Romford F.C.

Romford FC
Full nameRomford Football Club
NicknameThe Boro
Founded1876 (1876)
GroundMayesbrook Park, Dagenham
Capacity2,500 (250 seated)[1]
ChairmanSteve Gardener
ManagerDan Brown (interim)
LeagueEssex Senior League
2024–25Essex Senior League, 11th of 20
Websitewww.romfordfc.com

Romford Football Club is an English football club based in Romford, Greater London. The club are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at Mayesbrook Park in Dagenham, East London

History

The original Romford was established in 1876.[2] They reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1880–81, but lost 15–0 at Darwen, hampered by playing a dribbling game on a slushy pitch; Darwen also had four goals disallowed.[3]

There was no league football for them to play until they joined the South Essex League in 1896. An internal dispute saw several committee and players leave to form a new club in 1909, called Romford United and competing directly against Romford in the South Essex League at a ground literally across the road. The original club continued under new management and joined the Southern League while still playing in the South Essex League, but played only a single season before leaving.[4]

The new regime at the original club proved disastrous, being expelled from the South Essex League during the 1910/11 season and subsequently folding, leaving Romford United as the only club with the town's name. They changed to Romford Town and joined the Athenian League, but finished bottom in their first season and left at the end of their second,[5] before closing down during World War I. Romford Town had remained members of the South Essex League and returned to action after the war, but lack of support saw them withdraw in December 1920 and fold. For the rest of the 1920s the only club under the Romford name was Romford Town Thursday, playing on Thursday afternoons at Brooklands, a ground previously used by Romford's reserve team.[6]

In 1929 the club was re-established. Taking over the use of the Brooklands Stadium, they joined the London League.[7] In 1931 they moved to the Athenian League, which they won in 1935–36 and 1936–37.[4] Following World War II the club transferred to the Isthmian League. In 1948–49 they reached the final of the FA Amateur Cup, but lost 1–0 to Bromley in front of 100,000 spectators in the first final to be held at Wembley Stadium. In 1959 they switched to Division One of the Southern League. They were promoted to the Premier Division in their first season after finishing second, and won the Premier Division in 1966–67. The club made several applications to join the Football League, but were never successful in the elections. In 1974–75 they finished second bottom of the Premier Division, and were relegated to Division One. By this time the club had developed Brooklands considerably in anticipation of eventually being elected to the Football League and had large debts to show for it, and had to sell Brooklands in 1975 but remained until 1977.[7] After a season of borrowing grounds to play home matches they resigned from the Southern League[4] and folded in 1978, with the building work on a new ground barely started and hardly any money left.

In 1992 the club was resurrected for a second time and joined the Essex Senior League. They won the league in 1995–96, and in the summer merged with Collier Row (with whom they had been groundsharing since April) to form Collier Row & Romford. The new club took Collier Row's place in Division Two of the Isthmian League, which they won in their first season.[8] In the summer of 1997 they were renamed Romford.

In 2000–01 they finished second bottom of Division One and were relegated to Division Two. After finishing bottom the following season they resigned to go back to the Essex Senior League.[9] They returned to the Isthmian League after winning the Essex Senior League in 2008–09, and remained in Division One North for over a decade. Despite a difficult year in 2017–18, they were able to survive despite being five points adrift with just two games remaining. The following season they found themselves in a possibly even worse situation as they were nine points short of safety with five games remaining, but staged a late recovery only to fall short on goal difference behind Witham Town. However the knock-on effect of the mid-season demise of North Ferriby United meant Romford were reprieved from relegation to fill the vacancy.[10]

In November 2019, the club appointed former Billericay Town owner Glenn Tamplin as manager and investor, who immediately signed multiple players on his first day.[11] Under Tamplin Romford had a difficult time, largely because of the unavailability of the waterlogged Brentwood pitch which they were unable to use after Tamplin's first match, and a huge turnover of players but eventually recovered enough ground to move off the bottom of the table in March just as the season was brought to a premature end by the coronavirus pandemic.[12] The following season Romford moved on again to Barking but with a resurgence of coronavirus cases the season was suspended in November with Boro in mid-table then eventually curtailed in February. Shortly after, Tamplin announced he was leaving the club,[13] but his assistants Christos Mead and Derek Duncan would remain in charge of the team.

