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Westfields F.C.

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Westfields
Full nameWestfields Football Club
Nickname(s)The Fields
FoundedNovember 1966; 57 years ago (1966-11)
Groundallpay.park, Widemarsh Common, Hereford
Capacity2,000
ChairmanJohn Morgan
ManagerScott Russell
LeagueHellenic League Premier Division
2023–24Hellenic League Premier Division, 12th of 20

Westfields Football Club is a football team from Hereford, England, formed in 1966 and currently playing in the Hellenic League Premier Division. The club is affiliated to the Herefordshire County FA.

History

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Westfields FC were formed in November 1966 by a group of local youths who played friendlies on Widemarsh Common. One of the youths, Andy Morris, is still involved with the club and is now its chief executive.

Westfields initially entered the Herefordshire Sunday League, where they played for ten years, winning a number of trophies. In 1973, they fielded their first Saturday team in the Worcester and District League. Two years later they moved their ground from the King George V playing fields to Thorn Lighting's Rotherwas headquarters where they gradually developed the ground over the subsequent years.

In 1978, the club stepped up to the West Midlands (Regional) League, initially in Division Two. Promotion to Division One came in 1983–84, followed by a further step up to the Premier Division three years later.

The 2002–03 season saw the club do a league and county cup double, becoming the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division champions for the first time and defeating rivals Kington Town to win the Herefordshire County Challenge Cup. The title win saw them promoted to the Midland Alliance, where they finished sixth in their first season, although their second season saw them flirt with relegation before finishing in 20th position.

In the 2015–16 season, they reached the Herefordshire County Challenge Cup final at Edgar Street, but lost to newly-formed Hereford, their divisional rivals in the Midland Football League.

During the 2016–17 season they qualified for the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history where they faced National League North club Curzon Ashton. After drawing 1–1 at home, they lost 3–1 in the replay and were knocked out.[1][2]

In February 2018, manager Sean Edwards, who was in charge during the club's famous FA Cup run, resigned. He was replaced by coach Andy Bevan.[3] Bevan himself resigned in May 2019, being replaced by former captain and coach Phil Glover.[4][5]

In 2019, the club was transferred from the Midland Football League to the Hellenic League as part of a reorganisation at step 5 of the National League System.[6]

In September 2023, the club parted ways with manager Phil Glover after their poor start to the season.[7] He was replaced by former player Scott Russell on 5 October.[8]

Seasons

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Season League FA Cup FA Vase
Division Level
(Step)
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos
1978–79 West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two 34 7 10 17 59 76 –17 24 16th
1979–80 West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two 38 18 8 12 58 41 +17 44 9th
1980–81 West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two 40 24 8 8 89 60 +29 56 3rd
1981–82 West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two 36 17 6 13 78 54 +24 40 8th
1982–83 West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two 32 10 7 15 55 59 –4 28 12th
1983–84 West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two 10 26 17 5 4 50 21 +29 39 2nd
1984–85 West Midlands (Regional) League Division One 9 34 21 9 4 74 39 +35 51 3rd
1985–86 West Midlands (Regional) League Division One 34 19 7 8 67 32 +35 45 3rd EP
1986–87 West Midlands (Regional) League Division One 38 30 1 7 111 46 +65 61 1st 4R
1987–88 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 8 34 10 6 18 60 64 –4 26 14th PR
1988–89 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 40 8 9 23 43 97 –54 33 17th EP
1989–90 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 40 10 7 23 44 84 –40 37 17th PR
1990–91 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 42 9 11 22 49 87 –38 32[a] 19th EP
1991–92 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 36 6 12 18 48 74 –26 30 18th EP
1992–93 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 36 8 6 22 56 85 –29 30 18th PR
1993–94 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 38 7 7 24 58 92 –34 28 18th 2R
1994–95 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 36 19 6 11 76 55 +21 63 5th 1Q PR
1995–96 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 36 16 6 14 86 73 +13 54 8th PR 2Q
1996–97 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 34 13 8 13 50 53 –3 47 10th 1Q 2Q
1997–98 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 34 11 5 18 57 69 –12 38 14th 1Q 2Q
1998–99 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 40 9 15 16 57 69 –12 42 17th 1R
1999–2000 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 42 9 9 24 56 89 –33 36 20th 2Q
2000–01 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 44 14 14 16 60 63 –3 56 14th 1R
2001–02 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 46 24 9 13 89 53 +36 81 5th 1Q
2002–03 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 42 31 6 5 119 39 +80 99 1st 1Q
2003–04 Midland Alliance 46 20 6 20 67 61 +6 66 13th 2Q
2004–05 Midland Alliance 9[b] (5) 42 18 13 11 61 48 +13 67 6th 1Q 1R
2005–06 Midland Alliance 42 8 9 25 48 88 –40 33 20th 1Q 2R
2006–07 Midland Alliance 42 13 9 20 57 78 –21 48 16th 1Q 1Q
2007–08 Midland Alliance 42 17 8 17 66 56 +10 59 11th PR 2Q
2008–09 Midland Alliance 42 13 10 19 75 79 –4 49 17th PR 3R
2009–10 Midland Alliance 42 23 7 12 82 55 +27 76 5th 1Q 2R
2010–11 Midland Alliance 44 24 13 7 102 54 +48 85 6th PR 3R
2011–12 Midland Alliance 42 27 6 9 93 49 +44 87 2nd EP 1R
2012–13 Midland Alliance 42 28 6 8 103 52 +51 90 2nd 2Q 1R
2013–14 Midland Alliance 42 17 10 15 84 70 +14 61 12th EP 4R
2014–15 Midland League Premier Division 42 19 10 13 78 66 +12 67 8th PR 3R
2015–16 Midland League Premier Division 42 13 12 17 69 68 +1 51 16th 1Q 1R
2016–17 Midland League Premier Division 42 20 10 12 98 75 +23 70 5th 1R 3R
2017–18 Midland League Premier Division 42 17 8 17 86 83 +3 59 12th 2Q 4R
2018–19 Midland League Premier Division 38 17 12 9 73 48 +25 63 4th EP 3R
2019–20[c] Hellenic League Premier Division 26 20 6 0 81 24 +57 66 1st PR 3R
2020–21[c] Hellenic League Premier Division 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 7 14th 1Q 4R
2021–22 Hellenic League Premier Division 38 19 9 10 67 49 +18 66 7th PR 2R
2022–23 Hellenic League Premier Division 38 18 10 10 67 42 +25 64 7th EP 1R
2023–24 Hellenic League Premier Division 38 14 7 17 68 68 0 49 12th PR 2Q
Source: Football Club History Database
  1. ^ Deducted six points
  2. ^ Midland Alliance became level 9 of the English football league system for the 2004–05 season due to the addition of the Conference North and Conference South at level 6
  3. ^ a b Season abandoned due to COVID-19

