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Maidenhead United take on Barnet at York Road on 26 August 2024

Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks FA, they are currently members of the Template:English football updater.

The club were established in October 1870 and have played at York Road since 1871, making it the 'oldest senior football ground continuously used by the same club'.[1] In 1871–72 they were one of the fifteen clubs to play in the inaugural FA Cup. The club went on to reach the FA Cup quarter finals three times in the 1870s, before becoming founder members of the Southern League in 1894. They subsequently played in the Great Western Suburban League (1904–1922), Spartan League (1922–1939), Corinthian League (1945–1963), Athenian League (1963–1973), Isthmian League (1973–2004), and National League South before returning to the Southern League for a season in 2006–07. They have played in the National League since 2017.

History

Maidenhead Football Club was established in October 1870, with the club's first match played on 17 December 1870 against Windsor Home Park at Bond's Meadow.[2] They were one of the fifteen clubs to play in the inaugural FA Cup competition in 1871–72, beating Marlow 2–0 in the first round before losing 3–0 at Crystal Palace.[3] The club reached the quarter finals the following season, eventually losing 4–0 to Oxford University.[3] The club were quarter-finalists again in 1873–74 – losing 7–0 at Royal Engineers – and 1874–75, when they were beaten 1–0 at Old Etonians.[3] Maidenhead Temperance and Boyne Hill both merged into the club in 1891.[2]

Maidenhead were founder members of the Southern League in 1894, joining Division Two. They finished bottom of the division in its inaugural season and again in 1898–99 and 1899–1900, before leaving the league in 1902.[3] The club subsequently dropped into the West Berkshire League and the Berks and Bucks League.[2] They won the West Berkshire League at the first attempt and were runners-up in 1903–04,[4] before joining the new Great Western Suburban League alongside Maidenhead Norfolkians in 1904.[5]

Following a meeting in April 1919 Maidenhead Norfolkians merged into the club. The newly-united won the Great Western Suburban League in 1919–20,[5] after which the club was renamed Maidenhead United.[5] The club were runners-up in the Great Western Suburban League in 1920–21,[5] before joining Division One of the Spartan League in 1922.[6] They won the Division One title in 1926–27, before being placed in Division One West in 1928 amidst league reorganisation. The club were Division One West runners-up in 1928–29 before being placed in the Premier Division the following season.[6]

Maidenhead were Premier Division runners-up in 1930–31 and went on to win the league the following season.[6] Although the club finished in the bottom half of the table in 1932–33, they won the Premier Division title for a second time in 1933–34.[5] In 1935–36 they reached the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup, losing 4–1 to Ilford at Upton Park.[7] After the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the club joined the Great Western Combination, finishing as runners-up in 1944–45.[8] They then joined the newly formed Corinthian League.[9] The club won the league's Memorial Shield in 1956–57 and were league champions the following season.[4] In 1960–61 they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time since the formation of the Football League, losing 5–0 at Colchester United; the club went on to win the Corinthian League for a second time at the end of the season.[7] After winning the league again in 1960–61, they won the league and Memorial Shield double in 1961–62.[4]

Another FA Cup first round appearance followed in 1962–63, ending with a 3–0 defeat at home to Wycombe Wanderers. In 1963 the Corinthian League merged into the Athenian League, with Maidenhead becoming members of the Premier Division. In their first season in the new league the club reached the first round of the FA Cup again, losing 2–0 at home to Bath City.[7] A fourth FA Cup first round appearance in 1971–72 saw them lose 2–0 at Enfield.[7] In 1973 the club joined Division Two of the Isthmian League, which was renamed Division One in 1977.[7] They were relegated to Division Two South at the end of the 1986–87 season, where they remained until finishing as runners-up in 1990–91, earning promotion back to Division One.[7] In 1996–97 the club won the league's Full Members Cup.[4]

A third-place finish in Division One in 1999–2000 saw Maidenhead promoted to the Premier Division. In 2003–04 they finished twelfth in the Premier Division, earning a place in the new Conference South. However, after finishing bottom of the division in 2005–06, the club were relegated to the Premier Division of the Southern League. The following season saw them reach the FA Cup first round for the first time since the 1970s, losing 2–0 at Stafford Rangers in a replay;[7] they also finished fourth in the Premier Division qualifying for the promotion play-offs; the club went on to defeat King's Lynn 1–0 in the semi-finals before beating Team Bath by the same scoreline in the final to secure promotion back to the Conference South. Another FA Cup first round appearance in 2007–08 ended with a 4–1 defeat at Horsham. They reached the first round again in 2011–12 (losing 2–0 to Aldershot Town in a replay) and 2015–16 (losing 3–1 at home to Port Vale in another replay).[7]

In 2016–17 Maidenhead won the renamed National League South, earning promotion to the National League.[7][10] In their first season in the division, another FA Cup first round appearance saw them lose 2–0 at Coventry City.[11] They reached the first round again in 2019–20, losing 3–1 at home to Rotherham United.[12] The 2019–20 National League season was officially curtailed on 31 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, requiring the outcome of the final table to be decided on a points per game basis.[13][14] Maidenhead were narrowly spared from relegation to the National League South after Ebbsfleet United were relegated by 0.002 of a point.[15]

After finishing third-from-bottom of the National League in 2024–25 Maidenhead were relegated to the National League South.

