{{short description|Association football club in England}} {{Distinguish|Westfield F.C. (Surrey)|Westfield F.C. (Sussex)}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Westfields | image = 250px | fullname = Westfields Football Club | nickname = The Fields | founded = {{start date and age|df=y|1966|11}} | ground = allpay.park, Widemarsh Common, Hereford | capacity = 2,000 | chairman = Steve Higgins | manager = Danny Janes | league = {{English football updater|Westfies}} | season = {{English football updater|Westfies2}} | position = {{English football updater|Westfies3}} | shirtsupplier = | shirtsponsors = | pattern_la1 = _westfields2324h | pattern_b1 = _westfields2324h | pattern_ra1 = _westfields2324h | leftarm1 = 87BFFF | body1 = 970045 | rightarm1 = 87BFFF | shorts1 = 87BFFF | socks1 = 87BFFF | pattern_la2 = _westfields2324a | pattern_b2 = _westfields2324a | pattern_ra2 = _westfields2324a | leftarm2 = 0000ff | body2 = ffff00 | rightarm2 = 0000ff | shorts2 = 0000ff | socks2 = 0000ff| | pattern_so1 = _westfields2324h | pattern_so2 = _westfields2324a | pattern_sh1 = _macronlogowhite | pattern_sh2 = _macronlogowhite }}
'''Westfields Football Club ''' is a football team from Hereford, England, formed in 1966 and currently playing in the {{English football updater|Westfies}}. The club is affiliated to the Herefordshire County FA.
==History== Westfields FC were formed in November 1966 by a group of local youths who played friendlies on Widemarsh Common. One of the youths, Andy Morris, is still involved with the club and is now its chief executive.
Westfields initially entered the Herefordshire Sunday League, where they played for ten years, winning a number of trophies. In 1973, they fielded their first Saturday team in the Worcester and District League. Two years later they moved their ground from the King George V playing fields to Thorn Lighting's Rotherwas headquarters where they gradually developed the ground over the subsequent years.
In 1978, the club stepped up to the West Midlands (Regional) League, initially in Division Two. Promotion to Division One came in 1983–84, followed by a further step up to the Premier Division three years later.
The 2002–03 season saw the club do a league and county cup double, becoming the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division champions for the first time and defeating rivals Kington Town to win the Herefordshire County Challenge Cup. The title win saw them promoted to the Midland Alliance, where they finished sixth in their first season, although their second season saw them flirt with relegation before finishing in 20th position.
In the 2015–16 season, they reached the Herefordshire County Challenge Cup final at Edgar Street, but lost to newly-formed Hereford, their divisional rivals in the Midland Football League.
During the 2016–17 season they qualified for the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history where they faced National League North club Curzon Ashton. After drawing 1–1 at home, they lost 3–1 in the replay and were knocked out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37667390|title=FA Cup: Ninth-tier side Westfields into first round|date=15 October 2016|access-date=17 October 2016|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37898310|title=Curzton Ashton 3 Westfields FC 1|work=BBC Sport |date=14 November 2016 }}</ref>
In February 2018, manager Sean Edwards, who was in charge during the club's famous FA Cup run, resigned. He was replaced by coach Andy Bevan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Ian |date=2018-02-27 |title=Westfields manager Sean Edwards resigns |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/16051210.westfields-manager-sean-edwards-resigns/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Hereford Times |language=en}}</ref> Bevan himself resigned in May 2019, being replaced by former captain and coach Phil Glover.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=James |date=2019-05-16 |title=Westfields manager resigns |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/17644023.westfields-manager-resigns/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Hereford Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goddard |first=Ben |date=2019-05-20 |title=Glover appointed as new Westfields manager |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/17651094.phil-glover-appointed-new-westfields-manager/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Hereford Times |language=en}}</ref>
In 2019, the club was transferred from the Midland Football League to the Hellenic League as part of a reorganisation at step 5 of the National League System.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goddard |first=Ben |date=2019-05-19 |title=Sides moved into the Hellenic League as part of league allocations |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/17649834.sides-moved-hellenic-league-part-allocations/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Hereford Times |language=en}}</ref>
