Windsor F.C.
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| Full name | Windsor Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Royalists |
| Founded | 1 April 2018 |
| Ground | Stag Meadow, Windsor |
| Capacity | 4,500 (450 seated) |
| Chairman | Kevin Stott |
| Manager | Mick Woodham |
| League | Combined Counties League Premier Division |
| 2016–17 | Combined Counties League Premier Division, 11/23 |
Windsor Football Club is an English football club formed in 2011 after Windsor & Eton folded. The club are current members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division and play at the former Windsor & Eton's Stag Meadow ground. The club is affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association.
The new club was founded in 2011 and placed into the Combined Counties Football League Premier Division. In their first season Windsor FC finished as runners up, only one point behind champions Guildford City, and reached the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy semi-final losing on penalties to Abingdon Town.
The following season chairman Kevin Stott made the decision to remove the playing budget for the foreseeable future, stating "the club had already lost its way". The decision was made after Stott attended the 2012 London Olympic Games and was humbled by the determination and passion of the Olympians. Stott decided that the focus had to be shifted from paying players to win games at grass-roots level to inspiring youth to be determined to win through passion and loyalty. With the budget removed the manager Keith Scott, his assistant Jim Melvin and the playing squad were offered the chance to stay and play under the new terms or move on. The management and the majority of the squad moved on, their last game together being the First Qualifying Round for the FA Cup against Didcot Town, after the club had made its debut in the competition starting in the Extra Preliminary Qualification Round. Mick Woodham stepped into the management void and began to build a squad. After steadying the ship Woodham's young squad finished 8th in the table. The following season Woodham's boys finished in the top six and won Windsor F.C.'s first ever trophy, beating Reading Town 3–0 at Chesham United to lift the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy. In season 2014–15 Woodham led his developing team to a second Berks & Bucks Trophy final victory, this time beating Flackwell Heath 3–2 After Extra Time in a pulsating game at Burnham F.C. Windsor F.C. finished the season in 5th place in the CCL Premier Division. Season 2015–16 is seen as a transition season with many of Woodham's original team moving to Step 4 clubs.
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