Westfields F.C. Explained

Clubname:Westfields
Fullname:Westfields Football Club
Nickname:The Fields
Ground:allpay.park, Widemarsh Common, Hereford
Capacity:2,000
Chairman:John Morgan
Manager:Scott Russell
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Westfields Football Club is a football team from Hereford, England, formed in 1966 and currently playing in the . The club is affiliated to the Herefordshire County FA.

History

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

Season !! colspan="11"
League !FA Vase
Division Level
(Step)
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 1026 17 5 4 50 21 +29 39 2nd
1984–85 West Midlands (Regional) League Division One 934 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
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 834 10 6 18 60 64 –4 26 14th PR
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 40 8 9 23 43 97 –54 33 17th EP
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 40 10 7 23 44 84 –40 37 17th PR
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 42 9 11 22 49 87 –38 3219th EP
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 36 6 12 18 48 74 –26 30 18th EP
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 36 8 6 22 56 85 –29 30 18th PR
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 38 7 7 24 58 92 –34 28 18th 2R
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 36 19 6 11 76 55 +21 63 5th PR
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 36 16 6 14 86 73 +13 54 8th 2Q
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 34 13 8 13 50 53 –3 47 10th 2Q
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 34 11 5 18 57 69 –12 38 14th 2Q
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 40 9 15 16 57 69 –12 42 17th 1R
1999–2000West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 42 9 9 24 56 89 –33 36 20th 2Q
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 44 14 14 16 60 63 –3 56 14th 1R
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 46 24 9 13 89 53 +36 81 5th 1Q
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 42 31 6 5 119 39 +80 99 1st 1Q
Midland Alliance46 20 6 20 67 61 +6 66 13th 2Q
Midland Alliance 9 (5)42 18 13 11 61 48 +13 67 6th 1R
Midland Alliance 42 8 9 25 48 88 –40 33 20th 2R
Midland Alliance 42 13 9 20 57 78 –21 48 16th 1Q
Midland Alliance 42 17 8 17 66 56 +10 59 11th 2Q
Midland Alliance 42 13 10 19 75 79 –4 49 17th 3R
Midland Alliance 42 23 7 12 82 55 +27 76 5th 2R
Midland Alliance 44 24 13 7 102 54 +48 85 6th 3R
Midland Alliance 42 27 6 9 93 49 +44 87 2nd 1R
Midland Alliance 42 28 6 8 103 52 +51 90 2nd 1R
Midland Alliance 42 17 10 15 84 70 +14 61 12th 4R
Midland League Premier Division 42 19 10 13 78 66 +12 67 8th 3R
Midland League Premier Division 42 13 12 17 69 68 +1 51 16th 1R
Midland League Premier Division 42 20 10 12 98 75 +23 70 5th 3R
Midland League Premier Division 42 17 8 17 86 83 +3 59 12th 4R
Midland League Premier Division 38 17 12 9 73 48 +25 63 4th 3R
Hellenic League Premier Division 26 20 6 0 81 24 +57 66 1st 3R
2020–21Hellenic League Premier Division 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 7 14th 4R
Hellenic League Premier Division 38 19 9 10 67 49 +18 66 7th 2R
Hellenic League Premier Division 38 18 10 10 67 42 +25 64 7th 1R
Hellenic League Premier Division 38 14 7 17 68 68 0 49 12th 2Q

Key

PromotedRelegated

Colours

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

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.

Current squad

Backroom staff

PositionName
Joint Manager Scott Russell
Joint Manager Nic Morgan
Head Coach Lee Kendall
Coach Dan Chance
PhysioTiago Viana
Kit manRoger Lloyd

Club records

Sources

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: FA Cup: Ninth-tier side Westfields into first round. 15 October 2016. 17 October 2016. BBC.
  2. News: Curzton Ashton 3 Westfields FC 1. BBC Sport . 14 November 2016 .
  3. Web site: Morris . Ian . 2018-02-27 . Westfields manager Sean Edwards resigns . 2023-09-20 . Hereford Times . en.
  4. Web site: Thomas . James . 2019-05-16 . Westfields manager resigns . 2023-09-20 . Hereford Times . en.
  5. Web site: Goddard . Ben . 2019-05-20 . Glover appointed as new Westfields manager . 2023-09-20 . Hereford Times . en.
  6. Web site: Goddard . Ben . 2019-05-19 . Sides moved into the Hellenic League as part of league allocations . 2023-09-25 . Hereford Times . en.
  7. Web site: Lawrence . David . 2023-09-20 . Westfields part ways with manager by 'mutual consent' . 2023-09-20 . Hereford Times . en.
  8. Web site: Lawrence . David . 2023-10-04 . Westfields make new first team manager appointment . 2023-10-05 . . en.
  9. Web site: FA Cup: The side founded on World Cup glory among those eyeing first round. 13 October 2016. 17 October 2016. BBC.