Hinckley Athletic F.C. was an English

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club based in

Hinckley Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England. It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in the administrative county of Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughbor ...

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History

The club was formed as Hinckley United in 1906 after the dissolution of Hinckley Town. They played in the

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until 1914, when they joined the

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In 1925, a year after winning the Combination for the first time, they reached the last qualifying round of the

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in 1925, losing 0–3 to

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. They won their second Combination title in 1927. After the end of

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, the club changed its name to Hinckley Athletic. In 1955 they reached the 1st round proper of the

for the first time, eventually losing in the 2nd round to

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. In 1959 they moved to play in the Southern League, and in 1963 again reached the 2nd round of the FA Cup, this time losing out to

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. After a decade in the Southern League they moved back to the Combination, by now renamed the

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. In 1997 they merged with Hinckley Town to form Hinckley United.

References

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