FOOTBALL: Abingdon duo miss out on Oxon derby (From Oxford Mail)

FOOTBALL: Abingdon duo miss out on Oxon derby

5:10pm Thursday 26th November 2009

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Abingdon Town will be without suspended duo of Stuart Douglas and Jon Steedman when they host Old Woodstock Town in the Premier Division on Saturday.

Town have won their last three matches to go 12th.

Boss Mark O’Hara said: “We are on a roll, and with players coming back into the team, it’s looking good.

“For the first time this season, we have competition for places and that can only be a good thing.”

Daniel Warne (ankle) and Piers McGlynn (hamstring) face late fitness tests.

Kidlington hope for a repeat display when they host Ascot United, who they thumped 7-1 earlier in the season.

Danny Leggett and Darren McNamara are sidelined, while there are doubts over Mark Flanagan, Ben Will-oughby and Brad Chalmers.

In Division 1 West, Headington Amateurs host fellow high-fliers Wootton Bassett Town.

Manager Shaun Pearce has a full-strength squad to choose from.

Witney United welcome back Andy Younie, Vinny Byfield, Dean Smith and Ricky Bridges for their home tie with Letcombe in the first round of the Bluefin Insurance Brokers Challenge Cup Youngster Jack Smith serves a one-match suspension for collecting too many yellow cards.

Richard Guy (ankle) and Matt Biddle (broken nose) are ruled out when Wantage Town entertain Division 1 East outfit Wokingham & Emmbrook.

Matty Horsell returns after illness.

Clanfield face a tricky trip to Premier Division side Flackwell Heath in the preliminary round of the Soccer Kits Plus Supplementary Cup.

Eddie Everett (holiday) and Jason Court (work) are definitely out, while Alan Rodgers and Rupert McFarlane face late fitness tests.

Rob Coules and James Arthur are added to the squad.

TOMORROW’S SQUADS Abingdon Tn (Old Woodstock Tn, home): from Walker, Brandon, Warne, Alder, Thomas, Moss, Barson, Jones, Fowler, Edney, Perkins, Williams, McGlynn, Davies, Whitehead, Fleet.

Kidlington (v Ascot Utd, home): from T McNamara, Weedon, Philpott, Kapral, Quainton, Coyle, Flanagan, Baker, Sanders, Deabill, Willoughby, Holden, Parker, Fincher, Morgan, Chalmers, Geary.

Headington Ams (v Wootton Bassett Tn, home): from Jenkins, Brown, B Cuff, Buckle, PEarce, Morbey, Zaja, Simmonds, Hill, Williams, Hafiz, Jacobs, Lockhart, L Cuff, Perreira, Ashley.

Witney Utd (v Letcombe, home): from Okole, Szczukiewicz, Butler, Cattell, Byfield, Smith, Harper, McMahon, JP Mills, Styles, Odhiambo, Thompson, Younie, Zoldan, McNally, Allmond, Bridges.

Wantage Tn (v Wokingham, home): from Durrant, Copp, Belcher, Swann, Malton, Ilsley, McCullough, Austin, Horsell, Jones, Claydon, Rowe, Langford, McKeon, Webb, Dewar, Wallbridge.

Clanfield (v Flackwell Heath, away): from Brain, Hunt, Oswin, Dickenson, Acock, Little, Olphert, Frendo, Rodgers, Brooks, Williams, Coules, Arthurs, McFarlane, Osborne.

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