Match Preview: Dronfield (A), League Cup, Sat 4th Oct, 3pm
Date: Saturday 4th October 2025
Time: 3pm
Competition: The Sports Ground Development United Counties League Cup 1st Round
Opponent: Dronfield Town FC
Venue: Stonelow Stadium, Shireoaks Road, Dronfield, Derbyshire, S18 2EU
Admission Prices: £6 Adults, £4 Concessions, Under 16s free
Weather forecast: Gales and light rain, 12°C
After crashing out of the Birmingham Senior Cup on Tuesday night to Dudley Town, Nuneaton Town will be looking to reignite their trophy hunt as they make the journey to north Derbyshire to face Dronfield Town.
United Counties Division 1 side Dronfield Town sit in 12th place with 6 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. Since beating Blackstones on penalties to reach the 1st Round, they've suffered 3 defeats, two of them heavy defeats of 7-1 to Retford United and 4-0 to Rossington Main, but secured a narrow victory 2-1 away at Gedling Miners Welfare last time out. This is Dronfield's first home game since the last round of the cup.
Nuneaton Town reached this stage by beating Godmanchester Rovers at Yaxley, with goals from Luke Jones and Stuart Hendrie.
Storm Amy looks set to bring 50mph winds and wet weather to the fixture, so it looks set to be an interesting game if it goes ahead.
History:
There have been multiple Dronfield Town's that have folded, first one being in 1898. This version of the club was created a century later in 1998, originally called Dronfield Cavaliers before changing to Dronfield Town in 2001.
They made their way through the Hope Valley leagues to reach the Central Midlands League in 2009. They reached the Northern Counties East League in 2013 and were transferred to the United Counties League Division 1 for this season due to boundary movements.
Dronfield, although in a different county to Sheffield, is actually home to the world's oldest football club Sheffield FC formed in 1857 who play to the north end of the town in the Home of Football Stadium.
Directions from Nuneaton town centre:
Take the A444 out of Nuneaton to the north, and join the M42 towards Nottingham. Merge onto the M1 and leave at J29 following the A617 towards Chesterfield. At Chesterfield join the A61 north, and after the 2nd roundabout take the slip road and turn right onto the B6057 towards Dronfield. Follow this road all the way into Dronfield and after crossing the railway bridge turn right at the roundabout to Green Lane B6158, then take the next right onto Stonelow Road, and the next right onto Shirebrooks Road which the ground is on. (Approx 1h30m, 67 miles)
Public transport:
Recommended train is the 11:54 towards Crewe from Nuneaton arriving at Tamworth at 12:07. Then take the 12:19 towards Edinburgh arriving at Chesterfield at 13:02. Then finally the 13:57 towards Leeds arriving at Dronfield at 14:03. From the ground turn right down Chesterfield Road, left down Green Lane, right on Stonelow Road and right again on Shireoaks Road to reach the ground (around 15 minutes walk).
Return - take the 17:51 towards Peterborough arriving Chesterfield 17:57, then the 18:08 towards Worcestershire Parkway arriving Tamworth 18:48, and then the 18:56 to London arriving at Nuneaton at 19:10.
