Kidlington F.C.
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| Full name | Kidlington Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Greens | ||
| Founded | 1909 | ||
| Ground | Yarnton Road, Kidlington | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| Manager | Martin Wilkinson | ||
| League | Southern Football League Division One Central | ||
| 2015–16 | Hellenic Football League Premier Division, 1st (promoted) | ||
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Kidlington F.C. 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 2015–16 season, they are members of the Hellenic Football League Premier Division.
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.
4. Former Chelsea FC youth player. Died after falling from hotel balcony in Turkey
References
- ^ "Kidlington FC". Kidlington FC. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "Club History". Kidlington FC. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Kidlington". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "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.