In September 2023, the club parted ways with manager Phil Glover after their poor start to the season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=David |date=2023-09-20 |title=Westfields part ways with manager by 'mutual consent' |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/23803339.westfields-part-ways-manager-mutual-consent/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Hereford Times |language=en}}</ref> He was replaced by former player Scott Russell on 5 October.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=David |date=2023-10-04 |title=Westfields make new first team manager appointment |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/23834832.westfields-make-new-first-team-manager-appointment/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Hereford Times |language=en}}</ref> In May 2025, former Hereford Lads Club manager Danny Moon was appointed the club's new manager.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lawrence |first=David |date=12 May 2025 |title=Danny Moon appointed new Westfields first team manager |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/25157513.danny-moon-appointed-new-westfields-first-team-manager/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250714095003/https://www.herefordtimes.com/sport/25157513.danny-moon-appointed-new-westfields-first-team-manager/ |archive-date=14 July 2025 |access-date=14 July 2025 |work=Hereford Times |language=en}}</ref>
== Seasons == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ !rowspan="2"|Season!!colspan="11"|League!!rowspan="2"|FA Cup!!rowspan="2"|FA Vase |- !Division!!Level<br>(Step)!!{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}!!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}!!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}!!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}!!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}!!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}!!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}!!{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}!!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} |- |1978–79||West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two||rowspan="5"|—||34||7||10||17||59||76||–17||24||16th||rowspan="16"|—||rowspan="7"|— |- |1979–80||West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two||38||18||8||12||58||41||+17||44||9th |- |1980–81||West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two||40||24||8||8||89||60||+29||56||3rd |- |1981–82||West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two||36||17||6||13||78||54||+24||40||8th |- |1982–83||West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two||32||10||7||15||55||59||–4||28||12th |- |1983–84||West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two||10||26||17||5||4||50||21||+29||39||style="background-color:#dfd"|2nd |- |1984–85||West Midlands (Regional) League Division One||rowspan="3"|9||34||21||9||4||74||39||+35||51||3rd |- |1985–86||West Midlands (Regional) League Division One||34||19||7||8||67||32||+35||45||3rd||EP |- |1986–87||West Midlands (Regional) League Division One||38||30||1||7||111||46||+65||61||style="background-color:#dfd"|'''1st'''||4R |- |1987–88||West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division||rowspan="17"|8||34||10||6||18||60||64||–4||26||14th||PR |- |1988–89||West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division||40||8||9||23||43||97||–54||33||17th||EP |- |1989–90||West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division||40||10||7||23||44||84||–40||37||17th||PR |- |1990–91||West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division||42||9||11||22||49||87||–38||32{{Efn|Deducted six points}}||19th||EP |- |1991–92||West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division||36||6||12||18||48||74||–26||30||18th||EP |- |1992–93||West 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Division||46||24||9||13||89||53||+36||81||5th||1Q |- |2002–03||West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division||42||31||6||5||119||39||+80||99||style="background-color:#dfd"|'''1st'''||1Q |- |2003–04||Midland Alliance||46||20||6||20||67||61||+6||66||13th||2Q |- |2004–05||Midland Alliance|| rowspan="22" |9{{Efn|Midland Alliance became level 9 of the English football league system for the 2004–05 season due to the addition of the Conference North and Conference South at level 6}} (5)||42||18||13||11||61||48||+13||67||6th||1Q||1R |- |2005–06||Midland Alliance||42||8||9||25||48||88||–40||33||20th||1Q||2R |- |2006–07||Midland Alliance||42||13||9||20||57||78||–21||48||16th||1Q||1Q |- |2007–08||Midland Alliance||42||17||8||17||66||56||+10||59||11th||PR||2Q |- |2008–09||Midland Alliance||42||13||10||19||75||79||–4||49||17th||PR||3R |- |2009–10||Midland Alliance||42||23||7||12||82||55||+27||76||5th||1Q||2R |- |2010–11||Midland Alliance||44||24||13||7||102||54||+48||85||6th||PR||3R |- |2011–12||Midland Alliance||42||27||6||9||93||49||+44||87||2nd||EP||1R |- |2012–13||Midland Alliance||42||28||6||8||103||52||+51||90||2nd||2Q||1R |- |2013–14||Midland Alliance||42||17||10||15||84||70||+14||61||12th||EP||4R |- |2014–15||Midland League Premier Division||42||19||10||13||78||66||+12||67||8th||PR||3R |- |2015–16||Midland League Premier Division||42||13||12||17||69||68||+1||51||16th||1Q||1R |- |2016–17||Midland League Premier Division||42||20||10||12||98||75||+23||70||5th||1R||3R |- |2017–18||Midland League Premier Division||42||17||8||17||86||83||+3||59||12th||2Q||4R |- |2018–19||Midland