Newark History

The Beginning

Newark Youth London was formed in 1984 by a group of young people aged between 9-12 years old. This group congregated at the old London Hospital Car in Newark Street (now the Centre of the Cell building) and played football thus eventually deciding to call themselves Newark United FC. The organisation started as a loosely run football team but has now expanded and has over 100 members. Newark has also diversified its activities and now offers not only football but educational, social and other recreational activities for young people.

Early Years

During the early years UN Choudhury (Boss) who is now the life long honoury president of Newark Youth London took charge of the team. Boss managed and run the team on his own and paid all expenses himself. The team mainly played other local Bengali/Asian teams in 5-aside and 7-aside tournaments in East London. Newark soon became well known for playing attractive and decent football. Under Boss Newark won many local tournaments.

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