Little Oakley Football Club is a football club based in Little Oakley, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at the Memorial Ground.
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| Full name | Little Oakley Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Acorns | |
| Founded | 1947, as Little Oakley War Memorial | |
| Ground | Memorial Ground, Little Oakley | |
| Chairman | Michael Good | |
| Manager | James Good | |
| League | Essex Senior League | |
| 2023–24 | Essex Senior League, 8th of 20 | |
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History
editDespite evidence of a football club in Little Oakley prior to World War I, the club were founded in 1947 as Little Oakley War Memorial. In 1974, the club changed their name to the current guise of Little Oakley.[1] In the 1987–88 season, the club were initially accepted into the Eastern Counties League Division One for the following season, before failing ground grading.[2]
The club was promoted as champions of the Essex & Suffolk Border League in 2017,[3] joining the Eastern Counties League. It was the club's fifth Premier Division title.[4]
In 2021 the club were promoted to the Essex Senior League based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.[5]
Ground
editFollowing the club's promotion to the Eastern Counties League, the War Memorial Ground required several upgrades. The ground was enclosed and the pitch surrounded with railing and hardstanding. Floodlights were installed, with a small covered stand built at the clubhouse end.[6]
Honours
edit- Essex and Suffolk Border League
- Premier Division champions 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2003–04, 2016–17
- Division One champions 1985–86
References
edit- ^ "A Brief History Of Little Oakley FC". Little Oakley F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ Jon Weaver (2005) The Football Grounds of Rural Essex, p75
- ^ Full-time 2016/17 league table
- ^ Little Oakley FC Promotion confirmed
- ^ "National League System club allocations – steps 5/6, season 2021–22" (.pdf). The Football Association. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Little Oakley", Groundtastic, Autumn 2017, issue 90, p18