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Enfield Town F.C. is an English football club from Enfield Town, Greater London. Established in 2001 as a fan-led breakaway from Enfield F.C., the club currently play in the Premier Division of the Isthmian League and are based at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium. The club badge features the Enfield beast. ==History== The club was founded on 23 June 2001 by the Enfield Supporters' Trust after Trust members considered that the regime in charge of Enfield F.C. no longer had the interests of the club at heart and lacked sufficient will to bring about the return of the club to its home town, having left Southbury Road in 1999. This followed the chairman of Enfield FC withdrawing from an outline agreement with the Supporters' Trust which would have seen the Trust take over the running of a debt-free club and receiving £100,000 from money from the sale of Southbury Road which was held in an escrow account by Enfield Council. The balance of over £600,000 would have been paid to the chairman. Playing at Brimsdown Rovers' Goldsdown Road ground, the newly formed club were admitted to the Essex Senior League for the 2001–02 season, three divisions below the Isthmian League Premier Division where Enfield continued to play. The club's first season saw them finish second in the league and win the League Cup, the Capital Counties Feeder Leagues Trophy, and the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup.〔(Capital Feeder Cup ) Football Club History Database〕〔(Penalty Shoot-out heartbreak for Stones ) NonLeagueDaily, 10 May 2002〕 The following season they won the league, but were not promoted due to insufficient facilities at Goldsdown Road. Despite only finishing fourth in the 2003–04 season, in May 2004 the Isthmian League invited the club to join Division Two, but later rescinded the offer.〔(Isthmian League make another controversial decision ) NonLeagueDaily, 8 June 2004〕 They won the Essex Senior League for a second time in 2004–05,〔(Town are Champions ) Enfield Independent, 26 April 2005〕 and were promoted to Division One East of the Southern League, which Enfield were also members of. They finished third in their first season in the Southern League, qualifying for the play-offs, where they were beaten 3–1 after extra time by Wivenhoe Town. In the summer of 2006 the club were transferred to Division One North of the Isthmian League.〔(Restructuring... ) NonLeagueDaily, 11 May 2006〕 They again finished third, but lost 4–2 to AFC Sudbury in the play-off semi-finals. At the end of the season Enfield were liquidated and Enfield Town chairman Paul Millington released a statement suggesting that the two clubs should merge and "return the name of Enfield to the top of the non-league world".〔(New hope for football in Enfield ) Enfield Independent, 25 June 2007〕 However, the Enfield players, officials and supporters rejected the offer and formed a brand new club named Enfield 1893. The club qualified for the play-offs again in 2009–10 after finishing fourth. They beat Wingate & Finchley 3–2 in the semi-finals,〔(Wingate and Finchley 2 Enfield Town 3 ) Enfield Independent〕 before losing 3–1 in the final to Concord Rangers.〔(No promotion for Enfield Town ) Enfield Independent〕 In 2011–12 they finished second, before going onto win the play-offs with a 1–0 win over Needham Market in the final. At the start of the 2012–13 season the club won the Supporters Direct Cup, defeating Wrexham 3–1. They retained their place in the Isthmian League Premier Division that season, finishing 16th, and held the Supporters Direct Cup the following year, beating YB SK Beveren of Belgium 8-2. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Enfield Town F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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