Westfields Football Club is a
football
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team from
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...
, England, formed in 1966 and currently playing in the . The club is affiliated to the
Herefordshire County FA
The Herefordshire Football Association, simply known as the ''Herefordshire FA'' or ''HFA'', is the governing body of football in the county of Herefordshire. It runs several league and cup competitions in the county.
Administration
The Hereford ...
.
History
Westfields FC were formed in November 1966 by a group of local youths who played friendlies on
Widemarsh Common. One of the youths, Andy Morris, is still involved with the club and is now its chief executive.
Westfields initially entered the Herefordshire Sunday League, where they played for ten years, winning a number of trophies. In 1973, they fielded their first Saturday team in the Worcester and District League. Two years later they moved their ground from the King George V playing fields to Thorn Lighting's Rotherwas headquarters where they gradually developed the ground over the subsequent years.
In 1978 the club stepped up to the
West Midlands (Regional) League
The West Midlands (Regional) League is an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Worcestershire, southern Staffordshire and northern Herefordshire. It has tw ...
, initially in Division Two. Promotion to Division One came in 1983–84, followed by a further step up to the Premier Division three years later.
The 2002–03 season saw the Fields do a league and county cup double, becoming the West Midlands Regional League Premier Division champions for the first time and defeating rivals
Kington Town to win the Herefordshire County Senior Challenge Cup. The title win saw them promoted to the Midland Alliance, where they finished sixth in their first season, although their second season saw them flirt with relegation before finishing in 20th position.
In the 2015–16 season, Westfields progressed through to the Herefordshire County Cup Final at
Edgar Street
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, but lost to newly-formed
Hereford F.C.
Hereford Football Club is an English association football club from the city of Hereford. They were founded in 2014 as a phoenix club for Hereford United, and inherited their Edgar Street stadium. They are nicknamed 'The Whites' after their pre ...
of the
Midland Football League
The Midland Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the football pyramid.
History
Th ...
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During the 2016–17 season they qualified for the first round of the
FA Cup
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for the first time in their history where they played
Curzon Ashton
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and were knocked out after losing 3–1 in a replay after drawing 1–1 initially at home.
Colours
Westfields took their claret and blue colours from
West Ham United
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, as its founders admired
Bobby Moore
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,
Martin Peters
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and
Sir Geoff Hurst
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, who were part of the
England squad that won the
World Cup in the year they were founded.
Ground
After playing for many years at the sports ground of
Thorn Lighting
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Thorn was founded when Sir Jules Thorn started The Electric Lamp Service Company Ltd, in 1928, dealing ...
on the Rotherwas Industrial Estate to the south of Hereford, Westfields began their first Midland Alliance campaign playing their home games at
Stourport Swifts' Walshes Meadow ground. Westfields moved to a new £250,000 ground in the heart of the city in December 2003. The new ground gained the rather unusual name of allpay.park after a sponsorship deal with Hereford-based firm allpay.net.
Current squad
Backroom staff
Club records
*Best league performance: 2nd in
Midland Football Alliance
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, 2011–12, 2012–13
*Best
FA Cup
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performance: First Round Proper, 2016–17
*Best
FA Vase
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performance: Fourth round, 1986–87, 2013–14
* Record attendance: 1825 against
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...
31 August 2015
References
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External links
Official website
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Association football clubs established in 1966
Midland Football Alliance
Football clubs in Herefordshire
1966 establishments in England
Midland Football League
West Midlands (Regional) League
Football clubs in England
Hellenic Football League