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| Full name | Ardley United Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | The Playing Fields, Ardley | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 (100 seated) [1] | ||
| Chairman | Ian Feaver | ||
| Manager | Julian McCalmon | ||
| League | Combined Counties League Premier Division North | ||
| 2023–24 | Combined Counties League Premier Division North, 11th of 20 | ||
Ardley United Football Club is a football club based in Ardley, near Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. They are members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division North and play at the Playing Fields.
Founded in 1945, Ardley spent the majority of their early years in local competitions, primarily the Lord Jersey League, [2] winning the Lord Jersey Cup in 1970 and Division One and the Charity Cup in 1984–85. [3]
In 1988 they moved up to the Oxfordshire Senior League and won Division One at the first attempt, gaining promotion to the Premier Division. The 1990–91 season saw the club win the Premier Division and the Archie Goddard Cup. [3] In 1993 they were promoted to Division One of the Hellenic League. [4] In 1994–95 they won the Division One Cup, retaining it the following season. In the 1996–97 season they won both Division One and the Division One Cup, a feat they repeated the following season. [3]
In 2000, league reorganisation saw the club placed in Division One West. Following improvements to their ground to allow promotion to the Premier Division, [2] a fifth-place finish in 2003–04 led to their moving up to the Premier Division, where they have remained since. [4] In 2006–07 they won the Supplementary Cup, and in the 2009–10 season they won the League Cup. [3] In 2013–14 they won the Oxfordshire Senior Cup for the first time, beating Kidlington 4–0 in the final. [5]
The 2016–17 season saw Ardley win the Supplementary Cup, beating Tuffley Rovers 2–0 in the final. Despite finishing fifth in the Premier Division, they requested voluntary demotion to Division One West due to the departure of the chairman and manager. [6] In 2017–18 they won the Division One West title, earning promotion back to the Premier Division. At the end of the 2020–21 season the club were transferred to the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League. They were transferred to the Premier Division North of the Combined Counties League for the 2023–24 season.
Ardley United play their home games at the Playing Fields on Oxford Road. The ground has a capacity of 1,000, of which 100 is seated and 200 covered. [1]
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