Holbeach United F.C.
English football team
Holbeach United Football Club is a football club based in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One North and play at Carters Park.
History
The club was established in 1929 and joined the King's Lynn League, before playing in the Spalding and Boston leagues. They joined Division Two of the Peterborough & District League in 1936, and were promoted to Division One in 1938. They were Division One runners-up in 1945–46 and moved up to the United Counties League. When the league gained a second division in 1950, Holbeach became members of Division One and were runners-up in 1953–54.
In 1955 Holbeach were one of four clubs to apply for the three vacant places in the Eastern Counties League; although they were the one to miss out in the vote, another club resigned from the league and a further vote on Holbeach's candidacy saw member clubs vote 11 to 5 to accept them. After seven seasons on the league the club joined the Midland League in 1962. However, after finishing second-from-bottom of the league in 1962–63, they were not re-elected in dropped back into Division One of the United Counties League. The club were runners-up in their first season back in the league and won the League Cup in 1964–65.
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