Grays United F.C. was a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. The club played at the Recreation Ground.A Brief Early History of Grays Athletic Football Club Bygone Grays Thurrock
The club joined Division Two of the Southern League in 1899.England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF In 1900–01 they finished second and qualified for the promotion-relegation test matches. However, after the game against Division One club Watford ended 0–0, Grays refused to play extra time, and were subsequently not promoted. The following season they finished runners-up again, and faced a test-match for a second successive season, this time against Brentford. The match, played at the Memorial Grounds, was drawn 1–1, but the club again refused to play extra time, and were not promoted.
The club withdrew from the Southern League at the end of the 1905–06 season and merged with Grays Juniors to form Grays Athletic.
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