Post by Golden_Boy™ on Jun 16, 2006 18:44:34 GMT -1
Oxford City Football Club, currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West.
They play their home games at Court Place Farm in Marston, Oxfordshire.
The club was formed in 1882 and soon became the leading club in Oxfordshire, winning the FA Amateur Cup in 1906, before joining the Isthmian League the following year.
In the latter half of the 20th Century the club went into decline and soon fell behind Headington United after that club turned professional in 1949.
An attempt was made to return the club to success in 1972 when it became a limited company and later when the legendary Bobby Moore was appointed manager with his former West Ham team-mate Harry Redknapp as his assistant.
The club reached its lowest point in 1988 when they were evicted from their White House Ground due to contravening the terms of their lease. Forced to resign from the Isthmian League, the club did not return to senior football until 1990 when based at Cutteslowe Park, they entered the South Midlands Football League Division One, winning promotion in their first season. They returned to the Isthmian League in 1993 when they also moved to their current ground. The club continued to climb through the divisions of that League during the 1990s and reached the final of the FA Vase in 1995. Since then, however, the fortunes of the club have again diminished somewhat.
There are two other teams from Oxfordshire in the Southern League Division One South & West, Abingdon United & Didcot Town.
They play their home games at Court Place Farm in Marston, Oxfordshire.
The club was formed in 1882 and soon became the leading club in Oxfordshire, winning the FA Amateur Cup in 1906, before joining the Isthmian League the following year.
In the latter half of the 20th Century the club went into decline and soon fell behind Headington United after that club turned professional in 1949.
An attempt was made to return the club to success in 1972 when it became a limited company and later when the legendary Bobby Moore was appointed manager with his former West Ham team-mate Harry Redknapp as his assistant.
The club reached its lowest point in 1988 when they were evicted from their White House Ground due to contravening the terms of their lease. Forced to resign from the Isthmian League, the club did not return to senior football until 1990 when based at Cutteslowe Park, they entered the South Midlands Football League Division One, winning promotion in their first season. They returned to the Isthmian League in 1993 when they also moved to their current ground. The club continued to climb through the divisions of that League during the 1990s and reached the final of the FA Vase in 1995. Since then, however, the fortunes of the club have again diminished somewhat.
There are two other teams from Oxfordshire in the Southern League Division One South & West, Abingdon United & Didcot Town.