Wealdstone
Full name	Wealdstone Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Stones, The Royals
Founded	1899
Ground	Northwood Park, Northwood (groundshare with Northwood) (Capacity: 3,075 (308 seated))
Chairman	Howard Krais
Manager	Gordon Bartlett
League	Isthmian League Premier Division
2007/08	Isthmian League Premier Division 13th
Home colours

Wealdstone Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Wealdstone, in the London Borough of Harrow. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division. They play in blue and white quartered shirts and are nicknamed "The Stones", or "The Royals". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Football club names are a part of the sports culture, reflecting century-old traditions. ... Northwood Park is a soccer stadium in the England. ... Northwood is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Hillingdon. ... NORTHWOOD F.C. Northwood Football Club play in the Southern Premier League as a semi-pro club competing against sides including Gloucester City A.F.C. and Bath City F.C. Last season they competed in the Isthmian Premier League but made the switch to the Southern Premier over the... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... The Premier Division is the top division of the Isthmian League. ... The Premier Division is the top division of the Isthmian League. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... A football team is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a football game, be it association football (soccer), rugby, Australian football, American football, Gaelic football, or other version of football. ... Wealdstone is a place in the London Borough of Harrow, north-west Greater London where Ash and Binz can often be found ratted out of their heads on strong cider and cheap spirits. ... The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough of outer north-west London. ... The Premier Division is the top division of the Isthmian League. ...

History

Early History

There were, in fact, two separate Wealdstone Football Clubs in existence as far back as the 19th century, but the present club was formed at the start of the 1899-1900 season. They began with a friendly match on 7 October 1899, winning 6-1 at Northwood. Unfortunately, just 7 years later, the club were forced to close down, largely through lack of interest among both players and fans. Wealdstone is a place in the London Borough of Harrow, north-west Greater London where Ash and Binz can often be found ratted out of their heads on strong cider and cheap spirits. ... is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

They reformed in time for the 1908-09 season, enjoying a successful period before another closedown during World War I, which claimed the lives of a great many of its members. From the 1920s onwards, though now drawing very sizeable crowds for amateur football, the club had little success on the pitch until the 1950s. “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

Wealdstone took part in the first televised broadcast of a football match in 1946 when they played at Barnet in an Athenian League game. They also participated in the first live showing of an FA Cup tie in 1949 v Colchester United at Lower Mead.^{[citation needed]} Barnet Football Club are an English football team from High Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. ... The Athenian League was an English amateur football league in and around London. ... This article is about the English FA Cup. ...

Finally, in 1952 they won their first major trophy when they were champions of the Athenian League. The club then began a period of sustained growth, winning three Middlesex Senior Cup titles, in 1959, 1963 and 1964. Major national success was achieved in 1966 when the club won the FA Amateur Cup at Wembley Stadium, beating local rivals Hendon The Middlesex Senior Cup is the most prestigious football cup competition in the county of Middlesex. ... The FA Amateur Cup was an English football competition. ... Wembley Stadium was a football stadium located in Wembley, London. ... Hendon Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in the London Borough of Barnet, currently playing in the Isthmian League Premier Division in 2006-07. ...

Great success followed by disaster

The club decided to turn semi-professional in 1971, and the Southern League Division One title was won in 1974. For other uses, see Southern Football League (disambiguation). ...

The early 1980s proved to be the club's most successful period to date, to the extent that they became the top non league side in the entire country. Highly talented full back Stuart Pearce was sold to Coventry City and went on to become a stalwart for the England national side. The club won the both the Southern League Championship and Southern League Cup in 1982. In 1985 they became the first ever club to achieve the non league "double", captained by no nonsense centre half Paul Bowgett they won both the FA Trophy, beating Boston United at Wembley Stadium, and also the Gola League (now the Conference National). The club played at Wembley in three finals, and won all of them. Stuart Pearce MBE (born April 24, 1962 in Hammersmith, London) is an English football coach, currently the manager of the England Under 21s. ... Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues due to the traditional colour of their strip (which itself is sky blue in honour of the sky blue cloth traditionally made in the city), are a football team based in Coventry, England. ... For other uses, see Southern Football League (disambiguation). ... The Football Association Challenge Trophy is an English football competition for clubs playing in the Football Conference, Southern League, Isthmian League, and Northern Premier League. ... Boston United Football Club are a football club based in Boston , England. ... Conference National (currently billed as the Blue Square Premier for sponsorship reasons) [1] is the top division of the Football Conference. ...

With an experienced and talented squad, which contained future Wimbledon and Wales midfielder Vinnie Jones, the club confidently applied for election into the Football League (the voting system for entry into the Football League was then in its penultimate season, prior to automatic promotion as now happens). However, they lost out, and with a change of managership in 1987 and an aging team they were relegated from the Conference three years later, back into the Southern League. This article refers to the original club from London which existed until 2003. ... Vincent Peter Jones (born 5 January 1965) is an English-born ex-footballer (and former captain of the Wales national football team). ... The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... For other uses, see Southern Football League (disambiguation). ...

