Soul Tower Hamlets F.C.
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| Full name | SOUL Tower Hamlets Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2000, as Bethnal Green United 2013, as Tower Hamlets | ||
| Ground | Mile End Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Tarik Khan | ||
| League | Southern Counties East League Division One | ||
| 2023–24 | Eastern Counties League Division One South, 15th of 22 (transferred) | ||
| Website | https://www.soulth.co.uk/ | ||
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SOUL Tower Hamlets Football Club is a football club based in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Division One and play at the Mile End Stadium.
History
[edit]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 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 and were moved back to the Eastern Counties League after moving back to the Mile End Stadium. Hamlets finished 14th in the 2022-23 season and 15th in the following year, however they were once again moved to the Southern Counties East League for the 2024–25 season, along with Clapton FC and Clapton CFC, despite still playing at Mile End.[4]
Ahead of the 2024–25 season, the club merged with Soul Football Club and was renamed as SOUL Tower Hamlets FC.[5]
Ground
[edit]In 2008, the club moved from Meath Gardens in Bethnal Green to the Mile End Stadium.[6] In 2020, Tower Hamlets moved to the Phoenix Sports Ground in Barnehurst.[7] In 2022, the club moved back to the Mile End Stadium.[8]
Records
[edit]- Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying round, 2010–11[9]
- Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 2011–12[9]
- Record attendance: 468 vs Clapton, Essex Senior League, 25 August 2017[10]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Match report: Bethnal Green United 4–0 Basildon United Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Two Footed Tackle
- ^ "Tower Hamlets". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Tower Hamlets{1}". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "League Constitution – 2024/25 Season". 17 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ @SoulTHFC (5 June 2024). "New beginnings for SOUL Tower Hamlets FC! Our chairman @Tarikahmedkhan and welcoming back Nurul Hoque as director of football. Excited for the upcoming season in @SCEFLeague!" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Late escape for Bethnal Green". East London Advertiser. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Balham and Tower Hamlets joins the Southern Counties East Football League". East London Advertiser. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Bethnal Green United at the Football Club History Database
- ^ "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.