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Swindon Spitfires W.F.C.
Swindon Spitfires Football Club is an English Association football, football club from Swindon, Wiltshire. The women's first team are members of the South West Regional Women's Football League Division One East, train at New College, Swindon and play their home matches in nearby Watchfield, Vale of White Horse. Founded in 1967, they are one of the oldest extant women's and girls' football clubs in England. The club also runs a reserve team and several age-group teams in its youth system. In 2011 the club launched an associated men's team, who compete in the local Swindon & District League. History Early years In 1967 the club was formed by female Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town supporters, who had been in the club's marching band but decided that they wanted to play football. When they watched Swindon Town playing at Watford F.C., Watford, they were invited to the chairman's lounge at Vicarage Road. It was the Watford chairman who suggested that they call themselves Swindon Spitfir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watchfield
Watchfield is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse in on the edge of southwest Oxfordshire, southern England, about southeast of Highworth in neighbouring Wiltshire. Watchfield is about north of the village of Shrivenham. Both villages used to be on the main road between Oxford and Swindon, which is now the A420 road. The Vale of White Horse was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes administratively transferred it to Oxfordshire. Toponym Watchfield's toponym evolved from the Old English ''Wacenesfield'' in the 8th century ''via'' ''Wachenesfield'' in the 11th century, ''Wachenfeud'' in the 13th century, and ''Wachfeld'', ''Wasshyngfeld'' and ''Watchyingfeld'' in the 16th century before reaching its present form.Page & Ditchfield, 1921, pages 531-543 Churches Watchfield was originally part of the Church of England parish of Shrivenham and therefore villagers were required to worship there at St. Andrew's parish church. The Church of England parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
