- Goodwin (13', 57')
- Eade (88')
We look ahead to a busy week for our Under 18s as they will be in Cup and League action in the space of 48 hours.
Monday evening sees them head to Oxfordshire to face North Leigh in the Second Round of the Allied Counties Youth Football League Subsidiary Cup having beaten Ash United 1-3 in the First.
Then on Wednesday they’ll face Wokingham Town in an RGClásico, here at the Rivermoor as they return to league action and continue to fight their way to the summit of the Central Division. A win on Wednesday night will mean we go top with two games to go!
A look ahead to Monday night’s cup clash…
ABOUT THE OPPOSITION
North Leigh Football Club, founded in 1908, gained prominence after World War II, winning the Witney and District League Premier Division seven times in the 1950s and excelling in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup. In the 1980s, they secured five consecutive Witney League titles, earning promotion to the Hellenic League. The club enjoyed strong performances, winning the Premier Division title in 2001/02 and retaining it in 2002/03. Despite ground limitations preventing promotion, they had notable FA Vase and FA Cup runs, including reaching the FA Vase last 32 in 2003/04 and a memorable FA Cup run in 2004/05.
HEAD TO HEAD
Our Under 18s have already faced North Leigh twice this season.
The first ever competitive meeting against our Oxfordshire counterparts took place on Friday 4th October 2024 in the Second Round Qualifying of the FA Youth Cup. This season our FA Cup campaign featured a combined Reading City Football Club and John Madejski Academy squad and they beat North Leigh 2-0 here at the Rivermoor.
Our Youngsters also ended North Leigh’s Allied Counties Youth Football League Cup campaign in the First Round with a 3-0 win here at the Rivermoor on Tuesday 29th October 2024. We would then go on to beaten by Abingdon United in the Second Round.
Our youngsters will be looking to inflict further misery on their Oxfordshire counterparts tomorrow evening but will be wary that North Leigh will no doubt want revenge!
City come into this game, unbeaten in 8 games across all competitions having most recently beaten Ash United 1-3 on Thursday 13th March in the First Round of the Group Stages in the Allied Counties Youth Football League Subsidiary Cup.
North Leigh come into this game on the back of a 1-3 defeat at home to fellow Oxfordshire side Wallingford & Crowmarsh in the Allied Counties Youth Football League North Division. They are yet to record a victory this year.
TICKETS
At the time of writing, North Leigh have unfortunately provided no admission details.
EYNSHAM PARK
Address: Eynsham Park, North Leigh, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 6SL
GETTING HERE
By Car: From Reading take the A4074.
In 0.7 miles at the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Port Way/A4074.
In 0.2 miles at the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A4074.
In 0.1 miles at Elm Bridge Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Henley Rd/A4074.
In 0.4 miles Henley Rd/A4074 turns slightly left and becomes Henley Rd/A4074.
In 3.7 miles at the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A4074.
In 37 yards use the middle lane to turn slightly left onto Heyford Hill Roundabout.
In 0.7 miles use the middle lane to turn slightly left onto Eastern By-Pass Rd/A423.
In 165 yards use the right lane to turn slightly left towards Southern By-Pass Rd/A423.
In 0.4 miles use the right lane to turn slightly left onto Southern By-Pass Rd/A423.
In 0.5 miles at Hinksey Hill Interchange, take the 3rd exit onto the A34 slip road to Midlands/M40/Swindon/A420/Botley.
In 2.1 miles merge onto Southern By-Pass Rd/A34.
In 0.2 miles take the A420 exit towards Oxford/Swindon/Bristol.
In 0.8 miles at Botley Interchange, take the 1st exit onto A420.
In 0.2 miles take the B4044 exit towards Eynsham/Farmoor.
In 3.2 miles turn right onto Eynsham Rd/B4044.
In 0.8 miles At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto B4449.
In 0.8 miles at Eynsham Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A40.
Follow Cuckoo Ln to A4095 in East End for 2.8 miles.
In 0.5 miles turn left onto A4095.
Turn left.
By Train: From Reading take services towards Worcester Foregate Street and disembark at Hanborough. This is just two stops from Reading and the journey will take roughly forty minutes.
From Hanborough Railway Station you’ll want to catch the S7 operated by Stagecoach in Oxfordshire towards Witney. You’ll need to disembark at Park Road Garden Centre which is only eight stops from Hanborough Railway Station and should take no more than eight minutes.
Once you have got off at Park Road Garden Centre, Eynsham Park is only an eight minute walk.
Head east on Park Rd toward Oak Tree Close.
Turn left onto A4095.
Turn right
Continue straight on until you see North Leigh Football Club.
On the return journey you’ll need to catch the S7 operated by Stagecoach in Oxfordshire, this time towards Oxford from Park Road Garden Centre. Disembark at Lyne Road Turn, this will be seventeen stops and last no more than twenty-one minutes.
Once at Lyne Road Turn, you’ll need to catch the S4 operated by Stagecoach in Oxfordshire towards City Centre on the opposite side of the road, ride this bus for twenty-three stops until you reach Magdalen Street East, the journey should last no more than seventeen minutes.
Once you have disembarked at Magdalen Street East, walk to Oxford Railway Station to connect to trains towards Reading.
Head south on Magdalen Street East toward Broad Street.
Turn right onto Broad Street.
Turn left toward George Street.
Slight right onto George Street.
Turn right toward Hythe Bridge St/A4144.
Turn left onto Hythe Bridge St/A4144.
Turn right.
Turn left.
Take a Slight right.
Take the crosswalk and you’ll see Oxford Railway Station in front of you. From here take Great Western Railway or CrossCountry Services bound for Reading.
