Hednesford Town
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| Surname | Hednesford Town Football Club | ||
| Seat | Hednesford | ||
| founding | 1880 | ||
| Website | hednesfordtownfc.com | ||
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| Venue | Keys Park, Hednesford | ||
| Places | 6,000 | ||
| league | Southern League Premier Division Central | ||
| 2018/19 | 13th place ( Northern Premier League Premier Division) | ||
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The Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club from the Middle English city of Hednesford . The club currently plays in the seventh-rate Southern League Premier Division Central , the greatest successes were six years in the top non-league division Football Conference (1995-2001), the unsuccessful participation in the final of the Welsh Cup 1991/92, and the win the FA Trophy 2004.
history
The club was formed in 1880 through the merger of the two Hednesford clubs Red & Whites and Hill Top and played continuously in low-class local and regional leagues until the mid-1980s. The club was named after a temporary bankruptcy between 1938 and 1974 Hednesford FC . The greatest success in the first 100 years was the FA Cup season 1920/21; 10,000 spectators in the home game in the fifth qualifying round against FC Walsall are a club record to this day, and the only qualification for the main round succeeded until the 1990s; in the first round match, however, they lost to Castleford Town with 0-2.
In 1984 Hednesford Town was one of the founding members of the southern and central English regional Southern League , but fought continuously against relegation from the lower season in the late 80s, with the hiring of former goalkeeper John Baldwin in 1990, however, this changed immediately; after third place in 1991 succeeded as runners-up in 1992 promotion to the Premier Division of the Southern League. In the same year, the club took part in the Welsh Cup and reached the final straight away, which, however, was lost to the record winner and professional club Cardiff City with 0: 1 at The Welsh National Stadium . In 1994 Hednesford rose to the highest British amateur class, the Conference , and just barely missed promotion to the full professional area as third in the first season. In the following years the club played against relegation from the Conference, but from 1996 to 2000 they qualified for the FA Cup five times in a row . In 1996, the club even reached the fourth round, but lost to the premier league club Middlesbrough FC extremely narrowly with 2: 3.
2000/01 ended the most successful phase of the club with relegation to the Southern League and the dismissal of Baldwin; However, the FA Trophy could be won in 2004 , in the following year, in addition to the promotion to the Conference North, the renewed and to date last qualification for the FA Cup. As the last of the 22 Conference North teams, however, the immediate relegation followed. In the border area between the Southern League and Northern Premier League, the club was assigned to the Northern Premier League when it was relegated, but after the 2008/09 season it was re-classified in the Southern League.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hednesford FC entry in the Football Club History Database ( accessed June 23, 2009 ).
- ↑ " Pitmen Archive, " Hednesford Town Web site ( accessed December 31, 2015 ).
- ↑ a b Entry for Hednesford Town in the Football Club History Database ( visited June 23, 2009 ).
- ↑ Hednesford Town FC - Profile of the club on the BBC London website ( as of March 11, 2008, accessed June 23, 2009. ).
Web links
- Website Hednesford Town ( English )
- Seasonal overview of club placements