Rochester United F.C.

Rochester United
Full name Rochester United Football Club
Founded 1982
Ground Rochester United Sports Ground, Strood
Chairman David Archer
Manager Matt Hume
League Southern Counties
East League
2014–15 Southern Counties
East League, 20th
The club's badge as Bly Spartans

Rochester United F.C. is an English football club located in Strood, in Kent. The club are members of the Southern Counties East League and play at the Rochester United Sports Ground.

History

The club was founded in 1982 as Templars and joined the Sunday Medway Football League.[1] There they changed their name to Bly Spartans and played for 15 years before being promoted to the Senior Division.[1][2] In 1997, the club successfully applied to join the Rochester and District Football League Division One. The following season they won the title and were promoted to the Premier Division.[1] They were accepted into the Kent County Football League in 2000, being placed into the Division Three West.[1] After two successive promotions as runners-up the club was in Division One West by 2003.[1] In the 2006–07 season they finished runners-up, and the following season, after being transferred to Division One East, won the title as well as two cup competitions and were promoted to the Premier Division.[1][3] The club achieved Chartered Status in 2009 and installed floodlights in 2010, leading to their successful application to become founder members of the Kent Invicta League, at level 10 of the English football league system for the first time.[1][4]

In 2012, they became the inaugural champions of the Kent Invicta League and gained promotion to the Kent League.[5] In May 2012 the club announced that they had sought permission to rename themselves Rochester United from the start of the 2012–13 season.[2]

Ground

Rochester United play their home games at Rochester United Sports Ground, Rede Court Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 3TU.

Colours

Rochester United's colours are red and black shirts, black shorts and socks.[6][7] The away kit is all white.[6]

Honours

Records

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bly Spartans history – Official website Accessed 22 December 2011
  2. 1 2 "New Name and Manager For Bly". NonLeagueDaily.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kent County Football League list of winners and runners up
  4. ↑ Non League Matters – Kent Invicta League
  5. ↑ FA Full Time – Kent Invicta League 2011–12 Accessed 1 May 2012
  6. 1 2 Kent Invicta League official website – Bly Spartans
  7. ↑ Bly Spartans official website – Gallery
  8. 1 2 Rochester United at the Football Club History Database

External links

Coordinates: 51°23′57″N 0°28′02″E / 51.399139°N 0.467197°E / 51.399139; 0.467197

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