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
Our first competitive meeting between our youngsters and their Buckinghamshire counterparts was earlier this season in the Allied Youth Counties Youth Football League in which we won 2-6.
Coming into this game. Our youngsters are in impressive form as they have gone unbeaten in 7 league games on the bounce.
We come into Wednesday night’s match on the back of a 1-3 win away to Ash United in the First Round of the Group Stage in the Allied Counties Youth Football League Subsidiary Cup on Thursday 13th March, meaning our youngsters have now gone unbeaten in 8 games, in all competitions.
Burnham come into this game on the back of a 3-3 draw in the Allied Counties Youth Football League Central Division at home to Binfield.
With our youngsters having two games in hand over Binfield who currently top the league, we’ll be looking to capitalise on them dropping points by doing the double over Burnham.
TICKETS
Admission for our Under 18s fixtures is:
Adults £5
Under 16s £2
Any Under 16 that plays for Reading City will get free entry with a paying adult. Please wear club colours!
Reading City Football Club Season Ticket Holders and Club Members get 50% off admission for our Under 18s League matches, just show your season ticket or membership at the turnstiles.
Cash only at the turnstiles!
THE RIVERMOOR STADIUM
Address: The Rivermoor Stadium, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 6AY
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 to 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 in 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.
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
