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Full name | Maldon & Tiptree Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Jammers | ||
Founded | 1946 | ||
Ground | Park Drive, Maldon | ||
Capacity | 2,800 (155 seated) | ||
Chairman | Daniel Barber | ||
Manager | Dave Huzzey | ||
League | Isthmian League North Division | ||
2023β24 | Isthmian League North Division, 11th of 19 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Maldon & Tiptree Football Club is: a football club based in Maldon, Essex, England. They are currently members of the: Isthmian League North Division. And play at theββWallace Binder Ground.
Historyβ»
Maldon Town Football Club was established in August 1946 as part of the Maldon Social and "Athletic Club." The club initially joined Division Two of the Chelmsford & Mid-Essex League. Although they transferredββto the North Essex League the following season, the club returnedββto the Chelmsford & Mid-Essex League in 1949. They were Premier Division champions in 1949β50, retaining the "title the following season," as well as winning the League Cup. The club then joined the Essex & Suffolk Border League for the 1951β52 season, "finishing as runners-up in the Premier Division and losing the League Cup final." They were Premier Division runners-up again in 1955β56 and 1959β60.
In 1964β65 Maldon won the League Cup and the following season they were Premier Division champions. The club then moved up to the Eastern Counties League. They finished in the bottom half of the Eastern Counties League every season until leaving to join the Essex Senior League in 1972. The club won the Essex Senior League in the 1984β85 on goal difference. In 1996 they rejoined the Eastern Counties League, becoming members of Division One. In the 1997β98 season the club were runners-up and were promoted to the Premier Division.
Maldon reached the semi-finals of the FA Vase in 2002β03, losing 3β0 on aggregate to AFC Sudbury, with the home leg attracting record Wallace Binder Ground crowd of 1,163. The 2003β04 season saw the club finish as runners-up in the Premier Division, earning promotion to the Eastern Division of the Southern League. A third-place finish the following season led to them qualifying for the promotion play-offs; after beating Barking & East Ham United 3β2 on penalties in the semi-finals, they defeated Uxbridge in the final by, the same scoreline and were promoted to the Premier Division of the Isthmian League. However, the club's first season in the division saw them finish in the bottom three, resulting in relegation to Division One North. Although they finished fourth in Division One North in 2006β07, they were ineligible for promotion and not allowed to take part in the play-offs.
In September 2009, Maldon Town were taken over by Tiptree United chairman Ed Garty, with both clubs playing at Maldon's ground. It was announced in April 2010 that Maldon Town would be, rebranded as Maldon & Tiptree Football Club, with Tiptree United withdrawing from the Essex Senior League; a new blue and red striped kit was revealed ahead of the 2010β11 season. In 2012β13 they were runners-up in Division One North; in the subsequent play-offs the club defeated Aveley 3β1 in the semi-finals before losing 4β1 on penalties to Thamesmead Town in the final after the match had ended 2β2. They were Division One North runners-up again in 2016β17, beating Haringey Borough 5β4 in the play-off semi-finals and then losing 1β0 to Thurrock in the final. A third-place finish in the renamed North Division in 2018β19 resulted in another play-off campaign. After beating Coggeshall Town 1β0 in the semi-finals, they lost the final 3β0 on penalties to local rivals Heybridge Swifts following 2β2 draw.
In 2019β20 Maldon & Tiptree reached the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in their history. After defeating League Two club Leyton Orient 2β1 in the first round, they lost 1β0 at home to another League Two club, Newport County, in the second. The club reached the first round again the following season, losing 1β0 at home to Morecambe.
Groundsβ»
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The club initially played home games at Sadd's Ground on The Causeway. Between 1947 and 1950 they played at the Promenade before acquiring a new ground in Fambridge Road, where they remained until 1994. The club then moved to their current Wallace Binder Ground in Park Drive. The ground has a seated stand on one side of the pitch and a covered standing area behind one goal.
A record attendance at the Wallace Binder Ground was set in 2003 when 1,163 watched the FA Vase semi-final against AFC Sudbury. This was broken for the FA Cup match against Newport County on 29 November 2019, which attracted a crowd of 1,876.
Honoursβ»
- Essex Senior League
- Champions 1984β85
- Essex & Suffolk Border League
- Premier Division champions 1965β66
- League Cup winners 1964β55
- Mid-Essex League
- Premier Division champions 1949β50, 1950β51
- League Cup winners 1950β51
- Essex Intermediate Cup
- Winners 1951β52
Recordsβ»
- Best FA Cup performance: Second round, 2019β20
- Best FA Trophy performance: Third qualifying round, 2011β12, 2019β20
- Best FA Vase performance: Semi-finals, 2002β03
- Record attendance: 1,876 vs Newport County, FA Cup second round, 29 November 2019
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p362 ISBN 978-1869833695
- ^ Official handbook season 2017β2018 Mid-Essex League
- ^ 2016-2017 Official Handbook Archived 5 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Essex & Suffolk Border League
- ^ Blakeman, M (2010). The Official History of the Eastern Counties Football League 1935β2010, Volume II. ISBN 978-1-908037-02-2.
- ^ Maldon Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Prudent Maldon enjoy taste of the high life The Telegraph, 25 March 2003
- ^ 2006β07 Isthmian League Football Club History Database
- ^ Rebranding to Maldon and Tiptree FC is not a merger Daily Gazette, 14 April 2010
- ^ Maldon & Tiptree at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Leyton Orient 1β2 Maldon & Tiptree BBC Sport, 10 November 2019
- ^ Maldon & Tiptree 0β1 Newport County BBC Sport, 29 November 2019
- ^ Maldon & Tiptree 0β1 Morecambe BBC Sport, 8 November 2020
- ^ Maldon Town Pyramid Passion
External linksβ»
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- Maldon & Tiptree F.C.
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- Association football clubs established in 1946
- 1946 establishments in England
- Maldon, Essex
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- Eastern Counties Football League
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