Athletic Newham F.C.
| Full name | Athletic Newham Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Kings | |
| Founded | 2015 | |
| Ground | The Sir Bobby Moore Sports Hub | |
| Chairman | Ulisses Filipe Lopes Tavares | |
| Manager | Jonny Fowell | |
| League | Essex Senior League | |
| 2024–25 | Essex Senior League, 10th of 20 | |
| Website | https://www.athleticnewhamfc.com/ | |
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Athletic Newham Football Club is a football club formed in Newham, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at the Sir Bobby Moore Sports Hub in Dagenham.
History
The club was founded in 2015 as a youth team known as Lopes Tavares London before transitioning to adult football the following season and joining the Essex Alliance Football League.
After two seasons in the Premier Division, we applied for and joined the newly formed Division One South, part of the Eastern Counties Football League, for the 2018/19 season.
In the 2020/21 season, the club was renamed from Lopes Tavares London to Athletic Newham. That same season, we were promoted to the Essex Senior Premier Division based on our performance in the abandoned 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons.
In the 2021/22 season, we finished in a respectable 8th position in the Essex Senior League, just 7 points outside the playoffs.
The following season (2022/23) saw us narrowly miss the playoffs by a single point.
The 2023/24 season there was highs and lows on and off the pitch but we finished a respectable midtable plus we also added a Sunday side to our ranks playing in the Essex Sunday Corinthian Football League Division Five,
In 2024/25 the club took on a remolding project going all the way back to the clubs basic principles playing football with an identity, technique and as a unit which somehow was lost with the will to win. Athletic Newham sought to encourage youth but also to respect the tradecraft of a veteran. To win, but to do so with dignity. The personification of our principles is the coaching due lead by Diogo Nobre & His assistanted Ricardo Freitas who have already brought the joy and laughter back into the team training and wins in the league, long may it continue
Stadium
Following time at the Memorial Recreation Ground, the club moved to the Terence McMillan Stadium in Plaistow.[1][2]
On 12 September 2024, Athletic Newham announced they would be moving out of Newham, moving to The Bobby Moore Sports Hub,Parsloes Park in Dagenham.[3]
Records
- Highest league position: 6th in Essex Senior League, 2022–23[4]
- Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 2021–22[5]
- Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying Round, 2024–25[6]
References
- ^ Terence McMillan Stadium: Groundhopper United: Ground #302 - Terence McMillan Stadium, accessdate: January 25, 2020
- ^ Terence McMillan Stadium: The Wycombe Wanderer: Fire United Christian - Terence McMillan Stadium, accessdate: January 25, 2020
- ^ "New Home Pitch for Athletic Newham". West Ham United F.C. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Table | Premier Division | Essex Senior Football League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "FA issues update on Brockenhurst's FA Vase fifth-round tie". Bournemouth Echo. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Analysis of the Hanwell Town vs Athletic Newham - FA Cup 2022". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2023-08-28.