St Edmunds FC

Like a number of clubs playing in the Premiership and the Football League, St. Edmunds Boys was started by church parishioners, in this instance those connected with St. Edmunds Church in Abingdon. It was decided to call the team St. Edmunds after one of the town's most famous sons, Edmund Rich, who was born in St. Edmunds Lane, Abingdon in about 1175 and became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1234. The start of the club in the autumn of 1980 was advertised and the first training session attended by about 40 boys aged between 6 and 16, was held at St. Edmunds School. A committee was formed to run the club and regular training sessions and a few matches against other clubs followed. Because of the wide range of ages, arranging games against other teams was difficult and early in 1982 it was decided to enter a team in the Oxford Boys League. The age group with the most number of boys was U12 and there were only 6 boys eligible to play. Sadly this meant that a number of boys of other ages would not be able to play in the future but it was felt this course had to be taken for the club to progress. Our entry was accepted by the league and the club mounted an intense advertising campaign, including dropping leaflets through doors, to find some more boys. By the time of the first league game exactly 11 boys were signed and a full team was ready to take to the field.

St Edmunds FC squad

Michael Brooker

Lee Brooker

The St Edmunds FC Home Pitch

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