Bedfont & Feltham F.C.

Bedfont & Feltham
Full name Bedfont & Feltham Football Club
Nickname(s) The Yellows
Founded 2012
Ground The Orchard
Ground Capacity 2,100
Chairman Brian Barry
Manager John Cook
League Combined Counties League
Division One
2014–15 Combined Counties League
Division One, 5th
Website Club home page

Bedfont & Feltham Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Feltham, Middlesex, England. Established in 1946 as Tudor Park F.C., the club changed its name to Feltham in 1963 on being granted senior status. In 1981, they won Isthmian League Division Two. The club changed its name to Bedfont & Feltham in 2013. They are members of the Combined Counties League Division One. Johnny Haynes played for Feltham in his youth.

Old logo of Feltham F.C.

Season-by-season record

Season Division Position Notes
2013–14 Combined Counties League Division One 5
2014–15 Combined Counties League Division One 5

Ground

Bedfont & Feltham play their home games at The Orchard on Hatton Road, Bedfont.

Club History

Bedfont and Feltham FC was formed in May 2012 following the amalgamation of Feltham FC (formerly Tudor Park, founded in 1946) with landlords Bedfont Football and Social Club (originally founded pre-1900) to produce a senior side built to tackle the difficult competitiveness of Semi-Professional football.

As Feltham's 1st XI had already entered the FA Vase for season 2012-13 the club had to wait until the commencement of season 2013-14 to fully adopt the new name.

The Yellows' first season under the new banner showed evidence of a strong side both on and off the field. The club was amongst the front-runners throughout the early stages of the season, and finished in a respectable fifth place.

Bedfont & Feltham carried on where Feltham FC had left off the previous season - by winning the Middlesex County FA's Premier Cup beating one-time promotion hopefuls Staines Lammas 1-0 in the final. Despite this success, inaugural Manager Wayne Tisson announced his retirement at the end of 2013-14, stepping down to take a position on the club's committee.

This first season also saw the return of Youth football to The Orchard with Bedfont & Feltham fielding an Under 9’s, Under 11’s, Under 15’s and Under 18’s team.

Season 2014-15 saw a new Manager, Dean Thomas take the helm and the team started strongly once again; having their best run so-far in both the FA Cup and FA Vase competitions. Thomas had to call it a day by November due to work commitments so was replaced initially by a caretaker Manager – Louis Carder-Walcott who earned his wings over a couple of months, taking full control in early 2015.

The club finished fifth again in the league table and reached two cup finals; beating Worcester Park 4-3 on penalties to win the RPM Records Division One Challenge Cup; and losing 0-3 to Molesey in the final of the Southern Combination Challenge Cup.

The Youth set-up was expanded to cover all ages between Under 8’s through to Under 16’s plus a Sunday side competed in the Chiswick & District Sunday Football League.

For season 2015-16, the club restructured its First XI squad and has further evolved the Youth set-up with teams in the Under 8’s to Under 13’s and Under 17/18 age groups.

The club started strongly and for the second time in its short history made the First Round Qualifying in the FA Cup and the FA Vase competitions. Carder-Walcott was replaced in February 2016 by former Sheerwater and Frimley Green manager John Cook. Under Cook the club is holding its own in the final furlong of the season, currently in third place; still in with a good chance of promotion. The club is also proud to have reached the final of the RPM Records Division One Challenge Cup for the second consecutive season which is again versus Worcester Park.

Having been re-awarded the FA Charter Standard, and having re-secured Birds Eye as club sponsor the future continues to look bright for Bedfont & Feltham FC & Social Club.

Club Officials

Managers

Club Honours

Club Records - Season 2014-15

External links

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