Little Oakley Football Club is a football club based in
Little Oakley, Essex
Little Oakley is a village in Essex, England, on the western outskirts of Harwich. The parish population at the 2011 census was 1,171.
It is the site of a fourth-century Roman villa, excavated between 1951 and 1975.
Just north-east of the vil ...
, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Memorial Ground.
History
Despite evidence of a football club in Little Oakley prior to
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
, the club were founded in 1947 as Little Oakley War Memorial. In 1974, the club changed their name to the current guise of Little Oakley.
The club was promoted as champions of the
Essex and Suffolk Border League
The Essex and Suffolk Border Football League is a football competition based in England. The league has a total of four divisions headed by the Premier Division which sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The top club may ...
in 2017, joining the
Eastern Counties League
The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffol ...
. It was the club's fifth Premier Division title.
In 2021 the club were promoted to the
Essex Senior League
The Essex Senior Football League is an English men's football league. It contains clubs from the Essex FA, Hertfordshire FA, London FA, Middlesex FA and the Amateur Football Alliance. It is a feeder league to Division One North of the Isthm ...
based on their results in the abandoned
2019–20 and
2020–21 seasons.
Ground
Following the club's promotion to the Eastern Counties League, the War Memorial Ground required several upgrades. The ground was enclosed and the pitch surrounded with railing and hardstanding. Floodlights were installed, with a small covered stand built at the clubhouse end.
["Little Oakley", ''Groundtastic'', Autumn 2017, issue 90, p18]
Honours
*Essex and Suffolk Border League
**Premier Division champions 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2003–04, 2016–17
**Division One champions 1985–86
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Essex
Essex and Suffolk Border Football League
Eastern Counties Football League
Association football clubs established in 1947
1947 establishments in England
Essex Senior Football League