Tower Hamlets F.C.

Tower Hamlets Football Club
Full name Tower Hamlets Football Club
Nickname(s) Green Army
Founded 2000 (as Bethnal Green United)
Ground Mile End Stadium, London
Capacity 2,000
Chairman Mohammed Nurul Hoque
Manager Ajibola Olatunbosun
League Essex Senior League
2013–14 Essex Senior League, 4th

Tower Hamlets Football Club is an English football club based in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The club are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at the Mile End Stadium.

Up until July 2013 the club was playing under the name Bethnal Green United. The name was changed by the club's owners as they wanted the club to be representative of the whole borough.

History

The club was established in 2000 by Mohammed Nurul Hoque and Akhtar Ahmed as a community club.[1] The club played in several leagues, including the Canary Wharf Summer League, the Inner London Football League and the London Intermediate League, before joining the Middlesex County League. They were granted Senior status after winning the league's Premier Division in 2009, and were promoted to the Essex Senior League. In the 2009–10 season they finished fifth in the ESL and won both cups operated by the Essex Senior League, beating Burnham Ramblers 4–1 in the final of the Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy.

Honours

See also

The original Bethnal Green United badge.

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