Following a disappointing loss against Bromsgrove Sporting on Saturday, the Poppies swiftly return to action this Saturday in the Southern League Premier Central with a visit to AFC Sudbury. ‘The Suds’, under the stewardship of Mark Morsely, are experiencing a dip in form having only picked up eight points from their last ten games losing six (Stamford 1-0; Harborough 1-0; 1-2 Banbury; Royston 3-0; Bishop’s Stortford 1-2; Barwell 3-1), (two draws 0-0 Halesowen, 1-1 at home to Hitchin) and two wins back in November 2024 (1-0 Bromsgrove and 3-0 Stratford). Whilst their overall form over the latter part of the season has been poor (21st in the last six league form guide), all of AFC Sudbury’s points have come at home, most notably in January against Halesowen 0-0.
In contrast, whilst 15 places and 16 points separate the two teams, KTFC have slumped to eighteenth in the league form guide and with AFC Telford’s 6-2 midweek win over Bedford, the pressure is on to get back to winning ways. The Poppies have lost their last three games shipping seven goals in the process slipping to fifth place in the league albeit with three games in hand and five points adrift of the current leaders AFC Telford. Fans will be looking for an improvement in performance from KTFC at The Mel Group Stadium. COYP!
AFC SUDBURY
Season V Comp F-A Att: Poppies Scorers
2023-24 H PISLPC 2-0 647 Jarvis, Yussuf
A PISLPC 1-0 445 Reindorf
2024-25 H PISLPC 2-1 1439 Johnson, Miller
POPPIES WINS 3 GOALS FOR 5
THE SUDS WINS 0 GOALS AGAINST 1 DRAWS 0
AFC SUDBURY
Manager – Marc Abbott
Ground – MEL Group Stadium
Position in League – 20th (28pts from 25 games)
Leading League scorer – (8) Joe Neal
Form (last 5) LDLLL = 1pt. 21st in the form table.
Form away (last 5) LLLLL = 0pts
Form home (last 5) DLLDW = 5pts
THE SUDS SO FAR…..
| Date | Comp | Opposition | R | F-A | Att | Goalscorers | |
| Aug | 10 | PISLPC | Banbury United | D | 1-1 | Cowling | |
| Aug | 13 | PISLPC | Biggleswade Town | D | 2-2 | 312 | Dickens, Page |
| Aug | 17 | PISLPC | Royston Town | D | 1-1 | 298 | Allen |
| Aug | 24 | PISLPC | Stourbridge | L | 0-2 | ||
| Aug | 26 | PISLPC | Lowestoft Town | W | 6-1 | 362 | Allen, Peters.2, Neal, Peters.2 |
| Aug | 31 | FAC1Q | AFC Dunstable | L | 0-1 | ||
| Sep | 6 | PISLPC | Spalding United | W | 3-0 | Neal, Page.2 | |
| Sep | 10 | PISLPC | Leiston | L | 2-3 | Allen, Dickens | |
| Sep | 14 | PISLPC | Stamford AFC | W | 3-0 | 337 | Page, Allen, Cowling |
| Sep | 21 | PISLPC | AFC Telford United | D | 2-2 | 336 | Neal, Pearce |
| Sep | 28 | PISLPC | Bedford Town | L | 1-3 | Neal | |
| Oct | 5 | FAT3Q | Cambridge City | L | 0-1 | 251 | |
| Oct | 12 | PISLPC | Redditch United | W | 2-1 | Allen, Lewis | |
| Oct | 19 | PISLPC | Kettering Town | L | 1-2 | Neal | |
| Oct | 26 | PISLPC | St Ives Town | D | 0-0 | 311 | |
| Nov | 2 | PISLPC | Alvechurch | W | 1-0 | 287 | Neal |
| Nov | 9 | PISLPC | Halesowen Town | L | 1-3 | Neal | |
| Nov | 16 | PISLPC | Stratford Town | W | 3-0 | 352 | Peters, Neal, Cowling |
| Nov | 23 | PISLPC | Bromsgrove Rovers | W | 1-0 | 306 | Peters |
| Nov | 30 | PISLPC | Barwell | L | 1-3 | Cowling | |
| Dec | 14 | PISLPC | Hitchin Town | D | 1-1 | 317 | Peters |
| Dec | 26 | PISLPC | Bishop’s Stortford | L | 1-2 | 508 | Cowling |
| Dec | 28 | PISLPC | Royston Town | L | 0-3 | ||
| Jan | 4 | PISLPC | Banbury United | L | 1-2 | 297 | Pearce |
| Jan | 14 | PISLPC | Harborough Town | L | 0-1 | ||
| Jan | 18 | PISLPC | Halesowen Town | D | 0-0 | 320 | |
| Jan | 25 | PISLPC | Stamford AFC | L | 0-1 |
