UP NEXT:
Buxton face Leamington on 20 January with a 19:45 kick-off, as they begin a run of three consecutive away fixtures.

The Bucks
After a goalless first half, Buxton struck four times without reply to secure a convincing
Gilsenan fired The Bucks ahead on his debut. Then from the bench Coleman doubled the lead, before Sodje added a third with his finish from a whipped free-kick into the area. Campbell then capped it off with a fourth in stoppage time.


Reflecting on the performance, manager John McGrath said:


“Really pleased first and foremost with the clean sheet, and the defensive aspect of the game was excellent. Not just the back four, you have Luke Brennan, Tai Sodje, JJ and Zak all putting a shift in, and the two boys in midfield. It was an all-round really good defensive display.


I’ve always said if the performances are there and the standards are high then the results will follow, and today I thought we were excellent.


In any game of football you have to earn your right to get the ball down and play, and I thought we controlled the game from start to finish. We dealt with what they chucked in the box to us. I thought we were really energetic all over the park.


Then when the time came, it was probably 30–35 minutes into the first half, we got the ball and shifted it left to right and got Tai in the game and Zak in the game, and we just followed that through to the second half.”


Opposition facts 


Leamington have Chris Knott in interim charge after former club legend Paul Holleran put in his resignation at the end of 2025. Knott became a first team coach in 2020 at the club and has also helped lead the academy.
The club are based in Warwickshire and were founded in 1933.


Nicknamed The Brakes, they play their home matches at the New Windmill Ground. Their record attendance at this ground was 2131 which they got in a friendly against Coventry City in July 2022.


They got their nickname as a result of being a works team and the products they made.


Historically, their best FA Cup run saw them reach the second round on two occasions in 1977-78 and then the following season as well.


In the FA Trophy, Leamington have reached the Quarter Finals in their best appearance which was in the 2006-07 season.


Josh Blake is the record goalscorer with 187 with the record appearance holder being James Mace with over 400 games. 


The club finished 16th in the league last season, ending the campaign on 55 points.


Looking at recent form, Marine sit 24th across the last ten games, with Buxton in 9th.


Last time out, they lost 3-0 against South Shields away from home.


In the home form guide they are 23rd with 10 points from their eleven games at The New Windmill Ground.
Leamington are bottom of the table after 24 games and have 14 points so far.


One to Watch:  Max Brogan 
Brogan was with The Bucks on loan in the 2023/24 season and he scored twice in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final against Henor Town.


A centre midfielder Brogan joined The Brakes last week on a 28 day loan from Scunthorpe United.


This season he also spent a month at Cleethorpes.
Whilst at The Irons he has made 33 appearances and scored three goals for the club.


Last time they faced 
Leamington are the only side Buxton haven’t face in the National League North this season. 


But last season when they faced at Leamington it was a 1-1 draw with Kieran Burton scoring for The Bucks.

                                 

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