Holbeach United F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Holbeach United
fullname = Holbeach United Football Club
nickname = The Tigers
founded = 1946
ground = Carters Park
Park Road
Holbeach
Lincolnshire
PE12 7EE
capacity =
chairman = Roger Baker
manager = Shaun Keeble
league = United Counties Football League Premier Division
season = 2007/08
position = United Counties Football League Premier Division 11th
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Holbeach United F.C. is a football club based in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England who play in the United Counties Football League Premier Division.

History

The Tigers were founded in 1929 and played in the Kings Lynn and Peterborough Leagues. They joined the United Counties Football League in 1946. In 1955 they joined the Eastern Counties League, staying for seven seasons. In 1962 the Tigers joined the Midland Counties League, but failed to gain re-election after finishing last but one in the league, and they returned to the UCL. The Tigers won the UCL title for the first time in 1990. At this time, the Tigers gave a managerial debut to controversial former Boston United and current Crawley Town boss Steve Evans. The club took a while to recover from Evans’ managership, but the new century saw them finish as runners-up in the Premier Division in 2002, following it up with the championship the following season, adding the Lincolshire Senior Cup ‘A’ by defeating the reigning FA Vase holders Brigg Town 3 – 1 in the final.

In the 2008/09 season, Holbeach United are playing in the Eagle Bitter United Counties Football League Premier Division under their player/manger Shaun Keeble.

Club statistics

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- style="background:black; color:white; color:white;" color=white align="center"
width="80px" | Season
width="220px" | Division
width="50px" | Points
width="50px" | Position
width="50px" | League Cup
width="50px" | F.A. Cup
width="50px" | F.A. Vase
width="250px" | Notes
-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 1990 – 1991
UCL Premier
57
13/22

Pre
R 2

-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 1991 – 1992
UCL Premier
21
23/24

Pre
R 2

-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 1992 – 1993
UCL Premier
39
19/22


Pre

-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 1993 – 1994
UCL Premier
62
10/22


Pre

-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 1994 – 1995
UCL Premier
61
9/20

Pre
Pre

-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 1995 – 1996
UCL Premier
61
9/20

2 QR
2 QR

-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 1996 – 1997
UCL Premier
27
19/20

Pre
2 QR

-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 1997 – 1998
UCL Premier
38
16/21

1 QR
1 QR

-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 1998 – 1999
UCL Premier
46
15/20

1 QR
2 QR

-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 1999 – 2000
UCL Premier
35
16/20

1 QR
R 1

-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 2000 – 2001
UCL Premier
53
14/21

2 QR
R 2
Ex Pre = Extra Preliminary round
-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 2001 – 2002
UCL Premier
80
2/21

Pre
2 QR
Pre = Preliminary round
-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 2002 – 2003
UCL Premier
92
bgcolor="#FFD700"| 1/21

Pre
R 3
1 QR = First Qualifying round
-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 2003 – 2004
UCL Premier
74
7/22
R 2
Ex Pre
R 1
2 QR = Second Qualifying round
-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 2004 – 2005
UCL Premier
82
3/22
R 1
Ex Pre
R 3
R 1 = First Round
-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 2005 – 2006
UCL Premier
46
17/22
R 1
Pre
R 1
R 2 = Second round
-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 2006 – 2007
UCL Premier
52
11/22
Q-F
Pre
R 1
R 3 = Third Round
-
bgcolor="#FFBF00"| 2007 – 2008
UCL Premier
55
11/21
R 1
1 QR
R 1
Q-F = Quarter-final
-
-}

Source: Football Club History Database (www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk)

External links

* [http://www.ebucl.com The Eagle Bitter United Counties League official website]
* [http://www.football.mitoo.co.uk/News.cfm?LeagueCode=UCL2008 United Counties League at Football Mitoo]
* [http://www.fchd.info/HOLBEACU.HTM Holbeach United at Football Club History Database]