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Yeading
Full name	Yeading Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Ding
Founded	1960 (or c.1894)
Dissolved	2007
Ground	The Warren, Yeading (Capacity 3,500 (250 seated))
2006-07	Conference South, 16th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Yeading F.C. were an English football club from Yeading in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London.

Their roots trace to a youth club formed in Yeading in 1960. However there was a Victorian amateur team which folded in the 1920's, so in fact Yeading F.C. can trace their history back to the 19th century. They have been known as Yeading Football Club since 1965. However, they remained in the junior and intermediate ranks until the 1980s when they were at last granted senior status, joining the old London Spartan League in 1984 and the Isthmian League in 1987. In 1990 they won their first national title, the FA Vase, as well as their regional division of the league. The following year they were promoted to the league's Premier Division for the first time but were relegated in 1998.

After the Isthmian League First Division was divided in 2002 they were placed in Division One North. They won the championship of that league in the 2003-04 season, returning to the Premier Division. A strong start to the season was crowned on December 5, 2004 with their being drawn at home to Premiership side Newcastle United in the third round of the FA Cup, after beating Slough Town F.C. in a 'Wild' West London derby. Yeading's average league game attendance of 137 contrasted with Newcastle's nearly 52,000. After some confusion as to whether the game could be played in front of 2,300 at Yeading's ground, The Warren, it was decided to play it on January 9, 2005 at Loftus Road, and the crowd numbered 10,824. A scoreless first half held out hope of a legendary upset but two second-half Newcastle goals decided the game. Yeading went on to win the Isthmian League Championship that season, earning promotion to Conference South.

On 28 October 2006, Yeading were drawn against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup first round. The game was one of the biggest in their history, going up against former back to back European Champions. Yeading were hoping to upset the East Midlands team, but the task proved too much for The Ding, as they were emphatically beaten 5-0.

on 16 December 2006 Yeading pulled off a shock in the FA Vase Trophy first round by beating Conference side Forest Green.

After a season that many fans were hoping would end with promotion to the Conference. Yeading finished two points above the drop zone.

On May 18 2007, Yeading announced that they would be forming a merger with fellow Conference South side Hayes, who would have otherwise been relegated at the end of the 2006-2007 season. The new club will retain its place in the Conference South, and be known as Hayes & Yeading United F.C..

CORRECTION: Hayes FC would NOT have been relegated at the end of 2006 - 07 season if it were not for the merger, due to the demise of Farnborough Town F.C..

They also have a well known and respected hooligan firm named the "Yeading Yetties" who are infamous for their running battle with Feltham FC's FFB, resulting in 3 injuries behind a local LIDL supermarket where they had a right proper tear up.

The 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham contains a scene where the football team in the film rides in a Yeading FC van.

• Dudley Campbell
• Kevin Cooper
• Andy Impey
• Charlie Oatway
• DJ Campbell

• Official site
• Yeading at the Football Club History Database