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Club History Loddon United Football Club was formed in the early part of the 20th century and played a leading role in the Norfolk Junior leagues. Leagues entered prior to World War II included the Reedham & District League, the Gillingham League, the Raveningham & District League and the Norwich City Junior League. The club reformed after the war and continued in local leagues before joining the East Anglian League. When the Anglian Combination was formed in 1963 from the East Anglian and Norfolk and Suffolk Leagues Loddon finished in sixth position in their section and joined the newly formed Anglian Combination in the Third Division. It took just two seasons for the club to move into Division 2 and there they stayed for the next three seasons before gaining promotion to Division 1 in 1969/70. The club remained in Division 1 for the next eight seasons before gaining promotion to the Premier Division where they remained for five seasons. The club dropped back into Division 1 for the 1983/84 season and a second successive relegation saw the club drop to Division 2 for three seasons. The club then gained promotion back to Division 1 in 1987/88 and remained their for eight seasons before topping the division in 1995/96. Premier Division football was short lived however as Loddon finished bottom and dropped back into Division 1 where they have remained to this day. The club has run two teams on and off from its early days but the Reserve team has been established in the Anglian Combination almost since the inception of the league. From its early beginning the club, untied players from all the local surrounding villages have played home matches at various locations, before making its home in the centre of Loddon in the 1950’s at the Recreation Playing Fields at George Lane. In the early 1980’s, Loddon Jubilee Hall was built on the Playing Fields and provided the Club with modern changing rooms, access to a Social Club and a floodlit all-weather training complex. In the early 1990's the Club added an “A” team to its ranks, with the aim of further cementing the development of younger players from the Loddon Grasshoppers youth teams to the senior teams. The “A” team plays in the Norwich Business Houses League. In 2002, Loddon Ladies was added to the Club ranks, to support the increased participation of women in football and in a successful debut season the won the Norfolk Women’s and Girls Football League (NWGFL) without losing a game. For the 2003/04 season the team has moved into the Eastern Region Women’s Football League and has also entered a 7-a-side team into the NWGFL to help develop the younger players in the squad. Recent Honours: Men’s FIRST XI Anglian Combination Division 1 Winners 1996/97 Anglian Combination Division 1 Runners-Up 1977/78 Anglian Combination Division 2 Runners-Up 1969/70 Anglian Combination Division 3 Runners-Up 1966/67 Anglian Combination Division 1 Winners 2007/08 Senior Knockout Cup Runners-Up 1979/80 Junior Knockout Cup Runners-Up 1986/87 & 1987/88

RESERVES Anglian Combination Reserve Division 2 Winners 2002/03 Anglian Combination Reserve Division 2 Runners-Up 1979/80 Anglian Combination Reserve Division 3 Winners 1986/87 Reserve Knockout Cup Runners-Up 1980/81 & 2002/03

LADIES Norfolk Women’s & Girls Football League Winners 2002/03