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| Full name | Hayes & Yeading United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | United | ||
| Founded | 18 May 2007; 18 years ago (2007-05-18) | ||
| Ground | Skyex Community Stadium,Hayes, Middlesex | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Gurdev Jassi | ||
| Manager | Simon Lane | ||
| League | Isthmian League South Central Division | ||
| 2024–25 | Isthmian League South Central Division, 6th of 22 | ||
Hayes & Yeading United Football Club is anassociation football club based inHayes, in theLondon Borough of Hillingdon, England. The club was formed in 2007 from a merger ofHayes Football Club (founded in 1909) andYeading Football Club (founded in 1960). It currently competes in theIsthmian League South Central Division and plays its home matches at the Skyex Community Stadium.
Hayes & Yeading United Football Club was formed on 18 May 2007 afterConference South clubsHayes F.C. andYeading F.C. merged.[1] The club's badge features theMiddlesex crest and the colours from both the former sides; the emblem also features the mottoPorro Simul:Latin for forward together.
They played their first season in the Conference South in 2007–08 as both former teams did the previous season, registering a 13th-place finish, in the FA Cup they reached the Fourth Qualifying Round, and in the FA Trophy they were knocked out in the First Round. In their second season, 2008–09, they finished fourth, securing a place in the play-offs; they beatEastleigh 6–4 on aggregate in the semi-final coming back from 4–2 down in the first leg (after being 4–0 down just after half-time).[2][3] In the play-off final they defeatedHampton & Richmond 3–2 thanks to an opener from Scott Fitzgerald and a brace from Steven Gregory, which brought them back from 2–1 down. This secured a place in theConference National forthe following season, in the FA Cup they were once again knocked out in the Fourth Qualifying Round, however they reached the Second Round of the FA Trophy.[4]
Their first season at the top tier of non-league was a success; whilst many had tipped them for the drop they survived quite comfortably in the end and were in with a chance of a top-half finish until April, when a bad late run of form saw them slide to 17th place at the season's end. For the third consecutive season they were eliminated in the Fourth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, whilst they lost out in the First Round of the FA Trophy. The 2009–10 season was the merged club's first at the highest level ofnon-league football.Hayes previously spent six years at this level before their relegation in 2002, whileYeading had not competed at this level before.
For the 2010–11 season, Hayes & Yeading turned fully professional. They reached the final of theMiddlesex Senior Cup, where they lost 2–1 toStaines Town. In this season Hayes & Yeading also reached the First Round Proper of theFA Cup, playing against League 1Wycombe Wanderers; the club lost 2–1 to a stoppage-time winner fromGareth Ainsworth. The tie was played atChurch Road in front of a crowd of 1,426. They once again failed to progress beyond the First Round of the FA Trophy. On 19 April 2011 Hayes & Yeading played their last match at Church Road, beatingGateshead 3–1; despite having spent most of the season in and around the bottom four, this proved enough to allow them to finish 16th in their fourth season, representing a continuous improvement in final league positions since the merger. Hayes & Yeading began a groundshare atKingfield Stadium, home ofWoking,[5] while a new stand was built on the site of Yeading's old ground, The Warren.
On 28 May 2011Garry Haylock resigned as the first team manager of Hayes & Yeading United, and on 16 June 2011Nas Bashir was appointed the new manager. In the 2011–2012 season, whilst playing atKingfield, consistently poor league form meant that the club was relegated back into theConference South, despite beating the odds to win a relegation six-pointer atLincoln City, registering a 21st-place finish. They failed to repeat the previous season's FA Cup success, falling in the Fourth Qualifying Round, whilst for the third consecutive season they were eliminated in the First Round of the FA Trophy.
On 4 February 2013Nas Bashir left the club by mutual consent, with Director of Football Tony O'Driscoll taking temporary charge of first-team affairs before his permanent appointment was confirmed on 25 February 2013. Following a 7–1 away defeat to relegation rivalsStaines Town on 4 April, O'Driscoll resigned to retake his role as Director of Football; first team coaches Tristan Lewis and Delroy Preddie were appointed to take charge as joint managers for the remaining six games of the season. Hayes & Yeading registered their lowest-ever league finish, clinching 17th place in the Conference South. Their poor cup form continued, as they lost out once again in the Fourth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, and their below-par FA Trophy form continued as, for the fourth consecutive season, they were knocked out in the First Round of the FA Trophy.
On 9 May 2013 the club announcedPhil Babb (formerdefender forRepublic of Ireland,Bradford City,Coventry City,Liverpool,Sporting CP andSunderland) as their new manager.
Hayes & Yeading United were relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season, but because of Hereford United's expulsion from theConference Premier, both Hayes & Yeading and Chester earned relegation reprieves.[6] The club's cup fortunes continued to stagnate: they were knocked out in the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup and for the fifth consecutive season lost out in the First Round of the FA Trophy.
In the 2014–15 season, Hayes & Yeading narrowly avoided relegation, finishing 19th despite a promising start to the campaign, winning their two opening games. Their woeful cup form persisted with their second consecutive Second Qualifying Round exit in the FA Cup, and remarkably, for the sixth season in a row, they were knocked out in the First Round of the FA Trophy.
The 2015–16 season saw the club's worst ever league campaign: they finished second from bottom in the National League South despite the reappointment of Garry Haylock as manager, resulting in relegation to the Southern Football League Premier Division. For the third consecutive season the club were knocked out of the FA Cup in the Second Qualifying Round, and their very poor FA Trophy form continued: they failed even to reach the First Round, by losing in the Third Qualifying Round.
Former Oxford United coachMickey Lewis took the manager's reins for the 2016–17 season in the Southern League,[7] but dropped down to youth team duties in October after a poor run of form.[8]Paul Hughes andRitchie Hanlon were appointed as joint managers in November, joining fromKings Langley.[9] In the cups, Hayes & Yeading were knocked out of the FA Cup byWorthing in the 2nd Qualifying round, while their FA Trophy hopes were dashed at the first hurdle byHitchin Town. They were then relegated from the 2016–17 Southern League Premier Division – to complete their 3rd relegation in 5 seasons – despite winning the Southern League Challenge Cup atSt Ives Town on penalties.In their first season at Step 4 of the football pyramid playing in the Southern League Eastern Division, the club narrowly missed out on automatic promotion scoring 103 goals in 42 games. A third-place finish saw them qualify for the Play-offs but they lost in the semi-final by a single goal toCambridge CityAt the end of the2017–18 season the club were transferred to the South Central Division of the Isthmian League. After leading the Division for much of the season they secured the club's first title as a merged club with three games still to play, once again topping 100 league goals to win theIsthmian League South Central Division.
The club initially played at Hayes's former ground,Church Road. This was sold to fund the demolition and building of a new ground at Yeading's former home, The Warren. Church Road closed in 2011, and the club spent many years ground sharing with Woking (2011–14) and Maidenhead United (2014–16) as construction of the new ground took longer than anticipated.
The SkyEx Community Stadium opened in 2016. Safety concerns saw the ground close temporarily, and the club spent the remainder of the 2016–17 season sharing at Beaconsfield Town, before moving in permanently at the start of the 2017–18 season.
TheApple TV+ comedy seriesTed Lasso uses the stadium to depict the training ground and offices of fictionalPremier League teamA.F.C. Richmond.[10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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As of 12 May 2025
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | Simon Lane |
| Assistant Manager | Delroy Preddie |
| Coach | Christian Ferreira |
| Physio | Harsh Chauhan |
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