Clanfield F.C.
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| Full name | Clanfield (April 1985) Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Robins |
| Founded | 1890 (reformed 1985) |
| Ground |
Radcot Road, Clanfield, Oxfordshire |
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Manager | Peter Osborne |
| League | Hellenic League Division One West |
| 2015–16 | Hellenic League Division One West, 12th |
Clanfield F.C. is an association football club in Clanfield, near Carterton, England. The club is affiliated to the Oxfordshire County Football Association The club competes in the Hellenic League Division One West, and the club's development XI in Division Two West.
It should not be confused with Clanfield (Hampshire) F.C. which plays in the Hampshire Premier League.
There is evidence that the club was formed in 1890 and played on a field near Chestlion Farm, before moving to a pitch in the mid twentieth century near Faringdon road. The club joined the North Berks Football League for the 1924–25 season, and finishing as winners of Division 2 (Faringdon) at their first attempt. They stayed in the North Berks league for another season and then left.
In the 1967–68 the club joined the Hellenic Football League starting in Division one. Two seasons later they gained promotion to the Premier Division, as champions of division one. They then spent the next ten years in the Premier Division, during which time they made their debut in the FA Vase, finishing runners-up twice before being relegated back to Division one at the end of the 1979–80 season. However it just took them one season to gain promotion when they finished as Runners-up in Division one in the 1980–81 season.
At the end of the 1984–85 season the club finished bottonm of the Premier division, and the club had to be reformed in April of that season, with a new official name of Clanfield (April 1985) Football Club. The reformed club took over from Clanfields place in the Hellenic league and started the 1985–86 season in Division one. The club has since then remained in Division one of the Hellenic league, being placed in Division one West when the league was restructured for the 2000–01 season.
During the course of the 2005/2006 season floodlights were installed at the ground allowing the club access to the league's floodlight cup competition, further ground enhancements have seen new dug-outs and seats in the main stand.
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