Old Woodstock Town F.C.

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Ground Capacity 1,000 Manager John Paul Hannaway		Chairman James Newton Founded 1998

Full name Woodstock Town Football Club Ground New Road, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1PD 2015–16 Hellenic League Division One East, 12th (transferred) League Hellenic Football League Division One West

Woodstock Town F.C. are a football club based in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. They currently play in the Hellenic League Division One West. The club is affiliated to the Oxfordshire County Football Association

History

They were formed in 1998 from a merger of Woodstock Town and Old Woodstock. Woodstock Town was playing in the Witney and District League during the 1911–12, with winning the competition in the same year. In 1950 they joined the Oxfordshire Senior Football League, winning the league eight times until their merger with Old Woodstock. Old woodstock were formed in 1920 and started playing for their first fifty years in the Witney & District league, winning it twice, before being promoted to the Oxfordshire Senior Football League in 1970.

In their first season as a merged club they won the Oxfordshire Senior Football League. This enabled them to join the Hellenic Football League Division One West for the 1999–2000 season. In the season 2007–08 they were runners up in the West division and were promoted to the Hellenic League Premier Division for the 2008–09 season. The club remained in the premier division until the end of the 2010–11 season, when despite finishing 9th they were demoted back to Division one west due to their ground failing to have floodlights. The 2010–11 campaign was also the season that the club made their debut in the FA Cup, making it to the second qualifying round before being knocked out by GE Hamble.

In their first season back in Division one West they finished as Runners-up, but were denied promotion due to their ground still not meeting the required standard for the Hellenic premier league.

The 2012-13 season saw the club reach the third round of the FA Vase, however they never got to contest this game against Colliers Wood United, as the FA expelled them from the competition as their New Road ground did not meet the criteria for this competition, and the club were not allowed to play games in the FA Vase at their old groundshare with North Leigh.

In 2016 the club changed its name from Old Woodstock Town to the present name.

Ground

Woodstock Town play their home games at New Road, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1PD.

Current squad

According to official club website:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

League honours

Hellenic Football League Division One West :

Runners-up (2): 2007–08, 2011–12

Oxfordshire Senior Football League:

Winners (10): 1954–55^†, 1966–67^†, 1977–78^†, 1978–79^†, 1982–83^†, 1986–87^†, 1987–88^†, 1988–89^†, 1989–90^‡, 1998–99

Runners-up (2): 1972–73^†, 1983–84^†

Oxfordshire Senior Football League Division One:

Runners-up (1): 1985–86^‡

Witney and District League:

Winners (3): 1911–12^†, 1948–49^‡, 1949–50^‡,

Cup honours

Oxfordshire Senior Cup:

Runners-up (1): 1953–54^†

Oxfordshire Charity Cup:

Winners (2): 1953–54^†, 1966–67^†

Clarendon Cup:

Winners (2): 1987–88^†, 1989–90^†

Runners-up (1): 1971–72^†

Presidents Cup:

Winners (3): 1984–85^†, 1988–89^‡, 1996–97^‡

Runners-up (2): 1981–82^†, 1983–84^†

Ben Turner Trophy:

Winners (1): 1989–90^†

Runners-up (1): 1984–85^‡

Archie Goddard Cup:

Winners (2): 1973–74^†, 1989–90^†

Witney and District League Senior Challenge Cup :

Winners (3): 1948–49^‡, 1955–56^‡, 1958–59^‡

^† Woodstock Town Honour

^‡ Old Woodstock Honour

Records

Highest League Position: 9th in Hellenic premier Division 2010–11

FA Cup best performance: Second qualifying round 2010–11

FA Vase best performance: Fourth round 2011–12

Highest Attendance: 258 vs Kidlington 27 August 2001

References

Old Woodstock Town F.C. Wikipedia

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