MATCH PREVIEW: Farnborough vs Chippenham Town | National League South | Wednesday 25th February 2026
The final of three consecutive away days takes us to Hampshire in our first Wednesday fixture since March 2024
Chippenham Town make the midweek journey to Farnborough to round out three consecutive away matches.
The Opposition
Founded in 1967, 58 years ago as Farnborough Town after off field issues they would be reformed as Farnborough Football Club in the Southern League Division One South & West
In 2007/08, their first season as Farnborough Football Club, they became champions and were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division with 89 points and scoring a huge 120 goals in the process.
However, they would mutually agree terms with their manager that a step up was needed and therefore they brought in former Crawley Town and Basingstoke manager Francis Vines and assisting him would be Former Reading and Basingstoke midfielder Steve Richardson.
Boro’s Cherrywood Road Ground would receive a nice makeover and investment for the new staff and board of directors.
They miss out on back-to-back promotions only in the Play-off final with a 1-0 loss to Gloucester City even though they lead the league for six straight months during the campaign
However, in the 2009/10 season they would gain promotion to the Blue Square South after winning the league
The 2010/11 season they would yet again fall short in the Play-off final to Ebbsfleet in front of a record crowd of over 4000 people
However, the following season would be a bit of a struggle as they seen multiple defeats after becoming a full-time team and eventually would sack their manager at the time, Garry Haylock. Fortunes shifted though as new manager Spencer Day stepped through the door and successfully guided them to safety with a penultimate day win over Havant & Waterlooville.
Unfortunately, following the 2014/15 season, they would have some historical financial debts and have to implement a reduced player budget which would inevitably see them get relegated to the Isthmian Premier League and further relegation the following season.
The 2016/17 season would see them get promoted back up.
The 2021/22 season would see Boro in a tense title fight which would see them finish 3rd however this time in the play offs they won in the final and were promoted.
This season has been a mixed bag however; with Boro nearly exiting the FA Cup at the hands of Westbury, while losing in the 4QR, and being dumped out of the FA Trophy at the hands of Walton & Hersham. They currently sit in the relegation zone, with CTFC able to leap above Farnborough with a win of two goals or more.
Fixture History
The first National League South meeting between The Bluebirds and Boro ended in a 1-0 win for The Bluebirds in a game that saw Matt McClure score a well-placed penalty just before halftime.
In the previous six meetings both teams managed to score at least one goal apiece, however Farnborough have had the better of the results, only losing two in our last six meetings with all three of their wins coming in the last four matches.
It’s a high scoring fixture with 22 goals scored across the last seven meetings between the two teams so expect more goals.
The reverse fixture was our first point against Farnborough since Caine Bradbury and Dan Ellison both scored in November 2023’s 2-1 win.
Dangermen
Farnborough made three statement signings in their frontline during the summer: Rakish Bingham, Dominic Poleon and the resigning of Mason Bloomfield. Between them they notched 62 goals during the 2022/23 NLS season, and the general trend of that has continued.
Poleon departed for fellow National League South side yesterday afternoon, which scuppered the fantastic section we had written for him.
Rakish Bingham – Bingham, like Poleon, joined this summer from Ebbsfleet United. and had previously played with Falkirk Cheltenham and Dundee. Bingham has played 115 NLS matches, with 45 goals; eight strikes coming this season. Bingham started the season off well, but hasn’t netted since December 13th against Salisbury and he was an unused substitute against Enfield last week.
Combined, Bingham & Poleon had played 128 matches matches together, and they combined for the opener in November,
Mason Bloomfield – Bloomfield has scored the least of all three, with only ive to his name this season , and he only netted two league goal since August. Bloomfield has found the net against us twice, both home and away for Hampton and Richmond in the 23/24 season, both of them the opening goals in 2-1 wins. During his four appearances against us for Farnborough he has failed to register a goal. Despite a drier patch this season his record stands out with 28 goals at this level.
Supporter Information
The match is non-segregated and tickets can be purchased in advance or by Cash / Card payments on the gate. Please note that online payments include an additional £1 fee,
We will be bringing you live Radio commentary via MIXLR. Join Jamie Oleszynski from 19.30 for all of the action
See you in Hampshire, Bluebirds 💙
