Kidlington F.C.

Kidlington

Full name

Kidlington Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Greens

Founded

1909

Ground

Yarnton Road, Kidlington

Capacity

1,500

Manager

Martin Wilkinson

League

Southern League Division One Central

2015–16

Hellenic League Premier Division, 1st (promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

Kidlington Football Club is a football club based in Kidlington, near Oxford, England. They were established in 1909 and joined the Hellenic Football League in 1954. In the 1976–77 season, they reached the 5th round of the FA Vase. For the 2016–17 season, they are members of the Southern League Division One Central.

History

Kidlington Football Club was formed in 1909 and joined the Oxfordshire District League in that year.^[1]

In 1929 Kidlington won their first cup, the Lord Jersey Cup, beating Fritwell 2–1 at Bicester Town. In 1945, The club joined the Oxford City Junior League and six seasons later, in 1951, they entered the Oxfordshire Senior League. They then entered the Hellenic League in 1954 after winning the Oxfordshire Senior League^[2] the season before and have stayed in that league ever since.

In 1970 the team won the Oxfordshire Intermediate cup, and in 1976–77 they achieved their club record in the FA Vase by reaching the last 16. The club then had to wait until the 2007–08 season to win any more silverware, when manager Paul Lee guided the team to victory in the HPL Hellenic Floodlit Trophy.^[2] Four seasons later in 2010–11 the team added the Hellenic Supplementary Cup to the club's honours^[2] under manager Gordon Geary. The club also reached the final of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup for the first time in 2010–11.

Ground

Kidlington play their home games at Yarnton Road, Kidlington, OX5 1AT.

Club honours

Hellenic Football League Division One:^[3]
- Runners-Up: 1963–64, 1978–79
Hellenic Supplementary Cup:^[4]
- Winners: 2010–11
Hellenic HPL Floodlit Cup:^[4]
- Winners: 2007–08
Hellenic Division One Cup:^[4]
- Winners: 1974–75
Oxfordshire Senior Cup:^[5]
- Runners-up: 2010–11, 2013–14
Oxfordshire Intermediate Cup:^[4]
- Winners: 1952–53, 1969–70, 1984–85,
- Runners-up: 1973–74, 1974–75, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
Oxon Senior League:^[4]
- Winners: 1952–53
- Runners-up: 1947–48
Lord Jersey Cup:^[6]
- Winners: 1928–29

Club records

Highest league position:^[3] 1st in Hellenic Premier Division 2015–16
F.A Cup best performance:^[3] First qualifying round 2009–10
F.A. Vase best performance:^[3] Fifth round 1976–77

Former players

1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

References

↑ "Kidlington FC". Kidlington FC. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
1 2 3 "Club History". Kidlington FC. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
1 2 3 4 "Kidlington". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 "Club Honours". Kidlington FC. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
↑ "Oxfordshire Senior Cup". Oxfordshire FA. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
↑ "The Jersey Cup". The Jersey Cup. Retrieved 2012-12-18.

External links

Southern League

Premier Division	Banbury United Basingstoke Town Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cinderford Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Hayes and Yeading United Hitchin Town Kettering Town King's Langley King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Redditch United Slough Town St Ives Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Dunstable Arlesey Town Ashford Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St Peter Egham Town Farnborough Fleet Town Hanwell Town Histon Kempston Rovers Kidlington Marlow Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town Uxbridge

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Barnstaple Town Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Didcot Town Evesham United Hereford Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Salisbury Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Coordinates: 51°49′01.46″N 1°17′23.96″W / 51.8170722°N 1.2899889°W / 51.8170722; -1.2899889

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.