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Buxton return to midweek action as they travel to Leamington on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17, with a 19:45 kickoff.
The Bucks
At the weekend, Buxton won 2-1 away at Chorley, making it three consecutive victories on the road.
Reflecting on the game, manager John McGrath said:
“The pitch was really poor which was obviously conducive to either side playing. But it’s a tough place to come Chorley and to back up the away performance on Tuesday at Darlington the lads have grown again. After going a goal behind I thought we were superb second half.
Really disappointed to go a goal down because it’s stuff we had worked on all week. But we should’ve gone a goal ahead and the rest of the first half we had some really good chances. I wasn’t too worried going in at halftime, I thought if we can galvanise get the ball to our front three I thought they would cause problems.
It’s a great ball in from Trueman to JJ and good play round the corner for Cian and it’s Cian’s forte really it’s an exceptionally good finish.
Then again great play from Douglas to put JJ in and this time he makes it count, it’s a really cool composed finish and it turns out to be a winner.”
Opposition facts
Leamington have Scott Easterlow in charge who will take charge of his second game after he became permanent boss last week. Previously he was at Racing Club Warwick where he managed over 300 times in two spells and won two promotions.
The club are based in Warwickshire and were founded in 1933.
Nicknamed The Brakes, they play their home matches at the New Windmill Ground. Their record attendance at this ground was 2131 which they got in a friendly against Coventry City in July 2022.
They got their nickname as a result of being a works team and the products they made.
Historically, their best FA Cup run saw them reach the second round on two occasions in 1977-78 and then the following season as well.
In the FA Trophy, Leamington have reached the Quarter Finals in their best appearance which was in the 2006-07 season.
Josh Blake is the record goalscorer with 187 with the record appearance holder being James Mace with over 400 games.
Ewan Williams has the most goals for the club in the league so far this season with four.
The club finished 16th in the league last season, ending the campaign on 55 points.
Looking at recent form, Marine sit 24th across the last ten games, with Buxton in 18th.
Last time out, they lost 1-0 against Darlington away from home.
In the home form guide they are 24th with 15 points from their 17 games at The New Windmill Ground.
Leamington are bottom of the table after 37 games and have 23 points so far. They are 16 points off of Oxford City who sit just outside the relegation zone.
One to Watch: Owen Farmer
The 20 year old has become a key name in the Leamington side since first joining in the 24/25 season.
He was at Wolverhampton Wanderers from 14 years old and was included in the Guardians one to watch players in the Premier League in 2021.
At this level he also had a loan spell with Rushall Olympic.
His main position is as a striker but he was also been used on the wing or even slightly deeper.
Last time they faced
The game was abandoned when the sides met in January, with Buxton leading at halftime thanks to Johnny Johnston’s goal. A floodlight failure then forced the match to be called off.
