Burnham FC aiming for two in a row at Berkshire Football Awards

The 1878 stadium at Burnham FC. Photo supplied by club.
The 1878 stadium at Burnham FC. Photo supplied by club.
Burnham FC nominated for a Berkshire Football Award in the category of Match Day Experience. Nominations are open until Monday 27th May 2024

MATCHDAY EXPERIENCE
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Burnham FC are have been nominated once again for a Berkshire Football Award in the category of Match Day Experience.

The Blues won the award last year so are aiming for back-to-back wins – but can they do it with some stiff competition this season.

One nomination for the award said: “The moment you arrive to a warm welcome from Paul at the gate to buying a beer and a burger (which are amazing) from the Michelle’s in the bar, the Matchday experience at Burnham is fantastic, The team play a very watchable brand of football led by Ben and his coaching team and if you want to see goals then the 1878 stadium is definitely the place. You’ll often see the Chairman Glenn on Matchday interacting with the crowd around the pitch talking football and giving his thoughts on the game. Overall it’s a great place to watch a game of football and a worthy nomination for the Matchday experience award again.”

Another added: “This is our second season ground sharing at The 1878 Stadium and the experience for us has been second to none! Not only are the facilities well placed and well kept, they more than adequate to suit the needs of players and supporters alike the staff at Burnham are irreplaceable! The 2 main hosts of Burnham, Michelle and Michele are warm, welcoming and where possible always happy to accomodate needs, which makes all the difference as you navigate a busy Season of football! Both Paul and Glenn keep the pitch in pristine condition and put a lot of hours and work in behind the scenes to keep things running like clockwork. When you arrive at the 1878 stadium you instantly know that you are going to enjoy the match, in comfort and in good company, because everyone at The 1878 stadium truly cares about this beautiful game!”

Another simply said: “Best match day experience in the area and it’s all thanks to the fantastic team there. Glen, Paul, Michelle and Michelle.”

Agree that Burnham FC should be up for the Match Day Experience award? Or do you have another club in mind? Let us know in the nomination form below:

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Yes! The awards are taking place at the marvellous Double-Barrelled Brewery in Reading and we’ll have food available. Tickets will be limited but on sale from 28th May. If you’d like to know when, so you don’t miss out, make sure you’ve signed up to our email newsletter here.

Scroll down to the bottom of this article for the nomination form. Before you do that though, here’s what the judging panel are looking for when choosing the shortlist.

What’s the story? Tell us exactly why the person or place should be considered. We hate to get all ‘X Factor journey’ on you but the more detail you can include, the better we can argue for your nominee for the short list.

The sort of details we love to see include things like player awards, goals, clean sheets and any other significant contributions to the footballing community – obviously within the 2024/25 season.

We’ll publish all the nominees for the Berkshire Football Awards as we receive them.

You can view all the 2025 nominees so far here.

Want to know who’s previously won what at the Berkshire Football Awards? There’s a big long page with all the previous winners here.

Nominations will be open until midday on Monday 26th May 2025.

The Long List will be published on Wednesday 28th May and the Short List on Friday 30th May.

Once the nomination window has closed, the nominations in each category will be put before a panel of judges for a decision, the top four announced online and the winners at the awards night on Wednesday 18th June.

We will accept nominations for people out of area, the only prerequisite is that the reason for nomination is that it must be because of an affiliation with a club we cover on Football in Berkshire (a full list is at the bottom of this page). We will present certificates and a trophy to the winners.

  • All nominations are done by you, the Berkshire footballing public
  • You can nominate as many people as you like for each award – the quantity of nominations counts for the judging panel..
  • That said, quality is just as important, the more detail you provide about why you are nominating, the better
  • Please try and avoid nominating your own family members
  • Due to difficulties in obtaining permissions under child protection laws we won’t consider any player under the age of 16 for nomination in any of the categories

Nomination Form

Nominations for the 2025 Berkshire Football Awards are now closed!

What’s next? Look out for the Long List of all the nominations which will be published here and across all our channels by midday on Wednesday 28th May 2025.

The Short List for each category will then be published at 2pm on Friday 30th May 2025. At that point, tickets will be made available to attend the awards night at Double-Barrelled Brewery in Reading on the evening of Wednesday 18th June 2025. If you’d like notification of when tickets are available, sign up to our newsletter here.

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