Oxhey Jets Football Club is an English semi-professional

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club based in

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- a suburb of

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, Hertfordshire. Founded by John R Elliott BEM, their General Manager. They currently compete in the

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Division one and play their home matches at The Boundary Stadium on Altham Way. The club is affiliated to the Hertfordshire Football Association.

History

Oxhey Jets Football Club was formed in 1972 as a youth team, before progressing into a senior team in the early 1980s. The Jets joined the

Herts Senior County League The Hertfordshire Senior County League is a association football, football competition based in Hertfordshire, England. Founded in 1898, there are currently two divisions at senior level and four divisions at reserve and development level. Sittin ...

in 1981, competing in Division One. After gaining promotion in 1989, the club spent fifteen seasons in the Premier Division before being rewarded with a place in the

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in 2004. The 2004–05 season saw The Jets gain their second successive promotion when they became

Division One champions. As a result of competing in the Premier Division in the 2005–06 season, they were able to make their debut in the

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. Unfortunately, The Jets lost at home to Lowestoft Town in the preliminary round. In February 2012, Oxhey Jets became only the second ever

club to reach the final of the

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, when they overcame

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in the semi-final. They were beaten 7–2 in the final by

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. Having spent 18 years as part of the Spartan South Midlands League, in May 2022 Oxhey Jets were unexpectedly shuffled sideways into the

Premier Division North from the 2022–23 season.

Honours

League

Division One : ** Champions: 2004–05 *

Premier Division: ** Champions: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03 ** Runners-up: 2003–04

Cup

: ** Finalists: 2011–12 *

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: ** Winners: 2001–02, 2004–05, 2019–20 (shared) *Hertfordshire Charity Shield: ** Winners: 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13 ** Finalists: 2023–24 *

Premier Division Cup: ** Finalists: 2006–07 *

Division One Cup: ** Finalists: 2004–05 *

Senior Floodlit Cup: ** Finalists: 2008–09, 2012–13 *West Herts St Mary's Cup: ** Winners: 2011–12, 2013–14 ** Finalists: 2007–08, 2009–10 *Aubrey Cup: ** Winners: 2001–02, 2002–03

Records

*League: 3rd (

Premier Division), 2012–13 *

: 2nd Qualifying Round, 2006–07, 2011–12 *

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: 3rd Round, 2006–07, 2012–2013 *Attendance: 376 v Hendon (

2nd Qualifying Round), 2011–12

References

External links

Website

- The Altham Way Ultras - Website (Oxhey Jets Supporters Group)

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