Meridian VP F.C.
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| Full name | Meridian VP Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1995 | ||
| Ground | Meridian Sports & Social Club, Charlton | ||
| Capacity | (160 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Dwinder Tamna | ||
| Manager | Billy Piper | ||
| League | Kent Invicta Football League | ||
| 2014–15 | Kent Invicta Football League, 12th | ||
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Meridian VP F.C. is an English football club located in Charlton, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.[1] The club is affiliated to the Kent County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard Club.[2][3] The club plays in the Kent Invicta Football League and the initials VP stand for 'Valley Park'.
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History
The club was founded in 1995.[2] They started playing in the Dartford & District League in which they finished runners-up in 1999–2000.[4] The team won its first silverware in 2002–03 in the form of the Bawcutt League Cup.[4] The club had previously finished runners-up in the competition three times in succession.[4] The club has also been runner-up in the Keys Cup once and runner-up in the Hospitals Charity Cup twice.[4]
The club then joined Division three West of the Kent County Football League for the start of the 2003–04 season.[5] Division Three West was disbanded a season later and the club moved to Division Two West, where it then spent the next seven seasons.[5] The club were successful in applying for the Kent Invicta League and became one of the founder members for the 2011–12 season.[5]
Ground
Meridian play their home games at Meridian Sports & Social Club, Charlton Park Lane, Charlton, London, SE7 8QS.
Colours
Meridian's colours are sky blue shirts, shorts and socks.[2] The away kit is red shirts, shorts and socks.[2]
Veterans team
The club also runs a team for older players. One player, Derek May, still plays regularly for the veterans team despite being 74 years old and scored his 1,300th goal in 2012.[6][7]
Honours
League honours
- Dartford & District League[4]
- Runners-up 1999–2000
Cup honours
- Dartford & District League Cup[4]
- Winners 2002–03
- Runners-up 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01
- Hospitals Charity Cup[4]
- Runners-up 2001–02, 2004–05
- Keys Cup[4]
- Runners-up 2002–03
Records
References
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