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Return Trip to Slough Town! be determined for a repeat of their excellent cup win
Just 18 days after winning through to today’s cup tie, at Slough which was the first time in four attempts that
next Saturday, City return to the scene of their 3rd we had returned victorious from Arbour Park. Having
waited 29 years for a win in the Berkshire town, let’s
Qualifying Round win over Slough for a league fixture. hope that, like London buses, a second comes along
The fixtures secretary and those making the cup draws straight after!
certainly seemed intent on continuing the association City supporters will be able to follow the match as
enjoyed by those clubs in July’s playoffs. By mid usual via the BCIR commentary and may wish to
November, barely six weeks into the season, we will supplement this with a live stream, details of which can
have faced both Slough and Havant & Waterlooville
twice as well as matches with Dorking and Dartford. be found at the Slough website. Those City supporters
who used the facility for the cup match were very
And in just three weeks during the spring, we will complimentary about its quality.
enjoy the company of those four again!
After their fifth place finish in March, Slough have
made an indifferent start to the season. Following a
narrow 1-0 win against struggling Hemel, they went SLOUGH TOWN LOWDOWN:
down 3-1 at Dorking before a dramatic 4-4 draw with
Welling last Saturday. GROUND: Arbour Park
The Rebels looked dead and buried on 70 minutes but COLOURS: Amber and Black
three late goals secured a point in a fashion similar to
the late victory over City at Arbour Park last season. NICKNAME: The Rebels
Their opponents in the League today should have
been Havant, but of course the Hampshire club are MANAGER: Neil Baker/Jon
otherwise engaged. Underwood
City have not made the greatest start away from home 2019/20 FINISH:
and, following defeats at Oxford and Dartford, will 5th

SLOUGH TOWN – RESULTS SO FAR & THE NEXT FIVE FIXTURES:
Sat 3 Oct A Dartford FA Cup 2Q 1 - 0
Tue 6 Oct H Hemel Hempstead Town National South 1 - 0
Sat 10 Oct A Dorking Wanderers National South 1 - 3
Tue 13 Oct H Bath City FA Cup 3Q 0 - 1
Sat 17 Oct H Welling United National South 4 - 4
Sat 24 Oct A Havant & Waterlooville National South P - P
Sat 31 Oct H Bath City National South 3pm
Sat 7 Nov H Maidstone United National South 3pm
Tue 10 Nov A Chippenham Town National South 7.45pm
Sat 14 Nov A Billericay Town National South 3pm
Tue 17 Nov H Hungerford Town National South 7.45pm
Sat 21 Nov A Dartford National South 3pm

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