Steve Leigh calls for more midweek matches to be staged earlier in the season with Baffins Milton Rovers facing fixture chaos

Baffins Milton Rovers find themselves battling the weather again in a bid to stage their Wessex Premier game against Bashley at the PMC Stadium.
Baffins boss Steve Leigh. Picture: Chris MoorhouseBaffins boss Steve Leigh. Picture: Chris Moorhouse
Baffins boss Steve Leigh. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

The midweek postponement against high-flying Alresford was, amazingly, the club’s 14th at home this season.

Ahead of what promises to be a hectic final few weeks of the 2019/20 season, Baffins boss Steve Leigh said he would like to see more games scheduled at the start of the season.

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‘I have never experienced rain like we have seen this season,’ he admitted.

‘In total, I think that we have only had 11 dry days since we played our FA Vase tie back in November.

‘We lost our game in midweek (against Alresford) to the weather and the games are stacking up.

‘In my eyes, we should be playing more midweek games at the start of the season.

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‘The players and the supporters enjoy midweek games at that time, with the season being new everyone is buzzing.

‘During the opening three months we regularly had midweeks with no games.

‘We are now looking at playing three games a week for the rest of the season.

‘That is going to put an enormous strain on our squad and we will have to be careful how we manage it.’

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Baffins played eight games in August - including four in midweek - while they played six games (two midweek) in September.

Baffins also played two midweek games in October - one of which was a Portsmouth Senior Cup tie.

Rovers lost 2-0 at Bashley on November 23, so Leigh is expecting a tough game.

The home side are without the suspended Tyler Moret.

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