Nickname(s) The Braves Ground Capacity 5,000 (300 seated) Manager Tony Stavri | Ground Goffs Lane, Cheshunt Chairman Reg Curtis Founded 1901 | |
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Full name Eton Manor Football Club League Essex Senior Football League | ||
Eton Manor Football Club is a football club based in Hertfordshire, Essex. The club are currently members of the Essex Senior League and groundshare at Broxbourne Borough's Goffs Lane ground.
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History
The club was established in 1901 as a sports club for the youth of the East End of London. They joined Division One of the London League in 1933 and won the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 1937–38 the club won the Premier Division title. After World War II the league resumed in 1945 with Eton Manor placed in the Eastern Division, before becoming members of the Premier Division for the 1946–47 season. They were runners-up in 1948–49 and won back-to-back Premier Division titles in 1952–53 and 1953–54. A fourth Premier Division title followed in 1955–56 and the club were runners-up in 1957–58.
In 1959 Eton Manor were founder members of the Aetolian League, joining Division One. When this merged with the London League to form the Greater London League in 1964, the club were placed in the 'A' section, which they won in its inaugural season, earning a place in the league's Premier Division for the 1965–66 season. They were runners-up in 1966–67 and 1967–68, and after the league split into two divisions in 1970, they finished as runners-up in in the Premier Division 'B' section in 1970–71. In 1971 the league merged with the Metropolitan League to form the Metropolitan–London League, with Eton Manor placed in Division One. In 1975 Eton Manor joined the Essex Senior League, where they have remained since. In 2007–08 they won the Essex Senior League Cup, beating Concord Rangers 3–2 in the final.
Ground
The club played at several different venues in their early years before settling at "The Wilderness" at Hackney Marshes.