London Colney Football Club is a football club based in

London Colney London Colney () is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is located to the north of London, close to Junction 22 of the M25 motorway. It is near St Albans and part of the St Albans District. At the time of the 2001 census ...

, near

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. They are currently members of the and play at Cotlandswick Park.

History

The club was established in 1907 and joined the Mid-Herts League.About Us
London Colney F.C. In 1955 they moved up to Division One A of the

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. Following a third-place finish in their first season in the division, the club were promoted to the Premier Division. They went on to win the Premier Division title in 1956–57, and after finishing as runners-up in each of the next two seasons, were champions again in 1959–60. In 1971–72, a Herts Intermediate Cup match against

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on 6 November ended in a draw; the tie subsequently needed six replays before London Colney finally won 1–0 in the sixth replay on 17 December. The matches were recorded in the

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as the longest cup tie in football. The club went on to win the competition in 1974–75 and again in 1982–83. London Colney were Premier Division runners-up again in 1985–86 and were champions the following season. They won back-to-back titles in 1988–89 and 1989–90 (a season in which they also won the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy)County Competition winners
Herts FA before moving up to Division One of the

South Midlands League The South Midlands League was a football league covering Bedfordshire and some adjoining counties in England. It was founded in 1922 as the Bedfordshire County League and merged with the Spartan League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midla ...

in 1992. The club were Division One runners-up in 1992–93 and were promoted to the Senior Division. They were Senior Division runners-up and the following season and won the Herts Charity Shield for the first time. In 1994–95 the club won the Senior Division and the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy, earning promotion to the Premier Division. 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, ...

; London Colney were placed in the Premier Division North, and following a third-place finish in the league's inaugural season, secured a place in the Premier Division for the following season as the league underwent reorganisation. After winning the Herts Charity Shield again in 1998–99, they were Premier Division runners-up in 2000–01 and went on to win the league title and the Challenge Cup the following season. However, following a decline in form, the club finished bottom of the Premier Division in 2007–08 and were relegated to Division One. London Colney won the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy in 2009–10 and were Division One champions in 2011–12, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They were Premier Division runners-up in 2014–15 and 2015–16 before winning the league title and the league's Challenge Trophy in 2016–17. However, the club declined the opportunity of promotion to the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

Ground

The club played at White Horse Lane until 1976, when they moved to Cotlandswick Park, which had previously been the sports ground of

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. A breeze block stand was built on one side the pitch after the previous stand was destroyed by vandals in 1986. The new stand was later replaced by a seated stand.London Colney
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Rivalries

The club has a rivalry with neighbours

Colney Heath Colney Heath is a large village in Hertfordshire, England. The village became a civil parish in 1947 when the St. Peter Rural parish was split to form Colney Heath and London Colney. There is a converted windmill in the village. The civil pari ...

.Colney Heath stroll to Devine derby day win over London Colney
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Honours

*South Midlands League **Senior Division champions 1994–95 **Spartan South Midlands League **Premier Division champions 2001–02, 2016–17 **Division One champions 2011–12 **Challenge Trophy winners 2001–02, 2016–17 *Hertfordshire Senior County League **Premier Division champions 1956–57, 1959–60, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90 *Herts Senior Centenary Trophy **Winners 1989–90, 1994–95, 2009–10 *Herts Charity Shield **Winners 1993–94, 1998–99 *Herts Intermediate Cup **Winners 1974–75, 1982–83

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, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2016–17 *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: Fourth round, 1999–2000

References

External links

Official website
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