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St Albans City v Arlesey Town
Saturday, October 8 – KO 3pm
Manager: Zema Abbey
Last season: 1st (Southern Division One Central)
Top scorer this year: Chris Dillon (Four)
ST ALBANS City will look to put their FA Cup disappointment behind them this Saturday when they welcome Premier Division newboys Arlesey Town to Clarence Park.
There are several familiar faces to Saints fans in the Arlesey ranks with ex-Saints Ryan Frater and Dave Deeney and St Albans City Midweek Youth coach James Gray all featuring for the Blues this term.
Season so far
It’s been a steady start to their Premier Division journey for Arlesey Town who currently sit in 15th place.
After starting the season with back-to-back defeats the Blues got their campaign up and running with a point at Frome Town before notching their first three points with an impressive 2-0 win over big-spending title hopefuls Brackley Town.
Since then Arlesey’s league form has been patchy winning just one more Premier Division game – a 2-0 win at Bedford – but while the Blues have struggled in the league, their FA Cup form has been impressive.
A late Dave Deeney goal gave Zema Abbey’s side a 2-1 win over Tilbury in the First Qualifying Round before the Blues caused the upset of the Second Qualifying Round with a 6-2 defeat of Conference South outfit Hampton & Richmond Borough.
The Blues were brought back down to earth on Tuesday evening, however, as they slipped to a 2-1 home defeat against Barwell.
Team v Barwell: Osborn; Deeney, Bufano, Frater, Mawer, S Sinclair, Allinson, D Sinclair, Mason; Dillon, Marsh.
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