North Leigh F.C.
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| Full name | North Leigh Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Yellows, Nor Lye | |
| Founded | 1908 | |
| Ground | Eynsham Hall Park Sports Ground, North Leigh (Capacity: 426) |
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| Chairman | Peter King MBE | |
| Manager | Mark Gee | |
| League | Southern League Division One South and West | |
| 2010–11 | Southern League Division One South & West 6th | |
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North Leigh F.C. is a football club based in North Leigh, near Witney, Oxfordshire, England. In 1990, they joined the Hellenic League Division One. Their ground is outside the village near Eynsham Hall and has seats for 175 spectators on one side and covered standing accommodation behind one goal.
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[edit] History
The club was founded in 1908. The club has won the Hellenic League Premier Division twice in their history, in 2001–02 and 2002–03, but did not apply for promotion to the Southern League, and remained members of the Hellenic League Premier Division for one more season.
In the 2006–07 season, North Leigh just missed out on promotion to Slimbridge who then folded, but too late for North Leigh to take their place. However in the season 2007–08, they did apply and gained promotion after rivals Almondsbury Town who had topped the table all season lost 1–0 to Abingdon Town on the last day of the season.
[edit] Records
- FA Cup best performance: third qualifying round replay – 2004–05
- FA Trophy best performance: first qualifying round – 2008–09
- FA Vase best performance: fourth round – 2008–09
[edit] Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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[edit] External links
- Official club website
- North Leigh at the Football Club History Database
Coordinates: 51°48′43.49″N 1°25′41.08″W / 51.8120806°N 1.4280778°W
