Jets are 50!

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Jets are 50! Can you believe it! Jets are 50 years old. From small beginnings as an U-12 side in 1972-3, registered with the FA on 1st June 1972, to a football club encompassing a …

Jets First Season

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John Elliott and Dave Fuller have been running the club since day 1, with John as owner and general manager, and Dave providing all the financial and administration work needed. The other person still involved …

The Early Years

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1973-74 After establishing themselves in their first season, Jets added a second team in 1973-74, running an U-14 and an U-12 side. It was the younger team that gained the most successes; these being the …

Jets Senior Team Starts

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With our older players now out of the youth levels, Jets ran a senior team for the first time in 1978-79 playing in the Watford and District League Division 2. Consisting of at least five …

HCL 1980’s and 1990’s

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As the table shows, Jets joined the Herts County League Division 1 in 1981-82, won promotion to the HCL Premier in 1983-84 with a 3rd place finish, were relegated in 1985-86 (in fact the only …

Herts County League Glory Years

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From the mid-80’s to the end of the 90’s Jets had been, predominantly, a bottom half team in the Herts County League (HCL) but then, at the turn of the century, Jets went supersonic. There …

Spartan South Midlands, FA Cup, FA Vase

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Jets were promoted to the Spartan South Midlands in Division 1 for the 2004-05 season, and were promoted as Champions into the Spartan South Midlands Premier in their first season at this level. Since 2005-06 …

Jets Biggest Games

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It’s hard to pick a shortlist of Jets biggest games over the 50 years. There are so many more that could have been included, including two Herts Senior Cup wins over National South St Albans …

Remembrance Day Matches

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It has always been important to Oxhey Jets to observe Remembrance Day and to support the military. Even looking back to our first year in 1972/3 the organised trips for our young U-12’s team included …