OHAFC 1st XI: Old Cholmeleians (A), Arthurian League Division One, 12.15pm KO at Old Cholmeleians Sports Ground, Hendon Wood Lane, London NW7 4HR

DIVISION

• Third weekend of the Arthurian League season
• OPENING 1st XI FIXTURE OF THE 2017/18 SEASON
• OHAFC 1s return to Division One following their second relegation in three seasons
• Finished 2nd in Division One in 2015/16 with 12 wins and 2 draws from 18 games
• Ended that season 11 points behind Old Brentwoods who have also returned to Division One this season
• Division One made up of nine sides: Aldenhamians, Berkhamstedians, Bradfieldians, Brentwoods, Cholmeleians, Harrovians, Malvernians, Reptonians & Wellingtonians
• Old Millfieldians resigned from the League just prior to the season starting
• OHAFC & Brentwoods relegated from Premier Division, Berkhamstedians promoted from Division Two despite finishing third
• Top two sides are promoted into the Premier Division, relegation depends on a 1st XI finishing in the top 3 places in Division Two
• Average points per game needed to win Division One (last 5 seasons): 2.10 (34pts this season)
• Average points per game needed for promotion to Premier Division (last 5 seasons): 1.72 (28pts this season)
• Average points per game needed to avoid relegation to Division Two (last 5 seasons): 0.91 (15pts this season)
• Other Division One fixture this weekend: Old Brentwoods (3rd) v Old Aldenhamians (2nd) [2pm]

FIXTURE

• Old Cholmeleians (Last season 4th in Division One, 27pts) v OHAFC 1s (Last season 9th in Premier Division, 13pts) in Arthurian League Division One
• Opening League fixture of the season for OHAFC, 2nd fixture for Cholmeleians
• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub, Parsons Green: 11.2 miles
• Average distance for 16 League games this season: 11.56 miles (last season 11.83 miles)
• This is the 4th shortest away fixture of the season
• Referee: Julian Courtenay
• Refereeing his 5th OHAFC League game in the last 9 seasons, the previous 4 were all home games and all 4 were Harrow wins
• Has previously refereed 3 OHAFC 1st XI fixtures, the most recent being the final game of the 2012/13 season, a 3-2 win over KCS Wimbledon
• Not a single player named in Saturday’s matchday squad played in that fixture!
• Weather forecast: Sunny, 17 degrees
• Pitch forecast: Good 50%, Fair 40%, Poor 10%
• OHAFC 1s opening day record over the previous 8 seasons: Pld 8, won 3, drawn 1, lost 4, scored 13, conceded 22
• This is only the third time in nine seasons the OHAFC 1s have played their opening League fixture away from home – exactly the opposite to the OHAFC 2nd XI

TEAMS

• Average position of OHAFC 1st XI last 5 seasons/Average points: 9th in Premier Division/22pts
• Average position of Cholmeleians last 3 seasons/Average points: 8th in Premier Division/23pts
• Cholmeleians finished third in the Premier Division in 2012/13 but have fallen steadily since, being relegated two seasons ago
• Last season Cholms finished 4th in Division One, 13pts off the promotion places
• OHAFC Premier Division form last season: Pld 18, won 3, drawn 4, lost 11, goals scored 23 (2nd fewest in division), conceded 52 (most in division)
• Cholmeleians Division One form last season: Pld 18, won 9, drawn 3, lost 6, scored 54 (joint most in division), conceded 41 (4th fewest in division)
• OHAFC away League form last season: Pld 9, won 2, lost 7, scored 12, conceded 28
• Cholmeleians home League form last season: Pld 9, won 3, drawn 3, lost 3, scored 20, conceded 14
• Last season Cholms won twice as many games away as they did at home
• Current form (last 3 League games): OHAFC L W L Cholmeleians D D W
• Cholmeleians have not lost in the League since a 5-1 defeat to the Old Wykehamists on February 25th (four games)
• Last time out: OHAFC lost 8-2 at champions the Old Carthusians on the final day of last season, Cholmeleians drew 1-1 at home to Old Malvernians last weekend
• Corresponding fixture last season: Sides did not meet last season
• Previous meeting: Cholmeleians won 3-0 at home on April 18th 2015 in the Premier Division
• Saturday is the first meeting between the teams in Division One this century
• Overall League record between teams (last eight seasons): 12 previous meetings, OHAFC won 6, drawn 2, lost 4, scored 24 goals, conceded 23
• League record at Cholms (last 8 seasons): 6 previous meetings, OHAFC have won once, drawn 2, lost 3
• Record OHAFC League victory: 4-1 at home on April 17th 2010
• Record OHAFC League defeat: 4-1 away on April 26th 2014

