Bedfont Town Football Club was a semi-professional
football club based in
Bedfont
Bedfont is a suburb in the London Borough of Hounslow, approximately west of Charing Cross. Originally a distinct village, Bedfont has a large central conservation area around Bedfont Green. The majority of the housing was built at a time of ...
,
Greater London,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
.
History
The club was established in 1965 as Bedfont Green, playing as a
Sunday league side in the West Middlesex Sunday Football League. In 1981 the club started playing Saturday football and joined the Hounslow & District League. Five years later they switched to the Woking & District League. They gained promotion to the
Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) in 2001. In 2004 they won the Premier Division title and were promoted to the
Combined Counties League
The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and sou ...
Division One. They finished second in their first season in the new league and gained promotion once again. In 2009 they won the Combined Counties Premier Division and were promoted into the
Southern League Division One South & West for the 2009–10 season.
The club changed their name to Bedfont Town in 2010 and played their home games at The Orchard, the former home ground of
Bedfont
Bedfont is a suburb in the London Borough of Hounslow, approximately west of Charing Cross. Originally a distinct village, Bedfont has a large central conservation area around Bedfont Green. The majority of the housing was built at a time of ...
, in a ground-share with
Feltham
Feltham () is a town in West London, England, from Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it became part of the London Borough of Hounslow in 1965. The parliamentary constituency of Feltham and Heston has been held by Labour Party ...
but folded in May 2012 after the club got into financial difficulties following the resignation of their chairman, and their landlords rejected a plan for the club to stay at The Orchard,
[Bedfont Town rise from the ashes](_blank)
/ref> thus leaving the Southern League Division One Central
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English foot ...
league, with the reserve team resigning from the Capital Reserves League.
Ground
The club initially played at Bedfont Recreation Ground (now home to Bedfont Sports) before moving to Ashford Recreation Ground on Clockhouse Lane, Ashford, where they remained until the 2000s. They then played at Avenue Park in Greenford
Greenford () is a suburb in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, England, lying west from Charing Cross. It has a population of 46,787 inhabitants, or 62,126 with the inclusion of Perivale.
Greenford is served by Greenford Station (L ...
(previously home to Viking Greenford), and shared with Yeading
Yeading ( ) is a settlement in west London, forming part of the London Borough of Hillingdon, having been developed after the Second World War.
Etymology
Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally ''Geddingas'' or ''Geddinges'', meaning "the ...
and Windsor & Eton before returning to Bedfont in 2010 to play at The Orchard, which they shared with Feltham
Feltham () is a town in West London, England, from Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it became part of the London Borough of Hounslow in 1965. The parliamentary constituency of Feltham and Heston has been held by Labour Party ...
. The phoenix club, founded in 2012, played at Clockhouse Lane before resigning from their league.
Honours
* Combined Counties League Premier Division:
Records
*Highest League Position:
Former players
1. Players that have played/Managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record.
*Charlie Ide
Charlie Joe Ide (born 10 May 1988) is an English former professional footballer who began his career at Brentford.
Career
Ide is a striker who made his debut for Brentford in a 2–1 win over Hull City in May 2005. He had loan spells at Slough ...
* Dave Hogan
* Byron Bubb
* Louis Dennis
References
External links
Official websiteAFC Bedfont Green websiteYouth website
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Football clubs in England
Association football clubs established in 1965
Defunct football clubs in London
1965 establishments in England
Surrey County Intermediate League (Western)
Combined Counties Football League
Southern Football League clubs
Guildford and Woking Alliance League
Association football clubs disestablished in 2012
2012 disestablishments in England
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