Banbury 1-0 Didcot

Didcot were beaten 1-0 at Banbury last night when Joe Coleman struck 3 minutes from time for the the hosts.

It wasn't the most exciting of games with Didcot hitting the bar and having a clear penalty turned down before Matt Trott saved his third penalty for Didcot at the other - end prior to the Puritans late strike.

The next two games now look increasingly important as we host in-form Bashley on Saturday and Truro City next Tuesday. Preview of the weekend's big game to follow later in the week...

Didcot 1-2 Farnborough Att:380

Didcot fell to a narrow defeat yesterday against runaway League leaders Farnborough in a thoroughly enjoyable game at the Loop.

On another day we might, just might, have grabbed an unlikely point and certainly one or two decisions and perhaps the rub of the green went against us on the day. There was some dispute over the decision that led to Farnborough's opener, and while the rebound on the second goal fell straight to McCollin, when we hit the bar and post in a mad goalmouth scramble the ball bounced to safety.

But, that said, Farnborough were the better side and had they taken some of their other chances, particularly in the first half, we could have had no complaints had we lost by two or three goals.  They are a good side and look set to gain promotion long before the final few games of the season.

Still plenty of work for us however. While most of the results went our way yesterday (only Rugby and Merthyr in the bottom 9 winning) we must get something out of our next three matches at Banbury (Tuesday) and at the Loop against Bashley and Truro (13 and 16 March). Alex Stanley's back injury will be a concern, with Jordan Tabor already out the decision to bring Richard Peirson in as defensive cover loooks a good one.

It'll be a big derby game at Banbury on Tuesday (9th March KO 7.45pm) with Diddy looking to extend our decent away form at the expense of a Banbury side that have performed extremely well this season.Should be a cracker. News of the game and a report (hopefully) by Wednesday evening).

Didcot 1-1 Nuneaton Town Att:224

A late Ian Sampson strike earned Didcot a share of the points on an emotional and highly charged night at the Loop yesterday.

Football itself was put in it's place with the tragic news that Nuneaton's popular kitman Alan Cooper had passed away after falling ill at Nuneaton's ground on the way to the game. Visibly in shock on arrival at the Loop Meadow the Nuneaton players and officials, after speaking with Alan's family, decided that the game would go ahead (albeit with a late kick-off). It goes without saying that everyone associated with Didcot Town passes on their sincere condolences to Mr Cooper's family and his friends and colleagues at Nuneaton Town FC.

When the game got under way at 8pm it was soon clear why Nuneaton are regarded as one of the League's best sides. For much of the 90 minutes Didcot had to scrap for every ball and the slick movement and interplay of Boro strikers Rob Foster and Chris Dillon in particular were giving Didcot's backline a torrid time.

There were so many talking points that it's hard to recall them all. But here goes anyway...