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Feltham Football Club was founded in 1946 as Tudor Park and competed
under that name until the end of season 1962/63 when the name Feltham
was adopted upon being granted Senior Status by the Middlesex County
Football Association. Tudor Park played at Rectory Meadow in Hanworth,
and also at the Remo Depot in Feltham, whilst Feltham FC played
on the surrounding Glebelands playing fields before moving into
its former home of Feltham Sports Arena in 1963.
A merger with Hounslow of the Southern League happened in 1990
and the side competed under the name of Feltham and Hounslow Borough
until the end of the 1994/95 season when it was decided to change
the name back to Feltham FC.
For their first three seasons, Tudor Park were members of the West
Middlesex Sunday Football League but in 1949/50 became affiliated
to the Middlesex County Football Association and played Saturday
football under the County’s jurisdiction as members of the
Staines and District League and in turn was elected to the Parthenon
League.
In 1963/64 Feltham had their first taste of senior football in
the Surrey County Senior League in which they had a successful five-season
spell. 1968/69 saw the club replace Petter’s Sports in the
Spartan League. At the end of the 1972/73 Season they were promoted
to the Second Division of the Athenian League. In 1977, Feltham,
along with fifteen other member clubs of the Athenian League, resigned
to join the newly-formed Second Division of the Isthmian League.
It was from here that the club was promoted to the First Division
in 1980/81 after securing maximum points in the very last game of
the season at Barton Rovers, thereby winning the Second Division
title. The 1982/83 season saw Feltham being the first team outside
of the Football League to play their league fixtures on an Artificial
Pitch.
In 1983/84, Feltham dropped back into Division Two South of the
Isthmian League and in turn, they transferred to Division 3 in 1992
after the league had been restructured. The club stayed in the league
until 1995, when due to new league rulings about ground grading,
they were forced to resign. Feltham then joined the Combined Counties
Football League in season 1995/96. Season 1996/97 saw Feltham defeat
Godalming & Guildford 5-1 in the League Cup Final.
Season 2002/03 saw Feltham lift the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup
after beating Northwood 2-0 in the Final. The Blues completed a
cup double that season by defeating Hendon in the Final of the Middlesex
Super Cup (The George Ruffell Memorial Trophy).
At the end of Season 2005/06 despite other clubs resigning, Feltham
was relegated into Division One of the Combined Counties League.
Their first season saw them finish in 9th place, whilst in season
2007/08, Feltham finished in a mid-table position.
Due to constant vandalism, Feltham was forced to move out of their
Feltham Sports Arena ground and have spent the last few seasons
ground sharing with local neighbours. Firstly Egham Town, then Hampton
& Richmond Borough. Feltham are currently located at Bedfont
FC. Feltham have been given planning permission by The London Borough
of Hounslow to redevelop Feltham Sports Arena which will allow the
club to build its own ground for its teams. Work has now started
and Feltham hopes to be back there in the near future.
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