PLAYERS

• 54 players from squad used last season, 116 in the previous eight seasons
• Leading 1st XI appearances last season (all competitions): 18 – Yunus Sert, 17 – Ed Poulter
• Leading 1st XI goalscorers last season (all competitions): 5 – Alex Gilbert
• Worst discipline last season: 6 yellows – Yunus Sert
• Most OHAFC League appearances v Cholms (previous 8 seasons): 12 – David Lederman (played in every League game between the teams), 10 – Ed Poulter
• Leading OHAFC League goalscorers v Cholms (previous 8 seasons): 4 – Quentin Baker, Luke de Rougemont, David Lederman
• Most OHAFC League appearances at Cholms (previous 8 seasons): 6 – David Lederman
• Leading OHAFC League goalscorers at Cholms (previous 8 seasons): 4 – Luke de Rougemont, 3 – Quentin Baker
• Yunus Sert named captain for the 2017/18 season, Fred Richardson named vice-captain
• 14-man squad named for Matchday 1 (Last season’s 1st XI appearances + goals in brackets)
• Yunus Sert (17+0) set for 60th career Club appearance
• Alex Breeden (14+2) set for 50th 1st XI career League start
• Jack Hill (0) set to play first competitive OHAFC fixture in 18 months following Achilles injury – last game played in was 4-3 home defeat to Old Radleians on April 16th 2016. Also set for 25th 1st XI career League appearance and 30th 1st XI career start in all competitions
• James Breeden (3+2) set for 10th 1st XI career League start & appearance
• Josh Adejokun (0) set for OHAFC 1st XI debut (played first game for the club in 2s’ 6-0 defeat to Alleynians on the opening day of the season)
• Chester Robinson set for OHAFC career debut
• Also in Squad: Kyle Barrett (8+0), Will Bamford (0), Jonny Lalude (3+0), Fraser McGuinness (0), Ed Poulter (16+1), Nick Scarborough (11+1), Emre Sert (7+0) & Hugo Trower (4+0)
• Total 1st XI appearances / goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 8 seasons): 359/32
• Average 1st XI apps / goals in 14-man squad (all comps, last 8 seasons): 26/2
• Total Club appearances / goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 8 seasons): 450/48
• Average Club apps / goals in 14-man squad (all comps, last 8 seasons): 32/3

OHAFC 2nd XI: Old KCS Wimbledon 2s (A), Arthurian League Division Two, 11.15pm KO at Southfields Aspire 3G Centre, 337 Merton Road, Wandsworth, SW18 5JU

DIVISION

• Third weekend of the Arthurian League season
• OHAFC 2s return to Division Two for the first time since the 2009/10 season
• Division Two made up of 10 sides: Alleynians, Charterhouse 2s, Charterhouse 3s, Eton 2s, Forest 2s, KCS Wimbledon 2s, Lancing 2s, Radleians & Westminsters
• OHAFC 2s and Alleynians promoted from Division Three last season, Radleians relegated from Division One
• Lancing 2s are the reigning Division Two champions, earning 30pts from 16 League games last season
• OHAFC 2s unable to earn promotion into Division One, bottom two sides relegated to Division Four
• Average points per game needed to win Division Two (last 5 seasons): 2.05 (37pts this season)
• Average points per game needed to avoid relegation to Division Three (last 5 seasons): 0.88 (16pts this season)
• Other Division Two fixtures this weekend: Old Alleynians (1st) v Old Westminsters (7th) [12pm], Old Etonian 2s (3rd) v Old Forest 2s (4th) [12pm]

