OHAFC 1st XI: Old Salopians (A)

TEAM:

• 17th League game, 8th away from home
• Penultimate fixture of the season, 2 away games to finish
• Side now mathematically safe from relegation, can finish as high as 3rd, as low as 8th
• 8th v 7th in Premier Division, 1pt separates the teams
• 1st XI can climb as high as 4th with win, will remain in 7th with draw, will drop to 8th with defeat
• OHAFC current form: L W W
• Shrewsbury current form: D L W
• OHAFC away form this season (Lge only): Won 1 Drawn 2 Lost 4
• Shrewsbury home form this season (Lge only): Won 3 Drawn 2 Lost 2
• Previous meeting: OHAFC 1-5 Old Salopians, Dec 7th 2013 (scorer: Breeden)
• This season’s defeat is the OHAFC’s heaviest of the season to date
• Corresponding fixture last season: N/A
• Overall record between the teams (last 5 seasons): Pld 5, OHAFC won 4, Old Salopians won 1
• Record at Shrewsbury: Played two, OHAFC won both
• Lge standing after same no. of games as last season: currently earned same number of points (21), scored 12 fewer, conceded 18 fewer
• Lge standing after the same fixtures played last season: currently earned the same number of points (18)

PLAYER:

• 39 players used this season, 68 players used in last five seasons
• Lederman only ever-present in squad this season (17/17)
• Breeden started most games (16/17)
• Both players played equal number of minutes (1367/1530)
• Lederman set to make 90th 1st XI start in last five seasons
• de Rougement set to make 50th 1st XI appearance in last five seasons
• Harder set to make 20th 1st XI start and appearance in last five seasons
• Berry set to make 20th 1st XI appearance in last five seasons
• Woolley set to make 10th 1st XI appearance of the season
• McHardy set to make first 1st XI appearance since 3-2 defeat to Forest on Jan 25th
• Milln set to make first 1st XI appearance since 4-1 defeat to Charterhouse on Feb 8th
• Firoozan set to make 2nd OHAFC appearance this season as a schoolboy

OHAFC 2nd XI: Old Cholmelians 3’s (A)

TEAM:

• 18th game this season in all competitions, 8th away
• Penultimate game of the season
• Side can finish between 1st and 7th
• 9th v 6th in Division Three, 12 points between the teams
• 6 points separate top six in table
• OHAFC can go 3rd with win, cannot drop any places
• OHAFC current form: W L D
• Old Cholmelians current form: L L D
• OHAFC away form this season (Lge only): Won 2, Drawn 3, Lost 1
• Old Cholmelians home form this season (Lge only): Won 1, Drawn 3, Lost 2
• Previous meeting: OHAFC won 4-1 on Nov 30th 2013 (scorers: Stead, Curry x2, Owen-Edmunds)
• Corresponding fixture last season: N/A
• Lge standing after same no. of games as last season: currently earned 8 pts more (21 v 13), scored 8 more, conceded 3 fewer

PLAYER:

• 44 players from squad used this season, 107 in last five seasons
• Of the 107 players who have played in the last 5 seasons, only 24 have started 10 games or more
• No ever-presents in squad, Jack Orr-Ewing most games played (14/16)
• Orr-Ewing most mins on pitch (1225/1530)
• Curry & Stead leading scorers (7 goals)
• Stead set to make 30th League start for 2nd XI in last 5 seasons
• Curry & Maydon set to make 10th 2nd XI starts this season
• Khan set to make 10th 2nd XI appearance this season
• Karl Obi set to make first appearance since JLC quarter-final defeat to Lancing (9th March 2013)
• Giles Matthey set to make OHAFC debut
• Adafe Jaja set to make OHAFC debut
• Ade Omisore set to make OHAFC debut

3rd XI: No fixture

Random Stat of the Week: OHAFC Pre-Easter form is 'Egg-cellent'

In the previous four seasons, the OHAFC have played 7 fixtures in the week preceding Easter and only lost once...

Wins include the 2's collecting the Junior League Cup against Charterhouse 2's in 2011, a quarter-final victory at Habs in 2012 in the same competition and the 1's hammering Eton 4-1 in the League in a blizzard last season.

The sole defeat was a 3-1 reverse suffered by the 1st XI at Forest in 2011.

Keep up the Good (Friday) form!