Biggleswade United F.C.

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Biggleswade United
Biggleswade United F.C. logo.png
Full nameBiggleswade United Football Club
Nickname(s)United
Founded16 July 1959 [1]
GroundSecond Meadow, Biggleswade
Capacity2,000 (260 seated) [1]
Director of FootballTim Browne
Chairman Guillem Balagué
Head CoachesJordan Wright & Gareth Hunt
League Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division
2022–23 Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 8th of 20
Website Club website

Biggleswade United Football Club is a football club based in Biggleswade, England. Affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division and play at Second Meadow.

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History

The modern club was established on 16 July 1959, although there was an earlier club by the same name in the 1920s. [2] They joined Division Three of the North Hertfordshire League, and played in the league until joining Division One of the South Midlands League in 1969. [2] [3]

The club struggled in the league, finishing bottom of Division One in 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83 and 1983–84, after which they dropped into Division Two of the Hertfordshire Senior County League; [4] during their fifteen seasons in the South Midlands League, they finishing in the bottom half of the table in every season. [3]

In 1986 the club switched to the Bedford & District League. After winning the Aubrey Tingey Memorial Cup in 1988–89, they went on to win Division Two in 1990–91 (a season in which they also won the Diamond Jubilee Cup) [5] and were Division One champions the following season. [6] The first of three consecutive Britannia Cups was won in 1993–94, and the club won back-to-back Premier Division titles in 1994–95 and 1995–96, [6] after which they were promoted back to Division One of the South Midlands League. [3]

After winning Division One and the Division One Cup in their first season in the league, [5] the club were placed in the Senior Division of the new Spartan South Midlands League, the result of a merger with the Spartan League; this was renamed Division One in 2001. In 2001–02 the club won the Bedfordshire Senior Cup, and in 2003–04 they won the Bedfordshire Senior Trophy. [5] After finishing third in 2004–05 (a season in which they also won the Division One Cup), they were promoted to the Premier Division. [3] The following season they won the Senior Cup for a second time. [5]

In late October 2014 Spanish football journalist Guillem Balagué responded to an email request from club chairman Chris Lewis, through which Balagué accepted the role as Director of Football; [7] Balagué's influence led to the signing of former Espanyol and Chelsea midfielder Enrique de Lucas. [8] At the end of the 2020–21 season the club were transferred to the Premier Division South of the United Counties League. They were moved back to the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League a year later.

Ground

The club have played at Second Meadow on Fairfield Road since reforming in 1959, with the ground having been used by the previous incarnation of the club. [1] Bigglewade Town's Fairfield Road ground was located next door until they moved in 2006. [9]

A stand with a mixture of bench seating and standing was opened in 1998, [1] and floodlights installed in 1999. [9] In 2009 the 260-seat Steve Matthews stand was opened. [1] In 2020 the North Stand was named after longtime club president and former player Peter Dean. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,000. [1]

Honours

Records

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Our Stadium Biggleswade United F.C.
  2. 1 2 Club History Biggleswade United F.C.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Biggleswade United at the Football Club History Database
  4. ↑ Hertfordshire County League 1980-1990 Non-League Matters
  5. 1 2 3 4 Club Honours Biggleswade United F.C.
  6. 1 2 2007-2008 Season Handbook Bedfordshire Football League
  7. ↑ Guillem Balague Joins Biggleswade United Bedfordshire on Sunday, 31 October 2014
  8. ↑ United sign former Premier League star Enrique de Lucas Biggleswade Today, 6 February 2015
  9. 1 2 Biggleswade United Pyramid Passion
  10. ↑ Senior Trophy finals 2002–2013 Bedfordshire FA
  11. ↑ Intermediate Challenge Cup finals 1938–2015 Bedfordshire FA

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