List of Banbury United F.C. seasons

Banbury United is a football club based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, who play in the Southern League Premier Division. They are nicknamed The Puritans and they play their home matches at the Spencer Stadium. They were originally named Spencer Villa.

Key

Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to league record Lvl = Level of the league in the current league system S = Numbers of seasons Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Overall position = Overall club position in the English league system

Key to cup records Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Premilinary round QR1 = Qualifying round 1 QR2 = Qualifying round 2 QR3 = Qualifying round 3 QR4 = Qualifying round 4 R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

• Average home attendance = for league games only

Seasons

Year	League														Cup competitions						Manager
	Division	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		Average [1] attendance	FA Cup [2]		FA Trophy		FA Vase
												Name	Goals		Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II
1945–46	Birmingham Combination		32	10	7	15	56	79	-23	27	13th of 17				QR2	3-0-1	–		–		Jimmy Cringan
1946–47			36	15	6	15	86	65	21	36	10th of 19				PR	0-0-1
1947–48			38	29	3	6	106	42	64	61	2nd of 20				R1	6-0-1
1948–49			38	15	10	13	75	68	7	40	10th of 20				QR3	3-0-1
1949–50			38	19	5	14	63	52	11	43	8th of 20				PR	0-0-1
1950–51			38	13	8	17	64	75	-11	34	12th of 20				QR2	3-2-1
1951–52			38	13	7	18	76	87	-11	33	15th of 20				QR2	1-0-1
1952–53			34	12	6	16	73	65	8	30	13th of 18				PR	0-1-1
1953–54			26	14	4	8	49	36	13	32	4th of 14				QR2	2-0-1
Joined the Birmingham & District League
1954–55	Birmingham & District League		38	20	11	7	84	42	42	51	4th of 20				QR1	1-0-1	–		–		Jimmy Cringan
1955–56			38	23	6	9	68	40	28	52	3rd of 20				QR3	2-0-1
1956–57			38	17	7	14	87	71	16	41	7th of 20				QR1	1-0-1
1957–58			38	18	4	16	76	63	13	40	9th of 20				QR1	0-0-1
1958–59			34	15	6	13	59	55	4	36	7th of 18				PR	0-0-1
1959–60			34	10	7	17	60	71	-11	27	14th of 18				QR2	1-0-1
1960–61			42	21	5	16	108	92	16	47	10th of 22				QR1	0-0-1
1961–62			40	18	8	14	107	84	23	44	10th of 21				R1	5-0-1
The league renamed
1962–63	West Midlands (Regional) League		38	15	4	19	86	86	0	34	13th of 20				QR1	0-0-1	–		–
1963–64			36	16	6	14	65	69	-4	38	9th of 19				QR2	1-0-1
1964–65			38	11	3	24	79	99	-20	25	15th of 20				QR1	0-0-1
Club renamed Banbury United
1965–66	West Midlands (Regional) League		40	23	9	8	91	55	36	55	3rd of 21				QR2	1-0-1	–		–		Len Goulden
Joined the Southern Football League
1966–67	Southern Football League Division One	6	46	13	14	19	88	100	-12	40	17th of 24				QR2	1-0-1	–		–		Len Goulden
1967–68			42	22	9	11	79	59	20	53	7th of 22				QR4	3-0-1
1968–69			42	16	12	14	67	72	-5	44	11th of 22				QR2	2-0-1
1969–70			42	19	8	15	86	72	14	46	9th of 22				QR2	1-0-1	QR2	1-1-1
1970–71			38	13	11	14	58	53	5	37	12th of 20				QR2	1-0-1	R3	5-2-1
Division One split into two sections
1971–72	Southern Football League Division One North	6	34	14	5	15	54	46	8	33	10th of 18				QR1	0-1-1	R1	1-0-1	–
1972–73			42	18	5	19	60	53	7	41	12th of 22				R1	4-2-1	R1	1-1-1
1973–74			42	19	11	12	69	57	12	49	8th of 22				R1	4-3-1	R3	3-3-1
1974–75			42	18	10	14	52	51	1	46	10th of 22				QR1	0-0-1	R1	0-2-1
1975–76			42	15	8	19	58	67	-9	38	12th of 22				QR2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1
1976–77			38	15	10	13	51	47	4	40	9th of 20				QR3	2-0-1	R1	1-0-1
1977–78			38	17	10	11	52	47	5	44	6th of 20				QR4	4-2-1	R1	1-0-1
1978–79			38	10	13	15	42	58	-16	33	15th of 20				QR2	2-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
Alliance Premier League created, The Premier Division was disbanded as most of the clubs left to join the new league, while the divisions One were renamed
1979–80	Southern Football League Midland Division	6	42	13	14	15	56	56	0	40	13th of 22				QR1	2-0-1	QR1	0-1-1	–
1980–81			42	11	11	20	51	65	-14	33	16th of 22				QR4	3-1-1	QR2	1-0-1
1981–82			42	11	8	23	63	91	-28	30	18th of 22				QR2	1-1-1	QR1	0-0-1
Southern Football League Premier Division recreated, the club did not qualified to be placed to the Premier Division
1982–83	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	32	15	3	14	59	55	4	48	7th of 17				QR1	0-0-1	PR	0-0-1	–
1983–84			38	6	11	21	37	78	-41	29	18th of 20				PR	0-0-1	QR1	1-1-1			Phil Lines
1984–85			34	9	5	20	33	59	-26	32	17th of 18				QR1	0-0-1	PR	0-0-1
1985–86			40	13	8	19	38	55	-17	47	17th of 21				PR	0-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
