Match Preview – Long Eaton V Bedworth United
Tomorrow we head away to Long Eaton FC in the Northern premier league
Match Details
-
Fixture: Long Eaton FC v Bedworth United
-
Competition: Northern premier league
-
Date / Kick-off: 11th October 2025, 15:00
-
Venue: Grange Park, Off Station Road, Long Eaton, NG10 2EF
Directions:
Leave the M1 at Junction 25, take A52 towards Nottingham, to island by Bardills Garden Centre, right onto B6003. Approx 2 miles to end of road to T-junction. At traffic lights, turn right A453 and take 2nd left into Station Road. Entrance on left down un-named road and signposted Long Eaton United FC. SAT NAV NG10 2EF will take you to Station Road then look for the signpost.
Admission prices:
Adult: £11
Concessions: £8
Under 16s: £4
Information on last seasons results and when we met each other in the FA Cup back in 2021
| Date | Competition | Home | Score | Away | Attd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 18 Feb 2025 | NPL Midlands | Bedworth United(0) | 1 | 3 | (1)Long Eaton United | 170 |
| Sat 5 Oct 2024 | NPL Midlands | Long Eaton United(2) | 2 | 2 | (1)Bedworth United | 189 |
| Sat 18 Sep 2021 | FA Cup 2Q | Bedworth United(0) | 1 | 3 | (2)Long Eaton United | 238 |
Long Eaton FC History:
Long Eaton were Division One runners-up in 2003–04, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They were runners-up in 2008–09, also winning the League Cup. In 2014 the club transferred to the Premier Division of the new Midland League. In the league’s 2014–15 they won the Premier Division Cup, beating Rocester 2–0 in the final. At the end of the 2020–21 season the club were transferred to the Premier Division North of the United Counties League.
They won the division in 2021–22 and were promoted to Division One East of the Northern Premier League. The club went on to finish fourth in Division One East in 2022–23, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Hebburn Town 3–2 on penalties in the semi-finals after a 2–2, they defeated Stockton Town 4–3 on penalties (after another 2–2 draw) to earn promotion to the Premier Division Central of the Southern League. However, they finished second-from-bottom of the Premier Division Central the following season, and were relegated to Division One Midlands of the Northern Premier League.
Chairman: Nick Dargan
First Team Manager: Brad Munn
First Team Assistant Manager: Aaron Cole
Match Report from last match back in February, Bedworth United v Long Eaton
The game started slowly with little action coming from either team, despite Long Eaton having the large share of possession.
Bedworth’s first chance of the game came from a quick counter attack led by George Dunkley. The winger carried ball from his own half to Long Eatons box, he played a nice pass into Charlie Dowd, but his shot just went wide.
Long Eaton were still dominating play, and were only creating half chances giving The Greenbacks an opportunity to counter which they did and nearly opened the scoring. Following a corner, the ball wasn’t dealt with by the Long Eaton defence and the ball span up in the air, Nat Kelly waited for the ball to drop before unleashing a fierce volley on goal which was struck sweetly but his effort was cleared off the line.
Just as Bedworth were building momentum, Long Eaton halted The Greenbacks progress by scoring a couple of minutes before the break. A floated cross from the right found an unmarked James Shaw from 6 yards to head between Liam O’Brien’s legs to make it 1-0.
HALF TIME: Bedworth United 0-1 Long Eaton United
The second half started in similar vein as the first half, with the visitors controlling possession but neither side creating anything of note.
It wasn’t until the 60th minute Bedworth threatened Long Eatons goal. A nice pass from Dunkley put Murphy through but his shot from a tight angle was parried wide by keeper Lewis King.
However, two minutes later, Long Eaton doubled their lead and James shaw doubled his tally. Bedworth were unable to deal with the long bouncing ball, and found its way to Shaw who volleyed superbly past O’Brien to get his brace. 2-0.
The Greenbacks did show some fight back and halved the deficit on 75 minutes. The hosts piled pressure in the opposition box and Elliot Parrott used his physical presence to flick the ball goalbound for substitute Jonathan Letford to squeeze past Lewis King in the visitors goal.
Charlie Dowd had a great opportunity to level the scoring 10 minutes later. A long ball up to Letford was knocked down to Dunkley, he slotted a pass into Dowds path but his shot from 12 yards went high and wide.
With Bedworth looking for a late equaliser, Long Eaton were able to find more space going forward, which they capitalised on in the 93rd minute. Nice link up play between James Taylor and Tristan Thompson-Matthews allowed the latter to work his way into the box and calmly slot the ball in the back of the net from 6 yards to seal al three points for Long Eaton. 3-1.
FULL TIME: Bedworth United 1-3 Long Eaton United
STARTING LINE UP: O’Brien, Moore (Sammons), Rowe, Parrott, Kelly, Patterson, Dunkley, Shaw, Murphy (Letford), Dowd, Stone(Candlin).
ATTENDANCE: 170
