Oxfordshire Senior League
Division 1
Tuesday 14th April 2026
Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.26
Summertown Stars 1 Witney Town 5, attendance 77
24’ 1-0
31’ 1-1 (pen)
34’ 1-2
60’ 1-3
65’ 1-4
70’ 1-5
@ Cutteslowe Park
Lower Pavillion
Harbord Road
Cutteslowe
OX2 8ES
No Admission or Programme.
I have a soft spot for Witney Town, as I used to travel on their coach to away games in the early 1990’s, when they were in the Southern League. The club folded in 2001, but a phoenix club was formed a year later, known as Witney United, but in 2011 the club reverted to the name Town, but the club was dissolved just two years later. Witney Town then re-formed last season, winning Oxfordshire Senior League Division 2 in their debut season and this year have been looking to keep the momentum going by going straight through Division 1. With promotion to the Premier Division already secured, they came into their last game of the season tonight knowing a draw would be enough to guarantee them the title.
Despite only being tenth in the table and having nothing riding on the game, Summertown certainly didn’t make things easy, despite what the final scoreline might suggest. Summertown opened the scoring midway through the first half, heading in unmarked from a corner on the right. A penalty, awarded for handball, saw Witney draw level seven minutes later and it only took another three minutes for them to go in front, when a 20 yarder went in off the post. On the hour mark they made it 1-3 and two more goals in the next ten minutes saw the title secured.
Summertown Stars play on a pitch at Lower Pavillion here at Cutteslowe Park. There’s a clubhouse/changing room building, which also housed a tea bar, with the pitch set in a dip and roped off along the near side. It is pay and display car parking here up until 6pm, although the restrictions in the surrounding roads finish at 5pm. Despite kicking off four minutes ahead of schedule, it was pretty gloomy when the final whistle went at 19.55, as there had been heavy cloud cover and a threat of rain throughout. The usual crawl on the M25 from J14 to J16 outbound, but a clear run home.
