Full name Cambridge United Football Club Nickname(s) United, The Us Founded 1912; 103 years ago (as Abbey United) Ground Abbey Stadium Cambridge Capacity 8,127 (4,376 seated) Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. The club participates in League Two, the fourth tier of the English league system. Cambridge United have had two spells in the leagues second tier, and reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup twice and Football League Cup once. Uniteds highest ever finishing place in the Football League is fifth in the Second Division during the 1991–92 season, competing in (though losing) a season-ending four team playoff for the final promotion slot to the Premier Leagues inaugural season. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on Newmarket Road, approximately 1.86 miles (3 kilometres) east of Cambridge city centre. The stadium has a capacity of 8,127, made up of terracing and seated areas. Although the club has traditionally worn amber and black at home, it has experimented with a number of designs of shirts including plain amber with black trim, amber and black squares, stripes and, amber with a black sash.[1] The club had close links with Cambridge Regional College, a team formed in 2006 as a de facto reserve team; however, CRC folded at the end of the 2013–14 season.
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