Nickname(s) The Moor Chairman Phillip Mullins Manager Marcus Richardson | Ground Capacity 2,000 (162 seating) Arena/Stadium Palmer Park Stadium Founded 2001 | |
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Full name Highmoor Ibis Football Club Ground Rivermoor Stadium
Reading 2015–16 Hellenic League Premier Division, 11th League Hellenic Football League Premier Division | ||
Highmoor Ibis Football Club is a football club, who are currently members of the Hellenic League Premier Division who play their home games at the Rivermoor Stadium in Reading.
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History
The club were formed in 2001 as a merger of Highmoor F.C., who had enjoyed moderate success in the Reading Thames and Kennet leagues, and Ibis F.C. who had played for many years in the Reading Football League after leaving the former Chiltonian League at the end of the 1990–91 season.
As a combined side, Highmoor Ibis F.C. did not finish below 4th place in the Reading Football League for most of the 2000s, and won promotion to the Hellenic League Division One East for the 2011–12 season. As part of gaining promotion the club had to leave its home of the Ibis club in Scours Lane, as their ground did not have floodlights or a suitable stand for spectators, so they moved to Palmer Park Stadium. The club in its first season in the Hellenic League gained promotion to the Premier Division by finishing as runners up in Division One East. In the 2012-13 season the club made their debut in the FA Vase losing their first ever game in the competition 3-1 to Wokingham & Emmbrook.
Ground
After leaving Scours Lane in 2011, Highmoor Ibis started playing their home games at Palmer Park Sport Stadium. The ground has a 780 capacity stand and floodlights. After some much-needed improvements, Highmoor Ibis returned to Scours Lane for the 2016-17 season. In the summer of 2016, the club renamed Scours Lane to The Rivermoor Stadium. Highmoor Ibis played their first match at their newly renamed stadium against Bagshot Lea. The Moor won the match 2-1, with Mo Davies becoming the first player to score at The Rivermoor Stadium. The ground has a capacity of 2,000, with a 162 seated stand.