Long Crendon F.C.

Long Crendon

Full name	Long Crendon
Founded	1886
Ground	Marsh Lane, Marston, Oxford
Chairman	Gerald Reilly
Manager	Waheed
Home colours

Long Crendon Football Club is a football club based in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Marsh Lane, groundsharing with Oxford City.

History

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

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

• 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

• 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

1. "Home". Long Crendon F.C. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
2. "Long Crendon FC Complete the Treble!". The Bucks Herald. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
3. "The Buildbase FA Vase first round qualifying" (.ashx). The Football Association. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
4. "Oxford City Stadium – Our New Home Ground". Long Crendon F.C. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
5. Bucks Herald: Long Crendon FC Complete the Treble! - Bucks Herald, accessdate: October 13, 2019
6. Untitled Document: OVING VILLAGES’ CUP - PAST WINNERS AND FINALISTS, accessdate: October 13, 2019
7. Long Crendon at the Football Club History Database
8. 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.

External links

• Official website

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