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CB Hounslow United Football Club is a football club based in Hounslow, Greater London, England. Affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association,^[2] they are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One and play at Green Lane.

History[edit]

The club was formed in 1989 after Richmond Rangers disbanded,^[3] and were named after Cater Bank, a company owned by the father of the club chairman and also the club’s sponsors.^[2] They initially played in the Hounslow & District League,^[2] before joining the Senior Division of the Middlesex County League in 1997.^[4] After finishing fourth in 1998–99, the club were promoted to the Premier Division.^[4] They were runners-up in 2004–05 and again in 2005–06,^[5] after which they successfully applied for promotion to Division One of the Combined Counties League.

In 2015–16 the club won Division One, earning promotion to the Premier Division.^[6]

The club originally played at the Osterley Sports Club, before starting to groundshare at Bedfont & Feltham’s Orchard ground in 2013–14 while a new ground at Green Lane was being built at a cost of £1.5 million.^[7][8] The site had previously been five unused football pitches and was replaced by a ground including a seated stand on one side of the pitch, a covered area behind one goal and a clubhouse.^[9] The first match at the new ground was an FA Cup extra-preliminary round tie against Rusthall on 8 August 2017 with the home team winning 2–1.^[9]

Honours[edit]

• Combined Counties League
  • Division One champions 2015–16

Records[edit]

• Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying round, 2016–17^[6]
• Best FA Vase performance: Second qualifying round, 2015–16, 2016–17^[6]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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