A.F.C. Hayes

AFC Hayes

Full name	Association Football Club Hayes
Nickname(s)	The Brook
Founded	1974 (as Brook House)
Ground	Farm Park, Hayes
Ground Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Barry Stone
Manager	Sean Berry
League	Combined Counties League Premier Division
2014–15	Southern League Division One Central, 22nd (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

A.F.C. Hayes are a non-league English football club based in Hayes, Greater London, and founded in 1974. The club was known until 2007 as Brook House F.C. and they currently play in the Combined Counties League Premier Division.

History

Brook House was formed in 1974 as a pub team for the pub of the same name and first played in the Hayes and District Sunday League Division 7. In 1982, another local team, Grange FC, relocated to Brook House's recently acquired Park Farm ground and were reborn as the Brook House FC Saturday team, playing in the South West Middlesex League.

By 1984 the first team became founder members of the Middlesex County Football League where they remained until 1988, when they joined the London Spartan League, stepping up to its Premier Division the following year. In 1992 floodlights were erected at Park Farm for the first time and officially opened with a friendly against Chelsea, for whom former Brook House player Neil Shipperley scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 win. Shipperley's father Dave had also managed Brook during the 1990s.

In 2004 the club were promoted to the Isthmian League Division Two, where they achieved two third-place finishes before league restructuring saw them moved into the Southern League in 2006. In 2007 the club changed its name to A.F.C. Hayes, at the same time that a better known Hayes club was disbanded upon a merger with Yeading to create Hayes & Yeading United.

Ian Crane arrived from Harefield United to replace Danny Vincent in June 2012 who had resigned. However, with the club rooted to the bottom of the Southern League Division One Central, Crane tendered his resignation on 28 December 2014.

Chairman Barry Stone moved quickly to replace Crane appointing ex North Greenford United manager Paul Palmer on 29 December 2014.

Palmer was unable to keep A.F.C. Hayes in the Southern Football League, with the club's eleven-year stay at Step 4 coming to an end on 11 April 2015 despite a 1-0 home win against Rugby Town, as Beaconsfield SYCOB's 1-1 draw with Aylesbury was enough to send them down.

Following relegation in 2015, the club will play in the Combined Counties Premier Division. After a poor start to the new season, Palmer and his coaching staff left the club in November 2015, with ex AFC Hayes player Sean Berry replacing him.

Season record

Season	League									FA Cup
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1988–89	Spartan League Division One	30	15	8	7	58	31	53	6th
1989–90	Spartan League Premier Division	36	10	8	18	47	72	38	11th
1990–91	Spartan League Premier Division	36	12	8	16	52	60	44	12th
1991–92	Spartan League Premier Division	36	21	6	9	68	51	69	4th
1992–93	Spartan League Premier Division	42	14	6	22	72	99	48	14th	Preliminary Round
1993–94	Spartan League Premier Division	36	16	3	17	64	68	51	9th	First Qualifying
1994–95	Spartan League Premier Division	30	13	5	12	69	52	44	7th	First Qualifying
1995–96	Spartan League Premier Division	30	10	8	12	29	37	38	9th	First Qualifying
1996–97	Spartan League Premier Division	30	9	5	16	31	55	32	13th
1997–98	Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division South	28	18	6	4	66	27	60	1st
1998–99	Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division	44	24	11	9	74	42	83	5th	First Qualifying
1999–2000	Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division	40	27	6	7	102	33	89*	2nd	First Qualifying
2000–01	Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division	36	22	6	8	64	36	72	4th	First Qualifying
2001–02	Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division	38	19	7	12	89	63	64	6th	First Qualifying
2002–03	Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division	36	10	9	17	36	67	36**	17th	Preliminary Round
2003–04	Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division	36	26	2	8	82	35	80	2nd	Preliminary Round
2004–05	Isthmian League Division Two	30	20	4	6	65	25	64	3rd	First Qualifying
2005–06	Isthmian League Division Two	30	17	7	6	63	33	58	3rd	Second Qualifying
2006–07	Southern Football League Division One South & West	42	14	6	22	71	92	48	18th	Preliminary Round
2007–08	Southern Football League Division One South & West	42	17	4	21	75	99	55	14th	Preliminary Round
2008–09	Southern Football League Division One South & West	42	18	7	17	80	92	64	9th	Preliminary Round
2009–10	Southern Football League Division One South & West	42	7	4	31	55	105	25	21st***	Preliminary Round
2010–11	Southern Football League Division One Central	42	11	6	25	54	96	39	19th	Preliminary Round
2011–12	Southern Football League Division One Central	42	14	16	12	58	59	58	10th	First Qualifying
2012–13	Southern Football League Division One Central	42	13	8	21	74	81	47	15th	Preliminary Round
2013–14	Southern Football League Division One Central	42	12	8	22	51	74	44	18th	Preliminary Round
2014–15	Southern Football League Division One Central	42	8	7	27	39	88	31	22nd (relegated)	Preliminary Round

* Two points awarded
** Three points deducted
*** Reprieved from relegation

Stadium

A.F.C. Hayes play their home games at Farm Park, Kingshill Avenue, Hayes, Middlesex, UB4 8DD.

Honours

• Spartan South Midlands League:
  • Runners-up: 1999–2000, 2003–04
• Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division South :
  • Winners: 1997–98
• Middlesex Senior Cup
  • Winners: 2008–09

Records

• Best league performance: 3rd in Isthmian League Division 2, 2004–05 and 2005–06
• Best FA Cup performance: Second qualifying round, 2005–06
• Best FA Trophy performance: First qualifying round, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
• Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 2004–05

Former players

1. Players that have played/managed in the Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e., fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

• Andy Driscoll

External links

• Official homepage