On Saturday, Clipstone make their second visit to Dennyfield, however it will be the first time the two teams have met in a league game. Their first visit was in 1993 when, under their former name of Clipstone Welfare, they played Thackley in an FA Vase Preliminary Round tie, the Dennyboys coming out on top by three goals to nil. That year Thackley progressed to the fourth round going out in a replay to the flowery named Atherton Laburnam Rovers.
Clipstone joined the NCEL in 2012 and won promotion to the Premier Division last season.
The 'Cobras' are currently on a four match unbeaten run, we seem to be meeting teams that are in good form when we play them, and sit eighth in the league with nineteen points from eleven games. In Alec Denton they have a player that figures in the league's top scorer table with eight goals so far this season.
It is likely to be another tough encounter for the Dennyboys but a win is essential if they are to climb out of the bottom three.