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 Averageattendance FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res RecNo 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 0-0-1Club 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 GouldenJoined the Southern Football League 1966–67 Southern Football LeagueDivision 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 1-0-1QR2 1-1-1 1970–71 38 13 11 14 58 53 5 37 12th of 20 QR2 1-0-1R3 5-2-1Division One split into two sections 1971–72 Southern Football LeagueDivision One North 6 34 14 5 15 54 46 8 33 10th of 18 QR1 0-1-1R1 1-0-1– 1972–73 42 18 5 19 60 53 7 41 12th of 22 R1 4-2-1R1 1-1-1 1973–74 42 19 11 12 69 57 12 49 8th of 22 R1 4-3-1R3 3-3-1 1974–75 42 18 10 14 52 51 1 46 10th of 22 QR1 0-0-1R1 0-2-1 1975–76 42 15 8 19 58 67 -9 38 12th of 22 QR2 1-0-1R1 0-0-1 1976–77 38 15 10 13 51 47 4 40 9th of 20 QR3 2-0-1R1 1-0-1 1977–78 38 17 10 11 52 47 5 44 6th of 20 QR4 4-2-1R1 1-0-1 1978–79 38 10 13 15 42 58 -16 33 15th of 20 QR2 2-0-1QR3 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 LeagueMidland Division 6 42 13 14 15 56 56 0 40 13th of 22 QR1 2-0-1QR1 0-1-1– 1980–81 42 11 11 20 51 65 -14 33 16th of 22 QR4 3-1-1QR2 1-0-1 1981–82 42 11 8 23 63 91 -28 30 18th of 22 QR2 1-1-1QR1 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 LeagueMidland Division 7 32 15 3 14 59 55 4 48 7th of 17 QR1 0-0-1PR 0-0-1– 1983–84 38 6 11 21 37 78 -41 29 18th of 20 PR 0-0-1QR1 1-1-1 Phil Lines 1984–85 34 9 5 20 33 59 -26 32 17th of 18 QR1 0-0-1PR 0-0-1 1985–86 40 13 8 19 38 55 -17 47 17th of 21 PR 0-0-1QR2 1-0-1 1986–87 38 14 7 17 55 65 -10 49 12th of 20 QR2 2-0-1QR1 0-0-1 1987–88 42 17 7 18 48 46 2 58 10th of 22 QR1 1-0-1R1 3-2-1 1988–89 42 10 14 18 53 74 -21 44 16th of 22 QR3 3-2-1QR1 0-0-1 1989–90 42 9 9 24 46 83 -37 34 21st of 22Relegated QR1 0-0-1QR2 1-0-1Colin Holder 1990–91 Hellenic Football LeaguePremier Division 8 34 17 4 13 58 51 7 55 8th of 18 PR 0-3-1R1 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 0-0-1R1 1-1-1 1993–94 34 18 9 7 74 44 +30 63 3rd of 18 PR 0-0-1PR 0-0-1 1994–95 30 12 7 11 44 44 0 43 8th of 16 PR 0-0-1R1 1-0-1 1995–96 34 8 6 20 40 66 -26 30 15th of 18 PR 0-1-1R1 1-1-1 1996–97 34 14 5 15 51 46 5 47 8th of 18 PR 0-0-1QR2 0-0-1 1997–98 34 17 7 20 69 42 27 58 4th of 18 QR1 1-0-1R1 1-0-1 1998–99 36 20 9 7 73 33 40 69 4th of 19 QR3 2-1-1QR2 0-0-1 1999–2000 36 29 5 2 87 22 65 92 1st of 19Promoted QR2 2-1-1R2 2-0-1 Kevin Brock 2000–01 Southern Football LeagueEastern Division 7 42 12 11 19 57 54 3 47 13th of 22 PR 0-0-1R1 0-0-1– 2001–02 42 13 9 20 53 66 -13 47 15th of 22 290PR 1-0-0R2 1-0-1 2002–03 42 21 11 10 75 50 25 74 8th of 22 410QR1 1-1-1R1 1-1-1 2003–04 42 19 10 13 65 57 8 67 8th of 22 290PR 0-0-1PR 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 LeaguePremier Division 7 42 13 9 20 56 69 -13 48 17th of 22 388QR1 0-0-1R1 0-1-1– Kevin Brock 2005–06 42 17 11 14 66 61 5 62 7th of 22 415QR3 2-1-1QR3 2-2-1 2006–07 42 15 10 17 60 64 -4 55 13th of 22 376QR2 1-1-1QR3 2-1-1 2007–08 42 14 16 12 55 57 -2 58 9th of 22 Nicholas Gordon 18 328QR1 0-0-1QR1 0-0-1 Kieran Sullivan 2008–09 42 11 8 23 43 83 -40 41 19th of 22Reprieved Nicholas Gordon 14 297QR1 0-0-1QR1 0-0-1 2009–10 42 14 13 15 53 67 -14 55 12th of 22 David Stone 17 312QR1 0-1-1QR2 1-2-1 Billy Jeffrey 2010–11 40 11 8 21 44 67 -23 40 16th of 21 Nabil Shariff 6 274QR1 0-0-1QR2 1-1-1 2011–12 42 13 10 19 54 61 -7 49 16th of 22 Ricky Johnson 12 273QR1 0-0-1QR3 2-1-1 Ady Fuller 2012–13 42 14 9 19 60 75 -15 51 16th of 22 Albi Skendi 10 220QR1 0-1-1QR1 0-2-0 Ed Stein 2013–14 44 14 5 25 64 116 -52 47 19th of 23 Kynan Isaac 12 242QR1 0-0-1QR1 0-0-1 2014–15 44 9 10 25 53 86 -33 37 21st of 23Relegated Leam Howards 12 247QR2 1-0-1QR3 2-1-1 Paul Davis 2015–16 Southern Football LeagueDivision One South & West 8 42 28 10 4 97 38 +59 94 2nd of 22Promoted Ricky Johnson 26 327PR 0-0-1QR1 1-1-1Mike FordPromoted after winning the play-offs 2016–17 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 7 46 24 8 14 67 40 +27 80 6th of 24 Conor McDonagh 14 388QR3 2-0-1QR1 0-0-1 2017–18461915129059+3172 9th of 24 Jefferson Louis 13 385QR3 2-0-1QR2 1-2-1 The Premier Division of the Southern League divided into two sections 2018–19 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division Central 7421314155355-249 17th of 24 Ravi Shamsi 15 405QR2 1-1-1QR2 1-0-1–Mike Ford 2019–20 32 14 10 8 48 31 +17 52 7th of 22 Jaanai Gordon 13 442QR1 0-1-1QR1 0-0-1The 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– COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games.R1 3-1-1QR3 0-0-1 Andy WhingThe season was declared null and void due to COVID-19 2021–22 40 32 6 2 92 32 +60 102 1st of 21Promoted Chris Wreh 21 796R1 4-0-1R1 1-0-1 2022–23 National League North 6461315185562-754 17th of 24 Giorgio RasuloJack Stevens 9 878QR4 2-0-1R5 3-0-1 2023–24 46 10 8 28 38 86 -48 38 22nd of 24Relegated Ken Charles 12 617QR2 0-0-1R2 0-0-1Mark JonesKevin Wilson 2024–25 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division Central 7421415134040057 12th of 22 AJ George 5 579QR2 1-1-1QR3 0-0-1Simon Hollyhead

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