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Post by Sparky on Sept 2, 2024 17:34:50 GMT 1
On paper a good draw given who we could have got but as always nothing taken for granted.
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Post by Steve T on Sept 2, 2024 18:19:31 GMT 1
The SW section:
67 Swindon Supermarine (7) / Poole Town (7) v. Taunton Town (7)
68 Easington Sports (9) / Frome Town (7) v. Larkhall Athletic (8)
69 Wimborne Town (7) v. Weston super Mare (6)
70 AFC Stoneham (9) v. Salisbury (6)
71 Nailsea & Tickenham (9) v. Chippenham Town (6)
72 Truro City (6) v. Brackley Town (6)
73 Oxford City (6) v. Willand Rovers (8)
74 Bath City (6) v. Merthyr Town (7)
75 Sholing (7) v. Weymouth (6)
76 Bishop's Cleeve (8) / Laverstock & Ford (9) v. Torquay United (6)
77 Winchester City (7) v. Hungerford Town (7)
78 Plymouth Parkway (7) v. Westbury United (8)
79 Melksham Town (8) v. Banbury United (7)
80 Gosport Borough (7) v. Gloucester City (7)
Leamington are at home to Carlton (8). Stratford will be looking for a fixture...
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Post by geoff95 on Sept 2, 2024 21:19:10 GMT 1
Believe the club should run a coach for supporters. Bit of a test for the new board.
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Post by Steve T on Sept 13, 2024 12:29:37 GMT 1
For the record – Banbury in the Second Qualifying Round.
This will be the club's 41st appearance. Prior record: W18 L22. It's the only round of the six in the qualifying competition in which Banbury have lost more ties than they've won.
Best wins:
6-1 – Cirencester Town A, 2016
4-0 – Maidenhead Utd H, 1947
5-2 – Brackley Town H (replay), 2005
Worst defeats:
1-5 – Slough Town A (replay), 1950; Oxford City A, 1959; Hemel Hempstead A, 1965
0-4 – Aylesbury Utd H, 1951
3-6 – Hemel Hempstead A, 1966
2-5 – Slough Utd A, 1945
One win against a higher-ranked club: Leamington A 1-0, 2020 (Nat North)
Defeats by lower-ranked clubs: Willenhall Town A 0-2, 1978; Malvern Town H 1-2, 1986 (both WML)
I don't suppose the club sent anyone to watch Melksham. They'd have had to drive to Helston to do that...
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Post by Steve T on Sept 14, 2024 19:12:29 GMT 1
Got away with one today...
Survivors:
1 Dunston (8) / Scarborough Athletic (6)
2 Witton Albion (8)
3 Southport (6)
4 Chorley (6)
5 Stockton Town (7)
6 Wythenshawe Town (8)
7 Guiseley (7)
8 Newton Aycliffe (8) / Warrington Rylands (7)
9 Chester (6)
10 Farsley Celtic (6)
11 Curzon Ashton (6)
12 Radcliffe (6)
13 Bury (9)
14 Spennymoor Town (6)
15 Macclesfield (7)
16 Darlington (6)
17 Newcastle Town (8) / Scunthorpe United (6)
18 Gainsborough Trinity (7)
19 Hereford (6) / Ilkeston Town (7)
20 Kidderminster Harriers (6)
21 Kettering Town (7)
22 Anstey Nomads (8)
23 Harborough Town (7)
24 Spalding United (7) / Alfreton Town (6)
25 Shifnal Town (9) / Redditch United (7)
26 Bromsgrove Sporting (7)
27 Buxton (6) / Barwell (7)
28 Rushall Olympic (6)
29 Leamington (6)
30 Rugby Town (8) / Hednesford Town (8)
31 Worksop Town (7)
32 St. Albans City (6)
33 Lowestoft Town (7)
34 Bishops Stortford (7)
35 King's Lynn Town (6)
36 Canvey Island (7)
37 St. Ives Town (7)
38 Biggleswade Town (7)
39 Chelmsford City (6)
40 Haringey Borough (8) / Witham Town (8)
41 Gorleston (8) / Barking (9)
42 Hornchurch (6)
43 Peterborough Sports (6)
44 Royston Town (7)
45 Biggleswade (8)
46 Brentwood Town (8) / Leiston (7)
47 Ashford United (8)
48 Ramsgate (8)
49 Amersham Town (9)
50 Chertsey Town (7)
51 Chatham Town (7)
52 Boreham Wood (6)
53 Carshalton Athletic (7)
54 Hastings United (7)
55 Sittingbourne (8)
56 Tonbridge Angels (6)
57 Chichester City (7) / Slough Town (6)
58 Maidstone United (6)
59 Dartford (7)
60 Worthing (6)
61 Horsham (7)
62 Margate (8)
63 Chesham United (6)
64 Walton & Hersham (7)
65 Cray Wanderers (7) / Wingate & Finchley (7)
66 Herne Bay (8)
67 Taunton Town (7)
68 Larkhall Athletic (8)
69 Weston-super-Mare (6)
70 Salisbury (6)
71 Chippenham Town (6)
72 Brackley Town (6)
73 Oxford City (6)
74 Bath City (6)
75 Weymouth (6)
76 Bishop's Cleeve (8)
77 Winchester City (7) / Hungerford Town (7)
78 Plymouth Parkway (7)
79 Melksham Town (8) / Banbury United (7)
80 Gosport Borough (7) / Gloucester City (7)
Current zones shown but the next round goes to three.
