Yateley United Football Club is a football club based in

Yateley Yateley () is a town and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. It lies in the north-eastern corner of Hart District Council area, and is approximately 33 mi (53 km) southwest of Central London. It includes the settlements of Frogmo ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at Sean Devereux Park.

History

Yateley United F.C. was formed in 2013 through a merger of four local clubs: Yateley, Yateley Green, Yateley Youth and Beaulieu. Yateley F.C. began in 1902 playing in local leagues, and changed their name to Yateley Town in 1978. That year, they joined the new

Home Counties League The Home Counties League was a women's football league which was the highest level of play for teams in South East England. The league was established in 1970, on the initiative of the Amersham Angels team, which left the South East of England ...

, subsequently renamed the Combined Counties League. The club struggled in the league until they left in 1984. The club split into two in 1985, and a new club, Yateley Green, was formed. While Yateley Town dropped into the Aldershot Senior League, winning it in 2003, Yateley Green joined the

Hampshire League The Hampshire League was a football league in Hampshire, England. During its heyday its constitution consisted of four divisions with over 60 clubs taking part - this included a vast number of semi-professional teams and Reserve/’A’ sides o ...

. Yateley Green reached the Hampshire League Division One in 2000, and they competed near the bottom of that division until they dropped back to Division Two in 2003. They then joined the new Division Three of the

Wessex Football League The Wessex Football League, known as the Velocity Wessex Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English regional men's Association football, football league in southern England. Its members are primarily from Hampshire and Dorset, but c ...

in 2004–05. Yateley Green finished bottom in their first season and left the league. After dropping back to the Aldershot & District League, they joined the

Surrey Elite Intermediate League The Surrey Premier County Football League is a regional English football league for teams in south-west London, Surrey and neighbouring areas. It was founded in 2008. The league is at the 11th level of the English football league system and was ...

in 2012, winning it in their first season. Yateley Green then merged with the original Yateley club (renamed from Yateley Town), plus Beaulieu (formed in 1972) and Yateley Youth, to form Yateley United. Yateley United took Yateley Green's place in the Surrey Elite Intermediate League, but dropped down to the

Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) The Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) is one of the three intermediate football (soccer), football leagues which has most of its teams in the English county of Surrey and is the smaller of the two feeder leagues to the Surrey Premier Co ...

in 2017. After one season, they moved to Division Two of the Hellenic League. In 2021, they joined the Thames Valley Premier League, and in 2022–23, won the league with a 100% record. They were then promoted to Division One of the Combined Counties League ahead of the 2023–24 season.

Records

*Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English Nation ...

performance: First round, 2024–25

References

External links

Official website
{{Combined Counties League Association football clubs established in 2013 2013 establishments in England Football clubs in England Football clubs in Hampshire Combined Counties Football League