Belmont United Youth FC

A thought a discussion Bill heard his son talking about no place to play in an organised football team back in the 1970's, accept the local parks, some extracts from Belmont's humble beginnings, you can read the full story from

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'The boys were talking about football and saying how much they wished they could play for a proper team. Bill made enquiries and found that there was no organised football in the Harrow or Wembley area’s for teams with players below the under fourteen age group'

'Most of the boys were pupils at Belmont junior school so they took their name from this and Belmont United was born'

'Most of the early games were against teams whose players were at least a couple of years older than our lads and we often came away the losers by large scores'

'The Middlesex County Youth Football Association gave its blessing and in the second half of the 1972/73 season the Harrow and District Minor League was formed with Belmont as one of its six member clubs'

'We now had a pitch in Byron Recreation ground provided by Harrow Council and had obtained indoor training facilities for the use during the winter months'

'At the end of our first League programme we found ourselves to be unexpected Champions of the new league'

'The Mayor of Harrow attended the game and presented our lads with the winner’s trophy and medals'

'As a result of these talks the Harrow and District Minor League became the Under Twelve section of the Harrow Youth League. Two divisions were run with Belmont having a team in each. The end of our first season in the new league found us just out of the medal positions with both teams finishing in third place in their respective divisions'

'Season 1975/76 found us again breaking new ground with our first entries in other Leagues'

Story extracts from "The Red and White Story"