At the start of the 2021–22 season the club announced joint managers Derek Duncan and Mark Holloway would take charge of team affairs, however they left the club in December 2021 after a disastrous run of results. Former boss Paul Martin took temporary charge, but results did not improve, and he left the club in March 2022 with Jon Fowell taking over until the end of the season. This saw the club have four managers during this season, over 100 players signed, using more than 70 players in all competitions and conceding a disastrous 154 goals in total in all competitive matches. Relegation to the Essex Senior League was confirmed on 26 March 2022, which was seen by many as inevitable.[14]

Former Great Wakering Rovers boss Steve Butterworth was installed as manager in May 2022[15] and his tenure saw Boro reach the Third Qualifying Round of the FA Cup and the last sixteen of the FA Vase, both for the first time since the 1990s, but he left in March to take up a position at East Thurrock United.[16] His assistant Dan Spinks took over and the last month of the season saw an excellent run of form which was an indicator of what was to come in 2023–24,[17] which opened with five straight wins saw Romford miss out on promotion, losing the play-off final to Sporting Bengal.[18] In the FA Vase, Romford made it all the way to the final at Wembley, beating Great Wakering Rovers 3-0 in the final.[19]

In the 2024–25 season Romford finished 11th.[20] The Boro had a decent start to the season going unbeaten for the first six games, after a 2-1 loss at home to Little Oakley Romford went on to win five games in a row. Over New Year The Boro had won a few games but then by the end of February everything started going downhill after a 4-1 loss away at Athletic Newham. Romford went on to lose 10 and draw 2 of the last 12 games, including a stunning 1-1 draw away at Stanway Rovers who went onto win the league. In the FA Cup Romford won after a replay against Eynesbury Rovers in the Extra Preliminary Round, then were drawn away to Brightlingsea Regent and lost 4-0. After winning the FA Vase last season, Romford lost away to Takeley in the second round. The Boro lost away in the Second Round to Little Oakley in the Essex Senior Cup, also lost to them in the Peter Butcher Memorial Trophy Quarter-Final on penalties. In the Errington Challenge Cup Romford lost 2-1 to Stanway Rovers.

Reserve team

After being reformed in 1929, Romford entered a reserve team into Division One of the London League. During their time in the Athenian and Isthmian leagues the reserves played in the reserves sections of the leagues. When the club turned professional in 1959 they entered the reserves into the Eastern Counties League, where they spent four seasons before joining the Metropolitan League in 1963.[21] They went on to play in the Eastern Professional Football League, which they won in 1967–68, and the Essex Senior League, where they had a single season in 1974–75.[22]

The reformed club ran a side called Rom Valley Rangers in the Essex Business Houses League in 1992–93 but there was no reserve side after that until 1996, when a team was entered the Essex & Herts Border Combination, finishing runners-up in the Western Division in each of its first three seasons. Romford remained in that league until 2008.

In season 2009–10 Romford ran their own team in the Essex Olympian League Division 2 which they won.

In season 2012-13 the team finished second in the Essex Senior League Reserve Division West repeating the feat the following season.

At the club's Player Presentation Evening on 10 May it was announced that due to financial restraints, the Reserve and Under-18 side would not be run for the 2014–15 season.

On 8 September 2015 it was announced that the club had teamed up with Belgian 4th Division side SK Berlare with a view to working with them in the future.

For the 2023/24 season, a Reserve team was entered in the Essex Senior League Reserve Division.

