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Feltham Football Club was a semi-professional
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club in
Feltham Feltham () is a town in West London, England, from Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it became part of the London Borough of Hounslow in 1965. The parliamentary constituency of Feltham and Heston has been held by Labour Party MPs ...
,
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, England.


History

The club was established in 1946 when Hanworth Corinthians, who had been founded at the start of
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were renamed Tudor Park.Club History
Tudor Park History A Tudor Park had previously been formed in the mid-1930s, but was dissolved after two seasons. The new club began in Sunday league, joining the West Middlesex Sunday League. In 1949 they entered Saturday football, joining the Staines & District League. The club went on to win the league and cup double in 1950–51. Later in the 1950s the club transferred to the Hounslow & District League. They were runners-up in the Premier Division in 1956–57 and 1957–58, after which the club joined the
Parthenon League The Parthenon League was a football league covering Greater London and the surrounding area. History The league was formed in 1951 with 11 clubs, nine of which had come from the Middlesex Senior League.Surrey Senior League The Surrey Senior League was an English regional football league for teams based in Surrey although teams from outside the county were often admitted as well. The league existed from 1922 until 1978, when it was rebranded as the Home Counties Leagu ...
. They were league runners-up in 1965–66, and after finishing third in 1967–68, transferred to 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 establish ...
, where they remained for four seasons before moving to Division Two of the
Athenian League The Athenian League was an English amateur football league for clubs in and around London. The league was originally to be called the Corinthian League,Athenian Football League minutes 1912-1921 (National Football Museum, Preston). but this nam ...
. In 1977 Feltham joined Division Two of 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 ...
. After winning the division in 1980–81, they were promoted to Division One. However, they were relegated to Division One South at the end of the 1983–84 season after finishing bottom of the table. They won the
Southern Combination Challenge Cup The Southern Combination Challenge Cup is a football competition contested by non-league clubs. An independent cup, it was directly affiliated to the Football Association until 2015, when a change in FA Rules required such competitions to affili ...
in both 1986–87 and 1987–88, and were runners-up in 1990–91. In 1991 the club merged with
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to form Feltham & Hounslow Borough, which was later renamed Feltham.


Ground

The club initially played at Rectory Meadow in
Hanworth Hanworth is a district of West London, England. Historically in Middlesex, it has been part of the London Borough of Hounslow since 1965. Hanworth adjoins Feltham to the northwest, Twickenham to the northeast and Hampton to the southeast, with S ...
, later relocating to the Ordnance Depot in Feltham. They subsequently moved to the Glebelands Playing Fields and then the Feltham Sports Arena.


Honours

*Isthmian League **Division One champions 1980–81 *Southern Combination Challenge Cup **Winners 1986–87, 1987–88 *Staines & District League **Champions 1950–51 **League Cup winners 1950–51


Records

*Best
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performance: Third qualifying round, 1977–78, 1982–83 *Best
FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...
performance: First qualifying round, 1974–75, 1982–83 *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 footbal ...
performance: Third round, 1975–76 *Record attendance: 1,938 vs
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, Middlesex Senior Cup, 1972–73Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) ''Non-League Club Directory 2013'', p632


See also

* Feltham F.C. players


References

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