In our last Tuesday night match of 2023, Banbury United play their rescheduled fixture against Chorley in the Vanarama National League North on December 19th, kick off 7.45pm at the Banbury Plant Hire Community Stadium.

The game is part of the Club’s “Bring a Buddy” ticketing scheme for all members and season ticket holders at home games in December. All they need to do is to purchase their full price match ticket either online or at the gate and present their membership card or season ticket at the gate on arrival and their buddy can enter for just £5 and get a free drinks token to use in the bar. Members get £1 off their first drink as part of their membership package. Full details can be found here.

Chorley currently sit just five points ahead of Banbury in the table, in seventh place. The league is so tight this season that those five points see the Puritans positioned nine places below in 16th. The last time the two sides met in March ended in a 1-0 victory for Chorley, courtesy of a goal from Stuart Wilson. On their last time out, Chorley slipped to a 2-1 home defeat against Hereford, with ex Puritan Alex Babos scoring the winning goal.

Banbury United manager, Mark Jones, spoke after Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home against Farsley Celtic: “Chorley are at the top end of the league table as they are used to being and they are on good form. We will need to find more quality in the last third of the pitch and retain the ball better than we did against Farsley Celtic. Our players’ attitude was really good despite looking a bit lethargic at times, possibly due to back-to-back games taking their toll. It looks like we are nursing a couple of injuries: we took Louis Hall off in Saturday’s match as a precautionary measure for his hamstring and Lawson D’Ath pulled a thigh muscle and could be out for a couple of weeks.”

Tickets for Tuesday’s match can be purchased in advance online via this link: Banbury United FC Tickets.

Spectator information

Admission prices for this match are: adults £15, concessions £11, students with ID £8, U18s £5 U11s £2. These can be purchased in advance see our ticketing site or by cash or card at the gate. All sales are open right up until kick-off. Cash and card sales are also available on the gate for both home and away fans.

Turnstiles will open from 6.15 pm.

Our stadium layout has changed for this season. Away fans should now enter and exit the ground via the Town End turnstiles. This is the first available right turn as you approach the stadium. Security staff will direct you.

All home supporters should enter and exit via the turnstiles at the main entrance, through the car park, by the clubhouse.

Standing and seated areas are available, with cover, as well as toilets and refreshments in both areas.

We have printed programme available at a cost of £3.

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.

We advise spectators park in the nearby Banbury Railway Station car park off Station Approach, where, thanks to the great support of Chiltern Railways, parking charges do not apply between 1300 hrs and 1830 hrs on Saturdays.

Free parking also includes Banbury Station East Car Park the multi storey car park accessed via Merton Street, the other side of the railway. Although slightly further from the ground you will be able to depart quicker from this car park after the game than from Station Approach.

Safety message & ground regulations

This fixture will be segregated.

Volunteers and security on the gates may check the correct category of ticket has been purchased and a request for ID and proof of age may be requested.
Any supporter found in the wrong area of the ground will be removed from the ground.

Please read our ground regulations…

Banbury United reserves the right to refuse admission to the ground, or to eject from the ground, any person who fails to comply with these ground regulations.

The following items are prohibited and may not be brought into the ground by spectators:- alcohol, knives, glasses or glass bottles, fireworks, smoke bombs or pyros, aerosol/gas canisters, any article likely to cause injury, any article prohibited under law, any article likely to cause annoyance to other spectators.

The following are prohibited and may not be undertaken within the ground:-
the throwing of any object within the ground without lawful authority or excuse, the chanting of anything of an indecent or racist nature, the use of threatening behaviour, foul or abusive language, the entry onto the playing area or any adjacent area to which spectators are not generally admitted without lawful authority or excuse. In addition, spectators shall comply with any request from club staff or appointed match stewards.

We wish everyone a great day. Banbury United is a community-owned, family-friendly club and we know the vast majority of home and away spectators approach their day out with this in mind. Our message to anyone looking to create or participate in a disorder is that you are not welcome here and you will be removed from the ground. Thank you.

Any queries please contact info@banburyunitedfc.co.uk.