Hackney Wick Football Club is a
football
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club in London, England. They are currently members of the and play at Spa Road in
Witham
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History
Bari Football Club was established in 1995 and played in the South Essex Football League until 1998.
[About Us]
Bari FC After leaving, the club joined Division One of the Asian League.
[ In 2011–12 the club won the Essex Corinthian Sunday Football League. They then successfully applied to join the ]Essex Senior League
The Essex Senior Football League is an English men's football league. It contains clubs from the Essex FA, Hertfordshire FA, London FA, Middlesex FA and the Amateur Football Alliance. It is a feeder league to Division One North of the Isthm ...
, adopting the name London Bari.[
In 2017 the club merged with ]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 ...
club Hackney Wick, who had been founded in 2015 and played at Mabley Green in Hackney. The merged club took the Hackney Wick name and London Bari's place in the Essex Senior League. In 2017–18 they finished bottom of the Essex Senior League and were relegated to the new Division One South of the Eastern Counties League
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Ground
After joining the Essex Senior League, London Bari started groundsharing with Clapton at the Old Spotted Dog Ground
The Old Spotted Dog Ground in Forest Gate is the oldest senior football ground in London. Clapton Community FC the fan-owned club purchased the ground in June 2020, having been initially awarded the lease.
The previous tenants Clapton FC ...
.[Clapton groundsharers Hackney Wick to quit the Old Spotted Dog]
Clapton News, 28 January 2018 The merged club continued playing at the ground. The club was due to move to the London Marathon Community Track stadium for the 2018–19 season,[ but ground issues put the move on hold and the club remained at the Old Spotted Dog Ground. In the opening weeks of the 2019–20 season, Hackney Wick, and fellow tenants Clapton, were forced to vacate the Old Spotted Dog due to issues at the ground. Hackney Wick subsequently entered a groundsharing agreement with Haringey Borough at Coles Park. On 23 July 2020, the club announced a groundsharing agreement with Witham Town at Spa Road.
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Records
*Best FA Cup
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performance: Preliminary round, 2018–19FA Vase
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performance: First round, 2016–17[
*Record attendance: 785 vs Clapton, Essex Senior League, 7 October 2017]
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in London
Football clubs in England
Association football clubs established in 1995
1995 establishments in England
Essex Senior Football League
Eastern Counties Football League
Spartan South Midlands Football League
Sport in the London Borough of Hackney
Hackney Wick
Hackney, London
Middlesex County Football League
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