British Airways Football Club is a football club based in

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Berkeley Fields, groundsharing with

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History

The first mention of the club is from April 1947 when it was the

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(BOAC). In 1982 the BOAC team merged with the works team of

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(the BOAC and BEA companies had merged in 1974) to form British Airways Football Club.A history of British Airways Football Club
British Airways F.C. At the time of the merger, the club had over 200 members, fielding 15 adult teams. The Saturday team played in the West Middlesex League and then the London Commercial League. The club were one of the most successful in the league, winning the Division One title and League Cup several times, the Middlesex Premier Cup in 1996–97 and the Middlesex County Intermediate Cup a record nine times. After winning the Intermediate Cup in three consecutive seasons from 2004–05 to 2006–07, the club entered a team into the Middlesex County League, joining Division Three (Hounslow & District),Middlesex County League 2006–2012
Non-League Matters which they finished bottom of in 2007–08. In 2011 league reorganisation saw them moved up to Division Two. In 2012–13 the club's first team transferred from the London Commercial League to the Middlesex County League Premier Division, with the team in Division Two becoming British Airways Thirds. The first team won the Premier Division at the first attempt. After winning the league title again in 2017–18, they were promoted to Division One of the

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. In 2023–24 British Airways were runners-up in Division One, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Rising Ballers Kensington 2–0 in the semi-finals, they defeated

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on penalties in the final, earning promotion to the Premier Division North.

Ground

The club originally played at the Concorde Centre in Cranford. When they joined the Combined Counties League, they began groundsharing with

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at the Orchard.British Airways
FansFocus In 2024 they moved to the Spelthorne Sports Club to groundshare with Spelthorne Sports. The club relocated to North Greenford United's Berkeley Field ground in 2025.

Honours

*Middlesex County League **Premier Division champions 2012–13, 2017–18 *Middlesex Premier Cup **Winners 1996–97 *Middlesex Intermediate Cup **Winners 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07

Records

*Best

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performance: Extra-preliminary round, 2024–25 (replay), '' 2025–26'' *Best

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performance: Second round, 2021–22

References

External links

Official website
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