1986–87			38	14	7	17	55	65	-10	49	12th of 20				QR2	2-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1987–88			42	17	7	18	48	46	2	58	10th of 22				QR1	1-0-1	R1	3-2-1
1988–89			42	10	14	18	53	74	-21	44	16th of 22				QR3	3-2-1	QR1	0-0-1
1989–90			42	9	9	24	46	83	-37	34 [a]	21st of 22 Relegated				QR1	0-0-1	QR2	1-0-1			Colin Holder
1990–91	Hellenic Football League Premier Division	8	34	17	4	13	58	51	7	55	8th of 18				PR	0-3-1	R1	0-0-1
1991–92			34	14	5	15	55	55	0	47	10th of 18				QR2	2-1-1	–		PR	0-1-1
1992–93			34	10	10	14	50	66	-16	40	11th of 18				PR	0-0-1			R1	1-1-1
1993–94			34	18	9	7	74	44	+30	63	3rd of 18				PR	0-0-1			PR	0-0-1
1994–95			30	12	7	11	44	44	0	43	8th of 16				PR	0-0-1			R1	1-0-1
1995–96			34	8	6	20	40	66	-26	30	15th of 18				PR	0-1-1			R1	1-1-1
1996–97			34	14	5	15	51	46	5	47	8th of 18				PR	0-0-1			QR2	0-0-1
1997–98			34	17	7	20	69	42	27	58	4th of 18				QR1	1-0-1			R1	1-0-1
1998–99			36	20	9	7	73	33	40	69	4th of 19				QR3	2-1-1			QR2	0-0-1
1999–2000			36	29	5	2	87	22	65	92	1st of 19 Promoted				QR2	2-1-1			R2	2-0-1	Kevin Brock
2000–01	Southern Football League Eastern Division	7	42	12	11	19	57	54	3	47	13th of 22				PR	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	–
2001–02			42	13	9	20	53	66	-13	47 [b]	15th of 22			290	PR	1-0-0	R2	1-0-1
2002–03			42	21	11	10	75	50	25	74	8th of 22			410	QR1	1-1-1	R1	1-1-1
2003–04			42	19	10	13	65	57	8	67	8th of 22			290	PR	0-0-1	PR	0-0-1
Conference North, a new sixth tier league created, the club qualified to be transferred to the Premier Division
2004–05	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	42	13	9	20	56	69	-13	48	17th of 22			388	QR1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	–		Kevin Brock
2005–06			42	17	11	14	66	61	5	62	7th of 22			415	QR3	2-1-1	QR3	2-2-1
2006–07			42	15	10	17	60	64	-4	55	13th of 22			376	QR2	1-1-1	QR3	2-1-1
2007–08			42	14	16	12	55	57	-2	58	9th of 22	Nicholas Gordon	18	328	QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1			Kieran Sullivan
2008–09			42	11	8	23	43	83	-40	41	19th of 22 Reprieved	Nicholas Gordon	14	297	QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
2009–10			42	14	13	15	53	67	-14	55	12th of 22	David Stone	17	312	QR1	0-1-1	QR2	1-2-1			Billy Jeffrey
2010–11			40	11	8	21	44	67	-23	40 [c]	16th of 21	Nabil Shariff	6	274	QR1	0-0-1	QR2	1-1-1
2011–12			42	13	10	19	54	61	-7	49	16th of 22	Ricky Johnson	12	273	QR1	0-0-1	QR3	2-1-1			Ady Fuller
2012–13			42	14	9	19	60	75	-15	51	16th of 22	Albi Skendi	10	220	QR1	0-1-1	QR1	0-2-0			Ed Stein
2013–14			44	14	5	25	64	116	-52	47	19th of 23	Kynan Isaac	12	242	QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
2014–15			44	9	10	25	53	86	-33	37	21st of 23 Relegated	Leam Howards	12	247	QR2	1-0-1	QR3	2-1-1			Paul Davis
2015–16	Southern Football League Division One South & West	8	42	28	10	4	97	38	+59	94	2nd of 22 Promoted	Ricky Johnson	26	327	PR	0-0-1	QR1	1-1-1			Mike Ford
			Promoted after winning the play-offs
2016–17	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	46	24	8	14	67	40	+27	80	6th of 24	Conor McDonagh	14	388	QR3	2-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
2017–18			46	19	15	12	90	59	+31	72	9th of 24	Jefferson Louis	13	385	QR3	2-0-1	QR2	1-2-1
The Premier Division of the Southern League divided into two sections
2018–19	Southern Football League Premier Division Central	7	42	13	14	15	53	55	-2	49 [d]	17th of 24	Ravi Shamsi	15	405	QR2	1-1-1	QR2	1-0-1	–		Mike Ford
2019–20			32	14	10	8	48	31	+17	52	7th of 22	Jaanai Gordon	13	442	QR1	0-1-1	QR1	0-0-1
			The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2020–21			7	2	2	3	9	13	-4	8	18th of 22	three players	2	– [e]	R1	3-1-1	QR3	0-0-1			Andy Whing
			The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22			40	32	6	2	92	32	+60	102	1st of 21 Promoted	Chris Wreh	21	796	R1	4-0-1	R1	1-0-1
2022–23	National League North	6	46	13	15	18	55	62	-7	54	17th of 24	Giorgio Rasulo Jack Stevens	9	878	QR4	2-0-1	R5	3-0-1
2023–24			46	10	8	28	38	86	-48	38	22nd of 24 Relegated	Ken Charles	12	617	QR2	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1			Mark Jones Kevin Wilson
2024–25	Southern Football League Premier Division Central	7													QR2	1-1-1	QR3	0-0-1			Simon Hollyhead

Notes

• Source: Banbury United at the Football Club History Database

1. Banbury United were deducted two points.
2. Banbury United were deducted one point.
3. Banbury United were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
4. Banbury United were deducted four points for infringement of league rules.
5. COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games.

References

1. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
2. "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.