Simon Johnson’s side hit the road this weekend as part of their Combined Counties Football League Premier Division North campaign. We enter this tie after a week-long rest, following our fixture postponement against Milton United. Our opposition last met with Egham Town, narrowly losing out to the league leaders by a single goal, netted by Harlem Hale, who also scored in our home tie against The Sarnies.
ABOUT THE OPPOSITION
Amersham Town started out as one of the founder members of the Hellenic League during the 1953/54 league campaign, participating for eight years before joining the London League. However, this was only a short spell, before they made their return to the Hellenic League, entering Division One.
Across the next four seasons, the club experienced multiple league successes, earning promotion to the Premier Division in their first season since rejoining, and were named league runners-up in back-to-back seasons, in both the 1964/65 and 1965/66 seasons. Relegation in 1971 saw Amersham join the London Spartan League, and were soon promoted five seasons later to the Premier Division, despite only finishing sixth.
The league was renamed to the Spartan League, and in 1997/98, Amersham were a founding member of the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division South, and – due to league reorganisation – the Magpies were placed in the Senior Division. In 2001, this tier was renamed to Division One, and the next season saw the club drop into Division Two.
A twelve point deduction and switches between leagues saw Amersham move between Division One and Division Two three times across fifteen years. A seven point deduction fell in 2012/13, although this did not lead to a change in divisions.
In 2022/23, Amersham participated in the playoffs, however did not earn promotion, falling short to SF Rugby Borough, with a 4-0 away loss confirming this. The next season, the Magpies entered the Combined Counties League in Division One, fighting for promotion immediately and moving up the ranks into the Premier North Division.
Currently, Amersham Town sit in second position, with thirteen wins from twenty and a tally of forty-two points.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
This will be our second ever league meeting with the Magpies, with the first occurring back in October of this year, which ended in a narrow away win for Amersham Town.
Back in 2016/17, when we played under the name ‘Highmoor Ibis,’ we faced Amersham in the FA Vase First Round Qualifier and came away as 2-0 winners.
LAST THREE MEETINGS
05/10/24 – RCFC 1-2 Amersham
25/01/24 – Amersham 1-4 RCFC
2016/17 – Amersham 0-2 RCFC
TICKETS
Prices are:
- Adults: £8
- Concession: £6
- Under 16: FREE
ADDRESS: Spratleys Meadow, School Ln, Amersham, HP7 0EJ
GETTING HERE
Head south on A329
Continue on A329. Take A3290 to A329(M) in Woodley
Use the right 2 lanes to turn right onto Watlington St/A329
Slight left onto London Rd/A4
At Sutton Seeds Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto the A3290 slip road to M4/Wokingham/A329(M)/Bracknell
Merge onto A3290
Take M4 to Huntercombe Spur in Buckinghamshire. Take exit 7 from M4
Continue onto A329(M) (signs for M4)
Take the M4 exit towards London
Keep right at the fork and merge onto M4
At junction 7, take the A4 exit to Slough(West)
Take Bath Rd/A4, Lent Rise Rd, Dropmore Rd, Littleworth Rd … and Burnham Rd to A355 in Beaconsfield
Continue onto Huntercombe Spur
At Huntercombe Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bath Rd/A4
At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Lent Rise Rd
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Lent Rise Rd
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on Lent Rise Rd
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Gore Rd
Turn left onto Dropmore Rd
Continue onto Littleworth Rd
Turn left onto Ship Hill
Ship Hill turns slightly right and becomes Woodlands Hill
Woodlands Hill turns slightly left and becomes Burnham Rd
Merge onto A355
Keep left to stay on A355
Continue to Amersham
At Beaconsfield Interchange, take the 2nd exit and stay on A355
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bowl Barrow Wy/A355
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Beaconsfield Eastern Relief Rd/Bowl Barrow Wy/A355
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Amersham Rd/A355
Take The Broadway to School Ln
At Gore Hill Roundabout, continue straight onto Gore Hill/A355
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto The Broadway
At the roundabout, continue straight onto Market Square
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Church St
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto School Ln – the ground will be on the left.
By Public Transport: Take the Great Western Railway service calling at Paddington. Disembark and take the Bakerloo Service briefly before leaving at the Marylebone platform.
Use the Chiltern Railways service, terminating at Aylesbury Vale Parkway, and disembark at Amersham. A twenty-two minute walk will take you to the ground, which will be on your left.
