Feltham F.C.
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| Feltham | |
| Full name | Feltham Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Blues |
| Founded | 1946 (as Tudor Park) |
| Ground | The Orchard, Bedfont (Groundshare with Bedfont) |
| Chairman | Brian Barry |
| Manager | Bob Barnes |
| League | Combined Counties League Division One |
| 2006–07 | 9th |
Feltham Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Feltham, in the London Borough of Hounslow, England. Originally established in 1946 as Tudor Park F.C., the club changed its name to Feltham F.C. in 1963. In 1981, they won the Isthmian League Second Division. They are currently in the Combined Counties League Division One. Johnny Haynes played for them in his youth.
Feltham FC are extremely sad to report that former player, chairman and honourary life president Willi Seuke passed away on Wednesday morning 16th April 2008. Our thoughts and condolences go out to his family at this sad time. Willi was Mr Feltham FC having played for the side in his youth, been chairman and saviour of the club and eventual honourary president when he retired.
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[edit] Club history
Feltham Football Club was formed in 1946 as Tudor Park and completed under that name until the end of season 1962-63 when the name Feltham was adopted upon being granted Senior Status by the Middlesex County Football Association. Tudor Park played at Rectory Park in Hanworth, and also at the Remo Depot in Feltham; whilst Feltham F.C. played on the surrounding Glebelands playing fields before moving into its present home Feltham Sports Arena in 1963.
A merger with Hounslow of the Southern Football League was formed in 1990 and the side competed under the name of Feltham & Hounslow Borough until the end of the 1994-95 season when, it was decided to change the name back to Feltham F.C. The grandstand, which was officially, opened in 1966 by Mayor of Hounslow and former local club man Edward Pauling MBE JP. The ground, in theory, boasts a capacity of 10,000 of which 750 can be seated. The club still play on an artificial pitch which was originally laid in November 1984 and funded by Hounslow Council, the Sports Council and the GLC.
For their first three seasons, Tudor Park were members of the West Middlesex Sunday Football League but in 1949-50 became affiliated to the Middlesex County FA and played Saturday football under the county's jurisdiction as members of the Staines & District League. In 1955-56, the club was elected into the Hounslow & District League and in turn was elected to the Parthenon League.
In 1963-64 Feltham had their first taste of senior football in the Surrey Senior League in which they had a successful five season spell. 1968-69 saw the club replace Petter's Sports in the Spartan League and at the end of season 1972-73 they were promoted to the Second Division of the Athenian League. In 1977 Feltham along with fifteen other member clubs resigned to join the newly formed Second Division of the Isthmian League of which the club was promoted to the First Division in 1980-81 after securing maximum points at Barton Rovers in the last game of the season. They were relegated to the newly formed Division 2 South at the end of the 1983-84 season and in turn transferred to Division 3 in 1992 after the league had been re-structured.
The club stayed in the league until 1995, when due to new league rulings about ground gradings were forced to resign and join the Combined Counties League. Season 1996/97 saw Feltham defeat Godalming & Guildford 5-1 in the League Cup final and 1999/2000 they won the fair play award. In 2002/2003 Feltham won the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup beating Northwood 2-0 and went on to lift the George Ruffel Memorial Trophy, commonly known as the Middlesex Super Cup by beating Hendon on penalties. The same season the Blues finished a creditable fourth place in the Combined Counties Premier Division.
With an eye to the future, over the past few seasons Feltham have introduced a number of youth teams, who play in the West Surrey Youth and the Hayes & District football leagues.
The Blues were granted planning permission by the London Borough of Hounslow to move to a site at nearby Green Lane, which would have allowed the club to build its own ground for its teams for the start of season 2005-06 but this didn't happen. At the moment, Feltham are groundsharing with local neighbours Bedfont FC having also shared with Hampton & Richmond Borough and Egham Town.
Feltham FC have been given permission to renovate their former home of Feltham Sports Arena hopefully in time for season 2009-10. The ground has been severely damaged by vandals and requires a great deal of work to bring it back to use. The former club house was burned down in 2007, again due to vandalism.
[edit] Club colours
- Club Colours: Blue & White Striped Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
- Change Colours: Yellow Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
- Third Colours: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks
[edit] Club honours
[edit] Senior teams
- Staines & District League & Cup Winners- 1950/51
- Jubilee Cup Winners - 1958/59
- Surrey Senior League Charity Cup Winners- 1963/64 & 1965/66
- Surrey Senior League Challenge Cup Winners - 1965/66
- Berger Isthmian League Division Two Champions - 1980/81
- Southern Combination Challenge Cup Winners - 1986/87 & 1987/88
- (First) Middlesex Summer Cup Winners - 1988
- Combined Counties Premier Challenge Cup Winners - 1996/97
- Combined Counties Fair Play Award - 1999/00
- Middlesex Charity Cup Winners - 2002/03
- George Ruffell Memorial Shield Winners - 2002/03
- Combined Counties Premier Reserve Champions - 2003/04
[edit] Youth teams
- 2001/02 Hayes & District League (U11) Division Three Champions
- 2001/02 West Surrey Boys League (U13) Division Two Runners Up
- 2002/03 Hayes & District League (U11) Division Two Champions
- 2002/03 Hayes & District League (U12) Division Two Champions
[edit] Club records
- Record attendance: 1,938 v Hampton (Middlesex Senior Cup 1972/73)
- Most appearances: Colin Ryder - 363
- Leading goalscorer: Paul Clarke - 125
- Biggest win: 13-2 v Crown & Manor, London Senior Cup,
- Heaviest defeat: 1-9 v Walton Casuals, CCL, 2003/04
[edit] Players progressing to Football League
- Johnny Haynes (Fulham)
- Bobby Wilson (Brentford)
- Rachid Harkouk (Notts County)
[edit] Internationals
[edit] External links
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