Westfields F.C.
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| Full name | Westfields Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Fields |
| Founded | November 1966 |
| Ground | allpay.park Widemarsh Common, Hereford |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | John Morgan |
| Manager | Sean Edwards |
| League | Midland League Premier Division |
| 2016–17 | Midland League Premier Division, 5/22 |
Westfields Football Club is a football team from Hereford, England, formed in 1966 and currently playing in the Midland League Premier Division. The club is affiliated to the Herefordshire County FA.
Westfields FC were formed in November 1966 by a group of local youths who played friendlies on Widemarsh Common. One of the youths, Andy Morris, is still involved with the club and is now its chief executive.
Westfields initially entered the Herefordshire Sunday League, where they played for ten years, winning a number of trophies. In 1973, they fielded their first Saturday team in the Worcester and District League. Two years later they moved their ground from the King George V playing fields to Thorn Lighting's Rotherwas headquarters where they gradually developed the ground over the subsequent years.
In 1978 the club stepped up to the West Midlands (Regional) League, initially in Division Two. Promotion to Division One came in 1983–84, followed by a further step up to the Premier Division three years later.
The 2002–03 season saw the Fields do a league and county cup double, becoming the West Midlands Regional League Premier Division champions for the first time and defeating rivals Kington Town to win the Herefordshire County Senior Challenge Cup. The title win saw them promoted to the Midland Alliance, where they finished sixth in their first season, although their second season saw them flirt with relegation before finishing in 20th position.
During the 2016–17 season they qualified for the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history.
Westfields took their claret and blue colours from West Ham United, as its founders admired Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Sir Geoff Hurst, who were part of the England squad that won the World Cup in the year they were founded.
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