At this point, the club were then forced to move from their Lower Mead stadium in central Harrow when the then chairman, Alan Clifton, controversially sold the land to Tesco supermarkets in dubious circumstances with the club itself receiving very little money for the sale. , For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ...

Ultimately, this proved financially disastrous for the club, and left them homeless for the next seventeen years. The club's new owners then entered into a prestigious but extremely costly two year ground share agreement at Watford, a move which may have destroyed the club entirely had it not been for the fund raising efforts of its fans. A much cheaper ground share at Yeading followed, and then a ten year period sharing with Edgware Town In 2005, they moved yet again to share with Northwood Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. ... Yeading F.C. are an English football club from Yeading in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London, currently playing in the Conference South. ... Edgware Town F.C. is a football club based in Edgware in the London Borough of Harrow, England. ... NORTHWOOD F.C. Northwood Football Club play in the Southern Premier League as a semi-pro club competing against sides including Gloucester City A.F.C. and Bath City F.C. Last season they competed in the Isthmian Premier League but made the switch to the Southern Premier over the...

The Wilderness Years

Throughout this long period of homelessness, the club has been run on a very tight budget because of its minimal income sources, as the massive financial damage caused by the sale of the old ground is slowly repaired.

On the pitch, although the team initially slipped rapidly downwards as a result of the severe lack of funds, the decline was eventually reversed. The club requested that the Football Association move it from the Southern League into the equal standard but less geographically wide-spread Isthmian League, in order to save on travelling expenses. The FA agreed to this but insisted that the club join the Isthmian League at its lowest level, which effectively meant the club voluntarily taking two steps down in playing standard. For other uses, see Southern Football League (disambiguation). ... The Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England. ...

The Isthmian League Division 3 title was won in 1997, and then promotion from Division 2 was gained the following season. In 1999, the club finished third in Division One and thereby earned promotion to the Premier Division. However, this was frustratingly denied to them when Edgware Town's ground, at which Wealdstone were then tenants, failed a ground grading inspection. In 2004, the club finally returned to the Premier Division of the Isthmian League, having won the First Division Play-Off Final against Dulwich Hamlet on penalties. The Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England. ... Edgware Town F.C. is a football club based in Edgware in the London Borough of Harrow, England. ... Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is an English football club who play at Champion Hill stadium in Dulwich, in the London Borough of Southwark. ...

With very little money to spend on wages to attract players, the club found itself relying on a large number of inexperienced youngsters, but narrowly avoided relegation in both 2005 and 2006.

In the summer of 2006, following non league re-organization, the club were very reluctantly reassigned back to Southern League for the 2006-7 season. For other uses, see Southern Football League (disambiguation). ...

A New Home Ground

Since being forced to leave Lower Mead, the club and its supporters have sought to be in a position to afford the building of a new home stadium within the London Borough of Harrow. This plan finally found substance when a suitable site was found at the Prince Edward Playing Fields in Canons Park, a facility which had fallen into disuse and disrepair. Planning permission for a new stadium with substantial community amenities was attained, and partial funding given from the national lottery. The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough of outer north-west London. ... Canons Park is a suburb of London largely built on the site of Canons a country estate built by James Brydges, who was the first Duke of Chandos. ...

Construction began in 2003, although the project has been dogged with various financial problems and the work was halted in 2004, when a private company paying the builders went into liquidation. However, good progress has been made in sourcing alternative funding, and it was hoped that the stadium would be completed and open in 2007...

In early 2008, the club issued a press release stating that the chairman and vice-chairman of Wealdstone FC had acquired a majority shareholding in Ruislip Manor Sports and Social Club (RMSSC), the sports club that owns the lease to the football stadium, currently used by Ruislip Manor and Wealdstone's Youth Team. With the ground share agreement at Northwood coming to a close and no finish date in site for the club's long term Prince Edward Playing Field development, Wealdstone intend investing in the Grosvenor Vale stadium to upgrade the playing facilities as a priority in order to meet the necessary ground grading requirements to play Ryman Premier League football in the 2008/9 season.

So a new ground finally after 17 years for Wealdstone to call their own, opening in August 2008 being their stadium for the forseable future until the Prince Edward stadium is completed.

Current squad

No. Position Player - GK Keita Karamoko - GK Daniel Carr - DF Carl Martin - DF James Gray - DF Jomo Faal-Thomas - DF Lee Chappell - DF Ben Clarke - DF Aaron Goode (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) - MF Ryan Ashe - MF Chris O'Leary (c)

No. Position Player - MF John Nichols - MF Graeme Montgomery - MF André Delisser - MF Luke Muldowney - MF Jon Nicholls - MF Dean Cracknell - FW Ben Alexander - FW Stephen Hughes - FW Dean Papali - FW Peter Dean - FW Daniel Campbell

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External links

Some unofficial sites

• http://www.wealdstonefc.co.uk/
• http://www.wfcsc.co.uk/
• http://www.come-to-wealdstonefc.co.uk/
• http://www.wealdstone.net/