Hayes & Yeading United F.C.
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| Full name | Hayes & Yeading United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | United |
| Founded | 18 May 2007 |
| Ground | SkyEx Community Stadium, Hayes, Hillingdon |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Chairman | Tony O'Driscoll |
| Manager | Paul Hughes and Ritchie Hanlon |
| League | Southern League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | National League South, 21st (relegated) |
Hayes & Yeading United Football Club are an English football club currently based in Hayes (Hillingdon). The club participate in the Southern Premier League, the seventh tier of English football. The club were formed in 2007 following a merger of Hayes and Yeading. They play at their ground in Beaconsfield Road in Hayes.
Hayes & Yeading United Football Club was formed on 18 May 2007 after Conference South clubs Hayes F.C. and Yeading F.C. merged. The club's badge features the Middlesex crest and the colours from both the former sides; the emblem also features the motto Porro Simul: Latin for forward together.
They played their first season in the Conference South in 2007–08 as both former teams did the previous season, registering a 13th-place finish, in the FA Cup they reached the Fourth Qualifying Round, and in the FA Trophy they were knocked out in the First Round. In their second season, 2008–09, they finished fourth, securing a place in the play-offs; they beat Eastleigh 6–4 on aggregate in the semi-final coming back from 4–2 down in the first leg (after being 4–0 down just after half-time). In the play-off final they defeated Hampton & Richmond 3–2 thanks to an opener from Scott Fitzgerald and a brace from Steven Gregory, which brought them back from 2–1 down. This secured a place in the Conference National for the following season, in the FA Cup they were once again knocked out in the Fourth Qualifying Round, however they reached the Second Round of the FA Trophy.
Their first season at the top tier of non-league was a success; whilst many had tipped them for the drop they survived quite comfortably in the end and were in with a chance of a top-half finish until April, when a bad late run of form saw them slide to 17th place at the season's end, for the third consecutive season they were eliminated in the Fourth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, whilst they lost out in the First Round of the FA Trophy. The 2009–10 season was the merged club's first at the highest level of non-league football. Hayes previously spent six years at this level before their relegation in 2002, while Yeading had not competed at this level before.
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