Harefield United Football Club are an

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football club based in

Harefield Harefield is a village in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, northwest of Charing Cross near Greater London's boundary with Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the north. The population at the 2011 Census was 7,399. Haref ...

in the

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. The club is the oldest in

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. The club is affiliated to the

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. They are currently members of the Combined Counties Premier North Division as of the 2022-2023 season, having left the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division at the end of the 2021-2022 season.

History

The club was formed in 1868 and in their early years played under several names including Harefield Victoria (circa 1891) and Breakspear Institute (circa 1903–1922), and played in the local Uxbridge Leagues. In 1934 the club merged with Harefield FC to become Harefield United, and played in the Uxbridge & District League. After the war the club moved to the Great Western Combination in 1947, winning the league once in the 1950–51 season. After the Great Western Comibuination league the club played in the Parthenon League in 1964, and winning the league in their debut season. Two seasons later they joined the Middlesex league in 1966. During their 5 seasons in the Middlesex league the club went on to win the league title four times and the league cup twice. In the 1971–72 season the club then joined the Spartan League – Senior Section, staying there for four seasons, while also making their Debut in the FA Vase in the 1974–75 season, before joining division two of the Athenian league for the start of the 1975–76 season. The club made their debut in the

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in the 1979–80 season. After nine seasons in the Athenian league the club joined the Isthmian League Division Two North for two seasons before switching to Division two south. The club then spent seven seasons in Division Two South, which was renamed to just Division two in 1991, suffering relegation at the end of this period to Division three. The club then remained in Division three until the 1996–97 season when they left the Isthmian league to join the Spartan league, due to a lack of funds to carry out necessary ground improvements required for the Isthmian league. A season after joining the Spartan league, they became founder members of the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division South, when the London Spartan League and the South Midlands League merged. A season later after another league re-organisation they were placed in the Senior Division, which after three seasons was renamed division one. The club in the newly named Division one finished as runners-up that year, and won the League Cup. With the club for the 2002–03 season now in the premier division, they competed in the Premier League Cup, finishing as runners-up at their first attempt. The club also had more success that year by winning the Challenge trophy beating Dunstable Town 4–1 over two legs. Further cup success continued the following season with the club winning the Premier League Cup, overcoming Brook House in the final and getting beaten 2–1 (aet) by

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in the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup. The club has since remained in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division finishing runners-up twice, in the 2006–07 season and the 2008–09 season where they lost out on goal difference against

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. Manager Ian Crane left to join A.F.C. Hayes in the summer of 2012, and he was replaced by

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reserve boss Phil Granville. However, Granville left in the summer of 2015 to become Hanwell Town's manager and he was replaced by Jason Shaw in May 2015. In the 2018-19 season, Jason Shaw led Harefield United to promotion from the Spartan South Midlands League Division One with five games to spare in his fourth season with the club. The club went the whole league season unbeaten.

Ground

Harefield United play their games at Preston Park, Breakspear Road North, Harefield UB9 6NE. In 2010 the ground won the Steps 5 and 6 National Award for Groundsman of the year.

Current squad

Non-playing staff

''As of February 2023''

Managerial history

* Jason Shaw 2015-2023 * Phil Granville 2012-2015 * Ian Crane Dec 2011-2012 * Graham Goode 2010-2011 * Darren Feighery 2009-2010 * Glen Bellis 2007-2009 * Stuart Leavy 1999-2007 * Vic Harris 1997-1999 * Tony Choules 1995-1997

Notable former players

For all Harefield United F.C. players with a Wikipedia article, see

Club honours

League honours

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Premier Division : ** Runners-up: 2006–07, 2008–09 *

Division One: ** Winners: 2018-2019 *

Division One: ** Runners-up: 2001–02 *Great Western Combination league Division One: ** Winners: 1950–51 *Great Western Combination league Division Two: ** Winners: 1947–48 *Parthenon league : ** Winners: 1964–65

Cup honours

*Middlesex Premier Cup: ** Winners: 2018-2019 *

Middlesex Senior Cup The Middlesex Senior Cup is the most prestigious football cup competition in the historic county of Middlesex, England. The competition is run mainly for non-League clubs in the region, although league clubs have been known to enter the compe ...

: ** Runners-up: 2020–21 *Middlesex Senior Charity Cup: ** Runners-up: 2003–04 *Chesham Cup: ** Winners: 1947–48 *

Cup: ** Winners: 2001–02 *

Challenge Trophy: ** Winners: 2002–03 *

Premier League Cup: ** Runners-up: 2002–03

Club records

*Highest league position: 5th in Isthmian league Division Two South 1988–89 *

best performance: Second qualifying round 1980–81, 1986–87, 1987–88, 2002–03, 2009–10 * FA Vase best performance: Semi Final 1989–90 *Highest attendance: 497 vs Hatfield Town 2018-2019

References

External links

Website
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