Hereford Lads Club F.C.

Hereford Lads Club
Full name	Hereford Lads Club Football Club
Founded	1925
Ground	County Ground, Hereford
Chairman	Wayne Sheehan
Manager	Danny Moon
League	West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division
2017–18	West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division, 12th of 20

Hereford Lads Club Football Club is a football club based in Hereford, Herefordshire, England. They are currently members of the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division.

History

The club was established in 1925 as a sports club for under-privileged, initially focused on boxing and gymnastics. Cricket and football teams were added at a later date.^[1] An adult team was later formed and became members of the Herefordshire League. They won the Division One title in 2002–03, earning promotion to the Premier Division.^[2] In 2010–11 the club were Premier Division runners-up,^[2] and were promoted to Division Two of the West Midlands (Regional) League.^[3] They were Division Two runners-up in their first season in the league, and after finishing third in 2012–13, the club were promoted to Division One.^[3]

Hereford Lads Club were Division One runners-up in 2015–16, but were denied promotion as they were unable to meet the ground grading criteria.^[4] However, after winning the division the following season,^[3] they were promoted to the Premier Division.

Ground

After the original Lads Club building was destroyed by a fire in January 1940, a new club was built next to Widemarsh Common, where the football club's County Ground was developed.^[1] From July 2012 the club were forced to play home matches at Hereford Leisure Centre after the West Midlands (Regional) League ruled that the pitch at the county ground was too short.^[5] However, they returned to the County Ground in January 2013.^[6] A temporary stand was installed in 2016,^[7] with a permanent new stand and floodlights erected in 2017; the stand opened by Kevin Sheedy in July prior to a friendly match against Hereford.^[8]

Honours

West Midlands (Regional) League
- Division One champions 2016–17
Herefordshire League
- Division One champions 2002–03

Records

Best FA Vase performance: First qualifying round, 2017–18^[3]
Best Herefordshire County Cup performance: Runners-Up, 2016-17, 2017-18

References

1 2 About Us Hereford Lads Club
1 2 Herefordshire League 2002–2012 Non-League Matters
1 2 3 4 Hereford Lads Club at the Football Club History Database
↑ Herefordshire Football Association secure funding to enable Hereford Lads Club to meet ground grading requirements at the County Ground Hereford Times, 2 March 2017
↑ Hereford Lads Club will be playing home matches at Hereford Leisure Centre Hereford Times, 7 July 2012
↑ Hereford Lads Club return to their County Ground home Hereford Times, 16 January 2013
↑ Hereford Lads Club are appealing the decision not to promote them to West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division Hereford Times, 15 June 2016
↑ Former Everton player Kevin Sheedy talks about his former clubs Lads Club and Hereford Hereford Times, 13 July 2017

External links

Coordinates: 52°03′50″N 2°43′13″W / 52.063904°N 2.7203701°W / 52.063904; -2.7203701

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[H-1] 1 2 About Us Hereford Lads Club

[NLM1-2] 1 2 Herefordshire League 2002–2012 Non-League Matters

[FCHD-3] 1 2 3 4 Hereford Lads Club at the Football Club History Database

[4] Herefordshire Football Association secure funding to enable Hereford Lads Club to meet ground grading requirements at the County Ground Hereford Times, 2 March 2017

[5] Hereford Lads Club will be playing home matches at Hereford Leisure Centre Hereford Times, 7 July 2012

[6] Hereford Lads Club return to their County Ground home Hereford Times, 16 January 2013

[7] Hereford Lads Club are appealing the decision not to promote them to West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division Hereford Times, 15 June 2016

[8] Former Everton player Kevin Sheedy talks about his former clubs Lads Club and Hereford Hereford Times, 13 July 2017

2017–18 West Midlands (Regional) League
Premier Division	AFC Bridgnorth Bewdley Town Bilston Town Black Country Rangers Cradley Town Dudley Sports Dudley Town Ellesmere Rangers Hereford Lads Club Malvern Town Pegasus Juniors Shifnal Town Smethwick Stone Old Alleynians Tividale Wednesfield Wellington Wellington Amateurs Wolverhampton Casuals Wolverhampton Sporting
Division One	AFC Broseley Allscott Bromyard Town Bustleholme Darlaston Town (1874) Gornal Athletic Kington Town Newport Town Old Wulfrunians St Martins Team Dudley Telford Juniors Tipton Town Wem Town Willenhall Town Worcester Raiders Wrens Nest Wyrley
Division Two	AFC Bilbrook AFC Bridgnorth Development AFC Wednesbury Bewdley Town Reserves Church Stretton FC Darlaston Gornal Colts Ludlow Market Drayton Town Reserves Oldbury United Rock Rovers Sikh Hunters Warstones Wanderers Wolverhampton United Wonder Vaults
Seasons	1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19