Longford A.F.C.

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Longford Association Football Club is a football club based in Gloucestershire, England. The club currently competes in the Stroud and District Football League. [1]

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History

Longford AFC was founded in 1918. [2]

Besides the first senior team, the club also fields a reserve team. [3]

During the 2015/16 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League, Longford AFC received media attention in England because the club lost all thirty of their league games. [4] During the same season, the club also received media attention in England because they signed former England international Stuart Pearce. [5] [6] [7] [8]

In January 2016, the club scored their first goal of the season during a 1–9 loss to Abbeymead Rovers, [9] and in that same year they started training with semi-professional club Gloucester City. [10]

At the end of the season, Longford AFC suffered relegation to the Stroud and District Football League. [11] [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Longford FC: Football team that lose games by 10 goals or more confident the new year will bring more luck". independent.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Is this Britain's worst football team?".
  4. ↑ "The 26 worst football teams EVER". fourfourtwo.com.
  5. ↑ "From Longford to West Ham United for ex-England star Stuart Pearce". gloucestershirelive.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Stuart Pearce returns for 'England's worst team' Longford AFC in 1-0 defeat". skysports.com.
  7. ↑ "Stuart Pearce comes out of retirement to play for 'the worst team in the UK'". theguardian.com.
  8. ↑ "Stuart Pearce's Longford debut delayed by waterlogged pitch". eurosport.com (Archived).
  9. ↑ "Goal joy after football team's winless season". Western Daily Press (Archived).
  10. ↑ "Club's within whisker of win after Tigers training". Gloucestershire Echo (Archived).
  11. ↑ "Longford look on bright side after enduring season from hell". Gloucestershire Echo (Archived)Gloucester City FC.
  12. ↑ "Longford AFC training kicks off month early". Western Daily Press (Archived).


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