Vanderhoof United FC

Vanderhoof United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Vanderhoof, British Columbia and presently playing in the British Columbia Football League's Division Three.

Rivalries
Being their closest neighbours, Vanderhoof United's biggest rivals are Endako Village and Fort St James. Competition is also tight with clubs from Prince George.

History
The Vanderhoof Recreational Society was established in 1915 as an amateur sporting club with various departments. When the board rejected the football department's request to turn semi-professional in 1921, its membership elected to sever ties with with the society, cancelling their memberships en masse and establishing the Vanderhoof United Football Club in 1923.

League competition
The new club entered the lowest tier of Mainland Football Association in 1924, remaining in the Third Division North of the MFL until it was merged with the Vancouver Island Football League to create the BCFL in 1929. The Cardinals were assigned to the Regional Northwest Division Three at that time.

Season-by-season
This is a complete listing of the club's performances in British Columbia Football League competition.

FA Cup
Vanderhoof United began taking part in the BC FA Cup in 1924, but prior to the competition reform in 1929 they never advanced beyond the first round. The Cardinals' first appearance in the new competition came in 1931, when they were dismissed in the first round by 100 Mile House; this remained their last FA Cup appearance for a decade. Qualifying for the first round proper in 1941, they hosted Bella Coola United and played to a 1:1 draw, forcing a replay which they won 2:1 away, advancing to the second round for the first time ever. They continued their good form in the second round, defeating Division Three Quatsino Navy 2:1 in Quatsino, reaching the third round, where they were overwhelmed by a far superior Grand Forks side, succumbing to the Dukes in a 1:4 defeat.

Professional sport was suspended in BC between 1942 and 1945 due to the Second World War, but with its resumption in 1946 the Cardinals were once again in the FA Cup, losing 1:4 at home to Sooyoos United; after this appearance, they failed to qualify again until 1951.

Season-by-season
This is a listing of the club's performances in FA Cup competition.

Honours and records

 * Regional Northwest Division One:


 * Highest league position: 14th
 * D1 (1984, 1986)


 * Lowest league position: 14th
 * D3 (1946, 1975, 1999)


 * Most points in a season: 62
 * D2, 1983


 * Fewest points in a season: 19
 * D3, 1975


 * Most goals scored in a season: 65
 * D3, 1978


 * Fewest goals scored in a season: 33
 * D1, 1987


 * Most goals conceded in a season: 71
 * D1, 1987


 * Fewest goals conceded in a season: 30
 * D3, 2001


 * Most wins in a season: 18
 * D2, 1983


 * Fewest wins in a season: 5
 * D3, 1975
 * D1, 1987


 * Most draws in a season: 15
 * D2, 1990


 * Fewest draws in a season: 4
 * D3, 1975
 * D3, 1998


 * Most losses in a season: 23
 * D2, 1997


 * Fewest losses in a season: 6
 * D3, 1978


 * Most games won in a row (to 2001): 6
 * D3, 2001


 * Most games lost in a row (to 2001): 10
 * D2, 1997


 * Most games without losing (to 2001): 9
 * D2, 1996


 * Most games without winning (to 2001): 23
 * D1, 1987


 * Biggest win: 5 goals
 * 5:0 v Gibsons Athletic, 1979 FA Cup 2nd Round


 * Biggest league win (to 2001): 4 goals
 * 4:0 v Terrace, D3, 1970
 * 6:2 v Royal Oak Hotspur, D2, 1982
 * 5:1 v Prince George Army, D2, 1991
 * 4:0 v Liverpool VLW, D3 Relegation Play-off 1st Round, 2000
 * 4:0 v Gitsegukla, D3, 2001


 * Biggest defeat: 5 goals
 * 0:5 v Cranbrook North Side, D2, 1997


 * Highest scoring game: 9 goals
 * 4:5 v Smithers & Telkwa Utd, D3, 1969
 * 3:6 v Vancouver City, D1, 1986


 * Highest scoring league game (to 2001): 9 goals
 * 4:5 v Smithers & Telkwa Utd, D3, 1969
 * 3:6 v Vancouver City, D1, 1986


 * Deepest cup run: 5th Round - 1979, 1986, 1987