Edgware Town F.C.

Edgware Town
Full name Edgware Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Wares
Founded 1939 (re-formed 2014)
Dissolved 2008
Ground Silver Jubilee Park, Kingsbury
Ground Capacity 1,990
League Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division
2015–16 Spartan South Midlands League Division One, 1st (promoted)

Edgware Town F.C. is an English football club from Edgware, Greater London. Originally established in 1939, the club was dissolved at the end of the 2007–08 season but were then reformed in 2014. The team now competes in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, and plays at Silver Jubilee Park in Kingsbury, about three miles from the club's original ground, the White Lion, in Edgware.

History

The club were founded in 1939 by a group of football enthusiasts who worked for the construction and engineering firm, William Moss & Sons based in Cricklewood. The firm had taken over the sports ground located in the High Street, formerly used by Edgware Rugby Club. The club played in the Middlesex Senior League until joining the Corinthian League in the 1946–47 season.[1] In 1948 they won the Middlesex Senior Cup. In 1963 the club transferred to Division One of the Athenian League. They finished third in their first season, and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1966–67 they finished bottom of the division, and were relegated to Division One. This was followed by a second successive relegation to Division Two as they finished bottom of the table again.

The record attendance (estimated at 8500) at the White Lion ground was set in October 1947 for the F.A. Cup tie against local rivals Wealdstone. There was another large attendance in October 1949 when an estimated 7100 saw another F.A. Cup tie against Wealdstone, a game which was televised in full by the BBC.

In 1972 the club was renamed Edgware.[2] When the Athenian League disbanded in 1984 they joined the London Spartan League, before changing their name back to Edgware Town in 1987. They won the Premier Division of the Spartan League in 1987–88 and 1989–90, and after their second title win, were promoted to Division Two North of the Isthmian League. After league reorganisation in 1991 they were placed in Division Three, which they won the following season. They were relegated back to Division Three in 2001.

In 2006 the now-renamed Division Two was disbanded and Edgware were transferred to the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League. They won it at the first attempt,[3] also winning the Premier Cup and the Challenge Trophy. The club was promoted to Division One North of the Isthmian League, but folded at the end of the 2007–08 season due to lack of funds following the decision of the local authority to grant planning permission for their ground.[4]

In March 2014 it was announced that the club had been revived. They competed in the Spartan South Midlands League from the 2014-15 season playing at Silver Jubilee Stadium, Townsend Lane, Hendon (the former home of Kingsbury Town F.C.). Their opening games of the season were played at Underhill Stadium while the ground was refurbished.[5] In the 2015-16 Seaon the club won the Division One by 10 points, reached the 3rd round of the FA Vase and lost in the Divisonal Cup Final.

Ground

Silver Jubilee Park in September 2016

The club originally played at the White Lion Ground. The adjacent White Lion public house, which had given the ground its name, stood in Edgware until 2010, until it was eventually demolished to build a housing estate. The club now plays at Silver Jubilee Park, Townsend lane, Kingsbury. NW9 7NE. Extensive renovations have been completed on the ground to raise it to a C grade.

Notable former players

Professional players that played for Edgware early in their career include:

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Edgware Town at the Football Club History Database
  2. ↑ Edgware at the Football Club History Database
  3. ↑ Spartan South Midlands Premier Tony Kempster
  4. ↑ "Edgware Town FC BBC London". BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  5. ↑

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Coordinates: 51°36′28.87″N 0°16′42.64″W / 51.6080194°N 0.2785111°W / 51.6080194; -0.2785111

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