Tomorrow, Baldock Town travel to Crawley Green for the first of two visits in four days. In this instance it is for a League match and it will be followed on Tuesday evening for a League Challenge Trophy 3rd round match.

Crawley Green find themselves in a healthy 8th place in the League table with a current record of P-14, W-6, D-3, L-5, with 21 points. Noticeably of late they have been involved in some high scoring matches with 31 goals being scored in their last 4 matches, 18 of which they have scored and 13 let in. So that augers well for a goalless draw then! (See the current form details below).

Current Form (latest matches first):

Baldock Town:
Biggleswade United H Won 2-0 (PDC QF)
London Colney H Lost 3-4 (SSML Prem)
Biggleswade United H Lost 2-3 (SSML Prem)
Stowmarket Town A Lost 1-3aet (FAV 2R)
Pitstone and Ivinghoe A Won 5-1 (LCT 2R)

Crawley Green:
Cockfosters A Drew 5-5 (SSML Prem)
North Greenford United A Drew 3-3 (SSML Prem)
Stotfold H Won 3-2 (SSML Prem)
Amersham Town H Won 7-3 (LCT 2R)
Leverstock Green A Drew 1-1 (SSML Prem)

Key:
SSML Prem – League,
PDC – Premier Division Cup,
FAV – FA Vase
LCT – League Challenge Trophy

In their last two fixtures, the never-say-die Dirty Clarets (as they are known), have become masters of the impossible comeback. At Cockfosters last Saturday they were 1-5 down but managed a 5-5 draw, while previous to that they were 0-3 down at the break at North Greenford, but again achieved parity in the 2nd half.

Also at Cockfosters, while the game was taking place, some of the Crawley Green players had cash and bank cards removed from their wallets, that had been left supposedly secure, in the changing room. What a world we now live in!

The last time we met Crawley Green was back in April 2016, in their promotion season, when we played out a goalless draw at Sharpenhoe Road (when CG shared Barton Rovers’ facilities). A month previously we met at Roker Park, where Baldock came out on top by 5-1. Goals from Simon Martin, Luke Gregson (2), Josh Furness, and an OG were too much for the Dirty Clarets on that evening, with Mark Bunker scoring their consolation.

CG now play their matches at the Brache. I read this week that they have been awarded a grant of £50,000 from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIA) to build a new modular changing pavilion and covered spectator accommodation at the facility.

Because of a colour clash, the Reds will again become the Blues for the afternoon.

Wednesday 14th November 2018
Spartan South Midlands League,
CRAWLEY GREEN v BALDOCK TOWN
311 Crawley Green Road,
Luton.
LU2 9AG
Kick-off 3pm

The matchday programme can be accessed and downloaded by clicking HERE

BTW, I apologise for the late posting of this match preview – I have had a rather busy week!