Potton United F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Potton United
fullname = Potton United Football Club
nickname = The Royals
founded = 1943
ground = The Hollow
Biggleswade Road
Potton
Bedfordshire
SG19 2LU
capacity =
chairman = Alan Riley
manager = Dean Shipp
league = United Counties Football League Premier Division
season = 2007-08
position = United Counties Football League Premier Division
19th
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Potton United F.C. is a football club based at Potton, Bedfordshire England. The town of Potton is famous for its disused railway station, sited on the Varsity Line between Cambridge and Oxford via Bedford and Bletchley.

History

Potton United was somewhat unusual in being a permanent club which was formed during wartime, in 1943. When peace broke out, the Royals applied to join the South Midlands League, where they stayed until 1955. In that year they sought a higher standard of football in the London-based Parthenon League, but were rejected. After a season in limbo, they joined the Central Alliance League Division One (South), before finally joining the United Counties League in 1961.

Potton were in the First Division for the 1972/73 season when it was renamed the Premier Division, and remained until 2002, when after their third consecutive poor season they were relegated. A storming campaign saw the Royals winning the Division One title in 2004 with eighty points, scoring at about three goals a game. They carried on the good work in the Premier League, finishing runners-up in their first two seasons back and scoring over ninety goals in their first three seasons, while making two trips to Round Four of the FA Vase.

In the 2008/09 season, Potton United F.C. are playing in the Eagle Bitter United Counties Football League Premier Division, led by manager Dean Shipp, who will be looking to return the club to the top places in the table.

Club statistics

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- style="background:dodgerblue; 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" | Note
-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 1990 – 1991
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
76
4/22

1 QR
R 2

-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 1991 – 1992
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
69
13/24

1 QR
R 2

-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 1992 – 1993
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
85
4/22

1 QR
R 2

-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 1993 – 1994
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
57
12/22


R 1

-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 1994 – 1995
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
39
14/19


Pre

-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 1995 – 1996
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
37
16/20

Pre
Pre

-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 1996 – 1997
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
62
8/20

Pre
R 2

-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 1997 – 1998
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
43
14/21

2 QR
2 QR

-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 1998 – 1999
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
14
20/20

Pre
2 QR
Pre = Preliminary round
-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 1999 – 2000
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
24
18/20

Pre
2 QR
1 QR = First Qualifying round
-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 2000 – 2001
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
19
20/21

Pre
1 QR
2 QR = Second Qualifying round
-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 2001 – 2002
bgcolor="#DDA0DD"|UCL First Division
18
15/17


2 QR
R 1 = First Round
-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 2002 – 2003
bgcolor="#DDA0DD"|UCL First Division
54
6/16


2 QR
R 2 = Second round
-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 2003 – 2004
bgcolor="#DDA0DD"|UCL First Division
80
bgcolor="#FAFAD2"| 1/18

Pre
2 QR
R 4 = Fourth Round
-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 2004 – 2005
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
95
2/22
bgcolor="#FFD700"| Winner
1 QR
R 4
Q-F = Quarter-final
-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 2005 – 2006
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
92
2/22
R 2
1 QR
R 2
S-F = Semi-final
-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 2006 – 2007
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
78
4/21
Final †
1 QR
R 4
† = Lost in the final on penalties
-
bgcolor="#1E90FF"| 2007 – 2008
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
32
19/21
Q-F
Pre
R 2

-
-}

Source: Football Club History Database (www.fchd.info)

External links

* [http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/pottonunitedfc Potton United official website]
* [http://www.fchd.info/POTTONU.HTM Potton United at Football Club History Database]
* [http://www.ebucl.com The Eagle Bitter United Counties League official website]
* [http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?leagueid=1625657 United Counties League at FA Full Time online]
* [http://www.football.mitoo.co.uk/News.cfm?LeagueCode=UCL2008 United Counties League at football.mitoo]