Wembley F.C.
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| Full name | Wembley Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lions |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Ground | Vale Farm |
| Capacity | 2,450 |
| Chairman | Brian Gumm |
| Manager | Ian Bates |
| League | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 11th |
Wembley Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent, London, England. They currently play in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division. They play in red and white and are nicknamed "The Lions". This is due to the presence of a lion in the coat of arms for the old Borough of Wembley. Traditional rivals for Wembley are Harrow Borough and Edgware Town while Wealdstone are also unpopular with most Wembley supporters.
The club was formed in 1946 in the post-Second World War football boom, as many in the area felt it wrong that the area which held the English National Stadium didn't have its own senior football team. It was formed from two local Junior clubs: Sudbury Rangers and Sudbury Ratepayers. As a result of their efforts, the club took the motto "A Posse Ad Esse" ("From Possibility To Reality").
Wembley become League Champions in only their second season of existence in 1947–48. They then spent two seasons in the Spartan League Western Division, becoming Champions in the 1950–51 season. The next season saw them move from the Spartan League to become one of the founder members of the Delphian League. Vale Farm's record attendance was recorded in 1952 when 2,654 attended a derby game with local rivals Wealdstone. In the 1955–56 season, they finished as runners up in the league. That season also saw them reach the finals of both the London Senior Cup (losing 1–3 to Briggs Sports at Ilford) and Middlesex Senior Cup (losing 1–2 to Hendon at Wealdstone). The club then joined the Corinthian League the following season (1956–57).
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