- Thame United F.C.
Football club infobox
clubname = Thame United
fullname = Thame United Football Club
nickname = United
founded = 1883
ground = Hithercroft Road
"(ground share withAFC Wallingford )"
capacity = tbc
chairman = Jake Collinge
manager = Mark West
league =Hellenic Football League
Division One East
season = 2007-08
position =Hellenic Football League
Division One East, 10th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFThame United F.C. are a football club based in
Thame ,Oxfordshire ,England . They were established in1883 and joined theHellenic League in1959 .History
Thame United were formed in 1883 and spent their early years playing in local Oxfordshire leagues. In 1959 they stepped up to the Hellenic League, where they were league champions in 1961-62 and 1969-70 and runners-up on three other occasions.
In 1988 the decision was taken to switch to the
South Midlands League . In three seasons in this league United finished runners-up twice and then claimed the league title in 1990-91, which saw them promoted to theIsthmian League Division Three. Two promotions followed in quick succession, putting the club in Division One in 1995. Although United were relegated in 1998, they bounced straight back the following season under manager Andy Sinnott, who also led them to the semi-finals of theFA Vase and to within two points of achieving promotion to the Premier Division.In October 2003 the club reached the 4th qualifying round of the
FA Cup for the first time in their history, going down 2-1 to Conference side Farnborough Town. Since then they have reached this point in the competition twice, losing 1-0 to Hornchurch and 5-0 to Forest Green. In 2004, due to non-league reorganisation, United switched to the Southern League Division One West.In 2005 severe financial difficulties hit the club, with bailiffs seizing assets to offset unpaid VAT bills, and the landlord of their Windmill Road stadium serving them with notice of eviction. The club managed to limp to the end of the season playing at the ground of neighbours Aylesbury United and a rock-bottom finish saw them relegated back to the Hellenic League after 18 years away.
During the summer of 2006, Aylesbury were also evicted from their ground, leaving Thame homeless once again, leading to a new groundshare arrangement with
AFC Wallingford . The results on the playing field continued to be poor, and they completed the 2006-07 season in a relegation position despite the improvement of results following the return of successful manager Mark West. Because of this, they were relegated to theHellenic Football League Division 1 East for the 2007-08 season.In October 2007 it was announced that the club plans to move to a multi-million pound venue at Church Farm in the North of Thame. They hope to begin playing in their new stadium by the 2009/10 season.
Club records
*Best league performance: 4th in
Isthmian League Division 1, 1999-2000
*BestFA Cup performance: 4th qualifying round, 2003-04, 2004-05
*BestFA Trophy performance: 3rd round, 2002-03
*BestFA Vase performance: Semi-finals, 1998-99ources
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External links
* [http://www.thameunitedfc.co.uk/ Club website]
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