Hayes F.C.

Hayes F.C.

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Hayes Football Club was an English association football club based in Hayes, Middlesex.

History

Hayes were formed in 1909 by Eileen Shackle, who wished to create a club to encourage boys to participate in sport as well as encourage their religious convictions.^{[citation needed]} Their original name, Botwell Mission, derived from the fact that they changed at the small mission church and stored their kit there.^{[citation needed]}

The club adopted the name Hayes F.C. after a special general meeting of the club took place on 30 January 1929.^[1] The team nickname, The Missioners, was a salute to the history of the team

The club was runner-up in the FA Amateur Cup to Wycombe Wanderers in 1931. Approximately 32,000^[2] watched Hayes succumb to a late goal at Highbury.

After winning the

Hayes reached the FA Cup second-round on four occasions; in the FA Trophy they reached the quarter-finals twice.^{[citation needed]}

The club claimed some respectable cup triumphs, among the most noteworthy being those against Fulham a 2-0 win at Craven Cottage in November 1991, Bristol Rovers 1-0 in 1972-73 and Cardiff City 1-0, in a replay staged at Brentford in November 1990.^{[citation needed]} In 1999 they missed out on a lucrative third-round tie with Chelsea after defeat in extra time to Hull City.^{[citation needed]} An FA Cup tie against Reading in 1972 brought Missioners player Robin Friday to the attention of a wider public, and he was signed by Reading soon after.^{[citation needed]} Friday was voted Reading and Cardiff City's 'Cult Hero' on the BBC's Football Focus.^{[citation needed]}

Church Road saw the start of the career of a number of players who went on to higher levels, among them Les Ferdinand, Cyrille Regis, Blackburn Rovers striker Jason Roberts, Crewe Alexandra's Justin Cochrane and French goalkeeper Bertrand Bossu, who famously scored an injury time equaliser at St Albans City in February 2003.^{[citation needed]}

The club played in the

• Middlesex Senior Cup

Winners (9): 1919–20, 1920–21, 1925–26, 1930–31, 1935–36, 1949–50, 1981–82, 1995–96, 1999–2000

Runners-up (10): 1922–23, 1936–37, 1939–40, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1967–68, 1980–81, 1986–87, 2005–06, 2006–07

• Middlesex Senior Charity Cup

Winners (15): 1920–21, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1962–63, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1990–91

Runners-up (7): 1921–22, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1979–80

• Great Western Suburban League

Winners (4): 1920–21,1921–22,1922–23,1923–24

Runners-up (1): 1919–20

• Spartan League Division 1

Winners (1): 1927–28

Runners-up (1): 1925–26

• Athenian League

Winners (1): 1956–57

Runners-up (2): 1931–32, 1949–50

• Isthmian League Premier Division

Winners (1):

1995–96

Records

• FA Cup best performance: second round proper replay – 1972–73, 1999–2000^{[citation needed]}
• FA Trophy best performance: quarter-finals – 1978–79, 1997–98^{[citation needed]}
• FA Amateur Cup best performance: runners-up – 1930–31^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Official website
• Unofficial Supporters website
• Hayes at the Football Club History Database