FIXTURE

• KCS Wimbledon 2s (8th, 0pts) v OHAFC 2s (10th, 0pts) in Arthurian League Division Two
• 3rd fixture of the season for KCS, 2nd for OHAFC
• Both sides are looking for their first points of the season on Saturday
• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub, Parsons Green: 1.9 miles
• Average distance for 18 League games this season: 11.17 miles (last season 8.92 miles)
• This is the shortest away trip of the season
• Fastest travel time to an OHAFC away game (8 mins to Old Salopians in Chiswick) under threat
• Referee: Ron Large
• Refereeing his 8th OHAFC League fixture in 9 seasons
• OHAFC record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats, 13 goals scored, 15 conceded
• Has refereed the 2nd XI on five previous occasions, the OHAFC winning twice and losing three times
• Previous OHAFC 2s game officiated: Last season’s 3-2 win away to Old Salopians on November 5th 2016 (coincidentally the day on which the fastest time recorded for an OHAFC fixture was set)
• Weather forecast: Sunny, 16 degrees (the same forecast as for the opening weekend of the season)
• Pitch forecast: 3G Astroturf
• The OHAFC 2s play on an artificial surface for the second week running following the opening day 6-0 defeat to Alleynians on the new Harrow School astroturf
• This is the third time in nine seasons the side have played on astroturf on consecutive weekends, doing so in both 2014/15 and 2015/16
• Last season the OHAFC 2s played just a single League game on astroturf, winning 3-2 against the Old Salopians at Kings House Sports Ground in early November
• OHAFC 2s League record on astroturf over the previous 8 seasons: Pld 11, won 4, drawn 2, lost 5, goals scored 22, goals conceded 29
• OHAFC 2s League record on artificial surfaces away from home: Pld 4, won 2, lost 2, goals scored 8, conceded 8
• OHAFC 2s and KCS Wimbledon 2s have met once previously on astroturf, KCS winning 2-1 in a Division Three fixture on October 10th 2015 at the same venue as Saturday’s game
• Four players in Saturday’s matchday squad played in that defeat: Geoff Taunton-Collins, Kyri Pittalis, Conti von Hirsch & Jack Alhadeff

TEAMS

• Average position of OHAFC 2nd XI last 5 seasons/Average points: 5th in Division Three/22pts
• Average position of KCS Wimbledon 2s last 5 seasons/Average points: 3rd in Division Three/21pts
• KCS Wimbledon 2s have steadily climbed the League over the last few seasons, earning promotion from Division Three in 2015/16 and finishing in their highest ever League position of sixth in Division Two last season
• OHAFC Division Three form last season: Pld 14, won 11, drawn 1, lost 2, goals scored 45 (2nd most in division), conceded 21 (fewest in division)
• KCS Wimbledon Division Two form last season: Pld 16, won 6, drawn 3, lost 7, scored 29 (4th fewest in division), conceded 32 (5th most in division)
• OHAFC away League form last season: Pld 7, won 4, drawn 1, lost 2, scored 16, conceded 12
• OHAFC 2s & Alleynians had the joint-best away records in Division Three last season
• KCS Wimbledon home League form last season: Pld 8, won 5, drawn 1, lost 2, scored 17, conceded 12
• KCS Wimbledon had the joint-best home record in Division Two last season along with three other teams
• Current form (last 3 League games): OHAFC L W W KCS Wimbledon L L W
• OHAFC 2s have not lost in the League away since the 2-1 defeat at Alleynians on October 15th 2016
• Last time out: OHAFC lost 6-0 at home to Old Alleynians on the opening day of the season, KCS Wimbledon lost 3-1 at home to Eton 2s last weekend
• Corresponding fixture last season: The sides did not meet last season
• Previous meeting: KCS Wimbledon won 4-3 at Harrow in Division Three on December 5th 2015 (Alhadeff, Max Curry & Will Orr-Ewing the scorers)
• Overall League record between teams (last eight seasons): 10 previous meetings, OHAFC have won4, drawn 1 and lost 5, OHAFC goals scored 21, conceded 22
• League record at KCS WImbledon (last 8 seasons): 5 previous meetings, OHAFC winning 2 and losing 3, scoring 7 goals, conceding 10
• The previous two League meetings at KCS have both resulted in 2-1 wins for the home side
• KCS have yet to keep a clean sheet in the 10 League meetings between the teams to date
• Record OHAFC victory: 5-2 at home on March 22nd 2014
• Record OHAFC defeat: 6-2 away on November 12th 2011

