CB Hounslow United Football Club is a
football club based in
Hounslow
Hounslow () is a large suburban district of West London, west-southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hounslow, and is identified in the London Plan as one of the 12 metropolitan centres in ...
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Greater London, England. Affiliated to the
Middlesex County Football Association
The Middlesex Football Association is an organisation that regulates and promotes football, aiming to increase the quantity and quality of participation in the historic area of Middlesex.
History
The Middlesex F.A. was founded in 1883 by the Footb ...
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[ they are currently members of the and play at Green Lane.
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History
The club was formed in 1989 after Richmond Rangers disbanded, and were named after Cater Bank, a company owned by the father of the club chairman and also the club's sponsors.[ They initially played in the Hounslow & District League,][History of CB Hounslow Utd]
CB Hounslow United F.C. before joining the Senior Division of the 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 ...
in 1997.[Middlesex County League 1984-2000]
Non-League Matters After finishing fourth in 1998–99, the club were promoted to the Premier Division.[ They were runners-up in 2004–05 and again in 2005–06, after which they successfully applied for promotion to Division One of the Combined Counties League.
In 2015–16 the club won Division One, earning promotion to the Premier Division.]
Ground
The club originally played at the Osterley Sports Club, before starting to groundshare at Bedfont & Feltham's Orchard ground in 2013–14 while a new ground at Green Lane was being built at a cost of £1.5 million.Final grant in place for new CB Hounslow ground
Get West London, 15 October 2014 The site had previously been five unused football pitches and was replaced by a ground including a seated stand on one side of the pitch, a covered area behind one goal and a clubhouse.["CB Hounslow United", '' Groundtastic'', Autumn 2017, issue 90, p21] The first match at the new ground was an FA Cup extra-preliminary round tie against Rusthall on 8 August 2017 with the home team winning 2–1.[
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Honours
*Combined Counties League
**Division One champions 2015–16
Records
*Best FA Cup
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performance: First qualifying round, 2016–17[
*Best FA Vase performance: First round, 2018–19, 2020–21][
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References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in London
Association football clubs established in 1989
1989 establishments in England
Sport in the London Borough of Hounslow
Middlesex County Football League
Combined Counties Football League
Surrey Premier County Football League