Catholic United Football Club is a football club based in

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Len Forge Centre.

History

Prior to Catholic United forming in 1959, Southend Catholic and Catholic Athletic represented the

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community in

. In 1968, Catholic United adopted green and white hoops after requesting a set of kits from Scottish club

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. Ahead of the 2009–10 season, the club joined the

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from the Southend Borough Combination. Between 2014–15 and 2016–17, Catholic United achieved three consecutive promotions in the Essex Olympian League system, winning the Premier Division in their debut season in 2017–18. Catholic United entered the

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for the first time in 2019–20.

Ground

In 2020, after groundsharing with Bowers & Pitsea at the Len Salmon Stadium, Catholic United moved to the Len Forge Centre in

League Honours

*Essex Olympian League **Division Three Champions 2014–15 **Division Two Champions 2015–16 **Division One runners-up 2016–17 **Premier Division Champions 2017–18 *Southend Borough Combination League **Premier Division Champions 1968–69, 69–70 **Division One Champions 1964–65 **Division Two Champions 1927-28 (as Catholic Athletic), 70–71 **Division Three Champions 1962–63, 68–69

Cups & Trophies

**Anagram Records Trophy Winners 2017–18, 18–19 **Frank Walton Cup Winners 1966–67, 67–68 **EJ Gladwin Memorial Cup Winners 1970–71, 71–72, 72–73 **The Chautard Cup Winners 1999–00 **The Ken Cater Cup Winners 1986–87 **The Pete Simmonds Trophy Winners 1989–90, 90–91, 91–92, 93–94 **John Mitchell Cup Winners 1928-29 (as Catholic Athletic)

Records

*Best

performance: Second qualifying round, 2019–20

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Catholic United F.C. Association football clubs established in 1959 1959 establishments in England Football clubs in England Football clubs in Essex Sports clubs and teams in Southend-on-Sea Southend Borough Combination Essex Olympian Football League