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| Full name | Cambridge University Association Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Blues | |
| Founded | 1856 [note 1] | |
| Ground | Grange Road Stadium/Fenner's Pitches, Cambridge, UK | |
| Capacity | 1,000 | |
| Chairman | Dr. John Little[5] | |
| Co-Presidents | Joseph Helm & Matthew Page (Men) Alissa Sattentau & Alexia Dengler (Women)[5] | |
| Captain | Cai La Trobe Roberts (Men) Emilia Keavney & Abbie Hastie (Women)[5] | |
| League | BUCS Midlands 1A | |
| 2023/24 | Men's Blues: Midlands 1A. Women's Blues: Midlands 1A. | |
| Website | https://oboe-tambourine-b9jf.squarespace.com | |
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Cambridge University Association Football Club is an English football club representing the University of Cambridge. It is affiliated to the Football Association as the Cambridge University FA, and has representation on the FA Council equivalent to a County Football Association.[6][7]
Official university publications have claimed that the club was formed in 1856,[1] being also recognised as such by The Football Association.[3] The FA awarded Cambridge a plaque in 2006 in honour of its "150th anniversary", giving its foundation date official recognition.[2] Nevertheless, other sources state that the date of establishment of the Cambridge AFC is not clear enough, setting it between 1856 and 1866.[4]
Cambridge currently plays in the Midland 1A of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS), the governing body for university sport in the United Kingdom. The club has also a women's football section, managed by an independent committee. The section has two teams playing in their respective divisions.
The club organizes the intercollegiate Cambridge University Association Football League.[8]
- ^ a b BBC Cambridge... the birthplace of football?! on BBC, 13 June 2006
- ^ a b Cambridge University FA rules football hall of fame honour on BBC News, 19 October 2016
- ^ a b How Sheffield lost their position as world's oldest club by David Miller on The Telegraph, 9 August 2005
- ^ a b 7 OLDEST FOOTBALL CLUBS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? by Alfie Potts Harmer on HITC website, 2019
- ^ a b c "Committee". CUAFC. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "The FA Handbook 2022/2023". thefa.com. 7 May 2023. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "About (CUAFC Constitution)". CUAFC. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "About 1". CUAFC. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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