Tower Hamlets
Full nameTower Hamlets Football Club
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000), as Bethnal Green United
2013; 11 years ago (2013), as Tower Hamlets
GroundMile End Stadium
Capacity2,000
ChairmanMohammed Nurul Hoque
ManagerKiernan Hughes-Mason
LeagueEastern Counties League Division One South
2022–23Eastern Counties League Division One South, 14th of 19
WebsiteClub website

Tower Hamlets Football Club is a football club based in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at the Phoenix Sports Ground in Barnehurst.

History

Bethnal Green United was established in 2000 by Mohammed Nurul Hoque and Akhtar Ahmed as a community club.[1] The club played in several leagues, including the Canary Wharf Summer League, the Inner London Football League and the London Intermediate League, before joining the Middlesex County League. They were granted Senior status after winning the league's Premier Division in 2009, and were promoted to the Essex Senior League. In the 2009–10 season they finished fifth in the ESL and won both cups operated by the Essex Senior League, beating Burnham Ramblers 4–1 in the final of the Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy.

In 2013, the club was renamed to Tower Hamlets.[2] During the 1990s, an unrelated club, also by the name of Tower Hamlets, played at the Mile End Stadium.[3] At the end of the 2019–20 season, the club were transferred to the Premier Division of the Southern Counties East League after moving to Phoenix Sports' ground in Barnehurst from the Mile End Stadium. The 2021–22 season saw Tower Hamlets finish bottom of the league and suffer relegation to step 6 however there was still uncertainty as to which league they would be playing in.[4]

Ground

In 2008, the club moved from Meath Gardens in Bethnal Green to the Mile End Stadium.[5] In 2020, Tower Hamlets moved to the Phoenix Sports Ground in Barnehurst.[6] In 2022, the club moved back to the Mile End Stadium.[7]

Honours

Records

See also

The original Bethnal Green United badge.

References

  1. ^ Match report: Bethnal Green United 4–0 Basildon United Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Two Footed Tackle
  2. ^ "Tower Hamlets". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Tower Hamlets{1}". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Promotion and Relegation Picture - Premier Division". scefl.com. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Late escape for Bethnal Green". East London Advertiser. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Balham and Tower Hamlets joins the Southern Counties East Football League". East London Advertiser. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  7. ^ Tower Hamlets F.C. [@TowerHamletsFC] (11 August 2022). "Join us as we start a new journey with @ThGaffa & his team for our FIRST HOME GAME of the Season back a Mile End Stadium" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ a b Bethnal Green United at the Football Club History Database
  9. ^ "Four Essex Senior League clubs record highest attendance ever as Tons come to own – analysing figures during Clapton fans' boycott". Clapton News. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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