Banbury United is a football club based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, who play in the Southern League Premier Division. They are nicknamed The Puritans and they play their home matches at the Spencer Stadium. They were originally named Spencer Villa.

Key

Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Seasons

Year League Cup competitions Manager
Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Average[1]
attendance 		FA Cup[2] FA Trophy Oxfordshire
Cup
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1945–46 Birmingham Combination 32 10 7 15 56 79 -23 27 13th of 17 QR2 3-0-1 – – Jimmy Cringan
1946–47 36 15 6 15 86 65 21 36 10th of 19 PR 0-0-1
1947–48 38 29 3 6 106 42 64 61 2nd of 20 R1 6-0-1
1948–49 38 15 10 13 75 68 7 40 10th of 20 QR3 3-0-1
1949–50 38 19 5 14 63 52 11 43 8th of 20 PR 0-0-1
1950–51 38 13 8 17 64 75 -11 34 12th of 20 QR2 3-2-1
1951–52 38 13 7 18 76 87 -11 33 15th of 20 QR2 1-0-1
1952–53 34 12 6 16 73 65 8 30 13th of 18 PR 0-1-1
1953–54 26 14 4 8 49 36 13 32 4th of 14 QR2 2-0-1
Joined the Birmingham & District League.
1954–55 Birmingham & District League 38 20 11 7 84 42 42 51 4th of 20 QR1 1-0-1 – – Jimmy Cringan
1955–56 38 23 6 9 68 40 28 52 3rd of 20 QR3 2-0-1
1956–57 38 17 7 14 87 71 16 41 7th of 20 QR1 1-0-1
1957–58 38 18 4 16 76 63 13 40 9th of 20 QR1 0-0-1
1958–59 34 15 6 13 59 55 4 36 7th of 18 PR 0-0-1
1959–60 34 10 7 17 60 71 -11 27 14th of 18 QR2 1-0-1
1960–61 42 21 5 16 108 92 16 47 10th of 22 QR1 0-0-1
1961–62 40 18 8 14 107 84 23 44 10th of 21 R1 5-0-1
The league renamed.
1962–63 West Midlands (Regional) League 38 15 4 19 86 86 0 34 13th of 20 QR1 0-0-1 – –
1963–64 36 16 6 14 65 69 -4 38 9th of 19 QR2 1-0-1
1964–65 38 11 3 24 79 99 -20 25 15th of 20 QR1 0-0-1
Club renamed Banbury United.
1965–66 West Midlands (Regional) League 40 23 9 8 91 55 36 55 3rd of 21 QR2 1-0-1 – – Len Goulden
Joined the Southern Football League.
1966–67 Southern Football League
Division One 		6 46 13 14 19 88 100 -12 40 17th of 24 QR2 1-0-1 – – Len Goulden
1967–68 42 22 9 11 79 59 20 53 7th of 22 QR4 3-0-1
1968–69 42 16 12 14 67 72 -5 44 11th of 22 QR2 2-0-1
1969–70 42 19 8 15 86 72 14 46 9th of 22 QR2 1-0-1 QR2 1-1-1
1970–71 38 13 11 14 58 53 5 37 12th of 20 QR2 1-0-1 R3 5-2-1
Division One split into two sections.
1971–72 Southern Football League
Division One North 		6 34 14 5 15 54 46 8 33 10th of 18 QR1 0-1-1 R1 1-0-1 –
1972–73 42 18 5 19 60 53 7 41 12th of 22 R1 4-2-1 R1 1-1-1
1973–74 42 19 11 12 69 57 12 49 8th of 22 R1 4-3-1 R3 3-3-1
1974–75 42 18 10 14 52 51 1 46 10th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 R1 0-2-1
1975–76 42 15 8 19 58 67 -9 38 12th of 22 QR2 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1
1976–77 38 15 10 13 51 47 4 40 9th of 20 QR3 2-0-1 R1 1-0-1
1977–78 38 17 10 11 52 47 5 44 6th of 20 QR4 4-2-1 R1 1-0-1
1978–79 38 10 13 15 42 58 -16 33 15th of 20 QR2 2-0-1 QR3 0-0-1
Alliance Premier League created, The Premier Division was disbanded as the most of the clubs left to join the new league, while the divisions One were renamed.
1979–80 Southern Football League
Midland Division 		6 42 13 14 15 56 56 0 40 13th of 22 QR1 2-0-1 QR1 0-1-1 –
1980–81 42 11 11 20 51 65 -14 33 16th of 22 QR4 3-1-1 QR2 1-0-1
1981–82 42 11 8 23 63 91 -28 30 18th of 22 QR2 1-1-1 QR1 0-0-1
Southern Football League Premier Division recreated, the club did not qualified to be placed to the Premier Division.
1982–83 Southern Football League
Midland Division 		7 32 15 3 14 59 55 4 48 7th of 17 QR1 0-0-1 PR 0-0-1 –
1983–84 38 6 11 21 37 78 -41 29 18th of 20 PR 0-0-1 QR1 1-1-1
1984–85 34 9 5 20 33 59 -26 32 17th of 18 QR1 0-0-1 PR 0-0-1
1985–86 40 13 8 19 38 55 -17 47 17th of 21 PR 0-0-1 QR2 1-0-1
1986–87 38 14 7 17 55 65 -10 49 12th of 20 QR2 2-0-1 QR1 0-0-1
1987–88 42 17 7 18 48 46 2 58 10th of 22 QR1 1-0-1 R1 3-2-1
1988–89 42 10 14 18 53 74 -21 44 16th of 22 QR3 3-2-1 QR1 0-0-1
