Witney United F.C.
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Witney United FC (WUFC) was formed by a group of Witney Town supporters following the demise of their beloved club. Intent on bring senior football back to the town the group registered Witney United FC with the Oxfordshire Football Association in 2001.
For almost a year they had little else other than the name! There was no ground, team or manager. That year was all about raising funds and the profile of the club. The club set itself a challenging business plan that targeted a return to Southern League football within 5 seasons. Finally after much hard work it all came together.
In 2002 WUFC gained a lease on the original Witney Town stadium and were accepted into Division One (West) of the Hellenic League. In it’s first year the Club struggled to attract local players and finally finished 15th in the Division.
The second season saw the club move forward finally finishing the season in 4th place and gaining a surprise, last minute, offer of promotion to the Premier Division.
The challenge of promotion was compounded by the fact that the Club would start it’s third ever season with it’s third ever manager! But under the management team of Alan Clark, Steve Paish and Spencer Keyes the team proved it could hold it’s own – finally finishing a creditable 11th out of 22. The Club also competed, for the first time, in the F.A. Vase winning through the first three rounds – eventually losing to Deal Town away. Further success was achieved in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup where Witney finally fell to Oxford City in the semi-finals.
The 2005/06 season saw United enter the FA Cup for the first time and were very unlucky to bow out after a replay against Southern League high-fliers Clevedon Town. The FA Vase brought similar disappointment as they went out to Truro City at the second hurdle.
In October 2005 Alan Clark resigned as 1st Team Manager and Spencer Keyes stepped up from Assistant Manager to replace him. Spencer’s first management move was to recruit Pete Lamont as his No2.
The side went from strength to strength and a top 6 finish was claimed on the very last day of the season to round off an excellent season. United enter 2006/07 with a certain amount of optimism as the bid to bring Southern League football back to West Oxfordshire.
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[edit] Current squad
[edit] Managment
- Spencer Keyes - manager
- Pete Lamont - assistant manager
- Andy Leach - coach
[edit] Players
- Paul Tassell - Goalkeeper
- Matthew Barnes - Goalkeeper
- Mark McMeeking - Defender
- Christian Perkins - Defender
- Kevin Brooks - Defender
- John Mcmahon - Defender
- Jamie Butt - Defender
- Craig Holman - Defender
- Neil Maskell - Defender
- Robert Cruse - Defender
- Chris Johnson - Midfielder
- Dwight Jones - Midfielder
- Ritchie Saunders - Midfielder
- Nando Perna - Midfielder
- Stuart Douglas - Midfielder
- Ben Border - Midfielder
- Shaun Gilbert - Midfielder
- Kieran Davis - Midfielder
- Harry Burnley - Midfielder
- Dave Skipp - Striker
- Robbie Wyatt - Striker
- Lee Keyes - Striker
- Jed Riddy - Striker
- Mark Simms - Striker
- Mark Odom - Striker
- Nathan Harris - Striker
[edit] External links
- Club websiteForum
- Witney United match reports - Match reports on the Witney Forum website
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