Hardwicke A.F.C. are an amateur

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club from Hardwicke, near

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, in

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. The club was formed in 1933 and currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the

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History

In the 1960s the first team played in the Northern Senior League, followed by a period in the

Stroud & District League The Stroud and District Football League is a football competition based in England. The league was established in 1902 and is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. It has a total of six divisions with the highest, Division One, sitting a ...

. Come the 1980s the club played at Hardwicke Playing Fields and when in 1983–84 the team won the First Division of the Stroud League new changing rooms were built on the end of the Village Hall. This allowed the club to be

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to the Second Division of the

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. After four seasons in 1988 the team were promoted to the First Division and consistently finished in the top half of the First Division. In 1998 they were promoted to the

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. In the 2007–08 season Hardwicke earned promotion to the Hellenic League after winning the County League. Hardwicke made it back-to-back promotions the next season as they won the Hellenic League Western Division and earned promotion to the Premier Division as champions. However, because of ground regulations Hardwicke failed to move to the Premier Division and so decided to resign from the League altogether before the starting of the 2009–10 season.

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The 1st team play in the Gloucestershire County League. The Reserves play in Stroud League Division 2. The 3rd team play in Stroud League Division 3.

Honours

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Western Division **Champions 2008–09 *Gloucestershire County League **Champions 2007–08 *Stroud League **Champions 1983–84

External links

Hardwicke A.F.C. Official Website

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