Potton United F.C.
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| Full name | Potton United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Royals |
| Founded | 1943 |
| Ground | The Hollow, Potton |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Alan Riley |
| Manager | Laurence Revell |
| League | United Counties League Division One |
| 2015–16 | United Counties League Division One, 7th |
Potton United F.C. is an English football club based in Potton, Bedfordshire. The club are currently members of Division One of the United Counties League Division One and play at the Hollow.
The club was established in 1943 and won the Bedfordshire Intermediate Cup in 1944. After World War II they joined the South Midlands League, which they played in until 1955. They then left the league and applied to join the Parthenon League, but were rejected. After a season without league fixtures, they joined Division One South of the Central Alliance. In 1961 they joined the United Counties League.
They won the Premier Division of the UCL in 1986–87 and again in 1988–89. They were relegated to Division One at the end of the 2000–01 season, but were promoted back to the Premier Division after winning Division One in 2003–04. They finished as runners-up in both of their first two seasons back in the Premier Division. However, they were relegated back to Division One at the end of the 2008–09 season.
Coordinates: 52°07′23.49″N 0°13′01.79″W / 52.1231917°N 0.2171639°W
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