Lewes (a) on Sat 13th Nov, KO 15:00

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Lewes Quick Guide:
Club founded: 1885
Nickname: The Rooks
Club colours: Red and Black
10 year record:


* Lewes Football Club was formed at a meeting at a local pub (The Royal Oak) in 1885 and initially wore green shirts designed to evoke the surrounding South Downs. The present red and black kit was adopted in 1893.

* The club have always played their home matches at the Dripping Pan (often just called The Pan). The ground itself is known to have been used for football matches prior to the formation of the current club, and has been used by the local people for recreation since time immemorial. The unusual name, "The Dripping Pan", is because the site was where monks from the local priory used to dry water from the nearby river to make salt. This also accounted for the pitch being sunk below ground level and being surrounded by grass banks on all sides.

* On October 25th 2010, Steve Ibbitson resigned his position as manager of Lewes FC, but was invited by the Board to become club Chairman, a position which the popular Yorkshireman accepted.

* Former Croydon Athletic manager Tim O'Shea immediately became the new team manager alongside his assistant Neil Smith, with the Rooks bottom of Blue Square Bet South.

The above taken from Wikipedia.


Current Form (last 5 matches in the league):
Lewes - LDDWL
St. Albans City - LLDLL

Last league matches for each side:
Bishop's Stortford 1 - 0 Lewes
St. Albans City 0 - 2 Farnborough


Line-up from last outing in the league:
Lewes - Winterton, Barness, Pearson, Wright, Hutchinson, Breach, Murphy, Ide, Olima, Porter, Butler. (Subs - Crellin, Green, Pullan, Jones, Rivers).

St. Albans City - Paul Bastock, Ross Dedman, Peter Smith, David Deeney, Ben Martin, Ryan Frater, Harry Beautyman, James Fisher, Pelayo Gomez, Jean-Michel Sigere, Hector Mackie. (Subs - Dom Petrucci, David Hutton, Rob Magwood, Adam Martin).


Top league goalscorer(s):
Lewes - Wormull is on 3 league goals.

St. Albans City - Inih Effiong has scored 4 league goals so far this season, while Mark Peters is on 3 and Sigere on 2.


Last two league meetings between the sides:[/b]

- St. Albans City 1 - 1 Lewes (22/08/09) - The Saints and the Rooks drew 1-1 in this match at Clarence Park. Sam Crabb opened the scoring with a tap in at the far post for Lewes but there was late drama as the Saints scored an equaliser in the dying minutes through Assistant Manager Mark Peters to rescue a point.

- Lewes 0 - 0 St. Albans City (14/04/10) - It was another draw between the two sides in the return fixture at the Dripping Pan.


You can check out our previous meetings with the Rooks on record at the official website (SACFC.co.uk) by clicking here - www.sacfc.co.uk/index.php/statistics/opponents.html


Latest Saints team news:

- Peter Smith and Adam Everitt may well have recovered from injury for the trip to Sussex.

- Striker Pelayo Gomez is also expected to be available.

- Sol Shields played for the reserves in the Herts Senior Cup on Wednesday. He is still building up his fitness after recovering from his ruptured Achilles injury but he could well form part of the squad to travel to Lewes.


You can check the latest player suspensions here: www.thefa.com/TheFa/Disciplinary/SuspensionLists/ & www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/....Suspension.aspx


Possible Saints starting XI (in a 4-4-2 formation):




Quick Facts:

St. Albans City:
- Not won for 6 games
- Not scored for 2 games
- One win in 15
- 5 points out of last 24


Lewes:
- Not won at home for 6 games
- One win in 13
- 5 points out of last 24


Saint King of the Castle's Final Word:[/u] Another week that Saints fans would do well to forget about quickly. First, a 6-0 thumping at the hands of Welling and then a 2-0 defeat at home against Farnborough.

The game on Tuesday saw a better performance from the Saints in the first-half but in the end, it was just more of the same. City held their own but never looked like scoring and in the 69th minute, Boro' took the lead through King. In the second-half, Farnborough were firmly on top, and they deservedly scored again through King, to ensure that they were able to take the full three points back with them to Hampshire.

After the game, Castle summed the game up like this: 'The game hinged on their quality and our lack of quality'

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This Saturday, however, sees an absolutely crucial game for Steve Castle's Saints. It is going to be a six-pointer, as thy say, even this early in the season, against Lewes at the Dripping Pan.

Lewes come into the game on the back of a defeat against Bishops Stortford. The Rooks currently sit one place below the Saints, in 19th position, which is the last relegation place. So far this term, Lewes have won 2 games, drawn 3 and lost 10, giving them a total of only 9 points.

They have scored a total of 11 goals in 15 games, which is an average of 0.73 goals scored per game. They have also conceded 20 goals in 15 games which is an average of 1.3 goals being let in per game. But their goal difference is only -9 while the Saints' goal difference is a lowly -12.

The Rooks have been strugglers in the BSBS since they were relegated from the BSBP a few seasons ago. Last season, they finished in 19th position on 42 points, just managing to avoid relegation from the division. The two games between the sides both ended in draws last season, with just 2 goals being scored over the two matches. City will be hoping they can do better than draw on Saturday.

The Saints go into the game on the back of just 1 win in 23 league games and, if a win is not recorded at the Dripping Pan, the Saints are sure-fire favourites to be relegated. Sigere will be hoping to mark his return to his ex-club by scoring and helping the Saints ease some of the pressure on them.

So, will it be a crucial 3 points gained for the Saints on Satruday? Or will Lewes heap the misery on City? Share your views and get involved in the pre- and post-match discussion in this thread below.


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