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| Full name | Long Crendon | |
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| Founded | 1886 | |
| Ground | Marsh Lane, Marston, Oxford | |
| Chairman | Gerald Reilly | |
| Manager | Waheed | |
| League | Hellenic League Division One | |
| 2023–24 | Hellenic League Division One, 17th of 19 | |
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Long Crendon Football Club is a football club based in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the Hellenic League Division One and play at Marsh Lane, groundsharing with Oxford City.
History[edit]
Long Crendon were formed in 1886. The club won the first edition of the Oving Villages Cup in the 1889–90 season.[1] In 2019, the club recorded a treble of the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup, the Oving Cup and the Hellenic League Division Two East.[2] Long Crendon entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2019–20.[3] In the following season Long Crendon entered the FA Cup.
At the end of the 2020–21 season the club were transferred to Division One of the Spartan South Midlands League.
Ground[edit]
In October 2018, Long Crendon announced a groundsharing agreement with Oxford City at Marsh Lane, having previously played at the Recreation Ground in Long Crendon.[4]
Honours[edit]
- Hellenic League[5]
- Division Two East champions 2018–19
- Oving Villages Cup[6]
- Winners 1889–90, 1932–33, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2018–19
Records[edit]
- Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary round, 2020–21[7]
- Best FA Vase performance: Second qualifying round, 2019–20
- Record attendance: 1,904 vs Wycombe Wanderers, Berks & Bucks Senior Cup quarter-final, 15 February 2022 (at The ASM Stadium, Thame)[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Home". Long Crendon F.C. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Long Crendon FC Complete the Treble!". The Bucks Herald. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "The Buildbase FA Vase first round qualifying" (.ashx). The Football Association. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Oxford City Stadium – Our New Home Ground". Long Crendon F.C. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Bucks Herald: Long Crendon FC Complete the Treble! - Bucks Herald, accessdate: October 13, 2019
- ^ Untitled Document: OVING VILLAGES’ CUP - PAST WINNERS AND FINALISTS, accessdate: October 13, 2019
- ^ Long Crendon at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Chairboys On The Net [@GasmanCOTN] (15 February 2022). "Long Crendon v Wycombe Wanderers attendance confirmed as 1,904. A ground record for @thameunitedfc and the highest #chairboys B&B attendance, other than a final, for 50 years!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.