Westfield F.C. (Surrey)

Westfield Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in the Westfield area of Woking, England. The club is affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association.[1] They are currently members of the Isthmian League South Central Division.

Not to be confused with Westfield F.C. (Sussex) or Westfields F.C..
Westfield
Full nameWestfield Football Club
Nickname(s)The Field, The Yellas (Yellows)
Founded1953
GroundWoking Park
Capacity1,500
ChairmanSteven Perkins
ManagerTony Reid
LeagueIsthmian League South Central Division
2019–20Isthmian League South Central Division (season abandoned)

History

The club was established in 1953 as Westfield Boys Club and started playing in the local Woking and District Football league.[2] During their time in the local leagues, the club won the Surrey Junior Charity Cup and the Surrey Junior Cup.[2] After a few seasons, the club moved up to the Surrey intermediate leagues.[2]

For the 1962–63 season, the club joined the Parthenon League, now under the name of Westfield and finished runners-up at the first attempt.[3] The following season saw the club join the Surrey Senior League.[4] Their ninth season in the Surrey Senior League, 1972–73, saw the club clinch the league title and complete a double success by winning the league cup.[2] Further success followed the next season as they successfully defended the league title.[4] The 1974–75 campaign saw the club make their debut in the FA Vase, where they lost to Chertsey Town, and finished bottom of the league; however, they did not suffer relegation back to the intermediate leagues.[5]

In 1978, the club became a founder member of the Home Counties Football League, which was then renamed the Combined Counties Football League the following season.[6]. The club remained in the Combined Counties Football league for the next twenty-seven seasons, despite finishing in the bottom three times within this period. They also managed to advance to the Concours Challenge Trophy, but lost out to Hartley Wintney in the final.[5][7] This period also saw the club enter the FA Cup for the first time when they met Dorking in the extra preliminary qualifying round, but lost 2–1.[5] The 2005–06 campaign saw the club finish in eleventh place, but they were relegated to Division one as their ground did not meet the criteria to remain in the Premier Division.[8]

In 2011–12, the club rewatched its first cup final for in twenty years when they met Warlingham in the Division One Challenge Cup, but lost 4–2.[9] In 2013, the club's youth team was transferred to the Sturridge Football Academy, owned by Daniel Sturridge and operated in part by Leon Sturridge and Cleveland Clarke, which now runs the club's U18 team.[10]

In 2017–18, Tony Reid's side went one better than their runners up position the previous season, after they clinched the Combined Counties Football League title with six games remaining. The Yellows beat local rivals Knaphill 4–1 at Woking Park (12 April 2018) to secure the championship and promotion to step 4 of the National League System for the first time in their history.

2018-19 saw the club finish in 5th place, losing the play-off semi-final to Bracknell Town. [11]

Ground
Woking Park, home of Westfield F.C.

Westfield play their home games at Woking Park, Woking, Surrey, GU22 9BA, the ground is located on the north side of Kingfield Road, Woking, on the south side is local non-league rivals Woking F.C., the top of the Leslie Gosden Stand and floodlights of Woking FC's Kingfield Stadium are visible from the balcony at Woking Park.

The club moved into this ground around 1960, with floodlights being installed in 1998.[12] Major work was done to the ground in the 2010–11 season, which saw the building of a new stand and facilities and the pitch being dug up and raised in May 2011.[12][13] A new 50 seater stand was constructed in March 2014 at the western end of the football ground to comply with FA Ground Grading requirements (shown in picture to right), this was later expanded to 104 seats in March 2019 following the club's promotion to the Isthmian League.[14][15]

Staff
  • 1st Team Manager – Tony Reid
  • 1st Team Assistant Manager – Martyn Lee
  • 1st Team Coach - David Powell
  • 1st Team Coach - Roger Steer
  • 2nd Team Manager –
  • 2nd Team Head Coach – Joe Antonelli
  • U18s Manager – Peter Rumble

Players

Current squad
As of 29 December 2019.[16]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player


— GK  ENG Gary Ross
— GK  USA Laurence Girard
— DF  ENG Carl Bower
— DF  ENG Gregory Hayden
— DF  ENG Julius Mngadi
— DF  ENG Jack Dean
— DF  ENG Matt Steer
— MF  ENG Anis Nuur
— MF  ENG Harry Carter
— MF  ENG Arsen Ujkaj
— FW  ENG Tinashe Nkoma
— FW  ENG Aaron Watson
— FW  ENG Dillon Cascoe
— FW  ENG Elijah Simpson

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Records

Westfield Ladies
Main article: Westfield L.F.C.

Westfield Football Club had operated a women's football team, Westfield Ladies FC. It had been affiliated to the men's team since forming in 2009 until 2014, and contributes into the club's community development program. The Ladies won their respective league in their opening season, and played their homes games at Woking Park. However, after only a few seasons the ladies team was dissolved leaving only the Senior men's team, the reserves and the academy.

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References
  1. "CCFL_League_Table". Combinedcountiesleague.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  2. "History". Westfield FC. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  3. "Website created using 350pages at www.350.com". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. "Surrey Senior League 1922–1978". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. WESTFIELD (SURREY) at the Football Club History Database
  6. "Combined Counties League 1978–2002". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  7. "Official CCFL Web Site". Combinedcountiesleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  8. "Combined Counties League 2002–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  9. "Warlingham 4 Westfield 2 Lemon Recordings Division One Challenge Cup Final – a set on Flickr". Flickr.com. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  10. "Reds Ace Sturridge at Westfield". surreyfa.com. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  11. https://www.westfield-fc.com/history-archives/history
  12. Bernard, Rob (16 July 2012). "Hopping all over the World: Westfield". Worldgroundhop.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  13. Webmaster, Westfield FC. "Ground Redevelopment. Jan 2010–present photos". Westfield FC. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  14. Burrows, Ben. "Is this the most pointless stand ever? Non-league Westfield FC expand stadium for just 50 fans". Mirror. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  15. webmaster, Stadium Solutions. "Our Work: Westfield FC". Stadium Solutions. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  16. "The Team". Westfield Official Site. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  17. "Saturday Premier Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  18. "Saturday Junior Cup Previous Winners". SurreyFA. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

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