The weather conditions were a fitting backdrop for Church's mood coming into the game, with the Lye Meadow side on a six game losing run in the league, compounded by the last five also being goalless.

And the mood was not lifted throughout the afternoon as Church again drew a blank, with the visitors grabbing a goal in each half to once again send the home faithful trudging home downcast.

A cagey opening spell to the game saw both sides striving to get to grips with the conditions, and the best first openings fell to Church. A 9th minute cross from Dugmore was headed narrowly wide by Tattum, and then two minutes later a scramble in the Banbury box presented Sullivan and Bonnick with shots blocked from inside the box before the danger was averted.

Church then had a goal ruled out on 25 minutes after Tattum had steered a Whyte-Hall cross in, but a raised foot attracted the referee's ire.
Another goal ruled out on 36 minutes after a team mate got in the way of a Sullivan shot, and offside was the verdict.

But it proved to be a false dawn as the visitors carved an opening and an opener on 42 minutes. A slide rule pass inside the Church left back releases Ball in space, and he confidently drills the ball low past Evans' left hand into the corner of the goal.

In all honesty, Church never really recovered from the blow, even through the home side created a number of half chances that saw deflected shots send the ball just wide on a couple of occasions.

Coup de grace came on 79 minutes when the ball is kept in by the visitors on teh Church by-line, and substitute Ferguson is on hand at the far post to slam the ball home.

The consequences of the defeat prove to be far reaching. There are only the bottom four below Church in the table now, even though there is an eight point gap in Church's favour.

More significantly it proves to be Manager Tim Flowers' last game in charge as his resignation is presented the following morning, leaving Church looking for another manager after just twelve months/