The Puritans kick off the 2023/24 season with a home game against Spennymoor town on Saturday August 5th at 3pm. The reverse fixture was coincidentally our last home fixture of the season in 2022/23 season where we were defeated 1-0 but officially secured our survival at Step 2.

Who is our first away game?

The red and gold army will make the 194-mile trip north to Scarborough for our first away game of the season on August 12th. Similarly to Spennymoor Town, Scarborough was our previous last away game in the National League North as the Banbury fans celebrated the away game with a Hawaiian themed outing by the beach. Maybe we can expect a repeat of Hawaiian shirts in the August sunshine?

When is the local derby?

Banbury vs Brackley will be a double header over the festive period. Banbury will host the National League mainstays on Boxing Day with the reverse fixture commencing the start of the new year on January 1st 2024.

Travel to the newly relegated side?

Ex-football league club Scunthorpe will visit the Banbury Plant Hire Community Stadium on Tuesday November 7th. The reverse fixture will see the Puritans travel to Glanford Park for the first time in our history, where we’ll aim to put on a show in the over 9,000 capacity venue.

Travelling to the newly promoted sides?

We make a return visit to The Pics as we face Rushall Olympic away on August 26th. During our previous visit, Banbury came from behind to win 2-1 with goals from now National League players, Jack Stevens and Chris Wreh.

September will begin with our second longest journey of the season to South Shields on Saturday 2nd as The Mariners embark on their first season at Step 2 in their short history.

The Club will make the relatively short journey to Tamworth on Saturday 11th November where the previous two winners of the Southern League Central Division will meet again.

Instead of last-minute Christmas shopping on Saturday 23rd December, you can now have other plans as the Club will be ready to travel to Cheshire where Banbury will face Warrington Town.

Longest trip of the season

The Puritans will be getting the mileage up straight away in the new year as our first Saturday away game will be clocking up a 516 mile round trip to Blyth.

Last away game of the season

The club will finish their away day journeys seven days prior to the season ending in Lancashire as the club hopes to gain victory over Chorley at Victory Park.

Last home game of the season

Banbury will host Tamworth on the last day of the season on April 20th 2024. If this game can bring half the joy endured by fans on Tamworth’s last visit to the Banbury Plant Hire Community Stadium then Banbury fans can be sure to enjoy a good spectacle.

Here is a full list of confirmed Vanarama National League North fixtures, plus Isuzu FA Trophy and Emirates FA Cup matches (actual and potential).

Sat Aug 5	Spennymoor Town	H
Sat Aug 12	Scarborough Athletic	A
Tue Aug 15	Gloucester City	A
Sat Aug 19	Chester	H
Sat Aug 26	Rushall Olympic	A
Mon Aug 28	Buxton	H
Sat Sep 2	South Shields	A
Tue Sep 5	Alfreton Town	H
Sat Sep 9	Warrington Town	H
Sat Sep 16	Emirates FA Cup 2Q
Sat Sep 23	Farsley Celtic	A
Sat Sep 30	Emirates FA Cup 3Q
Sat Oct 7	Blyth Spartans	H
Sat Oct 14	Peterborough Sports Emirates FA Cup 4Q	A
Sat Oct 21	Darlington	H
Tue Oct 24	Boston United	A
Sat Oct 28	Southport	A
Sat Nov 4	Chorley Emirates FA Cup 1	H
Tue Nov 7	Scunthorpe United	H
Sat Nov 11	Tamworth A	A
Tue Nov 14	Hereford	A
Sat Nov 18	Isuzu FA Trophy 2
Tue Nov 21	Bishop's Stortford	H
Sat Nov 25	Curzon Ashton	H
Sat Dec 2	King's Lynn Town Emirates FA Cup 2	A
Sat Dec 9	Isuzu FA Trophy 3
Sat Dec 16	Farsley Celtic	H
Sat Dec 23	Warrington Town	A
Tue Dec 26	Brackley Town	H
Mon Jan 1	Brackley Town	A
Sat Jan 6	Peterborough Sports Emirates FA Cup 3	H
Sat Jan 13	Blyth Spartans Isuzu FA Trophy 4	A
Sat Jan 20	Spennymoor Town	A
Tue Jan 23	Gloucester City	H
Sat Jan 27	Scarborough Athletic Emirates FA Cup 4	H
Sat Feb 3	Chester	A
Sat Feb 10	Rushall Olympic Isuzu FA Trophy 5	H
Sat Feb 17	Buxton	A
Tue Feb 20	Alfreton Town	A
Sat Feb 24	South Shields	H
Wed Feb 28	Emirates FA Cup 5
Sat Mar 2	Darlington	A
Sat Mar 9	Southport Isuzu FA Trophy 6	H
Tue Mar 12	Boston United	H
Sat Mar 16	Scunthorpe United Emirates FA Cup Quarter-Final	A
Sat Mar 23	Curzon Ashton	A
Fri Mar 29	Hereford	H
Mon Apr 1	Bishop's Stortford	A
Sat Apr 6	King's Lynn Town Isuzu FA Trophy Semi-Final	H
Sat Apr 13	Chorley	A
Sat Apr 20	Tamworth Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final	H
Sun May 12	Isuzu FA Trophy Final
Sat May 25	Emirates FA Cup Final

With thanks to Alfie O'Sullivan for his insights.