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Tuffley Rovers will host Corsham Town in a Uhlsport Hellenic League, Premier Division fixture at Glevum Park on Saturday (3pm KO) looking to end an abysmal run of form which has seen them lose their last nine competitive fixtures, including a run of eight consecutive league defeats.

Manager, Rich Cox, has had time to reflect as his side have had a  two week break from action since their last defeat, against Lydney Town on 4 December, and he will hope that the time between fixtures will give his young squad a chance to regain their poise and recover their form.

Jamal Lawrence, who last played and scored the winner when Rovers won, away at Westfields on 26 October, is set to return after injury but Rovers most experienced player, Warren Mann, is ruled out of the game. Cox has added Scott Nicholls to his squad during the gap in play and another new signing, Jurek Marszalek, is fit to play after recovering from an injury picked up shortly after he signed for the club. Brennan Denness-Barrett and Sam Mendes are suspended, so Matt Butler has been called up from the Development Squad, after scoring nine goals in eleven games this season.

Corsham Town arrive at Glevum Park having already recorded one victory over Cox’s men this season – a 2-0 victory when the teams met on 14 August – and sitting seventh in the table, with 42 points from their 22 league games. Much of their recent success has been founded on an impressive defensive record which has seen them concede just 20 goals in the league.

For Rovers that presents a particular challenge, as they have currently gone 450 minutes without scoring in the league (when a 90th minute own goal offered little consolation in the defeat at home to Thornbury Town) and it is now a little over six weeks since Joe Shutt was the last player to score a Hellenic League goal for the team.

Cox will definitely be hoping for some Christmas cheer as he side play their penultimate game of 2021.

The official match-day programme is, as ever, available online and printed copies will be available at the turnstiles.

Tuffley Rovers will be looking to end a miserable run of form this evening, when they host Cheltenham Saracens at Glevum Park in a GFA Challenge Trophy match. KO is 7:45pm.

After a run of five consecutive defeats (and six defeats in seven games) Rovers have seen their Hellenic League Premier Division season stall, meaning they will be all the more wary of their in-form hosts, despite the visitors playing a division below, in Hellenic League, Division One (West).

Manager Rich Cox has named three of the club’s U18s in the squad, with promising striker Tomo Shyamapant joining midfielder Demi Yussuf, who already has two substitute appearances under his belt and was in the squad on Saturday, whilst mercurial talent Damarei Bryan gets first call-up.

As ever, the official match-day programme will be available on the turnstiles but is already available online.

Tuffley Rovers will host Royal Wootton Bassett Town, in their latest Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division fixture, their third consecutive home game (and fifth in their last seven fixtures) and their players, management and supporters will undoubtedly be hoping for an improvement in their results, as Rich Cox’s side go into the clash on a run of four consecutive defeats and five losses in their last six competitive fixtures.

KO will be at 3pm at Glevum Park.

Rovers will then be at home again on Tuesday evening – when they host Cheltenham Saracens in their GFA Challenge Trophy tie – as they continue a long run of games at their Glevum Park home.

Tuffley Rovers will be looking to find a little of what Iain Dowie once termed “bouncebackbility” when they travel to face Westfields in the Uhlsport Hellenic League on Tuesday evening, after a rather disappointing end to their Buildbase FA Vase campaign on Saturday, when visitors Street FC left Glevum Park with a 4-1 victory – read the match report here.

Despite being in the same division as Tuesday night’s hosts since the start of the 2019/20 season, Rovers have only faced them once in competitive fixtures, when Sam Hill scored a late consolation goal in a crushing 5-1 defeat on 19 November 2019.

Rovers will visit Westfields’ allpay.park looking for an improved performance but should be able to welcome back several players who didn’t feature in the defeat to Street. Jamal Lawrence, Joshua Aldridge, Archie Woodall, Brennan Denness-Barrett and Joel White should all return to the squad and manager Rich Cox is also looking at an option to add a further player in time for the game.

Anyone looking to travel should look for Widemarsh Common, Hereford, HR4 9NA. Those who cannot attend should be able to follow the game via the club’s Twitter account.

After four successive seasons where they exited the FA Vase competition at the first hurdle, Tuffley Rovers will have a chance to match their best ever run in the competition this Saturday, when they host Toolstation Western League side Street FC in the First Round Proper at Glevum Park.

Having already seen off Malmesbury Victoria in the First Qualifying Round, Rovers defeated Fleet Spurs in the Second Qualifying Round, in the first competitive fixture back at their home after summer drainage work, to set-up Saturday’s tie against a side who were playing Southern League football as recently as 2018/19.

A win against their visitors from Somerset will take Rovers into the Second Round Proper for the first time since 2016/17 and for only the second time in their history, equaling the club’s best ever run in the competition.

The Rovers’ manager, Rich Cox, will be deprived of the three Cheltenham Town work experience signings – Brennan Denness-Barrett, Archie Woodall and Josh Aldridge – but his side are on a good run of form, with the exception of their recent mauling at the hands of Hereford Lads Club, having lost just twice in their last twelve competitive fixtures.

In line with the rules of the competition, Season Tickets will not be valid for the fixture with Street. Admission prices will be £5 (standard/adult), £3 concessions and U16s free. Kick-off is at 3pm but the ground and bar will be open from 1pm.

The match-day programme is available online or printed copied can be purchased at the turnstiles at the ground.

After a record Hellenic League defeat in their previous outing, at Hereford Lads Club on Saturday when they suffered a crushing 9-1 reverse, Tuffley Rovers have an immediate opportunity to restore any lost confidence when they host Calne Town in their latest Premier Division fixture at Glevum Park on Tuesday evening (7:45pm).

Rovers manager, Rich Cox, is hoping that his side will show the mental resolve needed to bounce back after such a chastening experience at the weekend.

“We’ve had some good performances and results of late, so I’d like to believe Saturday’s result was a one-off, freak occasion”, he said. “We pride ourselves on our battling qualities, especially during tough moments, but as a group we let ourselves and the club down.”

Rovers have already beaten Calne Town this season, when goals from Lewis Bainbridge and Brennan Denness-Barrett were enough to see Rovers to a 2-1 victory. Although Cox is hoping for a positive response from his team, he is also wary of the threat posed by the latest visitors to Glevum Park.

“Calne Town are a decent outfit who have some big threats and it was a close game at their place, so I expect this to be the case again. If we play well we have every chance of taking the points”, he confirmed.

Rovers look forward to welcoming Calne to Glevum Park. Admission rates are unchanged, at £5 per adult/standard admission, £3 concessions and U16s entitled to free admission.