Woodley United F.C.

Woodley United FC
Full name Woodley United Football Club Ltd
Nickname(s) United
Founded 2011
Ground Rivermoor Stadium, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading RG30 6AY
Ground Capacity 2,000
Chairman Colum Moon
Manager Michael Herbert
League Hellenic League Division One East
2015–16 Hellenic League Division One East, 13th

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 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.

Club honours

League honours

Cup honours

Club records

References

  1. ↑ "Woodley crowned Senior champions - Goalpost - Football - Sport - getreading - Reading Post". getreading. 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  2. ↑ "Woodley Town Council". Woodley.gov.uk. 2007-09-08. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Club History - History - Woodley Town Football Club". Pitchero.com. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  4. 1 2 3 4 WOODLEY [BERKS] at the Football Club History Database
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WOODLEY TOWN at the Football Club History Database
  6. ↑ "Bulmershe School ::: Curriculum Areas ::: Physical Education ::: Sports College ::: Woodley Town FC and Woodley Town Council working with The Bulmershe School **". School-portal.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  7. 1 2 "Uhlsport Hellenic Football League | Woodley Town News | Season 2009/10". Hellenicleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  8. ↑ "Woodley and Wokingham & Emmbrook join forces for 'borough club' / Reading Chronicle / Sport / Football". Readingchronicle.co.uk. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Honours - Men's - Woodley Town Football Club". Pitchero.com. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  10. ↑ "Club History - Pick of the Past 1 - Woodley Town Football Club". Pitchero.com. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  11. ↑ "Uhlsport Hellenic Football League | Club Details | Woodley Town". Hellenicleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-03.

Coordinates: 51°28′18.91″N 0°52′47.42″W / 51.4719194°N 0.8798389°W / 51.4719194; -0.8798389

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