The Reserve team was disbanded for the 2024/25 season.[23]

Stadium

The club has led a nomadic existence, playing at nineteen home grounds during its history although most of these have been emergency arrangements when their established home ground was unavailable for various reasons. When the club reformed in 1992 it began playing at the Hornchurch Stadium, before moving to Ford United's Rush Green ground in 1995. In April 1996 they moved to Collier Row's Sungate ground, and the clubs merged during the summer. The spell at Sungate was fraught with problems and there were frequent and protracted periods when Romford had to borrow other grounds to play home matches owing to problems with the facilities at Sungate. In December 2001 they left Sungate for good and played at several different stadiums in order to complete the season. They returned to Rush Green in 2002 (as Ford United had left to groundshare with Barkingside). They remained there until 2008, when they moved to Aveley's Mill Field ground.[24]

In 2009 it was announced that the club had been given permission to build a new stadium on the Westlands Playing Fields on London Road,[25] however building work has yet to commence as planning permission has had to be re-applied for as the original permission expired while awaiting government approval for the change of use.

Romford began sharing with Thurrock at Ship Lane in 2012 but were required to move to East Thurrock United's Rookery Hill in 2018[26] when Thurrock folded and the ground was closed.[27] This arrangement was only in place for one year however, and it was arranged for Romford to move rather closer to home for the 2019–20 season and share with Brentwood Town.[28] In 2020 Romford announced a ground share that would involve them playing their home games at Mayesbrook Park, home of Barking.

On 29 October 2023, Romford announced the club would be moving back to Rookery Hill the following month after East Thurrock folded at the beginning of October 2023.[29] However the lease proved to be unsustainable and it was confirmed on 26 May 2024 that the Club would move back to Mayesbrook Park to groundshare with Barking, for at least two years beginning with the 2024–25 season.[30]

Players and staff

2025/26 Current Squad

Player Apps Goals Notes
Goalkeepers
Bradley Davison[31] 21 0 Joined from White Ensign[32]
Defenders
Harry Elsey[33] 20 0 ---
Teddy Desmond[34] 21 2 ---
Freddy Cooper[35] 2 0 Joined from Stanway Rovers
Nick Reynolds[36] 18 2 Joined from Frenford,[37] Top ever goalscorer
Ryan Sammons[38] 15 0 Joined from Basildon United[39]
Charlie Hare[40] 10 1 ---
Midfielders
Joe Damrell[41] 16 0 ---
Darnell Bromfield[42] 5 0 Joined from West Essex[43]
Jake Gordon[44] 13 0 ---
Rhain Fowler[45] 3 1 Joined from Billericay Town
George Cornwell[46] 7 0 ---
Flynn Hamilton[47] 13 3 ---
Gabriel Mbambo Ipanga[48] 4 0 Joined from Woodford Town
Louis Mathias[49] 4 0 ---
Greig Stewart[50] 1 0 ---
Forwards
Dhillion Sandhu-Nelson[51] 12 0 ---
Praise Ogbebor[52] 1 0 Dual-Registered with Hashtag United
Kevin Musimami[53] 9 2 ---
Lewis Browne[54] 11 2 Joined from Heybridge Swifts[55]
Christian Adu-Gyamfi[56] 17 6 ---

Current staff

Position Name
Manager Dan Brown[57]
Assistant Manager Gary Beechley[58]
Physiotherapist Paige Tuner

