Woodley United F.C.

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Woodley United
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Full name Woodley Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Kestrels
Founded 1904
Ground Scours Lane (Groundshare with Reading Town F.C.)
Ground Capacity 2,000
Chairman Mark Rozzier
Manager Damien Marshall
League Hellenic Football League
Division One East
2015–16 Hellenic Football League
Division One East, 13th (relegated)

Woodley United F.C. is a football club based in Woodley, Berkshire, England. The club can trace its history back to 1904 although it is thought that it existed in the 19th century. Currently it is a member of the Hellenic Football League Division One East having won promotion by winning the Reading Football League Senior Division in the 2008–09 season.[1]

History

Woodley Town FC was formed in 1904 and competed in the Wargrave & District League. The club achieved in the 1909–10 season the ‘double’ of Champions and Cup Winners.[2] Fourteen seasons later in the 1923–24 season they won the Reading Junior Cup. The club were the last team to win the Wargrave and District League in the 1926–27 season, and then joined the Reading & District League.[3]

With the club in the Reading & District League they had to wait 31 years until the 1957–58 season to win any Silverware by winning the Premier Division.[3] They then won it the season afterwards but would have to wait nearly thirty years to win anything again, when they won the premier division again in the 1985–86 season. The club then went into a period of decline, with the 1990–91 season seeing First Team start the season in the Premier Division of Reading Football League while the Reserves where in Division 4 Kennet. However, an exodus of players saw the First Team fold mid season leaving just the Division four team in operation.[3] The club won Division four that season and Division three the following season.[4] However it took the club another five season to gain promotion to Division one kennet when they finished as runners-up in Division two kennet in the 1997–98 campaign.[5] During their time in Division Two the Club also changed their name from Woodley to Woodley Town.[4] In their first two seasons in Division one Kennet the club won the Reading Evening Post Junior Cup in 1999 and the Berks & Bucks Junior Cup a year later.[3] A season later in the 2000–01 campaign the club gained promotion to the Reading League premier Division as runners-up.[5] Next Season the club gained promotion to the Senior Division but could only last a season at the top, being relegated at the end of the 2002–03 season. However the club bounced back up the next season and then managed to stay in the Senior Division.[5]

The 2008–09 season saw the club awarded the FA's Chartered Standard Development kite mark.[6] That season also saw the team winning the Reading Football League Double of the Senior Division and BTC Senior Cup, the latter being played at Madejski Stadium.[7] By winning the premier Division the club then gained promotion to the Hellenic League Division One East, finishing in fourth place in their debut season, and the club continues to play in this division.[5]

During October 2011 Woodley Town F.C. announced plans to join forces with Wokingham and Emmbrook F.C. to create a 'super-club' for the region. However the plan was not fully confirmed. Wokingham believed this plan would allow them to upgrade their pitch at Cantley Park, after trying for several years, but Wokingham council have insisted that the park should remain in public use in its entirety and not sold off to private clubs.[8]

In 2015 the club changed their name to Woodley United.

Ground

Woodley Town played their home games at East Park Farm, Park Lane, Charvil RG10 9TR. As of the start of the 2015/16 season, Woodley Town risked expulsion from the Hellenic League as East Park Farm was not up to the required standard fit for Step 6 football. The club moved out early, and from the start of the 2014/15 season took up residence in a groundshare agreement with Reading Town at Scours Lane. This was to allow the club to safeguard its Step 6 status and allow them to progressively upgrade the facilities at East Park Farm.

Current Club Staff

  • Chairman - Mark Rozzier
  • Club Secretary (Mens) - John Mailer
  • 1st Team Manager - Damien Marshall
  • 1st Team Assistant Manager - Position Vacant
  • 1st Team Coach - Phil Norville
  • 1st Team Coach - Martin Ireland
  • 1st Team Physio - Kelly Vodden
  • Reserve Team Manager - Jock Mowat
  • Reserve Team Assistant Manager - Rod Creegan
  • A Team Manager - Neil Wheeler
  • B Team Manager - Gary Amor

Club honours

League honours

  • Reading League Senior Division:[5]
    • Winners (1): 2008–09
  • Reading League Premier Division:[5]
    • Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2003–04
  • Reading League Division One Kennet:[5]
    • Runners-up (1): 2000–01
  • Reading League Division Two Kennet:[5]
    • Runners-up (1): 1997–98
  • Reading League Division Three Kennet:[4]
    • Winners (1): 1992–93
  • Reading League Division Four Kennet:[4]
    • Winners (1): 1991–92
  • Reading & District League Premier Division:[3][9]
    • Winners (3): 1957–58, 1958–59, 1985–86
    • Runners-up (3): 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55
  • Reading & District League Division One:[9]
    • Winners (1): 1932–33
  • Reading & District League Division Two:[9]
    • Winners (1): 1950–51
  • Reading & District League Division Three:[9]
    • Winners (1): 1928–29
  • Wargrave & District League:[3]
    • Winners (2): 1909–10, 1926–27

Cup honours

  • Berkshire Trophy Centre Senior Cup:[7][9]
    • Winners (2): 1999-00, 2008–09
    • Runners-up (1): 2005–06
  • Reading Challenge Senior Cup:[9]
    • Runners-up (4): 1961–62, 1963–64, 2001–02, 2008–09
  • Maidenhead Norfolkians Senior Cup :[9]
    • Runners-up (2): 1952–53, 1953–54
  • Reading Challenge Jubilee Cup:[10]
    • Winners (1): 1992–93
  • Wargrave & District Cup:[3]
    • Winners (1): 1909–10
  • Berks & Bucks Junior Cup:[3]
    • Winners (1): 1999-00
  • Reading Junior Cup:[3]
    • Winners (2): 1909–10, 1998–99
  • Reading Challenge Junior Cup:[9]
    • Winners (1): 1998–99
    • Runners-up (1): 1950–51

Club records

  • Highest League Position:[5] 3rd in Hellenic Division One East 2012-13
  • Highest Attendance:[11] 141 April 2010

References

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External links

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