Key

Colours

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Westfields took their claret and blue colours from West Ham United, as its founders admired Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Sir Geoff Hurst, who were part of the England squad that won the World Cup in the year they were founded.[9]

Ground

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After playing for many years at the sports ground of Thorn Lighting on the Rotherwas Industrial Estate to the south of Hereford, Westfields began their first Midland Alliance campaign playing their home games at Stourport Swifts' Walshes Meadow ground. Westfields moved to a new £250,000 ground in the heart of the city in December 2003. The new ground gained the rather unusual name of allpay.park after a sponsorship deal with Hereford-based firm allpay.net.[citation needed]

Current squad

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As of 10 October 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Pos. Nation Player
GK England ENG Matt Apperley
GK England ENG Jack Oxenham
GK England ENG Chris Paulat-Brigg
DF England ENG Cameron Davies
DF England ENG Joel Edwards
DF Wales WAL Ryan Green
DF England ENG Sam Gwynne
DF England ENG Paul Hurrell
DF Australia AUS Kane Kahaki
DF England ENG Andy Lewis
DF Wales WAL Sean Powell
DF England ENG Jay Richmond
Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Archie Muirhead
MF England ENG Adam Newbury
MF England ENG Harrison Summers
MF Albania ALB Florjet Vucaj
FW England ENG Oli Barnes
FW England ENG Kyle Cassell
FW England ENG Steve Davies
FW England ENG Sam Griffiths
FW England ENG Zach Johnston
FW England ENG Teddy Mee
FW England ENG Adam Wakley

Backroom staff

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Position Name
Joint Manager Scott Russell
Joint Manager Nic Morgan
Head Coach Lee Kendall
Coach Dan Chance
Physio Tiago Viana
Kit man Roger Lloyd

Club records

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Westfields (claret and blue) in action against Coventry Sphinx in 2010
  • Best league performance: 2nd in Midland Football Alliance, 2011–12, 2012–13
  • Best FA Cup performance: First Round Proper, 2016–17
  • Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 1986–87, 2013–14
  • Record attendance: 1825 against Hereford 31 August 2015

References

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  1. ^ "FA Cup: Ninth-tier side Westfields into first round". BBC. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Curzton Ashton 3 Westfields FC 1". BBC Sport. 14 November 2016.
  3. ^ Morris, Ian (27 February 2018). "Westfields manager Sean Edwards resigns". Hereford Times. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  4. ^ Thomas, James (16 May 2019). "Westfields manager resigns". Hereford Times. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. ^ Goddard, Ben (20 May 2019). "Glover appointed as new Westfields manager". Hereford Times. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  6. ^ Goddard, Ben (19 May 2019). "Sides moved into the Hellenic League as part of league allocations". Hereford Times. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  7. ^ Lawrence, David (20 September 2023). "Westfields part ways with manager by 'mutual consent'". Hereford Times. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  8. ^ Lawrence, David (4 October 2023). "Westfields make new first team manager appointment". Hereford Times. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  9. ^ "FA Cup: The side founded on World Cup glory among those eyeing first round". BBC. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

Sources

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  • Mike and Tony Williams (2006). Non League Club Directory 2006. Tony Williams Publications Ltd. ISBN 1-869833-54-6.
  • Westfields at the Football Club History Database
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