ASM Stadium

The ASM Stadium is a football stadium in Thame, Oxfordshire. It is currently home of Thame United and Aylesbury United F.C.. It is part of a wider sports facility, Meadow View Park.
History
In 2005 severe financial difficulties hit the Thame United, with bailiffs seizing assets to offset unpaid VAT bills, and the landlord of their Windmill Road stadium serving them with notice of eviction. The club managed to limp to the end of the season playing at the ground of neighbours Aylesbury United and a rock-bottom finish saw them relegated back to the Hellenic League after 18 years away.
During the summer of 2006, Aylesbury were also evicted from their ground, leaving Thame homeless once again, leading to a new groundshare arrangement with AFC Wallingford. The results on the playing field continued to be poor, and they completed the 2006-07 season in a relegation position despite the improvement of results following the return of successful manager Mark West.

In October 2007 it was announced that the club planned to move to a multi-million pound venue at Church Farm in the North of Thame. They hoped to begin playing in their new stadium by the 2009-10 season, but as of October 2010 the stadium was still being built. After the stadium was completed, a game to celebrate the club's new stadium was played against Football League Two side Oxford United in January 2011. Thame lost 3-1 with the new ASM Stadium's first record attendance of 1,382.From the 2015-16 season, Aylesbury United signed a two-year deal to groundshare with Thame United. In April 2017, it was announced that the Aylesbury club had moved to a ground in Chesham.
Facilities
Meadow View Park, a 20 acre site, is also home to a number of local youth and community teams, 7 pitches including multiple artificial turf training pitches. A club bar and function rooms are located in the main stadium building.

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