Ahead of tonight’s away league match versus Banbury United (7:45 KO), here are some important bits of information you may want to know…
ADMISSION
This match is segregated and is all ticket for Sporting fans.
There is no paying on the turnstiles for away fans.
Tickets are available for online purchase.
Adults – £14
Concession (65+) – £12
Students with ID – £12
Under 18’s – £10
Under 11’s – FREE as long as they are accompanied by an adult.
To be eligible for an U11 or U18 ticket you must be Under 11 or Under 18 on 1 September 2024.
Supporters with disabilities will enter through the Assisted Entrance gate (next to the Club Shop) and will pay the Concession Rate, with their carer admitted free of charge. If you require a carer’s ticket for a disabled spectator or someone requiring care, please email admin@banburyunitedfc.co.uk
Please ensure you purchase the correct ticket. You will be refused entry using an incorrectly purchased ticket.
ADDRESS
The Spencer Stadium Stadium, Station Approach, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5AB.
Head to their website for more info.
DIRECTIONS
Following extensive road works and alterations please ignore any existing directions to Banbury United FC. Please note that although Banbury United’s ground has not moved and is actually still addressed as Station Approach, Banbury, you are no longer able to access the ground from the older route of Station Approach!!!
These are the new directions from the M40 motorway, junction 11.
From M40, junction 11 (eleven), head towards Banbury. At first roundabout, take second exit, and keep to left-hand lane.
At next roundabout, take first exit into Concorde Avenue.
At next roundabout, take first exit and move into right-hand lane.
At traffic lights go straight ahead and through the next set of traffic lights.
When approaching the next set of traffic lights, take the left-hand filter lane into Swan Close Road.
Take first turn left into Tramway and go straight ahead until reaching new roundabout.
Turn right (second exit) at this roundabout and follow road to Banbury United FC, going past Frostechnic Ltd, and into Banbury United Car Park.
CAR PARKING
Please ensure you leave plenty of time for parking and getting into the ground. There is very limited spectator parking at the ground.
It is always available for those requiring accessible parking.
Spectators also cannot park on Station Approach or on Tramway Road.
Supporters are advised to use the multi-storey car park at Banbury train station (Merton Street, East side). Parking charges apply.
PROGRAMMES
The matchday programme is available from here.
KIT FOR THIS MATCH
We will be wearing this season’s Green kit for this match.
LIVE UPDATES
Via our Twitter (@SportingFC). Team news, half time and full time scores will also be on our Facebook (Bromsgrove Sporting FC).
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
To take a look at our last fixture at Banbury United, in October last year, click here.
For a list of all of our previous encounters and both clubs recent results, click here.
OPPOSITION
- 2024/25 league position: 12th (Southern League Premier Central)
- This season so far: P15 W5 D3 L7. GD -3. 18 points. They sit 18th (of 22 teams)
- This season (home league games): P8 W3 D2 L3. GD -3. 11 points
- Last five league games: W2 L3
- Last five league home games: W2 L3.
- Most recent league game: 3-2 home win vs Quorn (Saturday)
- Of the sides in the current bottom half, only Barwell (27) have scored more than Banbury’s 25.
- Only Bishop’s Stortford (17) and Stamford (19) have shipped more home goals than Banbury’s 16, whilst only home games at Bishop’s Stortford (34) and Leiston (30) have seen more collective goals than Banbury’s 29.
- It’s a similar stat for Banbury’s last five home games – only two teams have conceded more and only two teams’ home matches have seen more collective goals.
- The Quorn win ended a run of three straight home losses (Kettering, Halesowen and Real Bedford)
- Prior to the Quorn game, striker Connor Ferguson had scored in three consecutive matches, including a hat trick in an impressive 1-4 win at Spalding.
- The Puritans are without a league draw in 11 matches (W4 L7). Prior to this, they drew three league matches in a row – this was as part of an unbeaten first five games of their season (W2 D3).
- This means they have lost seven of their last ten league games – the three wins being the aforementioned games against Quorn and Spalding, as well as a 1-4 win at Bishop’s Stortford.
- Of those seven losses, four came consecutively and six of those came in a spell of seven matches.
- They’ve conceded at least once in every single of their league games bar their opening day 0-3 win at Stratford – that’s 14 consecutive games where they conceded.
- They had scored in their first six league games before losing 3-0 to Sporting in September. They’ve since failed to score in two other league games – home losses to Kettering (0-2) and Halesowen (0-3).
