Prestwood F.C.

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Prestwood
Full name Prestwood Football Club
Nickname(s) The Wood
Founded 1934
Ground The Sprinters Leisure Centre,
Prestwood
Chairman Mike Bickerton
Manager Kelvin Welham
League Wycombe & District League Senior Section
2011–12 Wycombe & District League Senior Section , 2nd
Home colours
Away colours

Prestwood F.C. are a football club based in Prestwood, near High Wycombe, England. They currently play in the Wycombe & District League Senior Division. The club is affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association[1]

History

The club was founded in 1934.[2] The club were founder members of the Wycombe Senior League[3] In 1984 they became founding members of the Chiltonian League.[4] When the Chiltonian league merged with the Hellenic League in 2000, they joined Division One East.[5]

For nine seasons they stayed in the Hellenic league, until midway during their tenth campaign, the 2009–10 season. In November 2009 the club resigned from the league, stating that they did not have enough players or finances to continue the rest of the league season.[3] The club believed the cause of this problem was the new clubhouse built by the District Council that removed the hospitality functions they had with the old club house, so finding it hard to maintain a club spirit and the new sports ground not letting them do fund raising activities anymore.[3]

In the 2010–11 season the club joined the Wycombe & District League Senior Section, where they have remained since with Striker Karl Lewis being top goalscorer for 3 seasons in a row.[6]

Ground

Prestwood play their home games at Prestwood Sports Club, Honor End Lane HP16 9QY.[7]

Honours

League honours

  • Wycombe & District League:[8][9]
    • Runners-up: 1982–83, 2011–12

Cup honours

  • Wycombe Senior Cup:[10]
    • Runners-up: 2003–04

Records

  • Highest League Position:[4] 8th in Hellenic Division One East 2001–02
  • Top Goalscorer:[4] Karl Lewis

References

  1. ↑ Individuals Suspended between 21/02/2011 and 07/03/2011 Berks and Bucks Football Association Limited
  2. ↑ "Clubs". Goalrun. 2010-04-23. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Uhlsport Hellenic Football League | Prestwood News | Season 2009/10". Hellenicleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 PRESTWOOD at the Football Club History Database
  5. ↑ "Hellenic League 1995-2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-03-28. 
  6. ↑ "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  7. ↑ "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  8. ↑ "Non League Tables for 1982-1983". NonLeagueMatters. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  9. ↑ "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  10. ↑ "Uhlsport Hellenic Football League | Statistics | Season 2003-2004". Hellenicleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 

External links

  • PRESTWOOD at the Football Club History Database

Coordinates: 51°42′11.33″N 0°45′08.18″W / 51.7031472°N 0.7522722°W / 51.7031472; -0.7522722

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