Ground Capacity 1,500 Founded 1918 | Chairman Tom Amer Grounds Kilkenny Lane, Carterton | |
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Full name Carterton Football Club 2015–16 Hellenic League Division One West, 1st (promoted) Leagues Hellenic Football League, Hellenic Football League Division One West | ||
Carterton Football Club is a football club based in Carterton, Oxfordshire, England. They play at Kilkenny Lane. Having resigned from the Hellenic League Premier Division during the 2016–17, the club's first team are currently inactive.
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History
The club was founded in 1918, and initially played in the Witney and District League. In 1982 the club was taken over by the Carterton Boys club and was renamed Carterton Town. In 1986 they moved up to Division One of the Hellenic League. After winning Division One in 1989–90 the club were promoted to the Premier Division.
Carterton were relegated back to Division One at the end of the 1991–92 season, but won the division again in 1993–94 to return to the Premier Division. In 1998–99 they finished as Premier Division runners-up, and went on to win the league's Supplementary Cup in 1999–2000 and the Challenge Cup in 2000–01. In 2005 the club reverted to the name Carterton Football Club. They remained in the Premier Division until being relegated to Division One West at the end of the 2010–11 season. Although they won Division One West in 2015–16 and were promoted to the Premier Division, the club withdrew from the league in September 2016 after their manager resigned and several players left. However, the club aim to return to the league for the 2016–17 season.
Ground
The club originally played at Alvescot Road Recreation Ground. During the 1984–85 season they moved to Kilkenny Lane, which was officially opened by Lou Macari and Jim Smith in March 1985.