BIG LOCAL DERBY AWAITS AT THEOBALDS LANE

It's a very short trip up the A10 tomorrow night for Enfield Town who travel to Theobalds Lane to take on 17th placed local rival's Cheshunt. The Amber's form of late has been up and down beating Leyton and Potters Bar Town away from home before losing to Wingate and Finchley and VCD Athletic at home.

Cheshunt's form against the top 11 and bottom 11 of the table shows a striking difference as follows:

             P  W  D L  GF GA PTS
TOP 11       16 1  0 15 13 46 3
BOTTOM 11    16 10 1 5  24 15 31

It makes even worse reading for Bob Dearie's side in that their only victory against a team from the current top 11 was the 1-0 home victory over eleventh placed Tilbury. Our game last season at Theobalds Lane was a closely fought 0-1 victory courtesy of Sammy Winston's second half goal. The Ambers did run Concord Rangers close, losing 1-2 at home to a last minute goal which shows they can play against the better sides in the division. In front of (hopefully) a larger than average crowd it's another important game Steve and Del will want to win to keep our play-off aspirations on track and with the Cheshunt side up for putting one over on one of their local rivals it's sure to be an interesting game.

OTHER RYMAN DIVISION ONE (NORTH) MIDWEEK FIXTURES

TUESDAY
Concord Rangers V Waltham Forest
Maldon Town V Lowestoft Town
Potters Bar Town V Northwood
Redbridge V Harlow Town
Romford V Great Wakering Rovers
Ware V East Thurrock United
WEDNESDAY
Ilford V Wingate and Finchley
THURSDAY
Tilbury V Halstead Town - East Anglian Cup Final 2009.

This delayed final of the 2009 competition should finally be played at Chadfields! Halstead Town are in 7th place of the Eastern Counties Divison One (step six) and haven't lost since the 21st November when Wroxham beat them 1-3 at home in an FA Vase replay after a 0-0 draw at Wroxham who have since gone on to make the semi-finals of the Vase and are one step away from a trip to Wembley.