This will be my 3rd season watching my local club, Easington Sports FC based in Banbury Oxfordshire. From the moment i started going I’ve been made to feel very welcome so much so I now run the clubs official Instagram page.
Sports are currently playing in The Hellenic League Premier Division and play their home games at Addison Road based in the Easington district of Banbury.
A town which most people associate with the nursery rhyme Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross.
Banbury is a market town which is well worth a visit, with Parson’s Street in the Town centre full of independent shops, cafes and Ye Olde Reindeer Inn which is steeped in history and was used by Oliver Cromwell, while laying siege to the now destroyed Banbury Castle.
It is said Oliver Cromwell planned the Battle of Edgehill in the pub’s fine wood-panelled Globe Room, which was also used as a courtroom to try many Royalists.
So why not visit Banbury, the Ye Olde Reindeer pub have a pint of Hooky Beer which is brewed in the nearby Village of Hook Norton, and pay Easington Sports a visit, you are sure to receive a warm welcome.
A town which most people associate with the nursery rhyme Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross.
Banbury is a market town which is well worth a visit, with Parson’s Street in the Town centre full of independent shops, cafes and Ye Olde Reindeer Inn which is steeped in history and was used by Oliver Cromwell, while laying siege to the now destroyed Banbury Castle.
It is said Oliver Cromwell planned the Battle of Edgehill in the pub’s fine wood-panelled Globe Room, which was also used as a courtroom to try many Royalists.
So why not visit Banbury, the Ye Olde Reindeer pub have a pint of Hooky Beer which is brewed in the nearby Village of Hook Norton, and pay Easington Sports a visit, you are sure to receive a warm welcome.
Banbury Cross
The ground has seen improvements since I’ve been going with a 50 seater stand being added bringing the total number of seats to 100, this summer the club have added 2 covered standing areas at the Clubhouse end.
New stand The club were formed in the immediate post-war period of 1945/46 to fulfill the sporting and social needs of the young people of the Easington housing estate something in which is still the case today with 27 youth teams, as well as the first team in the Hellenic League Premier Division we also have a development side in the Hellenic League Division Two North and a new team The Clan FC in the Oxfordshire Senior League and a Ladies team for the first time this season.
The clubs proudest moment game in the 2019/2020 season when a Craig Robinson goal gave is a 1-0 over Cirencester Town Dev to clinch the Hellenic League Division One West Championship and promotion to the Hellenic League Premier Division for the first time in the clubs history.
In our first season we were sitting in a very credible 8th when the season was cut short due to COVID-19.
The clubs proudest moment game in the 2019/2020 season when a Craig Robinson goal gave is a 1-0 over Cirencester Town Dev to clinch the Hellenic League Division One West Championship and promotion to the Hellenic League Premier Division for the first time in the clubs history.
In our first season we were sitting in a very credible 8th when the season was cut short due to COVID-19.
Craig Robinson heads the winning goal to crown Sports Hellenic League Division One West Champions.)
am really looking forward to the new season starting whenever that maybe!
I for one am backing the #letfansin campaign currently running on Twitter.
I do not understand the government’s stance on playing games behind closed doors while the rest of the country is opened up, I really hope that this situation is sorted soon otherwise there’s every chance the Non League Pyramid will lose friendly clubs like Easington Sports that I enjoy following.
Mark Sturmey.
(Photos from E. Barson Photography)
I for one am backing the #letfansin campaign currently running on Twitter.
I do not understand the government’s stance on playing games behind closed doors while the rest of the country is opened up, I really hope that this situation is sorted soon otherwise there’s every chance the Non League Pyramid will lose friendly clubs like Easington Sports that I enjoy following.
Mark Sturmey.
(Photos from E. Barson Photography)
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