad from Tuesday night. Richard Claydon will captain the team.

The squad in full is as follows: Danny Joyce, Tom Eatwell, Richard Claydon, Jack Hamblin, Luke Stone, Chris Hewitt, Luke Ballard, Tom Broad, Andy Goodchild, Matt Pill, Luke Faircloth, Owen Shaw, Paul Farrell, Marc Merritt, Adam Finney.

Kick off tomorrow is 3pm and all support is welcome. We have impressed in our opening friendlies and this will be another important work out for our players, ahead of an away fixture against Didcot Town Reserves on Tuesday evening.

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