Match Preview: Daventry Town (H), Sat 7th March, 3pm
Date: Saturday 7th March 2026
Time: 3pm
Opponent: Daventry Town FC
Venue: The Oval, Coventry Road, Bedworth, CV12 8NN
Admission Prices: £10 Adults, £8 Concessions, £5 Students 17-19, £1 Under 17s, Under 5s and NTFC Season Ticket Holders Free
After an unbeaten January and February, Nuneaton Town hope to start a critical March on the front foot as they take on Daventry Town at The Oval on Saturday afternoon.
It has been a blistering start to 2026 for the blue and white stripes as bar a blip draw at Lutterworth, they have blown away every side they have faced. They sit just 11 points from the title after opening up a 22 point lead at the top since Christmas, helped by weather affected postponements for others below them.
However with 5 other sides still mathematically in the title race, and 3 of them to play in the final 7 games of the season for Town, they know the task is not yet done, and 3 points is a must on Saturday afternoon, against a side that started the season excellently before going on a long winless run that saw them slide them down the table.
Daventry Town sit in 15th with 9 wins, 4 draws and 14 defeats. 4 of those wins were in the first 4 games of the season, and one was handed to them by the league on forfeit. It took until November to win on the pitch once again. Despite picking up a bit of form since Christmas they have lost their last 3, including Tuesday night's home defeat to Coventry United (2-0). They have picked up just 3 wins on the road, at Northampton Sileby Rangers, Aylestone Park and Godmanchester Rovers, but still have 8 away games to play out of their 11 remaining games.
Their long throw specialist Lewis Burgess is no longer at the club having signed for St Neot's Town. Burgess was a nightmare to deal with last time the sides met in October, where 2 goals from top scorer Nathan Burrows, now at Newport Pagnell Town, threatened to send the away fans home disappointed, however goals from Eesa Sawyers, Declan Somel and James Harrison completed a comeback to send Nuneaton home with the 3 points. Nuneaton will hope for a less dramatic game on Saturday.
Previous meetings:
Sat 25 Oct 2025 - UCL South
Daventry Town 2-3 Nuneaton Town
(Sawyers 15, Somel 60, Harrison 74)
Att 305
Tues 5 Nov 2019 (Southern League Cup)
Daventry Town 1-3 Nuneaton Borough
(Callum Powell x3)
Last 5 (league unless stated):
Nuneaton Town:
Sat 28 Feb: Yaxley 0-5 Nuneaton Town
Tue 24 Feb: Nuneaton Town 3-1 Northampton ON Chenecks
Sat 21 Feb: Nuneaton Town 3-3 (7-6p) Grantham Town (UCL Cup QF)
Sat 14 Feb: Histon 1-3 Nuneaton Town
Tue 10 Feb: Lutterworth Town 0-0 Nuneaton Town
Daventry Town:
Tue 3 Mar: Daventry Town 0-2 Coventry United
Sat 28 Feb: Daventry Town 1-2 Leicester Nirvana
Tue 17 Feb: Bugbrooke St Michael's 2-1 Daventry Town
Sat 14 Feb: Godmanchester Rovers 0-2 Daventry Town
Sat 24 Jan: Northampton ON Chenecks 0-0 Daventry Town
