Taplow United Club Histiory
18 Aug 2009

Taplow United formerly, the Old Paludians Association, was formed in 1923 by former pupils of Slough Secondary School - re-named Slough Grammar School in 1936. Mr. E. Rutland-Clarke, headmaster of the school in 1923 and founder member of the Club, helped in the naming of the association. The name derived from the Latin word ‘PALUS’ meaning marsh, bog or slough!

The original club colours were chocolate, but these were quickly changed in 1926 to sky blue shirts, navy shorts and amber socks, the original colours of the school. The current strip of maroon shirts, shorts and socks is derived from the present school colours.

Our ground was acquired in 1955 and through the voluntary work of members a clubhouse was built, subsequently extended and is now being gradually modernised. The Club is now a community sports club and provides a focus for male and female soccer, both adult and junior.

The Club fields 3 adult male teams on a Saturday in senior football and has a thriving junior soccer section. The Saturday sides play in the Reading Football League. The Sunday teams play in the Berks Free Press League, the Slough Boys’ Combination. Ladies football has been running for a few years and this season an U14 team will compete inthe Bucks Girls' league with the U16 girls remaining in the South Chiltern Minor League.

In 1995 and 1996, the mens 1st team won the Slough Town Cup and finished runners-up. In those years, we finished in respectable positions in the Chiltonian Premier Division (now Hellenic Division 1).

Having spent a short spell in the East Berks league, the Club has moved to the Reading league and having achieved respectable positions in division 1 and the Premier, as well as a BTC intermediate cup win, the first team now competes in the Senior league.