Redditch United F.C.

Redditch United

Full name	Redditch United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Reds
Founded	1891 (as Redditch Town)
Ground	The Valley, Redditch
Ground Capacity	5,000 (500 seated)
Chairman	Chris Swam
Manager	Liam McDonald
League	Southern League Premier Division
2014–15	Southern League Premier Division, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Redditch United Football Club is an English football club based in Redditch, Worcestershire. The club participates in the Southern League Premier Division, and play their home games at The Valley.

History

Birmingham Combination

Redditch Town were established in 1891 and immediately joined the Birmingham Combination, where they played for a single season. The club achieved its first success by winning the Worcestershire Senior Cup in 1894 and becoming runners-up in 1898. In 1914 they won the Birmingham Combination Championship for the first time and, finally, the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1925. The 1930s were a much more rewarding period for the club and its supporters, starting by winning the Worcestershire Senior Cup and the Birmingham Senior Cup in successive seasons. Reds almost achieved a notable double in 1932–33 when, having won the Combination, they were defeated in the Senior Cup Final.

Apart from an unsuccessful appearance in the Birmingham Senior Cup final just before the World War, Reds moved into a fallow period. In 1953 Redditch regained the Combination Championship and were runners-up in the Worcestershire Senior Cup. This Championship success was repeated in 1955. In 1957 they were runners-up in the Birmingham Senior Cup.

Southern League

In 1971–72 the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 6–0 in the replay at Peterborough United after a 1–1 draw at home in front of a crowd of 4,500 . At the end of the season they finished sixth in the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division and joined Division One North of the Southern League.

They won the Worcestershire Senior Cup in 1974 and 1975. The following season they won Division One North and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1978–79 they finished eighth in the league, and became founder members of the Alliance Premier League (now the Football Conference). However, they finished bottom in its first season, and dropped into the Southern League's Midland Division.

After finishing as runners-up in 1985–86, the club were promoted to the Premier Division, where they remained until relegation in 1989. The following season, they reached the first round of the FA Cup, losing 3–1 to Merthyr Tydfil. At the end of the season they beat Northwich Victoria 4–3 over the two-legged final of the Staffordshire Senior Cup.

In 1997–98 the Reds reached two cup finals, the Southern League Cup and the Birmingham Senior Cup. Both were lost, and the cup run caused a large fixture backlog that resulted in the club having to play nine matches in nine days at the end of the season.

In 2003–04 the club won the Southern League Western Division. Due to league reorganisation caused by the establishment of the Conference North and South, the club entered play-offs to be promoted to the new leagues. After beating King's Lynn 1–0 and Merthyr Tydfil 3–0, the club were promoted to the Conference North.

Conference North

After a ninth-place finish in 2004–05, Redditch struggled in 2005–06, only avoiding relegation on the final day of the season. Although they won the Worcester Senior Cup, beating local rivals Worcester City the following year, they only avoided relegation again after Scarborough received a 10-point penalty for going into administration.

After a very difficult 2010–11 campaign in the Conference North, Redditch were relegated to the Southern League Premier Division.

On 17 March 2011, businessman Chris Swan took over the club,^[1] after a previous attempt to purchase Kidderminster Harriers fell through.^[2]

Seasons

This is 5 recent Redditch United seasons for a full history look List of Redditch United F.C. seasons

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Average home attendance
												Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
2009–10	Conference North	6	40	10	8	22	49	83	-24	38	19th of 21			QR4	2-2-1	R1	1-0-1
2010–11	Conference North	6	40	2	8	30	30	105	-75	9*	21st of 21 Relegated			QR4	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1
2011–12	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	42	14	9	19	45	50	-5	51	15th of 22	Jimmy Deabill	8	QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1	253
2012–13	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	42	12	7	23	32	65	-33	43	19th of 22	Will Richards	10	QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1	197
2013–14	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	44	20	3	21	68	85	-17	63	10th of 23	Jermaine Hylton	21	QR1	0-1-1	QR3	2-0-1	195

Players

Current squad

As of 15 September 2014.

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

No. Position Player GK Bradley Catlow GK Sam Hornby GK Ryan Young DF Callum Flanagan DF Joel Caines DF Dan Scarr DF Omar Recci DF Cameron Young DF James Mutton MF David Bridgwater (Player-Coach) MF George Carline

No. Position Player MF Liam McDonald (Player-Manager) MF Simeon Maye MF Leavi Oshungbure (Captain) MF Ashley Sammons MF Liam Spink MF Max Loveridge FW Edwin Ahenkorah FW Rikardo Reid FW Jamie Spencer FW Jamie Molyneux FW Courtney Baker-Richardson

Notable players

Players with international caps in bold

See Redditch United F.C. Players

Marco Adaggio Lee Ayres Aaron Brown Scott Dann Howard Forinton Cecil Blakemore

Francino Francis Kevin Francis Lee Hendrie Stuart Hendrie Aaron Moses-Garvey

Simon Rea Scott Rickards Les Roberts Norman Sylla Craig Pead Aman Verma Matt Smith

Stuart Hendrie

Management and coaching staff

Current staff

Position	Name
Manager	Liam McDonald
Assistant Manager	Nick Green
Development Coach	David Bridgewater
Sports Therapist	Pete James, Glenn Scott
Kit Manager	Brad Jefferies

Honours

• Birmingham Combination
  • Champions 1913–14, 1932–33, 1952–53
• Birmingham & District League
  • Southern Division champions 1954–55
• Southern League
  • Division One North champions 1975–76
  • Western Division champions 2003–04
• Birmingham Senior Cup
  • Winners 1925, 1932, 1939, 1977, 2005,
• Worcestershire Senior Cup
  • Winners 1894, 1930, 1975, 1976, 2008, 2014
• Staffordshire Senior Cup
  • Winners 1991
• Worcester Royal Infirmary Cup
  • Winners 1999

References

1. ↑ "Chris Swan completes Redditch United takeover". BBC News (BBC). 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-19. 
2. ↑ "Chris Swan withdraws new offer for Kidderminster Harriers". BBC News (BBC). 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2011-03-19. 

External links

• Club website

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