Sittingbourne (A)
The Staxson Stadium
Isthmian League South East Division
IST
9th November 2024 - 3:00 pm
The Staxson Stadium
Isthmian League South East Division
IST
9th November 2024 - 3:00 pm
Deal travel to Sittingbourne to for their next match in the Isthmian League South East Division (IST) on 9th November. Kick off is at 3.00 pm.
Address: The Staxson Stadium, Woodstock Park, Broadoak Road. Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AG.
How to get to Woodstock by Public Transport / Taxi from the station or anywhere in Sittingbourne.
Car – Set your SatNav to ME9 8AD (will take you past our entrance on the left so keep alert!) ME9 8AG (will take you into the Kent Science Park so ignore it when the voice tells you turn right but go up the hill and turn left into the ground!)
Coming from the East take the the M2 exit at Junction 5 or normally the M20 at junction 7 take the A249 towards Sheerness however please note that the A249 is subject to large scale roadworks for the installation of a flyover. Leave the A249 at the A2 turn off (this is the first junction after the M2). Go up the raised section to the Key Street roundabout and go right on this roundabout to take the A2 to Sittingbourne.
Then:
Cars: After about a mile turn right at Adeleide Drive (just past Wickes). Go to end of road and turn left (into Borden Lane) and then immediate right (into Homewood Drive). At end of road turn right into Ufton Lane. At end of road by the pub turn right into Park Road (Becomes Gore Court Road). At mini roundabout go straight on into Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road becomes Ruins Barn Road.
When houses disappear after, approximately half a mile, turn left (signposted Kent Science Park) into Broadoak Road. Go down hill pass the Science Park on right (SAT NAV WILL TRY TO TAKE YOU INTO SCIENCE PARK). Carry on up the hill for another 50 yards, turn left into the car park of Woodstock Park.
Coaches: Go into Sittingbourne Town Centre along the A2 and go round the one way system following the signs to Kent Science Park. Go down hill pass the Science Park on right (SAT NAV WILL TRY TO TAKE YOU INTO SCIENCE PARK).
Carry on up hill for another 50 yards. A Coach can be parked at the Bus Stop within the Woodstock complex.
The forerunners of Sittingbourne Football club commenced playing on the newly-opened Recreation Ground in 1881, being known as Sittingbourne United.In what must have been one of the first local derbies in the early days of the game, United met Faversham in 1885, winning 3-1. The two clubs met again in 1886, with United again victorious, this time by 3-2. The first match with Sheppey Rovers took place on a field near the Halfway, with United coming out on top 1-0.
In 1886 it was decided to lapse the old united and form a new team- Sittingbourne Football Club. Another local club calling themselves “Nil Desperandums” had been formed, and during the following season, (1887/88),the “N.D” were growing in enough strength for many of their players to regularly turn out for the town team; and so an 1888 meeting of local footballers decided that the Sittingbourne and Nil Desperandums clubs should merge as one.
By 1890 many junior clubs were springing up in the area and, with the “Rec” becoming crowded each Saturday, Sittingbourne migrated to the Gore Court Cricket Ground which at that time was just behind where Sainsbury’s is now in the town. It is not the current Gore Court in London Road.
By 1892 the club was experiencing some bother with Mr. Jessup of nearby Trotts Hall Farm, to the extent that a new home for the club had to be found. A field at the rear of the Bull Hotel, Vallences Meadow, could be obtained on good terms if taken on a five year lease. Consequently, the club secured the field, fenced it and made a charge of 3 old pence (1 old penny for children), for admission. That “meadow” was to become the club’s ground until 1989! On October 8th, 1990, both teams turned out in Black & red and these have remained the official club colours.
COME ON YOU HOOPS