Clapton CFC Men’s First Team will play Dunstable Town at the Old Spotted Dog Ground in this season’s Brian Lomax Cup on Saturday, July 19 as part of our pre-season schedule. Kick off TBC.

It will be our fourth appearance in the Brian Lomax Cup, which is an invitational trophy run by the Football Supporters Association contested between fan owned clubs. We’ll be looking to make it fourth time lucky, having lost in the Brian Lomax Cup to Enfield Town in 2018 and FC United of Manchester in 2021 and 2023, the latter being our only previous time hosting it.

Dunstable play at Step 5, one above us, in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division. The historic club was founded in 1883 and are perhaps best known for their Barry Fry days in the 1970s when they signed George Best and Jeff Astle. In recent years they have become a fan-owned Community Benefit Society. They run men’s, women’s and youth teams as well as some great community schemes supporting mental health and wellbeing.

With the pitch at the Old Spotted Dog Ground out of action for reseeding over the summer, there will only be a few home friendlies for our Women’s and Men’s first teams. We’ll announce the rest of the schedules in due course.