Canning Town F.C.

Canning Town
Full name Canning Town Football Club
Founded 1948
Ground West Ham Foundation, Beckton
Chairman Stephen Ives
Manager Lee Wilson
League Essex Olympian League Premier Division
2017–18 Essex Olympian League Premier Division, 11th of 13

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 Essex Olympian League Premier Division.

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 endeavor after being discharged from the Royal Air Force.

Canning Town entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2009.

In the 2015–16 season, the first team won Division One of the Essex Olympian Football League and were promoted to Premier Division after 5 years since relegation to the Essex Olympian League Premier Division.[1]

In the 2016–17 season, they reached the First Round Proper of the FA Vase for the first time in their history.[2]

Records

  • Best league position: 7th in the Essex Olympian League, 2007–08
  • Best FA Vase performance: First round, 2016–17

References

  1. ↑ "Canning Town F.C - Canning Town Football Club Online". www.canningtownfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Football Club History Database – Canning Town". fchd.info. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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