Oakengates Athletic Football Club was a

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based in

Oakengates Oakengates is a historic market town and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The town's parish population was recorded as 8,517 in the 2001 census. Etymology The name is not derived from "oak" or "gates" b ...

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History

Earliest records of Oakengates Town are from as early as 1886–87 when they lifted the Shropshire Junior Cup. In 1923–24 they entered the

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. A cup win was soon to follow in the 1926–27 season when they lifted the

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. The reserves were also successful in these times with a win in the Junior Cup in 1928–29. The first team won the

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in 1929–30 beating

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3–1 and nearly won the Birmingham and District League in 1930–31 only to lose the title on goal difference. They went on to lift the Shropshire Senior Cup again in season 1930–31 and retained it in 1931–32. Oakengates won the Commander Ethelston Cup in season 1978–79, a feat which they repeated in the 1988–89 season. They won a Shropshire County League and cup double in the 1978–79 season and retained the cup in the 1979–80 season. A sole County Cup win was achieved in 1992–93. In the 1995–96 season Oakengates Town won a Shropshire County League and Cup double again. At the start of the 2005–06 season the club was in serious debt, the clubhouse was derelict through

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and neglect and Oakengates Town was near extinction. A few locals decided to retain the history of the club and save it. The club was renamed Oakengates Athletic and moved away from its old ground in Oakengates (School Grove) to a new ground at Hadley via a short stay at Oakengates Athletic Stadium. The club were champions of the

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in 2013–2014, 2016–17 and 2017–18. In the summer of 2018 they merged into Wellington Amateurs.Wellington Amateurs are aiming high after Athletic merger
Shropshire Star, 18 June 2018

Managers

Honours

*Shropshire Premier League **Champions 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 *Shropshire County League **Premier Division champions 1978–79, 1995–96, 2016–18, 2017–18 **Premier Division Cup winners 1978–79, 1979–80, 1995–96, 2017–18 *Commander Ethelston Cup winners 1977–78, 1988–89 *

**Winners 1926–27, 1930–31, 1931–32 *

**Winners 1929–30 *Shropshire County Cup **Winners 1992–93, 2016–17, 2017–18 *Shropshire Junior Cup **Winners 1886–87, 2011–12

References

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External links

Official website
Defunct football clubs in England Association football clubs established in 1886 1886 establishments in England West Midlands (Regional) League Sport in Telford Mercian Regional Football League Shropshire County Premier Football League Association football clubs disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in England Defunct football clubs in Shropshire