Panshanger Football Club - History

Panshanger Football Club was founded in 1969 by a small group wishing to provide youth football in Welwyn Garden City. In that year the club also became a founder member of the Mid-Herts Rural Minors League. The club's original home was at Rowans in the Garden City but in 1987 Welwyn Hatfield Council offered the club its current premises and playing fields.

The clubhouse is the property of the Council and is used for a range purposes by the Council and the club. Panshanger Football Club is, however, the principal user of the clubhouse and a peppercorn rent is paid to the Council each year. The pitches and the surrounding park area are a public space open to use by all. During the playing season Panshanger Football Club hires the pitches from the Council and has first call on their use. The Council sets the rental charge on an annual basis and this is in line with pitch charges elsewhere in the district.

The club is ultimately run by the Moneyhole Lane Committee. All members of the football club management committee are automatically members of Moneyhole Lane. The football club is run by its management committee, which is advised, on developments by a monthly meeting with all team managers. Details of meeting dates and club officials are given elsewhere in this website. The club is run under a set of rules laid out in this website. These rules may only be changed by a majority vote at the AGM in June.

The club itself takes players form U6 to U18. U6/U7 receive training only. From U8 onwards most teams play in the Mid-Herts Rural Minors League although, occasionally, teams seek to play in other Leagues. This is normally possible but does make life a little more complicated for the manager. Panshanger Football Club is affiliated to the Herts F.A.

As the club has grown over the years it has attracted more players than could normally be managed and it has therefore split into two groups - Whites and Yellows. For the purposes of the League and the Herts F.A., Whites and Yellows are seen as two separate clubs but all members of the club see these two as part of a single club and are expected to work in the best interest of the whole club.