Ahead of Good Friday’s away league match at Needham Market (3:00 KO), here are some important bits of information you may want to know…
ADMISSION
Adults – £15
Concessions (60+ Years) – £10
Children (16-12) – £5
U12’s – FREE. Must be accompanied by an Adult.
Online advance tickets are available from here.
DISABLED FACILITIES
Bloomfields is fully wheelchair accessible. Limited parking is available upon request.
Please email secretary@nmfc.com with names and registration numbers for reservation.
ADDRESS
Bloomfields, Quinton Road, Needham Market, Ipswich IP6 8DA.
Website
CAR PARKING
There is limited parking at the stadium. Please be considerate of local residents if you are parking on the street.
KIT FOR THIS MATCH
We will be wearing this season’s Green kit for this match.
ONLINE PROGRAMME
An online programme for the match will be available from here.
LIVE UPDATES
Via our Twitter (@SportingFC). Team news, half time and full time scores will also be on our Facebook (Bromsgrove Sporting FC) and our Instagram account (rouslersofficial)
LAST TIMES WE MET
To take a look at our last visit to Needham Market, in November 2023, click here.
To take a look at recent results and our previous encounters, click here
OPPOSITION
- This season: P36 W16 D9 L11. GD +8. 57 points. They sit 9th (of 22 teams).
- This season (home league games): P18 W12 D1 L5. GD +14. 37 points.
- Last five league games: W2 D1 L2
- Last five league home games: W4 L1
- Most recent league game: 1-0 loss at Worcester (Saturday)
- Most recent league game at home: 3-1 win vs St Ives (14th March)
- Of teams outside the play-offs, only Leiston (9) have lost less than Needham’s 11.
- At home this season, only Harborough (13) have won more games than Needham’s 12.
- They’ve only drawn once at home in the league this season – a 0-0 versus Real Bedford in their first home game of the season (12th August). That’s 17 home league games without a draw since.
- Only Spalding (49) have scored more home goals than their 37.
- With the aforementioned Worcester defeat and a 2-1 loss at Redditch beforehand, they are one of two teams two have lost their last two league matches (along with Barwell).
- Before those two losses, they were seven unbeaten in the league (W4 D3).
- They’ve won their last four league matches at home (St Ives, Spalding, Halesowen and Sudbury) and are one of only three teams in the league to have done so at present.
- Their last home league defeat was a 1-3 loss versus Kettering on 31st January.
- They have the second best form in the league in terms of every side’s last five home matches. No team has scored more across this same metric than their 13 and their goal difference of +7 is the second best.
- Midfielder, and record appearance holder, Luke Ingram has scored in four of their last five league games at home.
- Before the aforementioned 1-0 defeat at Worcester on Saturday, they had scored in their last nine league games. Prior to that run was a 1-0 defeat at Stamford on 24th January.
- They have only failed to score in three home league games – the last being versus Quorn on 6th December (making it seven home league games where they’ve scored). The other two games were the aforementioned goalless draw versus Real Bedford and a 4-0 defeat versus Bishop’s Stortford on 23rd September.
- Top league scorers, as per footballwebpages.co.uk: Luke Ingram and Joe Neal (both on 11).
