Daventry United F.C.

Daventry United

Full name	Daventry United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Motormen
Founded	1968 (as Ford Sports Daventry)
Ground	Royal Oak Way Daventry (Capacity: 1,000)
Chairman	Steve Brown
Manager	Darran Foster
League	United Counties League Premier Division
2010–11	United Counties League Premier Division, 12th
Home colours Away colours

Daventry United F.C. are an association football club based in Daventry, England. The club was established in 1968 as Ford Sports Daventry and is one of the youngest clubs in the United Counties Football League in which they have played since joining in 1977. They started in the Central Northants Combination where they had success with both the 1st and 2nd teams, in those years they had to hire council pitches. In 1972 they moved to their present location in Royal Oak. In 1977 they finally joined the United Counties League. In 1979 they were promoted to Division One. They won Division One twice. Daventry United have reached the 3rd round of the FA Vase twice in their history and after many years of hard work and recruiting better players they made it into the Premier Division in 1996. They had their best FA Cup run in 1998-1999 under the coaches Richard Green and Kevin Flear. They eventually lost to Sutton United in a very hard fought match.

Thereafter, The Motormen (as they are nicknamed) plied their trade in the United Counties Football League Premier Division until 2007, when they finished in 20th place. They were relegated to Division 1 following the accepted promotion for AFC Kempston Rovers. Their first season at level 11 of the English football league system saw them narrowly miss out on on a return to level 10 at the first attempt, as they finished level on goal difference with Huntingdon Town and Rothwell Corinthians, both of whom eventually got promoted.

The 2008–09 season however, saw them eventually claim promotion, after finishing runners-up on 64 points, 12 points behind winners Peterborough Northern Star.

External links

• Official site

Coordinates: 52°15′57.61″N 1°11′15.41″W / 52.2660028°N 1.1876139°W / 52.2660028; -1.1876139