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North Leigh are Saturday's visitors to the Sports Ground in Southern League Division One South & West.

Bideford vs North Leigh
Southern League Division One South & West
Saturday 25th March 2017
3:00pm kick off
Sports Ground, Bideford

A Brief History of North Leigh FC
North Leigh FC were formed in 1908 and played at a local level for over 80 years winning the Witney & District League title seven times. They also competed in the Oxfordshire Senior League. It wasn't until the 1990/91 season when North Leigh stepped up to play in Hellenic League Division One. After two fourth place finishes they were runners-up in 1992/93 and were promoted to the Hellenic League Premier Division. An initial 14th place finish was followed by 14 consecutive top eight finishes. North Leigh were Hellenic League champions in 2001/02, 2002/03 and again in 2007/08 when they accepted promotion to the Southern League. In the eight seasons North Leigh have played in Southern League Division One South & West they have never finished outside of the top ten.

North Leigh FC
Web: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/northleighfc
Twitter: @NorthLeigh_FC

Form Guide
North Leigh are on course for another top ten finish in Division One South & West and currently sit in 9th position (W15 D8 L10), one point behind Bideford but with two games in hand. The Yellows began 2017 by going seven league games without a loss but then went six games without a victory before getting back on track with an impressive 5-2 win at Shortwood United. North Leigh have also managed to take a point from Hereford and score a big win at Salisbury, who went on to win their next ten league games.

North Leigh's last six (LLDWLW)
21/03/17 Shortwood United 2 North Leigh 5 (League)
18/03/17 Hereford 4 North Leigh 1 (League)
14/03/17 Oxford City 0 North Leigh 3 (Oxfordshire Cup SF)
11/03/17 North Leigh 1 Wimborne Town 1 (League)
07/03/17 North Leigh 2 Mangotsfield United 3 (League)
04/03/17 Tiverton Town 4 North Leigh 1 (League)

Bideford suffered their first loss in ten league outings last week at Swindon Supermarine which all but ended their play-off hopes for this season. The Robins will be hoping to return to winning ways on Saturday with the visit of North Leigh who sit a point behind them in the table.

Bideford's last six (WLWDDL)
18/03/17 Swindon Supermarine 4 Bideford 1 (League)
11/03/17 Bideford 0 Hereford 0 (League)
28/02/17 Winchester City 0 Bideford 0 (League)
25/02/17 Bideford 2 Wimborne Town 0 (League)
21/02/17 Tiverton Town 3 Bideford 1 (St Luke's Bowl QF)
18/02/17 Shortwood United 1 Bideford 2 (League)

Previous meetings
03/12/16 North Leigh 2 Bideford 1 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
10/03/12 North Leigh 1 Bideford 2 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
12/11/11 Bideford 3 North Leigh 2 (Southern Div 1 S&W)