Former players

List of Managers

Dates Name First Game Last Game Notes
22/08/92 - 06/05/95 Lyndon Lynch Romford 3-1 East Ham United[59] Maldon Town 1-2 Romford[60] Managed Romford FC's First Game
19/08/95 - 03/05/97 Don McGovern/Alan Marson Romford 2-0 Bowers United[61] Romford 3-0 Hungerford Town[62] Essex Senior League Champions 95-96, Essex Senior League Cup Champions 95-96
16/08/97 - 15/05/98 Les Whitton Molesey 1-1 Romford Romford 3-2 Aveley East Anglian Cup Champions 97-98
22/08/98 - 30/01/99 Steve Wheeler[63] Wealdstone 1-0 Romford Romford 3-1 Whyteleafe ---
02/02/99 - 17/10/99 Amin Levitt Hitchin Town 3-1 Romford Romford 2-4 Braintree Town ---
21/10/00 - 11/11/00 John Bennett[64] Wealdstone 3-3 Romford Northwood 2-0 Romford ---
18/11/00 - 29/11/00 Bob Clarkson (caretaker) Romford 2-4 Thame United Witham Town 0-1 Romford ---
27/01/01 - 27/08/01 Paul Withey[65] Leatherhead 4-1 Romford Tilbury 2-0 Romford Relegated to Isthmian League Division Two 00/01
01/09/01 - 26/04/03 Paul Joynes Romford 1-2 Southend Manor Southend Manor 1-1 Romford ---
16/08/03 - 15/01/08 Mark Reed Waltham Abbey 2-1 Romford Romford 1-4 Eton Manor Resigned from Isthmian League 02/03, Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy Winners 03/04
24/01/08 - 09/11/19 Paul Martin[66] London APSA 0-4 Romford Heybridge Swifts 5-1 Romford[67] Essex Senior League Champions 08/09, longest surving Romford Manager
26/12/11 Keith Preston[68] Grays Athletic 1-2 Romford[69] Stepped in as Paul Martin suspended, the only Romford manager with 100% record
16/11/19 - 31/10/20 Glenn Tamplin[70] Romford 2-3 Coggeshall Town[71] Bury Town 2-2 Romford[72] ---
07/08/21 - 18/12/21 Derek Duncan[73]/Mark Holloway Harpenden Town 1-1 Romford[74] Romford 0-4 Coggeshall Town[75] ---
27/12/21 - 05/03/22 Paul Martin[76] (interim) Barking 3-1 Romford[77] Romford 0-8 Bury Town[78] ---
12/03/22 - 23/04/22 Jon Fowell (interim) Romford 0-5 Great Wakering[79] Romford 2-3 Witham Town[80] Relegated to Essex Senior League 21/22
30/07/22 - 01/03/23 Steve Butterworth[81] Buckhurst Hill 1-2 Romford[82] Romford 0-2 Enfield Town[83] ---
04/03/23 - 11/05/24 Dan Spinks[84][85][86] White Ensign 1-0 Romford[87] Great Wakering 0-3 Romford[88] FA Vase Winners 23/24
27/07/24 - 01/11/25 Kris Newby[89][90] Romford 4-1 Stanway Rovers[91] Barking 1-3 Romford[92] ---
15/11/25 - Now Dan Browne (interim)[93] Ilford 2-0 Romford[94] Great Wakering 2-2 Romford[95]* ---

*will be updated once the next game is played.

Club honours

Trophy Years won
FA Vase[19] 2023–24
Southern Football League Premier Division[96] 1966–67
Isthmian League Division Two[97] 1996–97
Athenian League[98][99] 1935-36, 1936–37
Essex Senior Football League[100][101] 1995–96, 2008–09
Essex Senior League Cup 1995–96
Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy 2003-04
Eastern Floodlight League 1967-68
Essex Senior Cup 1911-12, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1946–47
East Anglian Cup 1997-98