PLAYERS

• 46 players from squad used last season, 142 in the previous eight seasons
• Leading 2nd XI appearances last season (all competitions): 16 – Lederman, 15 - Taunton-Collins
• Leading 2nd XI goalscorers last season (all competitions): 20 – Soyinka, 13 - Alhadeff
• Worst discipline last season: 1 yellow – Barwick, H Morrison, Sert
• Most OHAFC League appearances v KCS Wimbledon 2s (previous 8 seasons): 8 – Arjun Chopra, 7 - Jack Orr-Ewing
• Leading OHAFC League goalscorers v KCS (previous 8 seasons): 3 – Harry Turner, 2 – Azhar Khan, Dave Stead
• Most OHAFC League appearances at KCS (previous 8 seasons): 3 – 6 players
• Leading OHAFC League goalscorers at KCS (previous 8 seasons): 2 – Azhar Khan
• 13-man squad named for Matchday 2 (Last season’s 2nd XI appearances + goals in brackets)
• HARRY WOOLLEY SET FOR 100th OHAFC APPEARANCE (last 9 seasons) – becomes the 6th member of the 100 Club alongside David Lederman, Phil Berry, Fred Milln, Ed Poulter & Jack Orr-Ewing
• Woolley (14+0) also set for 70th 2nd XI League appearance & 70th 2nd XI start in all competitions (both last 9 seasons)
• Conti von Hirsch (3+0) set for 30th career club appearance
• David Lederman (16+7) set for 20th 2nd XI League appearance (last 9 seasons)
• Pablo Hutchinson (7+2) set for 10th career club appearance and OHAFC season debut
• Dan Abu (1+0), Jamie Barwick (5+2), Spencer Crawley (2+0), Alexi Pittalis (2+0), Kyri Pittalis (10+0) all set for OHAFC season debuts
• Also in Squad: Jack Alhadeff (12+13), Tom Beeley (0) & Geoff Taunton-Collins (15+3)
• Total 2nd XI appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 9 seasons): 331/131
• Average 2nd XI apps / goals in 13-man squad (all comps, last 9 seasons): 25/10
• Total Club appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 8 seasons): 549/181
• Average Club apps / goals in 13-man squad (all comps, last 8 seasons): 42/14

OHAFC 3rd XI: Old Shirburnians (A), Arthurian League Division Five South, 2.15pm KO at Hampton Sports & Fitness Centre 3G, Hanworth Road, Hampton TW12 3HB

DIVISION

• Third weekend of the 2017/18 Arthurian League season
• Division Five South made up of 8 sides: Amplefordians, Epsom 2s, Harrow 3s, KCS Wimbledon 3s, Kings Scholars, Malvern 2s, Shirburnians, Westminsters 2s
• Epsom 2s, Kings Scholars & Shirburnians are making their debuts in the Arthurian League
• Top two teams in Division Five North & South play off for two promotion places to Division Four
• Average points per game needed to win Division Five South (last 2 seasons): 2.26 (32pts this season)
• Average points per game needed to make play-offs from Division Five South (last 2 seasons): 1.81 (25pts this season)
• Other Division Five South fixtures this weekend: Old Amplefordians (1st) v Old KCS Wimbledon 3s (4th) [11am] & Old Kings Scholars (6th) v Old Malvernian 2s (2nd) [2pm]

