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Lydney Town FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/FOOTYFOCUSMAG Lydney Town ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB Lydney Town AFC is based at the Lydney Recreation Ground on Swan Road in Gloucestershire and their first team currently competes in the UHL Premier Division. They are led by Chair Dean Voss who is supported by Secretary Roger Sansom and the club is looking to progress under their guidance. The club is a fine example of the important role that a local side can play in their local community. Last season their first team put together a steady league campaign as they compiled a record of fourteen wins, four draws and sixteen defeats from their thirty- six matches. This saw them finish in a safe mid table position with forty-eight points on the board. This should provide the club with a solid platform from which to build as they look ahead towards their 2019-20 campaign. As long as they are able to retain their 46 Issue 85 current group of players and can perhaps make one or two quality additions they should be in with a good chance of pushing on up the league next time around. Lydney Town AFC is not a club to focus solely upon their senior section however and this is reflected by the fact that they also have a thriving youth set up. This part of the club looks to provide young players from the local community with an opportunity to play the game in a