Holbeach United F.C.

Holbeach United

Full name	Holbeach United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Tigers
Founded	1929
Ground	Carters Park, Holbeach
Chairman	David Dougill
Manager	Glenn Maddison
League	United Counties League Premier Division
2012–13	United Counties League Premier Division, 1st
Home colours Away colours

Holbeach United F.C. is an English football club based in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division and play at Carters Park.

History

The club was established in 1929 initially playing in the Kings Lynn League, and then the Spalding and Boston leagues before joining Division Two of the Peterborough & District League in 1936.^[1] They were promoted to Division One in 1938. After finishing second in 1945–46 they moved up to the United Counties League. In 1955 they were one of four clubs that applied for three places in the Eastern Counties League. Although they were the one to miss out in the vote, another club resigned from the league and a further vote on Holbeach's candidacy saw member clubs vote 11 to 5 to accept them.^[1]

In 1961 the Midland League was re-established and along with several other clubs in southern Lincolnshire, Holbeach joined. However, the finished second bottom in their first season, and were voted out of the league, rejoining the United Counties League. They won the Division One Cup in 1964–65, but did not win the league until 1989–90,^[2] a season in which they also won the League Cup and Benevolent Cup, the first time a club had won all three UCL trophies in a single season.^[1] They won the league for a second time in 2002–03.

Ground

Holbeach have played at Carters Park since their establishment. The site was bequeathed to the town in the mid-1920s by a man named Carter.^[1] A stand was built in the late 1930s and a covered area to its left was also built and later became known as the "pig pen". The ground was originally shared with the local cricket club, meaning that it only had three permanent sides. However, after the cricket club folded, the fourth side was fenced off.

The ground's record attendance of 4,094 was set on 28 September 1955 for an FA Cup first qualifying round replay against local rivals Wisbech Town.^[1]

Honours

• United Counties League
  • Premier Division champions 1989–90, 2002–03, 2012-13
  • League Cup winners 1989–90
  • Benevolent Cup winners 1989–90
  • Division One Cup winners 1964–65
• Lincolnshire Senior A Cup
  • Winners 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87
• Lincolnshire Senior B Cup
  • Winners 1957–58

Records

• FA Cup
  • First Round 1982–83

• FA Trophy
  • Second Qualifying Round 1969–70, 1971–72

• FA Vase
  • Fifth Round 1988–89

References

Coordinates: 52°48′24.71″N 0°00′58.60″E / 52.8068639°N 0.0162778°E / 52.8068639; 0.0162778