Ardley United F.C.
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| Full name | Ardley United Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | The Playing Fields, Ardley | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Norman Stacey | ||
| Manager | Paul Davis | ||
| League |
Hellenic Football League Premier Division | ||
| 2014–15 |
Hellenic Football League Premier Division, 8th | ||
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Ardley United F.C. is a football club based in Ardley, near Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. They are members of the Hellenic Football League Premier Division.
History
Founded in 1945, Ardley spent the majority of their early years in local competitions, primarily the Lord Jersey FA league and cup events. They stepped up in 1988 to the Oxfordshire Senior League and won Division One at the first attempt, gaining promotion to the Premier Division. Within two seasons, they had won that Division as well. The club stayed in the Oxfordshire league for two more seasons, until in 1993 they joined the Hellenic League.
Since joining the Hellenic League, they have won the Division One Championship twice and been runner-up twice more, until finally gaining promotion to the Premier Division in 2003. The previous basic nature of the club's ground had prevented promotion in previous years. After upgrading the facilities enough to be awarded the "Most Improved Ground" award from The Non-League Paper in 2005, the ground was also deemed acceptable for entry to the FA Vase for the first time. In 2008 they appointed the former Banbury United manager Kevin Brock (ex-Oxford United and Newcastle United) as manager. In September 2012, Ollie Stanbridge joined the club, (ex-Bumbury United), bringing with him (as quoted on the club website) "a wicked sense of humour to the dressing room!"
Ground
Ardley United play their home games at The Playing Fields, Oxford Road, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX27 7NZ.
Club honours
League honours
- Hellenic Football League Division One
- Winners (2): 1996–97, 1997–98
- Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Division One
- Winners (1): 1984–85
Other Club honours
- Edinburgh Fringe Rising Comedic Star
- Winner - Ollie Stanbridge: 2013-14
Cup honours
- Hellenic Football League Challenge Cup
- Winners (2): 2009–10, 2013–14
- Runners Up (1): 2010–11
- Hellenic Football League Division One Cup
- Winners (4): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
- Hellenic Football League Floodlit Cup[1]
- Winners (1): 2012-13
- Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Cup
- Winners (3): 1951–52, 1969–70, 1987–88
- Oxfordshire Intermediate Cup
- Winners (1): 1971–72
- Oxfordshire Senior Cup
- Winners (1): 2013–14
FA Competitions – best performances
References
- ↑ "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
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