Full name | Milton United Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Miltonians |
Founded | 1909 |
Ground | Potash Lane, Milton Hill |
Capacity | 1,500 + 50 seated |
Chairman | Andy Burchette |
League | Hellenic League Division One West |
2015–16 | Hellenic League Premier Division, 18th (relegated) |
Milton United F.C. is a football club based in Milton, near Didcot in Oxfordshire, England. They were established in 1909 first noted as competing in the North Berks League in 1926, joining the Hellenic League Division One in 1989. They are currently looking for a new Manager. They are currently members of the Hellenic League Division One West. The club is affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association and is a FA Chartered Development club
The club was a founder member of the North Berks Football League when it was first formed in 1909 and played under the name Milton Hill. The club played in the North Berks league for two seasons before returning again for the 1920–21 season, under the nameMilton and finally 'Milton United' in the following season. In 1926 Milton gained their first trophy for beating Aston Tirrold by 8 to 2 in a playoff for the Division 2 (Abingdon) league title. Milton United continued after the war but folded in the early 1950s. The club reformed in 1958 and regained entry to the North Berks League.
Milton became champion of the Northe Berks league for the first time in the 1962–63 Season. The club would then enjoy more league title success during the sixties with three further successes in the 1963–64, 1965–66 and 1969–70 seasons. While the club remained in the top flight throughout most of the seventies, the club suffered relegation to the second tier of the North Berks league at the end of the 1978–79 season. Two seasons later the club bounced back to the top flight when they finished as Champions of Division Two, at the end of the 1980–81 season.
After being promoted back to the top division in the league the club, then went on to win the league a further three times, during the eighties, in the 1985–86, 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons. The club also ended as runners-up in the Berks and Bucks intermediate cup in 1984. In 1989 they applied to join the Hellenic Football League. The application was successful and finished as runners up in their first season in both the first division & the Division One Cup, and winning the Berks and Bucks Intermediate cup. As a consequence of their runners-up position they were promoted to the premier league and became champions of the premier league at their first attempt. They also retained the Berks and Bucks intermediate trophy.