Colours

The club's original colours were red and black hooped jerseys.[16][17] In 1919, after the merger with Norfolkians, the club colours were changed to black and white.[2]

Ground

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A plaque at York Road commemorates its recognition by The Football Association as the oldest football ground in continuous use by the same senior club.
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York Road Maidenhead United FC
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The Railway Stand at York Road

The club played their first home match at Bond's Meadow, before moving to York Road in 1871, with the first match at the new ground played on 16 February 1871 against Marlow.[2] York Road had been a cricket ground from the late eighteenth century, and is acknowledged as the 'oldest senior football ground continuously used by the same club'.[1] The freehold of the ground was bought in 1920.[2] The club's record attendance of 7,920 was set for an FA Amateur Cup quarter-final against Southall on 7 March 1936,[18] with Maidenhead winning 1–0.[7]

Maidenhead United Women and Juniors

Maidenhead United Women were formed in 2008. Following two promotions, the club have operated at Tier 4 of women's football in England since 2015, competing in FA Women's National League Division 1 South West.

Maidenhead United Juniors was founded in 2019 and currently runs more than 60 teams providing football football for youngsters between the ages of 6 and 18 across various local leagues in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.

Players

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Harvey Collins
4 DF Template:Fba/core Will de Havilland
8 MF Template:Fba/core Nathan Ferguson
10 MF Template:Fba/core Kane Ferdinand
11 MF Template:Fba/core Jayden Mitchell-Lawson
12 MF Template:Fba/core Bradley Keetch
14 FW Template:Fba/core Tobi Sho-Silva
16 MF Template:Fba/core Casey Pettit
19 DF Template:Fba/core Owen Cochrane
20 DF Template:Fba/core Remy Clerima
21 FW Template:Fba/core Brendan Kiernan
25 MF Template:Fba/core Sam Barratt
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW Template:Fba/core Chris Wreh
28 DF Template:Fba/core Josh McMenemy
29 MF Template:Fba/core Jadyn Dundas
30 DF Template:Fba/core Manny Onariase
31 FW Template:Fba/core Ricky Korboa
32 MF Template:Fba/core Joseph Ajose
33 FW Template:Fba/core Noah Stewart
TBA GK Template:Fba/core Jordi van Stappershoef
TBA DF Template:Country data SVG Jordan Ragguette
TBA MF Template:Fba/core Asher Yearwood
TBA FW Template:Fba/core Corie Andrews

Honours

  • National League
    • National League South champions 2016–17
  • Isthmian League
    • Full Members Cup winners 1996–97
  • Corinthian League
    • Champions 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62
    • Memorial Shield winners 1956–57, 1961–62
  • Spartan League
    • Champions 1926–27, 1931–32, 1933–34
  • Great Western Suburban League
    • Champions 1919–20
  • West Berkshire League
    • Champions 1902–03
  • Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
    • Winners 1894–95, 1895–96, 1911–12, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1938–39, 1945–46, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2009–10,[20] 2014–15,[18] 2016–17

Records

Managerial history

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Name From To P W D L Win %
Charles Barley Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 20 4 4 12 20
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Charles Barley Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 54 25 8 21 46.3
Kenneth Andrew Millar Inglis Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 19 4 0 15 21.05
Edgar Woodford Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 76 28 11 37 36.84
Len Townsend Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 214 125 32 57 58.41
Jimmy Price Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 233 140 33 60 60.09
Len Townsend Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 257 103 59 95 40.08
Ken Holmes Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 31 10 6 15 32.26
Stan Payne Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 25 6 6 13 24
Maurice Williams Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 150 73 31 46 48.67
Mike Hall Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 129 52 29 48 40.31
George Harris Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 129 28 34 67 21.71
Geoff Anthony Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 138 75 24 39 54.35
Ian Bath & Mick Chatterton Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 52 19 9 24 36.54
John Dempsey Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 75 20 15 40 26.67
Brian Caterer & Colin Lippiatt Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 169 67 33 69 39.64
Tim Smith Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 62 20 8 34 32.26
Jimmy Kelman Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 32 13 8 11 40.63
Derek Jones Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 8 4 2 2 50
Martyn Spong & Cliff Jones Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 29 8 8 13 27.59
Martyn Spong Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 127 61 31 35 48.03
Brian Caterer Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 2 0 1 11 0
Gary Goodwin Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 34 11 7 16 32.35
John Clements Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 41 13 13 15 31.71
John Watt Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 179 54 53 72 30.17
Alan Devonshire & Martyn Busby Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 41 15 7 19 36.59
Alan Devonshire Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 348 153 74 121 43.97
John Dreyer Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 79 29 15 35 36.71
Richie Goddard & Brian Connor Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 6 2 1 3 33.33
Dennis Greene Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 29 7 8 14 24.14
Carl Taylor Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 50 11 15 24 22
Richie Goddard Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 4 4 0 0 100
Johnson Hippolyte Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". 445 160 94 191 35.96
Alan Devonshire Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Present 497 188 111 198 38.71

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ a b Country's 'oldest' football ground in Maidenhead gets plaque Script error: No such module "webarchive". BBC News, 13 October 2012
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h History Script error: No such module "webarchive". Maidenhead United F.C.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Maidenhead at the Football Club History Database
  4. ↑ a b c d Honours Maidenhead United F.C.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Great Western Suburban League 1904–1931 Non-League Matters
  6. ↑ a b c Spartan League 1907–1934 Script error: No such module "webarchive". Non-League Matters
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Maidenhead United at the Football Club History Database
  8. ↑ Great Western Combination 1939–1964 Script error: No such module "webarchive". Non-League Matters
  9. ↑ Corinthian League 1945–1963 Non-League Matters
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  18. ↑ a b c d e f g Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p132 Template:ISBN
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  20. ↑ Further Honours Script error: No such module "webarchive". Maidenhead United F.C.

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External links

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