The club was founded as '' ' AWRE Football Club ' '' in 1952 by Charles Green , Ted Hall , Gordon Carter , and Don Sharp , and were nicknamed " the Atom Men " after the newly founded Atomic Weapons Research Establishment . As the AWRE complex was still under construction when the club was established , the players used empty contractors ' huts as changing rooms – carrying the tin bath into whichever building was designated for that day 's football . The players were also responsible for the pitch , and would mow and mark out the pitch before the match started . The club received support from William Penney during his work at AWRE on the Operation Hurricane project
Operation Hurricane
Operation Hurricane
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