Season by season overview

Season League Position FA Cup FA Trophy/Vase Others Trophies Won Top Appearance Maker Top Scorer
1992-93 Essex Senior League 9th[102] --- --- --- Roy Drake - 36 Steve Brock - 9
1993-94 Essex Senior League 4th[103] --- FAV - Extra Preliminary Round --- Roy Drake - 42 Shaun Adams - 17
1994-95 Essex Senior League 3rd[104] 3rd Qualifying Round FAV - Round 1 --- Roy Drake - 48 Micky Ross - 26
1995-96 Essex Senior League 1st[105] (promoted) 3rd Qualifying Round FAV - Round 1 Essex Senior League Cup Paul Evans - 46 Danny Benstock - 20
1996-97 Isthmian League Division Two 1st[106] (promoted) 1st Qualifying Round FAV - Round 5 --- Danny Benstock - 64 Martin Hayes - 29
1997-98 Isthmian League Division One 7th[107] 4th Qualifying Round FAT - 3rd Qualifying Round East Anglian Cup Stuart Horne - 61 Vinny John - 45
1998-99 Isthmian League Division One 10th[108] 2nd Qualifying Round FAT - 2nd Qualifying Round --- Kevin Marsden - 50 Trevor Paul - 23
1999-00 Isthmian League Division One 19th[109] 4th Qualifying Round FAT - Round 1 --- Tony Kinnear - 55 Chris Rose - 15
2000-01 Isthmian League Division One 21st[110] (relegated) Preliminary Round FAT - Round 1 --- Steve Good - 44 Mervin Abraham - 13
2001-02 Isthmian League Division Two 22nd[111](relegated) Preliminary Round FAV - Round 2 --- Duncan Grover - 50 Wayne Mahoney - 6
2002-03 Essex Senior League 5th[112] 1st Qualifying Round FAV - 1st Qualifying Round --- Steve King - 45 Kenny Leslie - 24
2003-04 Essex Senior League 5th[113] Extra-Preliminary Round FAV - 2nd Qualifying Round Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy Ross Biscoe - 41 Jason Friend - 29
2004-05 Essex Senior League 5th[114] Extra-Preliminary Round FAV - Round 1 --- Steve King - 44 Jordan Tolan - 19
2005-06 Essex Senior League 12th[115] Extra-Preliminary Round FAV - Round 2 --- Des Gallen - 45 Des Gallen - 16
2006-07 Essex Senior League 2nd[116] 2nd Qualifying Round FAV - Round 2 --- Paul Clayton - 54 Des Gallen - 25
2007-08 Essex Senior League 5th[117] Extra-Preliminary Round FAV - Round 3 --- Danny Rafis - 48 Bradley Jones - 20
2008-09 Essex Senior League 1st[118] (promoted) Preliminary Round FAV - Round 2 --- Ben Turner/Paul Clayton - 42 Paul Kavanagh - 17
2009-10 Isthmian League North Division 13th[119] 1st Qualifying Round FAT - Preliminary Round --- Paul Kavanagh - 43 Kurt Smith - 16
2010-11 Isthmian League North Division 12th[120] 2nd Qualifying Round FAT - 3rd Qualifying Round --- Paul Clayton - 48 Alex Read - 14
2011-12 Isthmian League North Division 13th[121] 1st Qualifying Round FAT - Preliminary Round --- Jack Barry - 41 Kurt Smith - 20
2012-13 Isthmian League North Division 8th[122] Preliminary Round FAT - 1st Qualifying Round --- Paul Clayton - 41 Nick Reynolds - 16
2013-14 Isthmian League North Division 11th[123] 1st Qualifying Round FAT - Preliminary Round --- Paul Clayton - 44 Tom Richardson - 16
2014-15 Isthmian League North Division 20th[124] 2nd Qualifying Round FAT - Preliminary Round --- Aaron Omand - 52 Nick Reynolds - 13
2015-16 Isthmian League North Division 16th[125] Preliminary Round FAT - 1st Qualifying Round --- Ryan Boswell - 47 Nick Reynolds - 9
2016-17 Isthmian League North Division 16th[126] 1st Qualifying Round FAT - 2nd Qualifying Round --- Ryan Boswell - 54 Chinedu McKenzie - 29
2017-18 Isthmian League North Division 23rd[127] 1st Qualifying Round FAT - Preliminary Round --- Jonathan Nzengo - 54 Jonathan Nzengo - 9
2018-19 Isthmian League North Division 19th[128] 1st Qualifying Round FAT - Extra Preliminary Round --- Danny Cossington - 38 Ayo Olukoga - 6
2019-20 Isthmian League North Division N/A 1st Qualifying Round FAT - Preliminary Round --- Malakai Toussaint - 32 Adam Morgan - 8
2020-21 Isthmian League North Division N/A Extra Preliminary Round FAT - 2nd Qualifying Round --- Lee Newton - 10 Lee Newton - 2
2021-22 Isthmian League North Division 20th[129] (relegated) 1st Qualifying Round FAT - 2nd Qualifying Round --- Sam Dickens - 32 L'Heureux Menga - 7
2022-23 Essex Senior League 14th[130] 3rd Qualifying Round FAV - Round 4 --- George Cox - 46 Charlie Morris - 22
2023-24 Essex Senior League 3rd[131] Preliminary Round FAV - Winners --- Hassan Nalbant - 51 Hassan Nalbant - 32
2024-25 Essex Senior League 11th[132] Preliminary Round FAV - Round 2 --- Toheeb Elegushi - 37 Kennedy Feyi - 9
2025-26 Essex Senior League 17th Extra-Preliminary Round FAV - 1st Qualifying Round --- Bradley Davison - 22 Christian Adu Gyamfi - 6

2019-20, 2020-21 season void

2025-26 Will be updated as season continues

Top Stats

Goals and Appearances

No. Player Goals Scorerd No. Player Appearances
1. Nick Reynolds 76 1. Paul Clayton 396
2. Danny Benstock 67 2. Nick Reynolds 316
3. Kurt Smith 57 3. James Ishamil 255
4. Micky Ross 57 4. Danny Benstock 253
5. Martin Hayes 57 5. Steven Horne 246
6. Des Gallen 50 6. Jack Barry 228
7. Steve King 48 7. Micky Rogan 221
8. Paul Clayton 48 8. Jamie Dicks 212
9. Kevin Clark 45 9. Paul Kavanagh 201
10. Vinny John 45 10. Neil Finn 199

Player of the Seasons

Season Player Season Player Season Player
1992-93 Lee Faulkner 2003-04 Jason Friend 2014-15 Aaron Omand
1993-94 Roy Drake 2004-05 Steve King 2015-16 Micheal Gooch
1994-95 Micky Ross 2005-06 Neil Finn 2016-17 Callum Chafer
1995-96 Danny Benstock 2006-07 Petrit Elbi 2017-18 Danny Cossington
1996-97 Paul Evans 2007-08 Ricki Mackin 2018-19
1997-98 Mark Reed 2008-09 2019-20 Not Awarded
1998-99 Kevin Marsden 2009-10 Paul Kavanagh 2020-21
1999-00 Jason White 2010-11 Adam Rafis 2021-22
2000-01 Steve Good 2011-12 Kurt Smith 2022-23 Jake Anderson
2001-02 Wayne Mahoney 2012-13 Paul Clayton 2023-24 Scott Doe
2002-03 Steve King 2013-14 Abs Seymour 2024-25 Qamil Dervishaj

Cup runs

Club records (since 1876)

Club records (since 1992)

Player records (since 1992)

  • Most appearances: Paul Clayton, 396, 2006–2015[140]
  • Most goals: Nick Reynolds, 76, 2010–2019,[141] 2025-Now[37]
  • Fastest goal: Danny Benstock 11 seconds vs Great Wakering Rovers, Essex Senior League, 28 August 1995
  • Most goals in one season: Vinny John 45 (3 pens), 1997/98[142]
  • Most consecutive appearances: Ryan Boswell 67, 19 December 2015 – 18 February 2017
  • Youngest player: Perry Burns (15 yrs 266 days, 29 April 2006)[143]
  • Oldest player: Mark Lord (48 yrs 90 days, 3 March 2015)[143]
  • Youngest goalscorer: Praise Ogbebor (16yrs 7m, 10 February 2023)[143]
  • Oldest goalscorer: John Maskell (39 yrs 5 months, 23 March 2019)[143]

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