FC Cougars
FC Cougars are a fun and friendly youth football club based in Bucklebury and Thatcham in West Berkshire. We welcome boys and girls of all abilities who are keen to play regular football.We have teams in the Reading and West Berkshire League and the Peter Houseman Youth League. All our teams play home and away fixtures on Sundays and run additional training sessions during the week. Please see our team pages for more details on times and locations. We are a non-profit community football club run entirely by volunteers.
This Week For FC Cougars
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FA Accredited
We are fully insured for public liability and for youth football personal accident.
All our managers and coaches have active enhanced DBS checks and safeguarding qualifications, and we help all coaches gain suitable FA qualifications.
NEWS: Spaces in our teams
12 Mar 2025
FC Cougars have limited places for keen youth footballers - apply now!
Our age groups, and their school years from September 2024, are as follows:
- Under 6s (year 1) - NEW TEAM - SPACES
- Under 7s (year 2) - FULL
- Under 8s (year 3) - FULL
- Under 9s (year 4) - FULL
- Under 11s (year 6) - FULL
- Under 12s Girls (years 6/7) - NEW TEAM - SPACES
- Under 12s (year 7) - LAST SPACES
- Under 13s (year 8) - PLEASE ENQUIRE
- Under 15s (years 9/10) - PLEASE ENQUIRE
- Sabres Women (16 years+) - NEW TEAM - SPACES
Please contact us to enquire about joining any of our teams.
NEWS: PHOTOSHOOT AND PRESENTATION DAY
12 Mar 2025
Thu 3 April (evening)
Bucklebury Recreation Ground, Bucklebury, RG7 6PS
This is our training location and not the school field!
Players should attend in their playing kit shirts and shorts.
18:30 U7s
18:50 U8s
19:00 U9s
19:15 U11s Black
19:30 U11s Red
19:50 U12s
20:05 U13s
20:15 U15s
There will be additional parking on the field, through the gate at the end of the car park and in line with the trees.
Sun 15 June (morning)
Presentation Day at Bucklebury Recreation Ground
Our end of season presentation day will be the morning of Sunday 15 June 2025 and all our players will receive personalised trophies using photos taken at our annual club photoshoot.
NEWS: McDonalds Sponsor FC Cougars
04 Dec 2020
We are delighted to announce that McDonalds have become a key sponsor of the club. McDonalds have supplied our U13 team kit, training kit, and will be helping FC Cougars to provide FA qualifications for our coaches and volunteers.
"As a local McDonald's Franchisee and as someone who played on the very same pitches as a child, I'm extremely proud to sponsor FC Cougars and support them with the kit and access to coaching qualifications they need to get all the fun and enjoyment that is possible from grassroots football" - Richard Forte, Fortress Operations Ltd.
Thank you to our club sponsors:
