Enfield Town F.C.

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Enfield Town
Enfield Town F.C. logo.png
Full nameEnfield Town Football Club
Nickname(s)Towners
Founded2001
Ground Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, Enfield
Capacity2,500 [1]
ChairmanPaul Reed
ManagerGavin MacPherson
League National League South
2023–24 Isthmian League Premier Division, 3rd of 22 (promoted via play-offs)
Website http://www.enfieldtownfootballclub.co.uk

Enfield Town Football Club is a football club based in Enfield, Greater London, England. Established in 2001 as a fan-led breakaway from Enfield, the club are currently members of the National League South and play at the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium. The club badge features the Enfield beast.

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History

The club was founded on 23 June 2001 by the Enfield Supporters' Trust after Trust members considered that the regime in charge of Enfield no longer had the interests of the club at heart and lacked sufficient will to bring about the return of the club to its home town, having left Southbury Road in 1999. [2] This followed the chairman of Enfield withdrawing from an outline agreement with the Supporters' Trust which would have seen the Trust take over the running of a debt-free club and receiving £100,000 from money from the sale of Southbury Road which was held in an escrow account by Enfield Council. The balance of over £600,000 would have been paid to the chairman. [3]

The newly formed club were admitted to the Essex Senior League for the 2001–02 season, three divisions below the Isthmian League Premier Division where Enfield continued to play. The club's first season saw them finish second in the league and win the League Cup, the Capital Counties Feeder Leagues Trophy, and the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup. [4] [5] The following season they won the Essex Senior League, but were not promoted due to ground grading issues. Despite only finishing fourth in the 2003–04 season, in May 2004 the Isthmian League invited the club to join Division Two, but later rescinded the offer. [6] They won the Essex Senior League for a second time in 2004–05, [7] and were promoted to Division One East of the Southern League, which Enfield were also members of. They finished third in their first season in the Southern League, qualifying for the play-offs, where they were beaten 3–1 after extra time in the semi-finals by Wivenhoe Town.

In the summer of 2006 the club were transferred to Division One North of the Isthmian League. [8] The 2006–07 season saw them finish third again, but they lost 4–2 to AFC Sudbury in the play-off semi-finals. At the end of the season Enfield were liquidated and Enfield Town chairman Paul Millington released a statement suggesting that the two clubs should merge and "return the name of Enfield to the top of the non-league world". [9] However, the Enfield players, officials and supporters rejected the offer and formed a brand new club named Enfield 1893. Enfield Town qualified for the play-offs again in 2009–10 after finishing fourth. However, after beating Wingate & Finchley 3–2 in the semi-finals, [10] they lost 3–1 in the final to Concord Rangers. [11] In 2011–12 they were runners-up in the division and went on to win the play-offs, beating Grays Athletic 3–1 on penalties (after a 2–2 draw) in the semi-finals and then defeating Needham Market 1–0 in the final, earning promotion to the Premier Division.

At the start of the 2012–13 season the club won the Supporters Direct Cup, defeating Wrexham 3–1. They retained it the following season, beating YB SK Beveren of Belgium 8–2. In 2016–17 they finished fourth in the Isthmian League Premier Division before losing 4–2 to Dulwich Hamlet in the play-off semi-finals. The 2018–19 season saw the club win the Isthmian League's League Cup, beating AFC Hornchurch 2–0 in the final. [12] In 2021–22 they finished third in the Premier Division before losing 3–2 to Hornchurch in the play-off semi-finals. The club finished third again the following season, this time beating Wingate & Finchley 1–0 in the play-off semi-finals before defeating Chatham Town 3–0 in the final to earn promotion to the National League South.

Ground

Outside of Queen Elizabeth II Stadium in 2017 Enfield Town's Queen Elizabeth Stadium 2017 (1).jpg
Outside of Queen Elizabeth II Stadium in 2017
Pitch of Queen Elizabeth II Stadium during the 2017 off-season Enfield Town's Queen Elizabeth Stadium 2017 (2).jpg
Pitch of Queen Elizabeth II Stadium during the 2017 off-season

The club originally played at Brimsdown Rovers' Goldsdown Road ground, and were later joined by Enfield 1893. In October 2008, Enfield Council announced a deal with the club allowing the club to relocate to the Queen Elizabeth Stadium, close to Enfield's old Southbury Road ground. At the end of the 2009–10 season the club was awarded a grant of £81,504 by the Football Stadium Improvement Fund towards the first phase of works on the new ground.

They left Goldsdown Road at the end of the 2010–11 season, taking with them much of the ground's infrastructure, which resulted in Enfield 1893, who had won the Essex Senior League, not being able to take promotion to the Isthmian League as the ground no longer met the league's standards. After spending the first few months of the 2011–12 season groundsharing at the Cheshunt Stadium in Cheshunt, [13] they moved into the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium in November 2011, with the first match being a victory against Harefield United in the Middlesex Senior Cup on 9 November. [1] The ground was officially opened with a friendly match against Tottenham Hotspur on 16 November, [14] a game which saw a then-record attendance of 969. [15]

Club officials

PositionName
ChairmanPaul Reed
Vice ChairmanPaul Millington
ManagerGavin MacPherson
Assistant Manager Jon Nurse
First Team CoachSteve Conroy
Goalkeeping CoachDean Hurlow
Source: Enfield Town

Managerial history

ManagerPeriodGWDLWin %Honours
Flag of England.svg Jim Chandler2001–08354215588160.7 Essex Senior League 2002–03, 2004–05
Essex Senior League Cup 2001–02, 2003–04
Cherry Red Books Trophy 2001–02
Middlesex Charity Cup 2001–02, 2007–08
Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy 2002–03
Flag of England.svg Stewart Margolis2008–095924102540.7
Flag of England.svg Steve Newing2009–13235116338649.4George Ruffell Memorial Trophy 2009–10
Flag of England.svg Bryan and Peter Hammatt201340040.0
Flag of England.svg George Borg2013–143411101332.4
Flag of England.svg Bradley Quinton2014–1711463143755.3
Flag of England.svg Andy Leese2017–2023Isthmian League Cup (Velocity Trophy) 2018–19
Source: Enfield Town

Other teams

Reserves

The club set up a reserve side in time for the 2006–07 season and joined the Eastern Division of the Capital League. The club's U21 team play in the Isthmian League's U21 North Division.

Women's team

The club also have a women's team, who play in the FA Women's National League. [16]

Honours

Records

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Enfield Town FC get £6m Queen Elizabeth Stadium off to a winning start Enfield Independent, 11 November 2011
  2. ↑ Porter, Chris (2019). Supporter Ownership in English Football: Class, Culture and Politics. Springer. p. 160. ISBN   9783030054380.
  3. ↑ The Phoenix rises at Enfield Town Supporters' Direct newsletter, issue 4, September 2001
  4. ↑ Capital Feeder Cup Football Club History Database
  5. ↑ Penalty Shoot-out heartbreak for Stones [usurped] NonLeagueDaily, 10 May 2002
  6. ↑ Isthmian League make another controversial decision [usurped] NonLeagueDaily, 8 June 2004
  7. ↑ Town are Champions Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine Enfield Independent, 26 April 2005
  8. ↑ Restructuring... [usurped] NonLeagueDaily, 11 May 2006
  9. ↑ New hope for football in Enfield Archived 12 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Enfield Independent, 25 June 2007
  10. ↑ Wingate and Finchley 2 Enfield Town 3 Enfield Independent
  11. ↑ No promotion for Enfield Town Enfield Independent
  12. ↑ Hornchurch fall short in Velocity Trophy as Enfield crowned champions Romford Recorder, 10 April 2019
  13. ↑ Town agree deal to play at Cheshunt Enfield Advertiser, 12 May 2011
  14. ↑ Launch of the QEII When Saturday Comes
  15. ↑ Town aiming for big Easter crowd Enfield Town F.C.
  16. ↑ Premier League constitution Archived 16 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Women's Soccer Scene, 22 June 2015
  17. 1 2 3 Enfield Town at the Football Club History Database
  18. ↑ "Enfield Town through to play-off final after edging game with North London rivals". Enfield Dispatch. 2 May 2024.
  19. ↑ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p322 ISBN   978-1869833695
  20. ↑ Reds appoint Stiles in bid to start climbing table The News, 10 January 2017
  21. ↑ Hope says farewell to Town Enfield Today, 2 June 2015

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