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On The Home Front
Next up at Hillgrounds…
Opponent Didcot Town
Competition Southern League Division One Central
Didcot’s Current League position 4/20
Last Time They Were Here… Didcot have never visited Kempston before
Didcot’s Current League Form (six games) WDWDLL
Did you know… Didcot's synonymous connection with railways was noted in Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's humorous book the Meaning of Liff, published in 1983. The book, a "dictionary of things that there aren't any words for yet", referred to "a Didcot" as "The small, oddly shaped bit of card which a ticket inspector cuts out of a ticket with his clipper for no apparent reason".
An electricity pylon on farmland alongside Abingdon Road (opposite Tamar Way) on the eastern edge of Didcot featured on the cover of US rock band Black Swan Lane's album Under My Fallen Sky, released in November 2017
In the bar Norwich take on QPR in the lunch time game which will be live on the big screens, after our match please join us to watch the FA Cup semi final between Manchester City and Brighton.
On this day in Rovers history… Rovers have won some silverware on this date. Back in 1935, Kempston lifted the North Beds. Charity Cup after beating Langford 3-0 at Fairfield.
Rovers first recorded game on this date was in was in 1928, when the team travelled to Arlesey in the Beds. & District League. The game ended with Rovers winning 4-3.

Rovers have two more home games after this fixture before the end of the season. Voting is open for the player of the year nominations, completed slips can be handed in at the bar, to the press desk or to any member of matchday staff around the club.
Didcot arrive in Kempston in the thick of a play off chase. The reverse fixture between the two sides, back in November saw Rovers take a half time lead before being undone by two late goals for the hosts. It was the first league game in charge for Tony Joyce and the last for many of the players who had pledged to stay after the departures of the previous management.