Fire United Christian Football Club was a football club based in

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, England. They played at the

Terence McMillan Stadium The Terence McMillan Stadium is a small athletics and football stadium in Plaistow, in the London Borough of Newham of East London, England. It is named after the first mayor of Newham, Terence McMillan.Terence McMillan StadiumThe Wycombe W ...

in Plaistow.

History

The club was founded in 2012 as Fire United Christian by Gustavo Ferreira, and is owned by the Yehoshua Ministries, a Christian group of which Ferreira is the founder. The club has a Christian ethos, with the club's motto being "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power", which appears on the club badge. The club mainly contains players from the Brazilian community in London. They joined Division One Central & East of the

Middlesex County League The Middlesex County Football League is a football competition based in England loosely drawing teams from the central, northern and western parts of Greater London. The league was founded in 1984 and initially had only one division, although ...

for the 2012–13 season. In 2013–14 the club were runners-up in the division. However, they finished bottom of the table the following season, and were inactive in 2015–16. After returning to Division One Central & East for the 2016–17 season, they won the Jim Rogers President's Division One Cup in 2017–18. The club subsequently successfully applied to join the new Division One South of the

Eastern Counties League The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suff ...

. The 2018–19 season saw the club enter the FA Vase for the first time. They resigned from the Eastern Counties League shortly before the start of the 2020–21 season.

Ground

The club initially played at the Westway Sports Centre in

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, before moving to the

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in Wood Green prior to the 2014–15 season. In 2018 they relocated to the

in Plaistow. The

has one stand with seats for 192 spectators.Terence McMillan Stadium
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accessdate: January 25, 2020 The stadium is named after the first Mayor of Newham.Terence McMillan Stadium

accessdate: January 25, 2020 The club shared the ground with Lopes Tavares.

Honours

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accessdate: January 21, 2020 **Jim Rogers President's Division One Cup winners (1) 2017–18

Records

*Highest league position: 19th in Eastern Counties League Division One South 2018–19 *Best FA Vase performance: First qualifying round 2018–19, 2019–20

References

External links

Official site
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