Langford Football Club is a
football club based in
Langford, Bedfordshire, England. Affiliated to the
Bedfordshire Football Association
The Bedfordshire Football Association, also simply known as ''Bedfordshire FA'', is the governing body of football in the county of Bedfordshire, England. Founded in 1894, the Bedfordshire FA run a number of cups at different levels for teams ...
, they are currently members of the and play at Forde Park.
History
After a decade of the village team playing friendly matches against other local villages, Langford Football Club was established in 1908. They joined the Biggleswade & District Junior League, playing their first match on 12 September against Shefford Town and winning 6–2.
[History]
Shefford Town F.C. In 1910–11 they were runners-up in the league and went on to finish second in three of the next four seasons and won the Bedfordshire Junior Cup in 1913–14.
[ The club later joined the Bedford & District League and were Division One champions in 1931–32.][ In 1949–50 they won the league title again, as well as the Britannia Cup.][2012–13 Handbook]
Bedfordshire Football League
In 1951 Langford moved up to Division One of the South Midlands League.[South Midlands League 1950–1966]
Non-League Matters A third-place finish in 1954–55 saw them promoted to the Premier Division, but they were relegated back to Division One at the end of the following season.[ The club pulled out of the league at the end of the 1956–57 season, but returned in 1958.][ they were promoted back to the Premier Division.]
Non-League Matters[ Another third-place finish in Division One in 1972–73 resulted in promotion back to the Premier Division.][ The 1972–73 season also saw them win the Junior Cup, and the following season they won the league's Challenge Trophy, which they won again in 1975–76.][Club Honours]
Langford F.C.
Langford remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 1979–80 season, when they finished bottom and were relegated to Division One. They were promoted back to the Premier Division after finishing third in Division One in 1984–85.[ In 1988–89 they were Premier Division champions and won the League Trophy.][ In 1997 the South Midlands League merged with the ]Spartan League
The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League.
History
The Spartan League was establi ...
to form the Spartan South Midlands League
The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering Hertfordshire, northwest Greater London, central Buckinghamshire and southern Bedfordshire. It is a feeder to the Southern Football League or the Isthmian League, ...
, with Langford placed in the Premier Division North. After they finished bottom of the division in the new league's inaugural season, they were demoted to the Senior Division for the following season. In 2001 the division was renamed Division One.
In 2003–04 Langford won the Division One Cup, and after finishing the season as Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They were relegated back to Division One at the end of the 2010–11 season after finishing bottom of the Premier Division.[
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Ground
After World War I
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the club played at Vicarage End. In 1925 they moved to the Leys, but returned to Vicarage End in 1935 when the site was used for housing.[ The club moved to the King George V Memorial Playing Fields in 1949. In 1984 they moved again, this time to Forde Park. In 2007 a 106-seat stand was erected and a covered terrace with capacity for 100 was opened the following year.][
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Honours
*Spartan South Midlands League
**Division One Cup winners 2003–04, 2016/17
*South Midlands League
**Premier Division champions 1988–89
**League Trophy winners 1988–89
**Challenge Trophy winners 1973–74, 1975–76, 1994–95
*Bedford & District League
**Division One champions 1931–32, 1949–50
**Britannia Cup winners 1949–50
*Bedfordshire Intermediate Cup
**Winners 1968–69
*Bedfordshire Junior Cup
**Winners 1913–14, 1972–73 Junior Challenge Cup finals 1938–2015
Bedfordshire FA
*North Bedfordshire Charity Cup
**Winners 1927–28, 1930–31, 1969–70, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2007–08[
*Biggleswade & District Knock-Out Cup
**Winners 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1994–95, 2013–14][
*Hinchingbrooke Cup
**Winners 1972–73][
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Records
*Best FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...
performance: First qualifying round, 1993–94, 1995–96[
*Best ]FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...
performance: Second round, 1995–96[
*Record attendance: 450 vs ]Queens Park Rangers
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, friendly, 1985[
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References
External links
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Bedfordshire
1908 establishments in England
Association football clubs established in 1908
Bedfordshire County Football League
South Midlands League
Spartan South Midlands Football League
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