Match preview: GNG Oadby Town (A), FA Vase 3rd Rd, Sat 6th Dec, 3pm

Date: Saturday 6th December 2025
Time: 3pm
Competition: The Isuzu FA Vase 3rd Round
Opponent: Guru Nanak Gurdwara Oadby Town FC
Venue: Riverside Football Ground, 51 Braunstone Lane East, Braunstone, Leicester, LE3 2FD
Admission Prices: £6 Adults, £3 Concessions, Under 16s free
Weather forecast: Drizzly rain, 9°C

Another pivotal month in Nuneaton Town's season begins on Saturday as the road to Wembley continues at GNG Oadby Town in the 3rd Round of the FA Vase.

Nuneaton Town navigated through a tricky and weather affected November still top of the table and still in two cup competitions, having not played an away game since the end of October at Northampton ON Chenecks. This Saturday, weather dependent, they make the short trip up the M69 to Leicester to face GNG Oadby Town, in a first visit to their new premises in Braunstone. It is in fact the first of 2 scheduled visits in 2 weeks, as the league trip there also takes place in the final match before Christmas.

GNG Oadby Town have got to this stage with a bit of fortune, having lost 6-1 at home to Clay Cross Town they were reinstated due to one of the Clay Cross Town substitutes being ineligible to play having played for another club in an earlier round. As such Oadby are playing in the third round for the first time in 13 years, and for the first time since their merger with GNG FC. They defeated Skegness Town 2-1 away, beat Ashby Ivanhoe on penalties after a 0-0 draw, in the rounds prior to that match with Clay Cross.

Oadby sit in 19th in the United Counties Premier Division South with 3 wins, 2 draws and 13 losses, and last time out had a thrilling 4-4 draw at home to Yaxley.

Nuneaton arrived at this stage with an 8-0 thrashing of Highgate United away, a battling 2-1 win at Step 6 high flyers Knowle, a penalty shootout win at Stafford Town after a 3-3 draw, and 2-1 win over Sandiacre Town at The Oval. They still remain top of the United Counties Premier South with 13 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats, and last time out earned a big 3 points against title rivals Aylestone Park, winning 4-2.

Can Nuneaton find another big performance to reach the last 32?

Last 5:

GNG Oadby Town:

Sat 29 Nov: GNG Oadby Town 4-4 Yaxley (League)
Tue 25 Nov: GNG Oadby Town 1-3 Atherstone Town (League)
Sat 22 Nov: Newport Pagnell Town 5-0 GNG Oadby Town (League)
Sat 8 Nov: GNG Oadby Town 1-6 Clay Cross Town (FA Vase)*
Tue 4 Nov: Lutterworth Town 1-0 GNG Oadby Town (League)
*GNG Oadby Town awarded the tie due to ineligible player for Clay Cross Town

Nuneaton Town:

Sat 29 Nov: Nuneaton Town 4-2 Aylestone Park (League)
Sat 15 Nov: Nuneaton Town 0-1 Histon (League)
Sun 9 Nov: Nuneaton Town 2-1 Sandiacre Town (FA Vase)
Sat 1 Nov: Nuneaton Town 1-0 Coventry United (UC League Cup)
Tue 28 Oct: Northampton ON Chenecks 1-3 Nuneaton Town (League)

Previous matches:

Tue 29 Jul 2025 (UCL South) - Nuneaton Town 4-1 GNG Oadby Town (Jardine, C Jones, Crossley, Sawyers)

Sat 30 Sep 2006 (FA Cup 2QR) - Oadby Town 0-6 Nuneaton Borough (Duane Darby, Gary McPhee x3, Derek Brown, Neil Moore)

Directions from Nuneaton town centre:

Take the A47 to the A5 via The Long Shoot, head east to the M69 junction and then follow the M69 to Leicester. At the end, take the 2nd exit at the roundabout to cross under the M1 onto the A5460, and then at the roundabout for Fosse Park, take the 2nd exit onto Narborough Road South A5460. Travel 1 mile to the traffic lights at the Jaguar car sales, then turn right onto Braunstone Lane East, the ground is then on the left at the back of the car park.

Public transport:

Arrival is difficult by train, but journeys by two buses are plentiful. Take the 148 or 158 to Leicester (2 of each per hour), stopping at the Braunstone Crossroads shortly after Kirby Muxloe, then walk round the corner to the Holmfield Avenue East stop, and take the 51 bus (every half an hour) to the Jaguar sales garage at the crossroads with Narborough Road South A5460, then walk across the road to the ground. Allow around 2 hours for the journey. The same buses are available on return.