Daventry Town F.C.

Daventry Town
Full name Daventry Town Football Club
Nickname(s) PurpleArmy / The Town
Founded 1886
Ground Communications Park
Browns Road
Daventry
NN11 4NS
Ground Capacity 3,000
Chairman Steve Tubb
Manager Arron Parkinson / Andy Marks
League United Counties League Division One
2015–16 Northern Premier League Division One South, 21st (relegated)

Daventry Town F.C. is a football club based in the town of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, formed in 1886. They are members of the United Counties League Division One.

History

The club was established in 1886 as a local-town club playing in the Northampton Town League. The club moved to the Northants Combination in 1987, and their emergence began under manager Willie Barrett, who led the club to successive championships in the Combination First and Premier divisions.[1] In 1989–90, the club joined the United Counties League Division One. Since joining the United Counties League, they have won promotion to the Premier Division on three occasions, but have also been relegated twice.

The club started at The Hollow Ground in the town, but having won promotion at the first attempt were denied because their new Elderstubbs ground was not ready in time. Their manager left, and the fortunes of the club declined with relegation alternating with promotion.

The club was threatened with extinction in 2005–06, when the Elderstubbs clubhouse and changing rooms were destroyed by fire. However, a sponsorship deal with mobile phone company Go Mobile enabled the club to survive.

2007–08 was a very successful season for Daventry Town. They won UCL Division One, losing just once, and defeated three Premier division teams en route to the League Knockout Cup final, where they were defeated by Desborough Town 3–2.

In the 2009–10 season Daventry won promotion to the Southern League Division One Central, by becoming champions of the United Counties League under the guidance of manager Darren Foster.

2010–2011, Fuller's Town finished 3rd in their first season in the Southern League Division One Central losing to Hitchin Town 2–0 in the play off final in front of a crowd of 1048.

Prior to the start of the 2011–2012 Mark Kinsella was brought in and Ady Fuller moved on to become manager of Banbury United. A majority of Fuller's team moved elsewhere. Over 40 players wore the purple shirt during the season and not surprisingly the team struggled to find any consistency until the end of the season.

During the 2011–2012, local rivals Daventry United folded and their Manager Darran Foster moved to Daventry Town as Mark Kinsella's Assistant. However, Kinsella was relieved of his duties shortly afterwards and Foster took charge of team affairs. In Foster's first season, 2012–2013, Town finished a highly respectable 8th in the table.

With a majority of the players remaining at the club for the 2013–14 season, the team made an incredible start to the campaign, winning their first 7 matches in the league whilst also qualifying for the FA Cup first round proper for the first time in their history. They were drawn away to Chesterfield from Football League Two, and ended up losing the tie 2–0.

After the playing budget was cut, manager Darran Foster resigned in early November 2014. Daventry then appointed ex Watford striker Allan Smart as his replacement .[2]

However, in June 2015, Iain Humphrey resigned as chairman and was replaced by Allan Smart, who relinquished his role as Daventry Town's manager in the process.[3]

Ady Fuller, who had served as Smart's assistant and had a previous spell as Daventry Town boss as well as stints as manager at Banbury United and Bedworth United, was appointed as caretaker manager in the interim period in June 2015.[4]

However, Humphrey would make a u-turn and return as chairman just a month later, in July 2015, replacing Smart and caretaker manager Fuller who both left the club altogether. His first move was to re-appoint former manager Darran Foster who had left the club in November 2014. Foster had only just been appointed manager at Woodford United in June 2015.[5]


In May 2016, Daventry Town resigned from the Northern Premier Leauge due to financial problems and were placed in the United Counties League Division One, step 9 of English football for the 2016/17 season.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Moldova GK Iustin Cerga
England GK George McClellan
England DF Ryan Chamberlain
England DF Dan Childs
England DF Ross Harris
England DF Joe Henderson
England DF Elliot Herbert
England DF Jamie Jollands
England DF Jason Lee
England DF Dean Lukeman
England DF Arron Parkinson
England DF Bradley Stowe
England DF Sam Woods
No. Position Player
England MF Phil Cassidy
England MF Adam Confue
England MF Sam Heavey
England MF Aaron King
England MF Tom McGowan
England FW Harry Stowe
England FW Karl Bates
England FW Adam Creaney
England FW Scott Cross
England FW Elliott Lamb Johnson
England FW Jordan Orosz
England FW James Tricks

Club honours

Club records

Season-by-season record since 1989

Season Division Points Position League Cup F.A. Cup F.A. Vase F.A. Trophy County Cup Notes
1989–90 United Counties League Division One 81 1/19
1990–91 United Counties League Division One 95 1/19
1991–92 United Counties League Premier Division 64 14/24 Prelim
1992–93 United Counties League Premier Division 79 5/22 Ex Prelim
1993–94 United Counties League Premier Division 35 20/22 Pre Pre
1994–95 United Counties League Division One 14 19/19
1995–96 United Counties League Division One 41 12/19
1996–97 United Counties League Division One 36 13/18
1997–98 United Counties League Division One 53 7/18
1998–99 United Counties League Division One 46 10/18
1999–00 United Counties League Division One 64 5/18
2000–01 United Counties League Division One 75 1/18
2001–02 United Counties League Premier Division 46 15/21
2002–03 United Counties League Premier Division 56 10/21 2 QR
2003–04 United Counties League Premier Division 22 22/22 Ex Pre R 2 R 1
2004–05 United Counties League Premier Division 34 22/22 Ex Pre 2 QR R 1
2005–06 United Counties League Division One 51 6/18 2 QR R 2
2006–07 United Counties League Division One 53 4/16 R 1
2007–08 United Counties League Division One 81 1/16 Finalist
2008–09 United Counties League Premier Division 70 7/21 R 3 −3 Points
2009–10 United Counties League Premier Division 102 1/21 1 Q R 5
2010–11 Southern League Division One Central 81 3/22 PRE 2 QR −6 Points
2011–12 Southern League Division One Central 50 16/22 3 Q 2 QR
2012–13 Southern League Division One Central 76 8/22 2 Q PRE Finalist
2013–14 Southern League Division One Central 86 4/22 R 1 R 1 Winners
2014–15 Southern League Division One Central 42 19/22 . . .
2015–16 Northern Premier League Division One South 33 21/22 R 3 Prelim .
2016–17 United Counties League Division One ?/19 R 1 Ex Prelim R 1

Key – Ex Pre = Extra Preliminary Round, Pre = Preliminary Round, 2 QR = Second Round Qualifying, R 1 = First Round, R 2 = Second Round, R 3 = Third Round

Source: Football Club History Database

Former players

1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).

2. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

References

  1. ↑ History Daventry Town FC Fanspace History
  2. ↑ http://www.southern-football-league.co.uk/league-news/daventry-appoint-smart-as-new-manager
  3. ↑ http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/blow-for-daventry-as-chairman-resigns-40300/
  4. ↑ http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/fuller-takes-interim-charge-at-daventry-40332/
  5. ↑ http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/foster-returns-to-daventry-41053/
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FCHD Football Club History Database

External links

Coordinates: 52°15′25.898″N 1°11′23.302″W / 52.25719389°N 1.18980611°W / 52.25719389; -1.18980611

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