Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Banbury United 2nd with 94 points, Slimbridge 18th with 42, 52 apart. Slimbridge had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Per game in the league, Slimbridge were scoring 1.1 and conceding 1.36, Banbury United 2.31 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Banbury United, winners of their last eight, having scored in 14 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Slimbridge held 7 points of 15 and Banbury United 15.
The match was played at Wisloe Road in Cambridge (capacity 1,500).


