Orpington F.C.

Orpington F.C.
Orpington
Full name Orpington Football Club
Nickname(s) The O's
Founded 1939[1]
Ground Green Court Sports Club, Crockenhill[2]
League Kent Invicta Football League
2010–11 Kent County League, Division One West, 4th
Home colours

Orpington Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Orpington, Greater London. Although they club is based in Goddington Park in Orpington, the first team plays at Green Court Sports Club in Crockenhill. As of the 2011–12 season, they are founding members of the Kent Invicta Football League, at Step 6 of the National League System (level 10 of the English football league system). The club is a FA Charter Standard Community Club.[3]

History

Orpington F.C. was originally founded in 1880 and had played in local leagues up until the 1920s before folding for unknown reasons. The current incarnation of the club was founded in 1939.[1] From 1970 to 1998 (with a brief spell in the London Spartan League Intermediate Division from 1987 to 1991) the club played in the South London Alliance, winning the league a number of times. Since then the O's have been playing in the Kent County League, reaching the Premier Division in 2007-08 before relegation in 2009–10 left them in Division One West. Despite finishing 4th in 2010–11, the club were announced as founder members of the Step 6 Kent Invicta Football League on June 2 2011.[4]

In their first game in the Kent Invicta Football League, Orpington lost 2-1 to Bearsted.

Youth teams

The club operates a soccer school and has 21 youth teams (including 3 girls' teams) from 7-17 age groups, making it one of the largest youth football clubs in Bromley.[3].

References

  1. ^ a b Club history Orpington FC
  2. ^ Orpington Kent County League
  3. ^ a b The Club Orpington FC
  4. ^ Kent Invicta League confirm first sixteen participants Kentish Football, 3 June 2011
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