We'll be drawn away to a top Step 2 side...
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Post by Steve T on Sept 15, 2024 15:46:22 GMT 1
Second Qualifying Round replays: 1950-51 Slough Town A L 1-5
1980-81 VS Rugby A W 3-1 127 (to 4Q)
1981-82 Hendon H L 3-4
1988-89 Nuneaton Borough H W 1-0 394 (to 3Q)
1991-92 Chasetown H L 1-2 326
1998-99 Epsom & Ewell A W 1-0 85 (to 3Q)
1999-2000 Purfleet H L 0-1 405
2005-06 Brackley Town H W 5-2 960 (to 3Q)
2006-07 Tonbridge Angels H L 1-2 518
Just in case any of you have forgotten... Tuesday 3rd October 2006
FA Cup Second Qualifying Round Replay
Banbury United 1-2 Tonbridge Angels (att. 518)
Quite simply, Banbury threw this game away. Another terrible blunder by stand-in 'keeper Milan Barisic handed Tonbridge the opening goal after 13 minutes but he cannot be blamed for the defeat. Banbury missed more than a dozen gilt-edged chances in a game that they dominated for all but the first 15 minutes of the second half.
Barisic was recalled after Alan Judge was ruled out with an injured heel – his error was to drop a corner at the feet of Scott Kinch, who scored easily. Tonbridge 'keeper Aaron Kerr had already made an excellent save from an Andy Baird header and before the half was out made an equally good one from Jermaine McSporran; he later watched the same player twice miss near open goals.
In the second half, Kerr spilled a shot from John Gardner and Stuart Bridges drove the loose ball wide when it seemed easier to score. Bridges redeemed himself in the 77th minute with an excellent run and cross for Daniel Szczukiewicz to score the equaliser and Banbury looked liked going on to win but six minutes later Jon Main, always Tonbridge's danger man, raced through the middle to score what turned out to be the winner. Even then, Banbury had three more chances to at least take the game into extra-time, John Gardner, Wayne Blossom and Andy Baird all missing with space and time to spare. Gardner's was the worst, a horrible miscue with the 'keeper grounded and the goal gaping. Howard Forinton, ruled out with a thigh strain, must have watched the sometimes frantic action in complete disbelief – had he played, his calm manner would surely have seen Banbury through.
With a kind draw in the next round (Cheshunt away), this was Banbury's best opportunity for many a year to reach the fourth qualifying round, possibly the first round proper, and they blew it. Given the uncertainty over the club’s future with respect to the ground, the publicity of a run to the first round of the FA Cup would have been as valuable as any prize money or other income; given the way they dominated the game and carved out chance after chance, this was the most numbing and dispiriting exit from the competition since 1977, when a fourth qualifying round defeat in a similar manner at Bideford denied the club a first round trip to Portsmouth.
A great chance squandered.
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Post by Sparky on Sept 15, 2024 19:40:22 GMT 1
Eighteen years on and still ground uncertainty only now the eviction is now as close as it’s ever been and not a sniff of a new home on the horizon.
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Post by Steve T on Sept 15, 2024 20:02:09 GMT 1
At the start of last season, I mentioned the upcoming 40th anniversary of what turned out to be Banbury's worst season, 83-84, in terms of points per game and one which almost saw the club fold. The consequences of that period are still with us. Banbury were in debt to the tune of more than £200,000 at today's prices and in the summer of 1984 considered resigning from the SL and playing in the Hellenic. As it was they carried on, effectively as amateurs. That was when the ownership of the ground was lost.
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Post by Sparky on Sept 15, 2024 20:27:43 GMT 1
Brian Stone and the whole Townley Stone debacle.
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Post by Steve T on Sept 16, 2024 13:14:34 GMT 1
Late in the draw again – and the only consolation is that it's not a Step 2 club.
