Match Preview – Chippenham Town (A) – Enterprise National League South

24 Dec 2025

For a third successive season City head up the A4 on Boxing Day to face local rivals Chippenham Town.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

City make the 13-mile trip to Wiltshire having not lost at the venue since 27 December 2005, when an Iain Herring penalty and Mark Badman scrambled tap-in saw Chippenham mark the first of two 2-0 wins over City that season. Both sides missed out on promotion to Conference South via the play-offs in 2005/06, Chippenham eventually won promotion in 2017 to make this a regular Step 2 contest. Last year’s Boxing Day meeting, Darren Way’s first game in charge, was the Romans’ third win in their last four visits to the Thornbury Surfacing Stadium.

    

Overall record v Chippenham Town:
Pld 38 W19 D9 L10 F66 A54

National League South:
Pld 15 W8 D4 L3 F31 A17

Last season:
Away W3-0 (Wilson (2) 23 (pen), 57, Ash 48)
Home L0-1

TRIVIA

  • Scott Wilson’s penalty was his 50th Bath City goal – City have scored a penalty in four of their National League South wins at Chippenham with Tom Smith having one saved on New Year’s Day 2020 in an eventual 3-1 success.
  • Brad Ash netted on debut in last year’s contest against his former club.
  • Chippenham’s side includes former Bath City men Will Henry, Freddie Grant (yet to appear this season through injury), Tom Mehew, Sol Wanjau-Smith, Ed James and Massimo Sardo.
  • Alongside Ash, Dan Greenslade, Ollie Tomlinson, Kieran Parselle, Luke Russe and Owen Windsor have previously represented Chippenham Town.

FORM

  • Chippenham’s away woes continued Saturday with a 1-0 loss at Weston-super-Mare after Louis Britton (once a scorer in the A4 Derby for City) netted early. It was their third defeat in a row but 11 of their 12 points this term have been won at home.
  • Bath City have lost two in nine in all competitions following Saturday’s 2-0 win over Salisbury.

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