FIXTURE

• Old Shirburnians (3rd, 3pts) v OHAFC 3s (8th, 0pts) in Arthurian League Division Five South
• Second game of the season for both teams
• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 8.0 miles
• This is the OHAFC 3s 4th longest away fixture of the season
• Average distance for 7 League away games this season: 7.7 miles
• Average distance for 14 League fixtures this season: 8.59 miles (last season: 8.4 miles)
• This is the second consecutive away fixture for the OHAFC 3s – in the 2013/14 season the side started their campaign with three consecutive away games
• Side due to play first home game of the season next weekend v KCS Wimbledon 3s
• Referee: Mike Naylor
• Refereeing his first ever OHAFC League fixture
• Weather forecast: Sunny, 16 degrees
• Pitch forecast: 4G Astroturf
• OHAFC 3s League record on astroturf (previous 8 seasons): Pld 8, won 4, lost 4, goals scored 23, conceded 21
• League record on astroturf away from home: Pld 4, won 3, lost 1, goals scored 12, conceded 8
• Last season the side played three times on an artificial surface, beating KCS Wimbledon 3s 4-1 but losing 5-1 to Westminster 2s and 2-1 to Rugbeians
• Three fixtures on artificial surfaces last season was the highest number in a season since 3rd XI stats began in the 2012/13 season

TEAMS

• Average position & points of OHAFC 3rd XI last 5 seasons: 3rd in Division Five, 10pts
• Average position & points of Shirburnians last 5 seasons: Debut season in the Arthurian League
• OHAFC League form last season: Pld 14, won 3, drawn 3, lost 8, goals scored 24 (fewest in division), conceded 49 (most in division)
• OHAFC away League form last season: Pld 5, won 2, drawn 2, lost 1, scored 9, conceded 5
• OHAFC 3s away League form last season: Pld 7, won 2, drawn 2, lost 3, for 15, against 17
• Current League form (last 3 League games of last season): OHAFC L D L W, Shirburnians W
• Shirburnians beat KCS Wimbledon 3s 4-1 away in their first ever Arthurian League fixture
• Corresponding fixture last season & Previous meetings: No previous meetings between the sides
• Overall League record between the teams, last 4 seasons: N/A
• Last time out: OHAFC 3s lost 6-0 at Malvernian 2s and Shirburnians won 4-1 at KCS Wimbledon 3s (the same result the OHAFC 3s achieved at KCS last season) – both games played on the opening weekend of the season two weeks ago

PLAYERS (3rd XI stats available since 2012/13 season only)

• 63 players used by 3rd XI in all competitions last season, 62 in 14 League games
• 125 players have represented the 3rd XI since the start of the 2012/13 season
• Leading 3rd XI appearances last season – All competitions: 10 – N Callander, C Ilogu, Kapoor
• Leading 3rd XI goalscorers last season – All competitions: 5 – N Callander, Walker
• Worst discipline last season – All competitions: 1 yellow – C Bick, Kapoor, Smith
• 14-man squad named for Matchday 2 (Last season’s 3rd XI appearances + goals in brackets)
• Harry Turner (1+1) set for 30th career club appearance
• Ned Callander (10+5) set for 20th career start for 3rd XI & club
• Connor Barrettt (7+1) set for 10th career club appearance
• Harry Bick (5+1) set for 5th 3rd XI career League start and making OHAFC season debut
• Mike Okoigun (0) set for OHAFC 3rd XI career debut
• Al Fogarty (2+0), Adam Graham (0) & Charlie Bick (6+3) all set for OHAFC season debuts
• JOSS AWDRY, OSCAR GAIRARD & KIERTAN SAUJANI all set for OHAFC debuts
• Also in matchday squad: Chuka Ilogu (10+0), Charlie Robson (6+0) & Alex Smith (3+2)
• Total 3rd XI appearances / goals in 11-man squad (all competitions, last 8 seasons): 142/43
• Average 3rd XI appearances / goals in 11-man squad (all competitions, last 8 seasons): 10/3
• Total Club appearances / goals in 11-man squad (all competitions, last 8 seasons): 204/62
• Average Club appearances / goals in 11-man squad (all competitions, last 8 seasons): 15/4