Aveley F.C.

Aveley
Full name Aveley Football Club
Nickname(s) The Millers
Founded 1927
Ground The Mill Field, Aveley
(Capacity: 1,100)
Chairman Graham Gennings
Manager Lee Hodges
League Isthmian League Premier Division
2010–11 Isthmian League Premier Division, 19th
Home colours
Away colours

Aveley F.C. are an English football club based in the village of Aveley, near West Thurrock in Essex. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at the Mill Field.

Club history

Aveley Football Club was formed in 1927 and played in local leagues until 1939. Club activities were then suspended during the Second World War. In 1946 the club was reformed and joined the Thurrock Combination League. Aveley twice won the Essex Junior Cup, firstly in 1948, and retaining it the following year.

Aveley gained Senior League status in the 1949–50 season and were elected into Division One of the London League. They won the division in the 1951–52 season, and in the same season they moved from Lodge Meadow to their present ground, Mill Field, and were promptly nicknamed The Millers. In 1954–55 they were Division One champions once again which was followed by election to the Delphian League in 1955–56. They competed in this league until 1962–63 with little success.

1963–64 saw Millers join the Athenian League. Full membership of the Football Association was granted in 1964–65. Season 1970-71 was probably the clubs most successful one. The first round proper of the FA Cup was reached along with the FA Amateur Cup quarter-finals, they were also Champions of the Athenian League.

Aveley were elected to the Isthmian League in season 1973–74. Here they competed without success in Division One until they were relegated to Division Two North at the end of the 1985-86 season. The Millers did however achieve two cup successes during this time - the Essex Thameside Trophy in 1979–80 and the Hornchurch Charity Cup in 1982–83.

The club finished second in the league in 1989–90 and were promoted back to Division One. This was followed by a 3-0 victory over Premier Division St. Albans City in the final of the A.C.Delco (League) Cup, becoming the first team from the lowest division to win this competition. After this the club slipped down to Division Three and cup successes were limited to appearances in the finals of both the East Anglian Cup and the Essex Thames-Side Challenge Trophy in 1997–98.

2001-02 saw the club finish third and gain promotion to Division One North. Aveley appeared in the Essex Senior Cup final two years in a row - in 2002–03 and 2003–04 - but lost both times. The 2008–09 season saw Aveley gain promotion from the Isthmian League Division One North to reach the Premier Division for the first time in their history.

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Premier Division
Division One North
Division One South
Seasons
  • 1905–06
  • 1906–07
  • 1907–08
  • 1908–09
  • 1909–10
  • 1910–11
  • 1911–12
  • 1912–13
  • 1913–14
  • 1914–15
  • 1915–16
  • 1916–17
  • 1917–18
  • 1919
  • 1919–20
  • 1920–21
  • 1921–22
  • 1922–23
  • 1923–24
  • 1924–25
  • 1925–26
  • 1926–27
  • 1927–28
  • 1928–29
  • 1929–30
  • 1930–31
  • 1931–32
  • 1932–33
  • 1933–34
  • 1934–35
  • 1935–36
  • 1936–37
  • 1937–38
  • 1938–39
  • 1939–40
  • 1940–41
  • 1941–42
  • 1942–43
  • 1943–44
  • 1944–45
  • 1945–46
  • 1946–47
  • 1947–48
  • 1948–49
  • 1949–50
  • 1950–51
  • 1951–52
  • 1952–53
  • 1953–54
  • 1954–55
  • 1955–56
  • 1956–57
  • 1957–58
  • 1958–59
  • 1959–60
  • 1960–61
  • 1961–62
  • 1962–63
  • 1963–64
  • 1964–65
  • 1965–66
  • 1966–67
  • 1967–68
  • 1968–69
  • 1969–70
  • 1970–71
  • 1971–72
  • 1972–73
  • 1973–74
  • 1974–75
  • 1975–76
  • 1976–77
  • 1977–78
  • 1978–79
  • 1979–80
  • 1980–81
  • 1981–82
  • 1982–83
  • 1983–84
  • 1984–85
  • 1985–86
  • 1986–87
  • 1987–88
  • 1988–89
  • 1989–90
  • 1990–91
  • 1991–92
  • 1992–93
  • 1993–94
  • 1994–95
  • 1995–96
  • 1996–97
  • 1997–98
  • 1998–99
  • 1999–2000
  • 2000–01
  • 2001–02
  • 2002–03
  • 2003–04
  • 2004–05
  • 2005–06
  • 2006–07
  • 2007–08
  • 2008–09
  • 2009–10
  • 2010–11
  • 2011–12