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And so it begins...

The new season officially kicks of for Didcot Town on Saturday as we make our bow in a new division with a trip to Welwyn Garden City in Southern League Division One Central, 3pm kick off.

it's been a long summer and pre-season for the Railwaymen who have played 7 matches in preparation for the new season and begin with a tough looking away fixture at Welwyn Garden City who will be playing their very first game at Step 4 level following their championship winning season in the Spartan South Midland League last season.

Didcot go into the game with 4 players missing, George Reid (ankle) and David Murphy (knee) are both missing due to injury while Morgan Williams and Michael Alexis are both unavailable to make the trip as well.

Manager Andy Ballard has named a 16 man squad to travel to Welwyn Garden City and it will be as follows

Leigh Bedwell
Ryan Markham
Cameron McNeill
Matt Woodley
Stuart Cattell
Luke Carnell
Adam Learoyd
Sam Barder
Seth Humphries
Lance Williams
Callum McNish
Brett Gardner
Lewis Hayden
Ollie Thomas
Felipe Barcelos
Andy Ballard

For supporters we aren't running a team coach to this game, the club address is as follows

Welwyn Garden City Football and Social Club,
Herns Way,
Panshanger,
Welwyn Garden City,
Herts,
AL7 1TA

For those who can't make the journey on Saturday we will have full updates via Twitter. We return home on Tuesday night for our first home fixture of the season against Aylesbury Utd. 7:45pm kick off.