Our young Cityzens, on home ground once again, will clash with ‘The Town’ tomorrow for our next league fixture, but this time across the road at the Rivermoor! We enter off the back of a 2-0 defeat to Woodcote in the Berkshire Trophy Centre Senior Cup and a victory in the league over Wargrave. 

Our opposition arrive to this fixture following a narrow loss on penalties to Westwood Wanderers in the same cup competition, and a 1-0 victory in their league campaign against Woodcote, making it five Thames Valley Premier League games unbeaten.

ABOUT THE OPPOSITION – With reference to FCHD.info

Maidenhead Town have been in action since 2004, with three teams who all feature in the Thames Valley Premier League, albeit in different tiers. The first team play in the Premier Division alongside our Under 23’s, whilst their Reserves and ‘A’ team compete in Division One and Division Three respectively.

The 2016/17 season saw Maidenhead Town first join the Thames Valley Premier League, entering from the East Berks League. Joining Division One, the side spent three seasons in this tier, before being named runners-up to the title following twelve wins in twenty. Subsequently, they were granted three points and promoted to the top flight in 2019.

Following three Top 8 finishes since promotion, Maidenhead’s First Team will continue to feature in the first division of Step 7 this season.

Currently, with twelve wins in seventeen games, Maidenhead sit in second place with thirty-eight points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Towards the start of the season, our first away fixture of the competition took place at Bisham Abbey, away from home, which subsequently ended in a 6-0 victory for the hosts.

Our record against ‘The Town’ is somewhat mixed, with our Cityzens coming away with two victories and three defeats in our last five meetings.

LAST FIVE MEETINGS:

6-0 Away Loss – 14/09/24

6-0 Away Win – 24/02/24

2-0 Home Loss – 23/09/23

7-1 Away Loss – 07/01/23

2-1 Home Win – 20/08/22

THE RIVERMOOR

ADDRESS: The Rivermoor Stadium, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6AY

KEY INFORMATION: There will be a £2 admission fee in place upon entry – 7:30pm Kick-Off

GETTING HERE

By Car: Leave the M4 at Junction 12 and take the A4 towards Reading.

Then take a left at the first set of traffic lights at Langley Hill, At the top of Langley Hill you’ll come to a roundabout where you’ll see the Water Tower public house on your left-hand side.

Continue straight on over the roundabout and travel through the centre of Tilehurst before taking a right turn into Norcot Road.

This turning is at the crossroads just past the Asda Petrol Station on your left-hand side, continue straight on down Norcot Road and then take a left on to the A329 Oxford Road before taking the first right on to Scours Lane.  You’ll see Reading City Football Club sign-posted.

Once you’ve turned on to Scours Lane, continue straight on under the railway bridge and then take a right to enter The Rivermoor which is clearly signed.

Parking: Parking is available on site here at The Rivermoor at no extra cost on a first come first served basis, there are 80 spaces available to park in the ground. In the event that the club car park is full, then additional car parking is available at the Reading Retail Park, where you are permitted a maximum stay of 3 hours.

Postcode for Additional Parking: RG30 1PR

Leave the Rivermoor and drive back up Scours Lane until you reach the junction with the A329, then turn left. Continue straight on at the roundabout before turning right to enter Reading Retail Park.

It’s roughly a 5-10 minute walk back to the Rivermoor.

Nearest Railway Station: The nearest railway stations to The Rivermoor are Reading West & Tilehurst, both of which are served by regular services operated by Great Western Railway from the much larger Reading Station and are within walking distance from the Rivermoor.

Reading West is also served by services from destinations including Basingstoke & Newbury whilst Tilehurst is also served by services from destinations including Didcot & Oxford.

By Bus: The nearest bus stop to the ground is Norcot Junction and is served by the 16 and 17 Reading Bus service which travel between Central Reading and Tilehurst every 10 minutes. More details on the bus route/s here.

FACILITIES

The Rivermoor has some of the best facilities for a non-league football ground with parking on site, disabled access and more including:

• Licensed bar
• Kitchen serving hot and cold food
• Disabled access to pitch side
• Toilets
• Standing and seated covered areas to watch the match
• Card payments in the bar