Frenford Football Club is a football club based in

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, England. Based at the Jack Carter Centre, they are currently members of the .

History

The football club was established during

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by the Frenford Sports and Social Club under the name Frenford Senior. They later joined the Ilford and District Football League, and were Premier Division champions in 1975–76. In 1995 the club joined Division Two of the Essex Intermediate League, going on to win the division at the first attempt and earning promotion to Division One. In 1997–98 Frenford were Division One runners-up. They won the league's Senior Cup in 1999–2000 and the Senior Challenge Cup the following season. The 2003–04 season saw them win the Essex Premier Cup and the Capital Counties Feeder League Trophy. They finished second in Division One again in 2004–05, after which the league was renamed the

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. The club were Division One runners-up for a third time the following season. In 2006–07 they won the Senior Challenge Cup, and from 2007 Division One was renamed Premier Division. Frenford were Premier Division runners-up in 2008–09. In 2010–11 the club won the Essex Premier Cup, and the following season saw them become Premier Division champions. They retained the title in 2012–13, also winning the Senior Cup and the Senior Challenge Cup. The club went on to win the Senior Challenge Cup again the following season and the Essex Premier Cup in 2015–16. In 2017 the club dropped Senior from their name, and the 2017–18 season saw them win the league's Senior Cup.Frenford Senior
Essex Olympian League They moved up to the newly-formed Division One South of the

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the following year.

Ground

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Frenford entered a groundsharing agreement at Bowers & Pitsea’s Len Salmon Stadium.Football Ground Map
Len Salmon Stadium, home to Bowers and Pitsea, Frenford, Catholic United - Football Ground Map
accessdate: January 21, 2020 The stadium has an artificial pitch, which was added in 2018.Echo
Legend Julian Dicks opens Bowers & Pitsea's Len Salmon Stadium Echo
accessdate: January 21, 2020 The stadium was named in 2000 after loyal club servant of forty years, Len Salmon died.History: , accessdate: January 21, 2020 Following the early abandonment of the 2019–20 season, due to the

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, Frenford confirmed the improvement of their existing facilities at the Jack Carter Centre in

Honours

*Essex Olympian League **Premier Division champions 2011–12, 2012–13 **Division Two champions 1995–96 **Senior Cup winners 1999–2000, 2012–13, 2017–18 **Senior Challenge Cup winners 2000–01, 2006–07, 2012–13, 2013–14 *Essex Premier Cup **Winners 2003–04, 2010–11, 2015–16 *Capital Counties Feeder League Trophy ** Winners 2003–04, 2007–08 *Ilford & District League **Premier Division champions 1975–76

Records

*Highest league position: 1st in

Division One South, 2022–23

References

External links

*www.frenfordfc.co.uk (official club website) {{Eastern Counties League Football clubs in England Football clubs in London Association football clubs established in 1942 1942 establishments in England Ilford and District Football League Essex Olympian Football League Eastern Counties Football League Sport in the London Borough of Redbridge