Hanwell Town F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Hanwell Town


fullname = Hanwell Town Football Club
nickname = The Geordies
founded = 1920
ground = Reynolds Field,
Perivale
capacity = 3,000
chairman = Bob Fisher
mgrtitle=Managers
manager = Keith Rowlands & Boysie Wise
league = Spartan South Midlands League
Premier Division
season = 2007/08
position = Spartan South Midlands League
Premier Division, 9th
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Hanwell Town F.C. are a semi-professional football club representing Hanwell, but currently playing in Perivale in the County of Middlesex and the London Borough of Ealing, England. They were the London Spartan League Senior Division champions in 1983. They have twice reached the 3rd round of the FA Vase. They were relegated from the Southern League Division One South and West in 2007.

History

The club was formed in 1920 by a group of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne working in the area, who adopted the black and white stripes of Newcastle United as their colours. They played in the London League during the 1920s but dropped down to more local leagues after World War II.

In 1970 the team stepped up to the Middlesex County League but by the early 80s were playing in the London Spartan League. In 1983-84 they were Senior Division champions and were promoted to the Premier Division. When the league amalgamated with the South Midlands League in 1998, Hanwell were placed in the Premier Division South but after the league's initial transitional season, a reorganisation saw them moved down into the Senior Division. They immediately won promotion back to the Premier Division where they remained until reorganisation of the non-league system in 2006 saw them placed in the new Southern League Division One South and West. In their first season in this division they finished second bottom and were relegated. The club is now jointly managed by former player Keith Rowlands (the club's leading scorer) and Boysie Wise who succeeded Chris Boothe in May 2008.

Ground

Hanwell moved to the Reynolds Field ground in 1981 after over twenty years playing at the Ealing Central Sports Ground. Floodlights were installed in 1989 and inaugurated with a match against Tottenham Hotspur, since when a stand and disabled facilities have been added.

Club records

*Best league performance: 2nd in Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 2004-05
*Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1988-89 and 1997-98
*Best FA Trophy performance: 2nd qualifying round, 2006-07
*Best FA Vase performance: 3rd round, 1985-86 and 2002-03

ources

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External links

* [http://www.hanwellfooty.co.uk/id581 Official Site]