As a member-owned Club, Banbury United has a board and management team consisting of elected members. Besides our community coaches and bar staff, everyone is a volunteer, a fan of the Club giving what time they have available around other professional commitments.

To meet the team, visit our Contacts page.

Meet some of our Board Members

Chairman, Wayne Farrell

Wayne is an experienced multi-site premium operator with extensive skill in identifying and driving commercial and operational strategies, consistently delivering sales and revenue opportunities across a multitude of trading sectors. In this role, he identifies key opportunities to improve efficiencies and enhance ways of working, with a keen eye for detail and an analytical approach.

Wayne's mission at Banbury United Football Club is to create a professional, sustainable environment that utilises individual skills and capabilities brought together within a strategic framework that is deployed and implemented throughout the Club. Having this organisational structure in place with clearly defined roles and objectives, allows the opportunity to dramatically improve the off-field performance. This improvement leads to time and upside to put the club in a position to be able to deliver on the field. Improved management team, better player recruitment strategy, detailed scouting and youth player pathways and an overall better team. Competing every week, as we move up the leagues.

Ross Bell

Ross oversees communications and marketing. He has a degree in marketing and has sports club experience having worked at Gallagher Premiership side, Bath Rugby. There, he handled sales and marketing concerning season tickets, matchday tickets, merchandise, club memberships, junior memberships, kit launches, social media content, press releases, partnerships, Bath Rugby Ladies fixtures, hospitality and more. In his current role as Marketing Manager for The Masters Golf Company, his responsibilities include both B2B and D2C marketing, communications and social media management, paid advertising, customer relationship management, stock management and profitability, and more. Ross has a passion for football and is a Bristol Rovers supporter.

Natalie Brown

Natalie has 10+ years’ experience in property, media and marketing and has built a portfolio of properties with an aim of providing homes for vulnerable women. She has helped organisations reach their target audience and share their message in diverse sectors such as sport, film, fashion and beauty.

Natalie worked for Arsenal FC for eight years and is a huge football fan. She loves to give back and has worked alongside charities such as The Prince’s Trust, Breast Cancer Awareness, Time For Change and MIND mental health charity.

Lisa Dixon

Lisa is primarily responsible for Banbury United's community programme and has been on the board for almost two years. She has extensive business experience, having run her own business for over 15 years. During that time, she was awarded Banbury Inspirational Woman in Business and was responsible for the strategic direction of the company.

Ryan Duggleby

Ryan has previously been involved with a Premier League team, working alongside club executives on topics ranging from matchday experience and community outreach, through to marketing and commercial management. He has experience at the non-league and grassroots level. He has several years' professional experience in risk management, governance, and commercial operations, working across sectors including insurance, retail, technology, and manufacturing.

"I have recently moved to Banbury, my wife’s hometown, and truly believe that this club does, and should, lie at the very heart of the community. I’ve seen first-hand the selfless and tireless work that the many volunteers and staff undertake on a day-to-day basis, and I am privileged to work alongside them. It is no secret that clubs like ours face adversity and challenges at every turn, and I have every intention of using my experience to help Banbury United to continue as a sustainable, valuable, and successful community team.”

Holly Poncini

Holly has been following Banbury United for around five years, regularly coming down to support the team on Saturday afternoons and Tuesday evenings. She worked for 15 years for the National Trust at an operational level at numerous properties in the Midlands and Oxfordshire. She is now the Estate Manager at Sibford School, where she manages various teams, including maintenance, caretaking, groundskeeping and housekeeping as well as leading for health & safety and building and facilities projects.

Holly said: “I've been enjoying experiencing this fabulous football Club from a different angle and contributing my skills and knowledge to pushing this Club forward. I've been working on re-writing some of the Club policies, including health & safety and fire safety, and exploring different ways of approaching compliance in order to keep everyone who visits the BUFC safe before, during and after matches and events."

Claire Dumbreck - Club Secretary

Outside running a specialist PR consultancy, Claire looks after CBS Club Secretary duties and sponsorship account management, overseeing various business processes at the Club.

"I have lived in Banbury for 25 years and my two children were “Born in the Horton General.” My son has played football in Banbury United from youth to men's teams. I am evangelical about sport as a force for good. This Club is one of our town’s greatest assets and I challenge anyone to talk Banbury down after experiencing the atmosphere at the The Spencer Stadium, powered by egg! I'm here to give back to the town that has looked after me and my family."