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Witney United F.C.
Witney Town F.C. (known at various times as Witney F.C., Witney United F.C. and Witney Town A.F.C.) is a football club in Witney, Oxfordshire. The club was founded in 1885 (as Witney Football Club) and adopted the name Witney Town in 1922. The club's most successful period was in the 1970s and 80s when they competed in the Southern League Premier Division, finishing 5th in 1983–84. The club folded in 2001, but a Phoenix club (sports), phoenix club arose under the name Witney United in 2002 and obtained the lease of the former club's ground. The club readopted the Witney Town name in 2011, but was dissolved during the 2012–13 Hellenic Football League, 2012–13 season while playing in the Hellenic Football League, Hellenic League Premier Division. Witney Town re-formed for the 2024–25 season, and won the title of the . They will compete in Division One for the 2025–26 season. History 1885–1922: Early years as Witney F.C. The club was founded in 1885 as Witney Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witney
Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford. History The Toponymy, place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is as ''Wyttannige'' in a Saxon charter of 969. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as ''Witenie'', in the ancient Hundred_(county_division), hundred of Bampton. The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin was originally Norman architecture, Norman. The north porch and north Aisle#Architecture, aisle were added in this style late in the 12th century, and survived a major rebuilding in about 1243. In this rebuilding the present chancel, transepts, Bell tower, tower and spire were added and the nave was remodelled, all in the Early English Period, Early English style. In the 14th century a number of side chapels and some of the present windows were added in the English Gothic architecture#Elements of the Decora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Football League
The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system. The structure of the Southern League has changed several times since its formation in 1894, and currently there are 87 clubs which are divided into four divisions. The Central and South Divisions are at step 3 of the National League System (NLS), and are feeder divisions, mainly to the National League South but also to the National League North. Feeding the Premier Divisions are two regional divisions, Division One Central and Division One South, which are at step 4 of the NLS. These divisions are in turn fed by various regional leagues. The league has its administrative head office at Eastgate House in Gloucester. History Football in the south of England Professional football (and, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987–88 Southern Football League
The 1987–88 Southern Football League season was the 85th in the history of the league, an English football competition. Aylesbury United won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the Football Conference, whilst Chatham Town, Paget Rangers and Shepshed Charterhouse left the league at the end of the season. Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs: *Two clubs promoted from the Midland Division: ** Leicester United ** VS Rugby *Two clubs promoted from the Southern Division: ** Ashford Town (Kent) ** Dorchester Town *Plus: ** Nuneaton Borough, demoted from the Football Conference ** Burton Albion, transferred from the Northern Premier League League table Midland Division The Midland Division expanded up to 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs: *Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division: ** Dudley Town **King's Lynn *Plus: ** Atherstone United, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bromwich Albion F
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''vest'' in Romanian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος Hesperus, hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin Occident, occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maarav) 'west' from עֶרֶב (erev) 'evening'. West is sometimes abbreviated as W. Naviga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Atkinson
Ronald Frederick Atkinson (born 18 March 1939) is an English former football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Ron", he was regarded as one of Britain's best-known football pundits in the 1990s and early 2000s. Nicknamed "The Tank" during his playing career, he represented Oxford United for twelve years, and still holds the club record for appearances. As a manager, he won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1983 and 1985 and the Football League Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1991 and Aston Villa in 1994. Early life and playing career Atkinson was born in Liverpool in the Old Swan area of the city with his brother Graham Atkinson who was also a professional footballer. After a few years his family moved to Shard End (then in Warwickshire, now an area of Birmingham). He attended Lea Village Secondary School. After beginning his career as a ground staff boy at Wolverhampton Wanderers, he was signed by Aston Villa from works team BSA Tools at the age of 17, but never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Forest F
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and Smoking in the United Kingdom, tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, Nottingham had a reported population of 323,632. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands. Its Functional Urban Area, the largest in the East Midlands, has a population of 919,484. The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Francis
