Oakham United F.C. (Rutland)
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| Full name | Oakham United Football Club |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| Ground | Main Road, Barleythorpe |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chairman | Alistair Forbes |
| Manager | Kai Brownhill |
| League | United Counties League Division One |
| 2016–17 | United Counties League Division One, 11th of 19 |
Oakham United is a football club based in Barleythorpe, Oakham, Rutland, England. The club competes in the United Counties League Division One.
The club was formed in 2011 as the result of a merger between Rutland Rangers and Oakham Imperial and played in the Peterborough Premier League. After several top half finishes, they won the Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division title and the Presidents Premier Shield in 2015 and were promoted to the United Counties League Division One, at Step 6 of the National League System. for the 2015/16 season.
In their first season playing UCL football, Oakham finished in 12th place having earned 47 points as well as being runners up in the Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup, losing to Hinckley AFC in the final. The club also competed in the FA Vase for the first time getting knocked out in the first qualifying round.
The 2016/17 saw Oakham improve upon the previous season. They finished in 11th Place in the UCL Division 1 amassing 51 points and finishing in 11th place. Oakham also progressed to the 1st round of the FA Vase beating Gedling Miners Welfare and Retford in the preliminary stages before getting knocked out by Rocester of the Midland Football League
Oakham United's main stand and far end
The pitch and disused far side
College end
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