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Buxton will look to carry their impressive away form back to the TSS as they host Bedford Town on 21 March 2026.
The Bucks
On Tuesday, Buxton secured a 1–0 away victory over Leamington, with Luke Brennan scoring the decisive goal early on.
Reflecting on the game, manager John McGrath said:
“Just a really good away performance. We knew what we were going to get, we knew we were up against a good Leamington side who are obviously fight with relegation and new manager just took over last week, so we expected a reaction and that’s what we got. We got a team full of fight.
But my boys have shown again tonight, away from home, rolled shelves up and a really good three points away from home.
We’ve been working on things like keeping phases of things alive in the final third and we were really bright in the first 5-10 minutes and Brenno in those situations is really positive and he tucked it into the bottom corner. It’s the start we wanted to come away from home and get an early goal and we should’ve had one just before halftime with JJ but Brenno gets the winner and I thought he was excellent tonight.”
Opposition facts
Bedford have Lee Bircham in charge who took the role in May 2023. Previously Bircham was manager of Leighton Town, Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamstead.
The club are based in Cardington and were originally founded in 1908. However, they were disbanded in 1982 after the lease on their stadium expired and a proposed move to a new ground fell through. The club was later reformed in 1989.
Nicknamed The Eagles, they play their home matches at the New Eyrie which has a capacity of 3000.
They get their nickname due to the eagle featured on the Bedford town coat of arms, which is derived from the bearings of the historic Beauchamps, the ancient Barons of Bedford.
Historically, they reached the FA Cup fourth round twice. First in 1963-64 then again in the 1965-66 season. In the competition they had famous ties against both Arsenal and Everton.
In the FA Trophy, Leamington have reached the semi finals in their best appearance which was in the 1974-75 season.
David Skinn is the all time record appearance holder for the club.
In 1911 Joe Chamberlain scored 9 goals in a game against Rushden Fosse.
The club finished 1st in the Southern league central to win promotion to the National League North with 82 points.
Looking at recent form, Bedford sit 18th across the last ten games, with Buxton in 15th.
Last time out, they won 1-0 against Radcliffe at home with Ben Nugent scoring late on.
In the away form guide they are 18th with 18 points from 19 games on the road.
Bedford are 19th in the league after 39 games having picked up 43 points so far this season.
One to Watch: Tyrone Marsh
Marsh is the top goalscorer in the league so far this season with 26 goals.
At 32 years old he has a lot of experience in football and played 183 times for Boreham Wood mainly in the National League.
He won the National League with Macclesfield Town in the 2017-18 season and has also won the National League South playoffs.
Bedford town is the hometown club of Marsh and he signed in the summer of 2025.
Last time they faced
Buxton suffered a 3-0 defeat when the sides met earlier on in the season.
Buxton will look to carry their impressive away form back to the TSS as they host Bedford Town today.
