Canning Town F.C. Explained

Clubname:Canning Town
Fullname:Canning Town Football Club
Ground:Rayleigh Town Sports & Social Club, Rayleigh
Chairman:Paul Mooney
Manager:Lee Wilson
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Canning Town Football Club is a football club based in Canning Town, in the London Borough of Newham, England. They are currently members of the .

History

The club was formed in 1948 by Eric Keylock who had decided to start his own football team after persuading his other founding company, Traffic Services, to provide sets of the club uniform. Keylock decided to pursue this endeavour after being discharged from the Royal Air Force.[1]

During the 1980s, Canning Town competed in the South Essex League.[2] The club joined the Essex Intermediate League (later to become the Essex Olympian League) in 2000, winning Division Two in their first season in the league. The club first competed in the Premier Division for the first time in the 2007–08 season, remaining in the Premier Division for five seasons. Canning Town entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2009, losing 7–0 to Erith Town in the first qualifying round. In the 2015–16 season, the first team won Division One of the Essex Olympian Football League and were promoted back into the Premier Division. In the 2016–17 season, they reached the first round proper of the FA Vase for the first time in their history, losing 5–4 at home against Biggleswade.[3]

Ground

During the early 2000s, Canning Town played at Southern Road Playing Fields in Plaistow,[4] later moving to Gooseley Playing Fields in East Ham by the mid-2000s.[5] The club later moved to the Terence McMillan Stadium in Plaistow,[6] before moving to the West Ham United Foundation ground in Beckton.[7] On 22 May 2024, Canning Town announced their intention to move out of Greater London and groundshare with Rayleigh Town at their Rayleigh Town Sports & Social Club ground.[8]

In September 2011, Canning Town used Aveley's Mill Field ground for a 1–1 FA Vase draw against Eton Manor.[9]

Records

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canning Town F.C - Canning Town Football Club Online. www.canningtownfc.co.uk. 2017-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20170701092623/http://canningtownfc.co.uk/index.php?page=about. 2017-07-01. dead.
  2. "Football results", The Observer, 16 November 1980, p. 24
  3. Web site: Football Club History Database – Canning Town. fchd.info. 15 July 2016.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20020924223537/http://www.btinternet.com/~friendlysea/ . Club Details. 24 September 2002 . dead. Canning Town F.C..
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040829080157/http://members.lycos.co.uk/canningtownfc/. Club Details. 29 August 2004 . dead. Canning Town F.C..
  6. Web site: Canning Town Football Club's official website.. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070625095508/http://www.canningtownfc.co.uk/ . 25 June 2007 . Canning Town F.C..
  7. Web site: Canning Town. Essex Olympian Football League. 5 July 2021.
  8. Canning_town_fc . Canning Town F.C. . 1793183075943190608. 22 May 2024 .
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  9. Web site: Canning Town lose in FA Vase replay. East London & West Essex Guardian. 20 September 2011. 5 July 2021.

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