Trevor John Francis (19 April 1954 – 24 July 2023) was an English footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player following his transfer from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest. He scored the winning goal for Forest in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmö. He won the European Cup again with the club the following year. At international level, he played for England 52 times between 1976 and 1986, scoring 12 goals, and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Between 1988 and 2003, Francis was manager of Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City and Crystal Palace. Early life and education Trevor John Francis was born on 19 April 1954 in Plymouth, Devon. His father, Roy, was a shift foreman with the local gas board and played football semi-professionally, his mother, Phyllis, did part-time sewing and tailoring, and he had t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983–84 Southern Football League
The 1983–84 Southern Football League season was the 81st in the history of the league, an English football competition. Dartford won the Premier Division, winning their fourth Southern League title and were promoted to the Alliance Premier League, while Shepshed Charterhouse, Willenhall Town and Road-Sea Southampton were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in their history along with Crawley Town, who returned after 15 seasons. Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs: *Two clubs promoted from the Midland Division: **Cheltenham Town ** Sutton Coldfield Town *Two clubs promoted from the Southern Division: ** Fisher Athletic **Folkestone *Plus: **King's Lynn, transferred from the Northern Premier League League table Midland Division The Midland Division expanded up to 20 clubs, including 12 clubs from the previous season and eight new clubs: *Two clubs joined from the Midl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985–86 Southern Football League
The 1985–86 Southern Football League season was the 83rd in the history of the league, an English football competition. Welling United won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the Football Conference, whilst RS Southampton and Oldbury United left the league at the end of the season. Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs: *Two clubs promoted from the Midland Division: ** Aylesbury United ** Dudley Town *Two clubs promoted from the Southern Division: ** Basingstoke Town ** Gosport Borough *Plus: **Worcester City, relegated from the Alliance Premier League The Premier Division was to be expanded in the next season so only two clubs were to be relegated this season, though after RS Southampton resigned from the league, only Gravesend & Northfleet was relegated. League table Midland Division The Midland Division consisted of 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hastings United F
Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west at Senlac Hill in 1066. It later became one of the medieval Cinque Ports. In the 19th century, it was a popular seaside resort, as the railway allowed tourists and visitors to reach the town. Hastings remains a popular seaside resort and is also a fishing port, with the UK's largest beach-based fishing fleet. The town's estimated population was 91,100 in 2021. History Early history The first mention of Hastings is from the late 8th century in the form ''Hastingas''. This is derived from the Old English tribal name ''Hæstingas'', meaning 'the constituency (followers) of Hæsta'. Symeon of Durham records the victory of Offa in 771 over the ''Hestingorum gens'', that is, "the people of the Hastings tribe." Hastingleigh in Kent was named after that tribe. The pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984–85 Southern Football League
The 1984–85 Southern Football League season was the 82nd in the history of the league, an English football competition. Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs: *Two clubs promoted from the Midland Division: ** Shepshed Charterhouse ** Willenhall Town *Two clubs promoted from the Southern Division: **Crawley Town ** Road-Sea Southampton *Plus: ** Trowbridge Town, relegated from the Alliance Premier League League table Midland Division The Midland Division consisted of 19 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs: *Hednesford Town, joined from the West Midlands (Regional) League *Stourbridge, relegated from the Premier Division * Sutton Coldfield Town, relegated from the Premier Division League table Southern Division The Southern Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs: * Dorchester Town, relegated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982–83 Southern Football League
The 1982–83 Southern Football League season was the 80th in the history of the league, an English football competition. This season saw the reintroduction of the Premier Division. AP Leamington won the Premier Division, winning their first Southern League title, whilst Kidderminster Harriers was promoted to the Alliance Premier League. Cheltenham Town, Folkestone, Sutton Coldfield Town, Fisher Athletic were all promoted to the Premier Division, the last two for the first time in their history. Premier Division The Premier Division was reformed and consisted of the best clubs from the Midland and the Southern divisions. It also featured three new clubs, relegated from the Alliance Premier League: * AP Leamington *Dartford * Gravesend & Northfleet At the end of the season Enderby Town changed name to Leicester United. League table Midland Division After the Premier Division reintroduction at the end of the previous season, the Midland Division consisted of 17 clubs, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
