LEISTON head to Bishop’s Stortford this weekend in their penultimate away game of 2024 looking to get back on track after three league defeats - to Kettering, AFC Telford and Stourbridge.

Bishop's Stortford are currently 15th with 24 points from 19 league games. They have lost their last two league games to Kettering Town and Stratford Town, but won three games before that against Barwell, Spalding United and Harborough Town.

The Blues meanwhile have dropped to 13th in recent weeks, with 25 points from 19 games, but the league is still very tight.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

THE two teams have only met in competitive action twice.

Back in August, and at Leiston's first home game of the campaign it ended 1-1. Bradley Russell opened the scoring for the away side, before Ben Fowkes netted a 90th-minute penalty after Kyran Clements had been fouled. Greg Halford was sent off for Bishop's Stortford as they ended the game with 10 men.

In the two teams' only other competitive match, the Hertfordshire side won 5-1 in the second round of the FA Trophy in 2021. Adam Mills had pulled one back for Leiston after the Blues had gone two goals down early on, and Sam Donkin had saved a penalty, but three second half goals put Stortford into round three.

FORM GUIDE
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DID YOU KNOW?

BISHOP'S Stortford FC were founded in 1874 and won the 1974 Amateur Cup. In 1981 they won the FA Trophy.

The town developed only after the Stort Navigation in 1769 when it became a malting centre and grain depot. It is a fast-growing town. In 1991 the population was just under 28,000. By 2020 that had increased to 41,000.

John Radford, who played for Arsenal, West Ham and Blackburn was Bishop's Stortford manager between 1979-83.

The average house price for a property in Bishop's Stortford was £492,000 last year.

COMING UP FOR THE BLUES

LEISTON see out 2024 with a home game against Lowestoft Town on Boxing Day (1pm kick off) and then head to Harborough Town on Saturday 28th December for the final match of the year.

MATCH INFORMATION
Bishop’s Stortford v Blues
Pitching In Southern League Central Premier
Saturday, December 21, 3pm kick off
Dunmow Road, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5RG
Tel: - 01279 306456.

Admission Prices:- Adults £15, Concessions £10, Students (with ID) £8, Children U12 FREE.

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