Stonehouse Town F.C.
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| Full name | Stonehouse Town Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Magpies | ||
| Founded | 1898 | ||
| Ground | Magpies Stadium, Stonehouse | ||
| Chairman | Nige Sanders | ||
| Manager | Haydn Murray | ||
| League | Gloucestershire County League | ||
| 2015–16 | Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division One, 2nd (promoted) | ||
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Stonehouse Town F.C. are an English football club representing the town of Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, currently playing in the Gloucestershire County League. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.
History
In 1947, Stonehouse joined the Western League and won the Division Two title in 1950–51. The club left the league in 1960.[1] Between the 1950s and 1970s, Stonehouse were regularly attracting crowds of over 2000 to their Western League, Wiltshire Premier League, Gloucestershire County League, where they won the first ever title, and FA Cup games. As Stonehouse F.C., the club entered the FA Cup every season between 1947 and 1975, reaching the Second Qualifying Round on seven occasions.[2]
The club was known as Stonehouse Freeway until 2007 when the men's and youth teams merged.
Since the two clubs merged in 2007, Stonehouse Town have enjoyed reasonable success. Promotion to Northern Senior League One in 2009 has been followed by a County Cup final appearance in 2010, coming runners up to Tetbury Town with a 3–1 defeat and winning the competition in 2011, beating Sharpness United 5–0. Stonehouse came sixth at the end of the 2009–10 league campaign, and improved on this as they finished fifth in 2010–11.
Stonehouse Town won the County Cup in April 2016 for the first time since 1976.
Teams
The club runs four teams:
- 1st Team, managed by Haydn Murray and Rob BirdNorthern Senior League 1
- 2nd Team, managed by Rob Owen and Ben JonesStroud Div 2
- 3rd Team, managed by Ben Kirby and Nige Sanders Stroud Div 5
- 4th Team, managed by Ian Neville and John Lear Stroud Div 8
Ground
The club is based at The Magpies stadium in Oldends Lane, GL10 2DG. The current ground has a capacity of 3300, and the club is actively looking for sponsors for either of the two main stands.
Committee
The club is managed by a Committee comprising the Team Managers and the Chair, Nige Sanders, and the Secretary, Miike Smith, and the Treasurer, Will Pedrick
The 2012/3 End of Season award winners were (in order of Most Improved Player, Manager’s Player Of The Year, Players’ Player of the Year): 4th team - Andy Thomas Shane Holder Tom Cook; 3rd team - Tyler Marsh Chris Smith Jamie Dean; 2nd team - Elliot Nash Scott Hitchings Josh Hitchings; 1st team - Bobby Humphreys Pete Ockwell Toby Gardiner; Wally Barstow Award - Aarron Hewitt; Young Player of the Year Award - Rem Thompson.
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- ↑ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
- ↑ "Stonehouse F.C. at FCHD". FCHD. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
External links
- Club Website
- Stonehouse History group – Some old team photos
- Opening of New Changing Rooms
- County Cup Winners 2016
Coordinates: 51°45′10.06″N 2°17′19.02″W / 51.7527944°N 2.2886167°W