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Newbury F.C.

Newbury Football Club are a football club based in Newbury, Berkshire, England. They are currently members of the Hellenic League and play their homes games at the Lambourn Sports Ground.

Newbury
Full nameNewbury Football Club
Nickname(s)The Town
Founded2002
GroundLambourn Sports Ground
CapacityUnknown
ChairmanKeith Moss
ManagerNicky Voller
LeagueHellenic League Division Two South
2023–24Thames Valley Premier League Division One, 2nd of 10 (promoted)

History

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The club was originally formed in 2002 as Old London Apprentice, and entered into the Reading League Division 4, winning it in its debut season. In the next two years, the club had won successive promotions and this culminated in arriving in Division 1 of the Reading League. They were then renamed O.L.A. Newbury in 2005.

With pretty much the same squad, the club then won the Division 1 title and was asked to compete in the Reading Senior league, jumping a division, and having led the league for most of the season, and going 17 games unbeaten, the club finished second in the league on the final day of the season, in game at Cookham Dean in which promotion was secured.

By this point, A.F.C. Newbury had folded, and in 2007, the club was renamed Newbury and took over AFC's youth teams.

They joined the Hellenic Football League in 2008 and started in Division One East.[1] Newbury became champions of Division one east in the 2011–12 season and won promotion to the Premier Division.[2]

At the end of the 2014–15 season the club resigned from the Hellenic league for financial reasons and joined the Thames Valley Premier Football League.[3]

Newbury won the 2018/19 Thames Valley Premier League Division One, collecting a total of 53 points from 20 games.[4] Their final game of the season was a 7–2 home win against Eldon Celtic.

On 1 July 2019, Karl Curtis was announced as the new first team coach, taking over from Danny Langford who led the team to the Thames Valley Premier League Division One title and promotion in 2018/19.[5]

Newbury made a positive start to the 2019/20 season, winning their first five games in the Thames Valley Premier League.[6] Due to the Coronavirus pandemic all football below the National League was ended on 26 March 2020 and all results for the 2019/20 season were expunged.[7] At the time of the decision, Newbury sat in sixth place in the Thames Valley Premier League (Premier Division) having collected 26 points from 13 games.[8]

On 10 July 2021, the club announced Nicky Voller as the new manager of the first team, taking over from Rocky Rowbottom and Carl Jenner.[9] John Goddard was named as the assistant manager.

Following the restructure of the non-league football pyramid, Newbury FC were transferred to the Hellenic League Division Two South for the 2021/22 season.[10]

Newbury were promoted to the Thames Valley Premier League for the 2024/25 Season and returned to Faraday Road Football Ground as their home ground from the 9th November[11]

Ground

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Between 1963 and 2016, Newbury played at Faraday Road in Newbury.[12] For the 2019–20 season, they moved to Henwick Worthy Sports Ground in Thatcham.[13] Beginning in 2021, the club play their home games at Lambourn Sports Club.[14]

On 14 August 2021, the buildings at the club's former ground in Faraday Road were destroyed by fire.[15]

On 9 November 2024, Newbury FC returned to Faraday Road Football Ground, after an 8 year campaign, led by Newbury Community Football Group (NCFG)[16][17][18]

Honours

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Records

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Newbury at the Football Club History Database
  2. ^ "Uhlsport Hellenic Football League | League Division One Honours | 11 May 2014". Hellenicleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. ^ "New boss Carl has to start from scratch - Sport - Newbury Weekly News". Newburytoday.co.uk. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Thames Valley Premier League Division One - NonLeagueMatters". www.nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ Newbury FC [@NewburyTownFC] (1 July 2019). "We are very pleased to announce the appointment of @YMboss72 who takes over from danny as 1st team manager. The lads are buzzing for the new season already #upthetown 🔶⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 October 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Newbury FC [@NewburyTownFC] (5 October 2019). "A dominate display from newbury today as we make it 5/5 in the league with a 2-0 away to @Finch_FC1 a very good solid performance from the boys 👏🏻 @carl_jenner64 with a 15 yard screamer 👀 and jamie piercy the other #upthetown ⚽️🔶⚽️🔶⚽️⚽️" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "All football below National League to end". BBC Sport.
  8. ^ "Thames Valley Premier League Premier Division - NonLeagueMatters". Non League Matters.
  9. ^ "Club Announce Management Team For 2021/22 Season". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Hellenic League Division Two South - NonLeagueMatters". www.nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. ^ https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/sport/all-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-newbury-fc-s-return-to-faraday-9390983/
  12. ^ "More than 300 sign Newbury Football Club petition - News - Newbury Weekly News". Newburytoday.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Council reveals next steps for London Road Industrial Estate regeneration". NewburyToday.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  14. ^ Newbury FC [@NewburyTownFC] (4 August 2021). "Newbury Town FC are looking to expand our team if you are interested in playing email [email protected]. We start the season in the Hellenic League Division Two South and are playing at Lambourn Town FC" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 October 2021 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Former Newbury Football Club Faraday Road site destroyed by fire". BBC News. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  16. ^ http://www.ncfg.uk
  17. ^ https://www.westberks.gov.uk/article/43478/Newbury-FC-to-return-to-Faraday-Road
  18. ^ https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/24705119.newbury-fc-set-return-faraday-road-first-game/
  19. ^ OLA Newbury at the Football Club History Database
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