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| Full name | Maidenhead United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Magpies | ||
| Founded | October 1870 | ||
| Ground | York Road, Maidenhead | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 (550 seated)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Peter Griffin | ||
| Manager | Alan Devonshire | ||
| League | National League | ||
| 2023–24 | National League, 14th of 24 | ||
| Website | maidenheadunitedfc.org | ||
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Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks FA, they are currently members of the National League, the fifth tier of English football.
The club were established in October 1870 and have played at York Road since 1871, making it the 'oldest senior football ground continuously used by the same club'.[2] In 1871–72 they were one of the fifteen clubs to play in the inaugural FA Cup. The club went on to reach the FA Cup quarter finals three times in the 1870s, before becoming founder members of the Southern League in 1894. They subsequently played in the Great Western Suburban League (1904–1922), Spartan League (1922–1939), Corinthian League (1945–1963), Athenian League (1963–1973) and Isthmian League (1973–2004) and Football Conference (2003–04) before returning to the Southern League. Since 2007 they have played in the National League.
- ^ Maidenhead United Football Ground Guide
- ^ Country's 'oldest' football ground in Maidenhead gets plaque Archived 6 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 13 October 2012