1989–90 42 9 9 24 46 83 -37 34[a] 21st of 22
Relegated 		QR1 0-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 Colin Holder
1990–91 Hellenic Football League
Premier Division 		8 34 17 4 13 58 51 7 55 8th of 18 PR 0-3-1 R1 0-0-1
1991–92 34 14 5 15 55 55 0 47 10th of 18 QR2 2-1-1 – FA Vase
PR
1992–93 34 10 10 14 50 66 -16 40 11th of 18 PR 0-0-1 FA Vase
R1
1993–94 34 18 9 7 74 44 +30 63 3rd of 18 PR 0-0-1 FA Vase
PR
1994–95 30 12 7 11 44 44 0 43 8th of 16 PR 0-0-1 FA Vase
R1
1995–96 34 8 6 20 40 66 -26 30 15th of 18 PR 0-1-1 FA Vase
R1
1996–97 34 14 5 15 51 46 5 47 8th of 18 PR 0-0-1 FA Vase
QR2
1997–98 34 17 7 20 69 42 27 58 4th of 18 QR1 1-0-1 FA Vase
R1
1998–99 36 20 9 7 73 33 40 69 4th of 19 QR3 2-1-1 FA Vase
QR2
1999–2000 36 29 5 2 87 22 65 92 1st of 19
Promoted 		QR2 2-1-1 FA Vase
R2 		Kevin Brock
2000–01 Southern Football League
Eastern Division 		7 42 12 11 19 57 54 3 47 13th of 22 PR 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 –
2001–02 42 13 9 20 53 66 -13 47[b] 15th of 22 290 PR 1-0-0 R2 1-0-1
2002–03 42 21 11 10 75 50 25 74 8th of 22 410 QR1 1-1-1 R1 1-1-1
2003–04 42 19 10 13 65 57 8 67 8th of 22 290 PR 0-0-1 PR 0-0-1
Conference North, a new sixth tier league created, the club qualified to be transferred to the Premier Division.
2004–05 Southern Football League
Premier Division 		7 42 13 9 20 56 69 -13 48 17th of 22 388 QR1 0-0-1 R1 0-1-1 – Kevin Brock
2005–06 42 17 11 14 66 61 5 62 7th of 22 415 QR3 2-1-1 QR3 2-2-1
2006–07 42 15 10 17 60 64 -4 55 13th of 22 376 QR2 1-1-1 QR3 2-1-1
2007–08 42 14 16 12 55 57 -2 58 9th of 22 Nicholas Gordon 18 328 QR1 0-0-1 QR1 0-0-1 Kieran Sullivan
2008–09 42 11 8 23 43 83 -40 41 19th of 22
Reprieved 		Nicholas Gordon 14 297 QR1 0-0-1 QR1 0-0-1
2009–10 42 14 13 15 53 67 -14 55 12th of 22 David Stone 17 312 QR1 0-1-1 QR2 1-2-1 Billy Jeffrey
2010–11 40 11 8 21 44 67 -23 40[c] 16th of 21 Nabil Shariff 6 274 QR1 0-0-1 QR2 1-1-1
2011–12 42 13 10 19 54 61 -7 49 16th of 22 Ricky Johnson 12 273 QR1 0-0-1 QR3 2-1-1 Ady Fuller
2012–13 42 14 9 19 60 75 -15 51 16th of 22 Albi Skendi 10 220 QR1 0-1-1 QR1 0-2-0 Ed Stein
2013–14 44 14 5 25 64 116 -52 47 19th of 23 Kynan Isaac 12 242 QR1 0-0-1 QR1 0-0-1 QF
2014–15 44 9 10 25 53 86 -33 37 21st of 23
Relegated 		Leam Howards 12 247 QR2 1-0-1 QR3 2-1-1 W Paul Davis
2015–16 Southern Football League
Division One South & West 		8 42 28 10 4 97 38 +59 94 2nd of 22
Promoted 		Ricky Johnson 26 327 PR 0-0-1 QR1 1-1-1 QF Mike Ford
Promoted after winning the play-offs.
2016–17 Southern Football League
Premier Division 		7 46 24 8 14 67 40 +27 80 6th of 24 Conor McDonagh 14 388 QR3 2-0-1 QR1 0-0-1 SF
2017–18 46 19 15 12 90 59 +31 72 9th of 24 Jefferson Louis 13 385 QR3 2-0-1 QR2 1-2-1 SF
The Premier Division of the Southern League divided into two sections.
2018–19 Southern Football League
Premier Division Central 		7 42 13 14 15 53 55 -2 49[d] 17th of 24 Ravi Shamsi 15 405 QR2 1-1-1 QR2 1-0-1 F Mike Ford
2019–20 32 14 10 8 48 31 +17 52 7th of 22 Jaanai Gordon 13 442 QR1 0-1-1 QR1 0-0-1 SF
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2020–21 7 2 2 3 9 13 -4 8 18th of 22 three players 2 – [e] R1 3-1-1 QR3 0-0-1 – Andy Whing
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22 40 32 6 2 92 32 +60 102 1st of 21
Promoted 		Chris Wreh 21 796 R1 4-0-1 R1 1-0-1 R2
2022–23 National League North 6 46 13 15 18 55 62 -7 54 17th of 24 Giorgio Rasulo
Jack Stevens 		9 878 QR4 2-0-1 R5 3-0-1 QF

Notes

  1. ^ Banbury United were deducted two points.
  2. ^ Banbury United were deducted one point.
  3. ^ Banbury United were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
  4. ^ Banbury United were deducted four points for infringement of league rules.
  5. ^ COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

References

  1. ^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. ^ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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