Saturday will see Simon Johnson and his City Firsts head to Buckinghamshire to take on near-neighbours Burnham in a Combined Counties Football League Premier Division North clash.
Last season saw both sides fighting for promotion, with Burnham narrowly missing out on a play-off place and both sides will be looking to achieve promotion again this season.
ABOUT THE OPPOSITION
Burnham Football Club, founded in 1878, is Buckinghamshire’s second oldest club. After early league success, they joined the Hellenic League in 1971, winning the Premier Division and League Cup in 1975/76. The club later competed in the Athenian and Southern Leagues, achieving promotion to the Southern League Premier Division in 2012/13.
In cup competitions, Burnham reached the FA Vase semi-finals in 1982/83 and the FA Cup first round in 2005/06. Recently, they won the 2023/24 Combined Counties League Cup. The club’s 1878 Stadium has been upgraded, including a new 3G pitch in 2021, and aims to foster local talent and community engagement.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
We are well acquainted with our near neighbours having clashed with them in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division and Combined Counties Football League Premier Division North in recent years.
Last season saw both sides fight for promotion and our visit to the 1878 stadium saw a ten-goal thriller in which the Cityzens were victorious with a 4-6 win.
In our last six games against Burnham, we are unbeaten.
The two sides haven’t drawn since September 15th 2020 when we clashed in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division at the 1878 Stadium.
Burnham haven’t beaten us since the October 29th 2019 when we clashed in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division at the 1878 Stadium.
TICKETS
Prices are:
Adults: £8
CONCESSIONS (65+): £5
UNDER 16S: Free Admission
THE 1878 STADIUM
Address: The 1878 Stadium, Wymers Wood Road, Burnham, Slough, SL1 8JG
GETTING HERE
By Car: From Reading take the M4.
From junction 7 of the M4 you need to take a left turn at the roundabout onto the A4 signposted Maidenhead. Go straight through a set of traffic lights and when you reach a roundabout with a Sainsbury’s Superstore on your left, turn right into Lent Rise Road.
Follow this road through the traffic lights, under the railway bridge (height limit 13’3’’), over the double mini roundabouts passing the petrol station on your right.
Continue past the Brickmakers Arms on the right, past The Pheasant on your left, straight through the double roundabouts and then fork right into Wymers Wood Road. Look for the sign Pines Hotel.
The entrance to the 1878 Stadium is 50 yards on the right after turning into Wymers Wood Road.
By Rail: The nearest railway station is Taplow, located approximately 2 miles from the 1878 Stadium, which is an approximate 30-minute walk. Take Elizabeth Line services from Reading.
Once at Taplow Railway Way exit the south entrance.
Head east on Approach Rd toward Station Road, Slight left onto Station Road, Turn right onto Institute Road.
Turn left onto Hitcham Road, turn right onto Hitcham Lane, At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Taplow Common Road. Slight right onto Wymers Wood Road, Turn right onto Willow Wood Close. The 1878 Stadium will be on the right.