League Premier Division||38||17||12||9||73||48||+25||63||4th||EP||3R |- |2019–20{{efn|Season abandoned due to COVID-19|name=aband}}||Hellenic League Premier Division||26||20||6||0||81||24||+57||66||1st||PR||3R |- |2020–21{{efn|name=aband}}||Hellenic League Premier Division||5||2||1||2||5||5||0||7||14th||1Q||4R |- |2021–22||Hellenic League Premier Division||38||19||9||10||67||49||+18||66||7th||PR||2R |- |2022–23||Hellenic League Premier Division||38||18||10||10||67||42||+25||64||7th||EP||1R |- |2023–24||Hellenic League Premier Division||38||14||7||17||68||68||0||49||12th||PR||2Q |- |2024–25||Hellenic League Premier Division||38||12||8||18||68||54||+14||44||13th||PR||1Q |- |2025-26 |Hellenic League Premier Division |38 |13 |6 |19 |51 |75 |–24 |45 |14th |PR |1Q |- !colspan="14" style="text-align:left"|<small>{{nobold|Source: [https://www.fchd.info/WESTFHER.HTM Football Club History Database]}}</small> |} {{notelist}}
'''Key'''
{{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |bgcolor="#dfd"|Promoted |bgcolor="#fcc"|Relegated |}
* {{Up-arrow|alt=Promoted}} = Promoted * {{Down-arrow|alt=Relegated}} = Relegated {{col-3}} * EP = Extra preliminary round * PR = Preliminary round * 1Q = First qualifying round * 2Q = Second qualifying round * 3Q = Third qualifying round * 4Q = Fourth qualifying round * 1R = First round proper * 2R = Second round proper {{col-3}} * 3R = Third round proper * 4R = Fourth round proper * 5R = Fifth round proper * QF = Quarter-finals * SF = Semi-finals * RU = Runners-up * W = Winners {{col-end}}
==Colours== Westfields took their claret and blue colours from West Ham United, as its founders admired Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Sir Geoff Hurst, who were part of the England squad that won the World Cup in the year they were founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37552873|title=FA Cup: The side founded on World Cup glory among those eyeing first round|date=13 October 2016|access-date=17 October 2016|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
==Ground== After playing for many years at the sports ground of Thorn Lighting on the Rotherwas Industrial Estate to the south of Hereford, Westfields began their first Midland Alliance campaign playing their home games at Stourport Swifts' Walshes Meadow ground. Westfields moved to a new £250,000 ground in the heart of the city in December 2003. The new ground gained the rather unusual name of allpay.park after a sponsorship deal with Hereford-based firm allpay.net.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
==Current squad== {{updated|10 October 2023}}
{{Fs start|nonumber=yes}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Matt Apperley}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Jack Oxenham}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Chris Paulat-Brigg}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Cameron Davies}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Joel Edwards}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Ryan Green}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Sam Gwynne}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Paul Hurrell}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Kane Kahaki}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Andy Lewis}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Sean Powell}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Jay Richmond}} {{football squad mid|nonumber=yes}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Archie Muirhead}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Adam Newbury}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Harrison Summers}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ALB|pos=MF|name=Florjet Vucaj}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Oli Barnes}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Kyle Cassell}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Steve Davies}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Sam Griffiths}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Zach Johnston}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Teddy Mee}} {{Fs player|nonumber=yes|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Adam Wakley}} {{Fs end}}
===Backroom staff=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#509ED0;color:#B32E38"scope="col"|Position ! style="background:#509ED0;color:#B32E38;"scope="col"|Name |- | Manager || Danny Janes |- | Coach || Dan Chance |- |Physio |Tiago Viana |- |Kit man |Roger Lloyd |- |}
==Club records== [[File:Liamkay.jpg|thumb|right|Westfields (claret and blue) in action against Coventry Sphinx in 2010]] *Best league performance: 2nd in Midland Football Alliance, 2011–12, 2012–13 *Best FA Cup performance: First Round Proper, 2016–17 *Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 1986–87, 2013–14 * Record attendance: 1825 against Hereford 31 August 2015
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== *{{cite book | author=Mike and Tony Williams | title=Non League Club Directory 2006 | publisher=Tony Williams Publications Ltd| year=2006| isbn=1-869833-54-6}} *{{fchd|name=Westfields|id=WESTFHER}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.westfieldsfc.com/}}
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