White Ensign F.C.
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| Full name | White Ensign Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Borough Football Combination Headquarters Eastwoodbury Lane Southend-on-Sea[1] |
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| Chairman | Alan Day[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Stroy Nelson[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Essex Olympian Football League Premier Division |
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| 2006–07 | Essex Olympian Football League Division One, 1st[4] |
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White Ensign Football Club is a football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. They joined the Essex Intermediate League Division Two in 2002.[1] As of the 2007-08 season, they are members of the Essex Olympian Football League Premier Division.
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[edit] History
The White Ensign club was formed in 1951 as a club for former members of the Royal Navy. The name refers to the Navy's White Ensign flag. The club began accepting players who were not former seamen in 1954, but kept the name.[2]
After many years playing in local football, most notably in the Southend Borough Combination,[5] White Ensign joined the Essex Intermediate League Division Two in 2002 and were promoted to Division One at the first attempt. Although they then went on to win the championship in two of their first three seasons in the First Division,[4] the club are currently ineligible for promotion as their ground, the Borough Football Combination Headquarters, does not meet the requirements of higher leagues. Specifically, the ground is not fenced off and therefore does not allow a "gate" to be taken.[2]
[edit] Honours
- Essex Intermediate League Division One Champions, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2006-07
- Essex Intermediate League Division Two Champions, 2002-03[4]
[edit] Notable former players
Paul Benson, currently of Dagenham & Redbridge, began his career at White Ensign.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Club profile on the Olympian League website
- ^ a b c Thorley, Andy (2007), “The Unpromotables”, Four Four Two issue 152
- ^ Echo News
- ^ a b c White Ensign at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Echo news story
- ^ BBC News story
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Essex Olympian Premier Division 2007-08
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Benfleet | Bishop's Stortford Swifts | Canning Town | Epping | Frenford Senior | Galleywood | Harold Wood Athletic | Kelvedon Hatch | Manford Way | Mountnessing | Shell Club Corringham | Takeley | White Ensign |
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