The History of Melton Foxes Junior Football Club
03 Mar 2007

Melton Foxes Junior Football Club was founded in 1985 by Chris Hill, Kath Ainge, Bill Traynor, Howard Roe and Mick Parker.

The club started with one team playing in the Coalville league at the under 13 age group, this team managed by Mick Parker.

Their home at this time was on Asfordby Road playing fields and Farrows Coaches were the clubs first sponsor.

In their first season Foxes finished as runners up in their league and in their second season Foxes again secured the runners up position in the league, reached the semi - final of the County Cup and won the League Cup.

Following this successful season and due to the manner of how the club was being run Melton Foxes Junior Football Club were invited to play in the Leicester youth league, to which the club agreed.

At this point the club decided to expand to aid the development of junior and youth football. They introduced their second squad, this being an under 11 team.
The original team was to be managed by Graham Parker and Chris Hill with Mick Parker and the late Steve Richardson managing the under 11 team.

The highlight for this second squad was winning Division 2 and securing a place in the League Cup final at what was then Filbert Street, the home of Leicester City Football Club.

Foxes unfortunately lost in the final to Ratby & Groby who had just won Division 1. They lost by 3-0 and this was played inn front of 3000 supporters.

Melton Foxes then continued to add squads at different age groups. This being made possible by the Saturday morning soccer school that Paul Wells developed about 10 years ago.

Foxes have seen a number of their past players take their football further when leaving the club;

Paul Anderson now with Liverpool and England under 19’s. Paul Byrne at Kidderminster Harriers, Lewis Mogg with Leicester City Reserves, Simon Hill with Rothwell, Graham Keast with Rothwell and David Peet with Nottingham Forest.

Foxes now reside at the Mars Petcare Sports Ground which boasts one of the best facilities in the County where they have 14 representative teams from under 8’s through to under 16's.

They now have the most amount of teams they have ever had as they continue to expand.

Melton Foxes also now have their very own Football Academy for Year 1 and Year 2 players.

The 2007/2008 season was one of the most successful in the clubs long history. The Under 9's Foxes winning their respectice league, the Under 12's winning their respective league and the Under 17's winning their respective league and also reached the County Cup Final finishing runners up.

Foxes continued their success in the 2008/2009 season. Our Under 8's Melton Foxes Team won their respective league, The Under 11's won their respective league and reached the final of the Invitation Cup. Our Under 13's remained in Division 1 and our Under 15's finished Runners Up in Division 2 earning promotion to the top flight of Division 1 in the Leicester and District league.