37 Oxford City (6) v. Gosport Borough (7) / Gloucester City (7)
38 Carshalton Athletic (7) v. Melksham Town (8) / Banbury United (7)
39 Boreham Wood (6) v. Larkhall Athletic (8)
40 Chippenham Town (6) v. Weston-super-Mare (6)
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Post by petet on Sept 16, 2024 14:05:15 GMT 1
Could have been a whole lot kinder.
Certainly not an easy draw.
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Post by Steve T on Sept 16, 2024 15:42:08 GMT 1
Full 3Q draw. Had Banbury won on Saturday, they'd probably have been drawn in the central section with Brackley
_1 Guiseley (7) v. Newcastle Town (8) / Scunthorpe United (6)
_2 Stockton Town (7) v. Chester (6)
_3 Radcliffe (6) v. Bury (9)
_4 Southport (6) v. Curzon Ashton (6)
_5 Wythenshawe Town (8) v. Farsley Celtic (6) / Hallam (9)
_6 Darlington (6) v. Gainsborough Trinity (7)
_7 Newton Aycliffe (8) / Warrington Rylands (7) v. Dunston (8) / Scarborough Athletic (6)
_8 Spennymoor Town (6) v. Chorley (6)
_9 Macclesfield (7) v. Witton Albion (8)
10 Buxton (6) / Barwell (7) v. Kidderminster Harriers (6)
11 Brentwood Town (8) / Leiston (7) v. Hornchurch (6)
12 Haringey Borough (8) / Witham Town (8) v. Lowestoft Town (7)
13 Shifnal Town (9) / Redditch United (7) v. Rugby Town (8) / Hednesford Town (8)
14 Harborough Town (7) v. Leamington (6)
15 Biggleswade Town (7) v. Spalding United (7) / Alfreton Town (6)
16 Royston Town (7) v. Peterborough Sports (6)
17 Biggleswade (8) / AFC Dunstable (8) v. Canvey Island (7)
18 St. Ives Town (7) v. Kettering Town (7)
19 Rushall Olympic (6) v. Anstey Nomads (8)
20 Chelmsford City (6) v. Bromsgrove Sporting (7)
21 Gorleston (8) / Barking (9) v. St. Albans City (6)
22 Bishops Stortford (7) v. Hereford (6) / Ilkeston Town (7)
23 Worksop Town (7) v. King's Lynn Town (6)
24 Salisbury (6) v. Bath City (6)
25 Cray Wanderers (7) / Wingate & Finchley (7) v. Hastings United (7)
26 Chertsey Town (7) v. Ashford United (8)
27 Worthing (6) v. Dartford (7)
28 Winchester City (7) / Hungerford Town (7) v. Weymouth (6)
29 Margate (8) v. Horsham (7)
30 Tonbridge Angels (6) v. Walton & Hersham (7)
31 Taunton Town (7) v. Amersham Town (9)
32 Sittingbourne (8) v. Plymouth Parkway (7)
33 Chatham Town (7) v. Chichester City (7) / Slough Town (6)
34 Bishop's Cleeve (8) v. Chesham United (6)
35 Brackley Town (6) v. Ramsgate (8)
36 Herne Bay (8) v. Maidstone United (6)
37 Oxford City (6) v. Gosport Borough (7) / Gloucester City (7)
38 Carshalton Athletic (7) v. Melksham Town (8) / Banbury United (7)
39 Boreham Wood (6) v. Larkhall Athletic (8)
40 Chippenham Town (6) v. Weston-super-Mare (6)
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Post by Sparky on Sept 16, 2024 17:16:46 GMT 1
Similar record to us but all academic if we don't overcome Melksham.
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Post by Steve T on Sept 16, 2024 22:04:10 GMT 1
A couple of notable victories in this round, both two levels apart: Bishop's Cleeve over Torquay on Saturday (nor was it close at 3-0) and Shifnal winning at Redditch in tonight's replay.
Banbury be warned!
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Post by didier on Sept 17, 2024 7:25:27 GMT 1
A couple of notable victories in this round, both two levels apart: Bishop's Cleeve over Torquay on Saturday (nor was it close at 3-0) and Shifnal winning at Redditch in tonight's replay. Banbury be warned! Notable wins/upsets too for Chatham Town away at Welling United and Walton & Hersham beating Farnborough (oh dear, how sad !) The Torquay, Welling and Farnbourgh Manager interviews on You Tube were virtually identical "disgrace of a performance" "fuming" "no desire" "players too comfortable" "we warned them" "changes needed" "sorry to the fans" "unacceptable" etc., etc., etc. "The beauty of the FA Cup" - unless you're on the receiving end of course  |
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