Welwyn Garden City F.C.
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| Full name | Welwyn Garden City Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Citizens |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Ground | Herns Way Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire |
| Manager | Adam Fisher |
| League | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 4th |
Welwyn Garden City Football Club is a football club based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire . They currently play in Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, Level 9 of the National League System.
Founded in 1921, when the town itself was in its infancy (the first house was completed in December 1920), the club began by playing friendlies before being admitted to the Mid-Hertfordshire League (Division 2) for the 1922/23 season. The club then moved to the Bedfordshire & District County League in 1926 for one season, before joining the Spartan League the following year, where it stayed until the end of the 1934/35 season. 1926 saw the club's first entry in to the FA Amateur Cup and the following year saw them enter the FA Challenge Cup for the first time. During the 1927/28 season the club gained its first honour, winning the Herts Charity Shield, beating Hoddesdon Town 5–2.
Following a very successful 1934/35 season, where the club achieved its highest ever league posion (3rd out of 14 teams), the club was forced to resign from the Spartan League as it couldn't find a suitable ground on which to play; the club needed an enclosed ground to enable it to collect gate money, without which it was unable to cover running costs. Consequently the club was wound up before the start of the 1935/36 season with debts of over £20.
This situation lasted until 1937 when the facilities of local rivals Shredded Wheat FC, which had been wound up, were made available together with a grant of £50 to enable the re-establishment of Welwyn Garden City FC. This enabled the club to re-join the Spartan League for the 1937/38 season. In common with most leagues, the Spartan League was suspended in August 1939 due to the war, the club only playing one league game and an FA Cup tie (that competition was also suspended). For the remainder of the 1939/40 season the club competed in the East, North & Mid-Hertfordshire Combination and then the Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Combination. At a meeting held in August 1940 it was agreed "to carry on the club with the present committee".
The next recorded action on the pitch is from the 1944/45 season with the club competing in the Mid-Hertfordshire League. Things returned to normality for the 1945/46 season with the club once again competing in the Spartan League, where they remained until joining the London League for the 1950/51 season. Their brief stay in the London League lasted until 1955 during which time - 1954/55 season - the club enjoyed its best run in the FA Amateur Cup by reaching the 3rd Qualifying Round (this run was equalled in the 1956/57 season when they were beaten by Bishops Stortford after a replay).
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