Catholic United Football Club is a football club based in
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in south-eastern Essex, England. It lies on the nor ...
,
Essex
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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
Catholic
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community in
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in south-eastern Essex, England. It lies on the nor ...
. In 1968, Catholic United adopted green and white hoops after requesting a set of kits from Scottish club
Celtic
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Sports Foot ...
. Ahead of the
2009–10 season, the club joined the
Essex Olympian League 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
FA Vase
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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, at Eastwoodbury Lane in
Southend-on-Sea
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.
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
FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English Nation ...
performance: Second qualifying round,
2019–20
References
External links
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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