RISBOROUGH Rangers are keeping everything crossed in the hope they can emulate the Arsenal invincible team from the 2003-2004 season.
Rangers are the runaway leaders in the Hellenic Division One East with 19 wins and two draws from 21 league matches – scoring 66 goals and conceding just 12.
The Bucks side are 12 points clear of the chasing pack with the advantage of a game in hand on the two sides directly below them.
Risborough boast the perfect winning record at home in the league 12 wins from 12 matches and attendances at the B.E.P Stadium have been on the up with an average of 91 which is tremendous for step six.
Rangers have not played in two weeks after matches at home to Abingdon Town and most recently at Wokingham & Emmbrook on Saturday were postponed due to waterlogged pitches.
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The team faces arguably its biggest test to date when in-form Holyport visit the B.E.P Stadium this Saturday. Second-placed Port have won their last six matches in the league and last tasted defeat in the reverse fixture against Risborough back in January.
The Risborough strike force of Kyle Faulker, Sam Pekun and Brian Haule – the leading goals scorer in the division – have bagged 63 goals between them.
PHOTO: Risborough Rangers striker Brian Haule is the leading goals scorer in the Hellenic League Division One East this season
And with a Hellenic League Challenge Cup semi final and Wycombe Senior Cup final to play a treble could be on the cards for the Bucks club.
Penn & Tylers Green saw their match at Holyport postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at Summerleaze Village on Saturday.
Penn return to action with a trip to third-in-the-table Abingdon United this Saturday (3pm) where a win could see them move into the top 10.
Marlow United regained the winning thread with a thumping 6-1 victory at Didcot Town Development on Tuesday night.
Both Chris Hurst and Danny Jordan scored twice for United in the first half at Loop Meadow plus there was a further foal from Paul Rake before the half-time whistle.
The visitors scored a sixth goal before Didcot Town got a consolation effort with over 10 minutes still to play.
The win means Marlow now stand in 12th position in the league table and just a single point behind Kidlington Development in ninth place ahead of a return to action at Chalvey Sports on Saturday March 14.
United saw their match at Abingdon United postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at Northcourt last weekend.
PHOTO: Risborough Rangers striker Sam Pekun is a part of a deadly three-pronged strike force along with Sam Pekun and Brian Haule
Flackwell Heath have not had a game in the Premier Division in four weeks now after fixtures at Wilks Park against Bishops Cleeve last weekend and Fairford Town in midweek were both postponed.
The Heathens make the trip to runaway league leaders Westfields this Saturday (3pm) before a shorter journey to Reading City in the quarter final to the Challenge Cup on Monday night (7.45pm).
The green shoots of recovery continue to blossom at bottom side Holmer Green after a 0-0 draw with Easington Sports at Watchet Lane on Tuesday night.
The Green were due to host second-bottom Brimscombe & Thrupp last weekend, but the match was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch.
Holmer are now unbeaten in their last three league matches and kept two clean sheets on the spin ahead of a trip to Bishops Cleeve this Saturday (3pm).
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