Match Preview

This saturday we visit our Division 1 Central opponents Dunstable Town in an away league fixture at Creasey Park Community Football Centre. The Club is based in Dunstable Town, Bedfordshire and are nicknamed either The Blues or The Duns. The Creasey Park Football Centre holds up to 3500 supporters, and they play on a grass pitch measuring 100.5 x 64.5m.

Dunstable Town were founded in 1950 when they joined the Metropolitan League. From 1950 the club played at Kingway until they moved to Brewers Hill. The ground was later renamed Creasey Park after Wally Creasey, one of the first directors of the club. It currently has a capacity of 3,500, of which 350 are seated and 1,000 covered. Dunstable Town and AFC Dunstable currently pitch share for their home games. During the 1975-6 season the Club folded through debts, and Dunstable FC was formed in order to finish the remaining fixtures. In 1998 the new Dunstable Town FC was formed and joined Division One of the Spartan South Midlands League.

Previously Dunstable have attracted many famous faces including Barry Fry who managed them from the end of the 73-74 season, George Best and Jeff Astle. Best only played in two friendly matches but Astle stayed at the club and scored 34 goals This helped them finish as Division One South runners-up, and earning them promotion to the Premier Division

Dunstable Town FC play in a home kit which is a blue and white shirt, dark blue shorts and socks; the away kit is white and blue shirts with white shorts and socks. The goalkeeper plays in a very colourful kit of a lime green shirt, yellow shorts and yellow socks.

Sutton are unbeaten in two games now, and are looking to extend that run against opposition who are in 16th position at the moment, but have won their last two games. Sutton are in ninth position after a disappointing draw against Didcot Town, so will be looking to improve on that performance this time out. Sutton last visited this ground only a few months ago when they lost out to AFC Dunstable 2-0. Let’s hope the day turns out to be profitable on this occasion.

Evostik South Division 1 Central.

Here’s to an entertaining and successful game.

COME ON YOU ROYALS.