Metropolitan Police F.C.

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Metropolitan Police

Full name

Metropolitan Police Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Met

Founded

1919

Ground

Imber Court, East Molesey, Surrey

Capacity

3,000

Chairman

Desmond Flanders

Manager

Jimmy Cooper

League

Isthmian League Premier Division

2012–13

Isthmian League Premier Division, 6th

Home colours

Away colours

Metropolitan Police F.C. is the football club of the Metropolitan Police Service, although in recent years there has been a relaxation in the rule that players had to be serving members of the police force.^[1] They are currently based just outside of London in East Molesey, Surrey and play in the Isthmian League Premier Division.

History

The club was formed in 1919 and played friendlies until they joined the Spartan League in 1928, a league where they were to play until 1960. In 1960 the club switched to the Metropolitan League and joined the Southern League in 1971. They joined the Isthmian League's newly formed Division Two in 1977 and were promoted at the first attempt. In 1982 they came close to promotion, missing out by just two points, but in 1985 were relegated back to Division Two. In 1988 they were promoted once again but 1991 saw them drop to Division Two once more, where they remained until league reorganisation in 2002 saw them placed in Division One South. In 2004 the league was reorganised again and the Met played in Division One for two year, but in 2006 the regionalised divisions returned.

In 2010, the Metropolitan Police won their first senior trophy, beating AFC Wimbledon 5–3 on penalties after a 4–4 draw in the final of the London Senior Cup. They finished the 2010–11 season as champions of the Isthmian League Division One South, winning the league by one goal difference over Bognor Regis Town.

Ground

Metropolitan Police play their home games at the Metropolitan Police (Imber Court) Sports Club, Ember Lane, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 OBT.

The club's home at Imber Court is a general-use police sports facility which the Force acquired in 1919. Significant ground improvements, including a new stand, have taken place since the 1980s, funded by a Force lottery scheme.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Jamie Butler
		GK	Anthony Guiney
		GK	Tom McNeil
		GK	Stuart Searle
		DF	Joe Dolan
		DF	Jay Lovett
		DF	Steve Noakes
		DF	Steve Sutherland
		DF	Craig Tanner
		DF	Elliot Taylor
		DF	James Tyrell

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Bobby Bennett
		MF	Jordan Bird
		MF	Craig Brown
		MF	Billy Crook
		MF	Oliver Lockyer
		MF	Matthew Smart
		MF	Tyron Smith
		MF	Alan Tait
		FW	Staforde Palmer
		FW	Howard Newton
		FW	Craig Hughes

Honours

Isthmian League Division One^[2]
- Winners: 2010–11
Isthmian League Division Two^[2]
- runners-up: 1977–78
Isthmian League Division Two South^[2]
- runners-up: 1987–88
London Senior Cup^[3]^[4]
- winners: 2009–10
- runners-up: 1934–5, 1940–41
Surrey Senior Cup:^[5]
- Winners (1): 1932-33
- Runners-Up (1): 2006-07

Club records

Best league performance: 12th in Isthmian League premier Division, 2011–12
Best FA Cup performance:^[2] 1st round proper, 1931–32, 1984–85, 1993–94, 2012-13
Best FA Amateur Cup performance:^[2] Semi-finals, 1933–34
Best FA Trophy performance:^[2] 2nd round proper, 1989–90
Best FA Vase performance:^[2] Quarter-finals, 1994–95

Former players

1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Sources

Metropolitan Police at the Football Club History Database

References

↑ Name (required) (2011-08-31). "Metropolitan Police FC". The Ball is Square. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Football Club History Database - Metropolitan Police". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
↑ "Memorandum Of Procedures For Dealing With Misconduct Occurring". Docstoc.com. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
↑ Stevens, Rob (2012-11-02). "BBC Sport - FA Cup: Met Police boss gets break from riot investigation". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
↑ "Saturday Senior Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

External links

Official Metropolitan Police F.C. website

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Borough of Elmbridge

Towns, villages and
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Cobham	Cobham Downside Stoke d'Abernon

Esher	Claygate Esher Hinchley Wood West End

Surbiton	Long Ditton

Thames Ditton	Thames Ditton Weston Green

Molesey	Molesey (in tradtional parish, East Molesey and West Molesey)

Leatherhead	Oxshott

Walton on Thames	Ashley Park Burwood Park Hersham Walton-on-Thames

Weybridge	Oatlands St. George's Hill Weybridge

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Education

Transport

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Roads	M25 A3 A244 A307 A3050

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Sport

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