FC Bucklebury Cougars
FC Bucklebury Cougars are a fun and friendly 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, and also run an adult ladies team.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: Club AGM
09 Jul 2025
The club AGM and managers meeting will be held on Tuesday 15 July at 7:30pm at The Cottage Inn, Upper Bucklebury. Please contact the club secretary if you would like to attend.
NEWS: Spaces in our teams - Enquire Now!
20 Jun 2025
We have limited spaces for new players - please contact us to find out more if your child would be interested in playing for any of our teams.
Our teams, and their school years from September 2025, are as follows:
- Under 6s (year 1) - Starting Spring 2026
- Under 7s (year 2) - SPACES
- Under 8s (year 3) - SPACES
- Under 9s (year 4) - SPACES
- Under 10s (year 5) - FULL
- Under 12s (years 6/7) - PLEASE ENQUIRE
- Under 13s Girls (years 7/8) - SPACES
- Under 13s (year 8) - PLEASE ENQUIRE
- Under 14s (year 9) - SPACES
- Under 16s (years 10/11) - FULL
- Sabres Women (Women aged 16+) - SPACES
NEWS: Presentation Day 2025
15 Jun 2025
Our annual end of season presentation day will be the morning of Sunday 15 June 2025 from 10am, at Bucklebury Recreation Ground, and all our players will receive personalised trophies using photos taken at our club photoshoot.
If you ordered photos for club delivery these will be available for collection at our presentation day.
We will hold some activities on the field, including speed shot, to raise some money for the club with prizes for the highest scores by age group. Refreshments will also be on sale, so please bring down some money - card payment will also be available.
We also already have some great prizes this year for our raffle, but if you could donate prizes please bring them along on the day.
Volunteers will be needed to run the activities and to help with refreshments.
If you could bake or donate a cake for sale please let us know!
Event times
| Event Starts | 10:00 |
| U7 Presentation | 10:15 |
| U8 Presentation | 10:30 |
| U9 Presentation | 10:45 |
| U11 Black Presentation | 11:00 |
| U11 Red Presentation | 11:15 |
| U12 Presentation | 11:30 |
| U13 Presentation | 11:45 |
| U15 Presentation | 12:00 |
| Raffle and competition prizes | 12:15 |
Presentation Day Raffle
We have some amazing raffle prizes up for grabs at this Sunday's Presentation Day! Raffle tickets will be on sale on the day at £1 per ticket (cash or card payment) You can also buy raffle tickets on-line in advance (perfect for extended friends or family to help the club), and we will e-mail you your numbers and put your tickets in the draw!
Please share the link: https://fc-cougars.sumupstore.com/
RAFFLE PRIZES
Family ticket to Bucklebuy Farm Park
Family ticket to High Score arcade, Newbury
Free MOT Elite garage, Newbury
Free haircut at Legends, Thatcham
£25 voucher for CEX
2 x Vue cinema tickets
Signed Reading FC shirt
1 x Reading FC home shirt
2 x Reading FC away shirts
Surprise football shirt package
Cleaning hamper from Well Polished
Ticket for Wellington Country Park
£10 voucher for Ugly Duckling Pottery
1 Months free of MF dance
Day fishing ticket at Paices Wood Country Park, Aldermaston
+ MORE!
THANK YOU TO ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO HAVE DONATED PRIZES!
NEWS: Players Wanted For New Girls Team
21 May 2025
We are after players for our new girls only Under 13s team.
The team is for keen players who are in school years 7 or 8 from September 2025.
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:
