Carterton F.C.

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Carterton
Full name Carterton Football Club
Founded 1922
Ground Kilkenny Lane, Carterton
Chairman Robert King
Manager Mark Moss
League Hellenic Football League
Division One West
201213 Hellenic Football League
Division One West, 5th
Home colours

Carterton Football Club is an English football club from Carterton, Oxfordshire, who were formed in 1922. They are members of the Oxfordshire Football Association, and play in the Hellenic League Division One West.

History

The club was founded in 1922 as Carterton Town Football Club. The club joined the Hellenic League Division One in 1986 and won the league in 1989–90, gaining promotion to the Premier Division. They were relegated after two seasons, but returned a further two seasons later after winning Division One again in 1993–94. They finished runners-up in 1998–99 and reached the Third Round of the FA Vase, and the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup in 2000–01.[1] The club changed its name to its current one in 2005 and in 2010–11 was relegated to Division One West.[2]

Ground

Carterton play their home games at Kilkenny Lane, Carterton, OX18 1DY.

Their ground, Kilkenny Lane, is floodlit and their best league gate was when 122 spectators turned up to see them play against Didcot Town. Their record attendance was in the summer of 2001 when Football League club Swindon Town played them in a pre-season friendly when 650 fans attended the match.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

  • Hellenic League Challenge cup:[3]
    • Runners-up (1): 2004-05

Records

Women's team

Carterton FC has a women's team which plays in the First Division of the Southern Region Women's Football League and several girls' teams which play in the Oxford Mail Girls' League.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Carterton Town at the Football Club History Database
  2. Carterton at the Football Club History Database
  3. "The History of Didcot Town Football Club". Didcot Town FC. 2006-05-18. Retrieved 2012-12-12. 

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