A Brief History of Didcot Town
Didcot Town were originally founded in 1907 and played in the North Berkshire League, Reading League and Metropolitan League until becoming founder members of the Hellenic League in 1953. Didcot were crowned the first Hellenic League champions in 1953/54. They dropped out of the Premier Division three times over the next 50 years but each time returned relatively quickly. In 2004/05 Didcot won the FA Vase defeating AFC Sudbury 3-2 in the final at White Hart Lane. They followed this major honour up by winning a second Hellenic League title in 2005/06 and gained promotion to the Southern League Division One South & West. In 2008/09 Didcot were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division after winning the play-offs and spent two seasons at that level before being relegated back to Division One in 2010/11. The next five seasons saw them finish 16th, 17th, 12th, 7th, and 10th back in South & West. Last season Didcot reached the first round proper of the FA Cup and were drawn at home to Exeter City. The game was shown live on BT Sport with 2,707 in attendance at Loop Meadow. The Grecians ran out 3-0 winners but it was a very profitable day for the Oxfordshire club.

Form
Didcot's last two fixtures have been postponed but last time out they drew 1-1 away to Wimborne Town. They have drawn four of their last six games with their last win coming on Boxing Day at home to Wantage Town. However they have not been beaten since 13th December when they lost to Evesham United. Didcot are currently 13th in the league table (W9 D9 L8).

Didcot Town's last six (LDWDDD)
14/01/17 Wimborne Town 1 Didcot Town 1 (League)
07/01/17 Didcot Town 3 Tiverton Town 3 (League)
02/01/17 North Leigh 2 Didcot Town 2 (League)
26/12/16 Didcot Town 3 Wantage Town 1 (League)
17/12/16 Shortwood United 3 Didcot Town 3 (League)
13/12/16 Didcot Town 1 Evesham United 2 (League)

Bideford have also gone a couple of weeks without playing after the games at Tiverton and Winchester were both postponed. The Robins scored a narrow but important win over Slimbridge on Saturday as they retain hope of catching the play-off contenders. In order to turn hope into reality The Robins must start stringing some victories together, something they have struggled to do all season. Bideford are 10th in Division One S&W (W11 D6 L10).

Bideford's last six (WLWLDW)
14/01/17 Bideford 1 Slimbridge 0 (League)
07/01/17 Bishop's Cleeve 3 Bideford 3 (League)
02/01/17 Bideford 2 Taunton Town 4 (League)
26/12/16 Barnstaple Town 0 Bideford 1 (League)
20/12/16 Bideford 1 Winchester City 2 (League)
13/12/16 Bideford 2 Bridgwater Town 0 (League)

Recent meetings:
24/09/16 Didcot Town 4 Bideford 2 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
04/11/14 Didcot Town 2 Bideford 1 (FA Trophy Q1 replay)
01/11/16 Bideford 3 Didcot Town 3 (FA Trophy Q1)
17/03/12 Bideford 2 Didcot Town 1 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
19/11/11 Didcot Town 1 Bideford 1 (Southern Div 1 S&W)

Bideford vs Didcot Town
Southern League Division One South & West
Saturday 28th January 2017
3:00pm kick off
Sports Ground, Bideford

Didcot Town FC
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