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Tomorrow we visit North Leigh Football Club at the Eynsham Hall Sports Ground. North Leigh FC are based in Witley, Oxfordshire and were founded in 1908, and following the Second World War started to make their mark in the Witney and District League.

North Leigh, or The Millers as they are known by fans, play at the Eynsham Hall Sports Ground, a ground which holds 2000 supporters, 175 of who can be seated in the George Hazell stand. More recently Improved facilities at the Eynsham Park ground included floodlights, a stand with approximately 150 seats, and for the start of season 1998/99, a £100,000 changing room block which included a committee room, kitchen and public toilets. Further improvements which have been completed contain substantial pitch drainage work, a 2-metre-high ground fence enclosing the pitch, new dugouts, turnstile spectator entrance facilities with a new 175-seater stand with disabled spectator and press facilities alongside the pitch. This replaces the previous seated stand which has now been converted to undercover terracing for standing spectators.

North Leigh play on a grass pitch measuring 103m x 66m and have a home kit of yellow & black shirts, black shorts and yellow socks. Their away kit is a red shirt, red shorts and red socks, and the 3rd kit is a white short, shorts and socks. The goalkeeper wears a green shirt, green shorts and green socks.

Sutton have had another good week with the victory over Yaxley taking us close to the playoff positions. We have, however, played more games than some teams below us so this could change game by game. Sutton can’t be complacent at this stage, and having won three on the bounce why should they.

North Leigh have had a tough spell languishing at the bottom of the table all season. It’s now or never for them, and although Sutton were comfortable winners in the reverse fixture earlier in the season, it’s a foolhardy person who expects an easy three points today.

Every game is like a cup final from here on in so let’s get behind the lads, we can do this.

Here’s to an entertaining and successful game.

COME ON YOU ROYALS.