Stokesley Sports Club F.C.

Stokesley Sports Club
Full nameStokesley Sports Club Football Club
Nickname(s)Stowsla
Founded1920
GroundStokesley Sports Club, Stokesley
Capacity2,000
ChairmanTed Watts
ManagerDan Boswell
LeagueNorth Riding League Premier Division
2023–24North Riding League Premier Division, 9th of 13

Stokesley Sports Club Football Club is a football club based in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the North Riding League Premier Division and play at the Stokesley Sports Club.

History

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Formed in 1920, the club spent most of the 20th century participating in local leagues before joining the Teesside League in 1994 before progressing to the Wearside League in 1999. Seven years later the club was accepted into the Northern League.[1]

In each of their first two seasons at the higher level, Stokesley finished near the middle of the table. Promotion has also enabled the club to participate in national competitions - in the FA Vase their best performance came in 2008–09 when they reached the Second Round, and during the same season they made their debut in the FA Cup, beating Washington in the Extra Preliminary round before losing to Wakefield in the preliminary round.

In the summer of 2009 the club changed their name to Stokesley Football Club.

In 2009–10 the club became champions of the Northern League Second Division and gained promotion to the First Division for the first time in the club's history. They scored in every league game and had the league's top scorer in Andrew Jennings.

In 2009 the club's under-13 team won the national Tesco Cup.[2]

In season 2010–11 the club finished 16th in division 1, but following the season the manager, chairman and secretary as well as the rest of the committee resigned quoting a lack of support from the sports club. Renamed Stokesley Sports Club FC, in 2011, a new team was appointed under the leadership of manager Monty Alexander. In the 2011–12 season Stokesley were relegated back to Division Two after finishing the season with 4 points and not having won a single game.

In the 2015–16 season, Stokesley were relegated into the Wearside League. Despite ending the season on a high, winning two of their final three games, Stokesley finished on 14 points, collecting just a single point away from home, finishing bottom of the table. Season 2018-19 saw the Wearside League and the abandoned Teesside League combine and reform into two new leagues - the Wearside League and the North Riding League. Stokesley joined the North Riding League Premier Division. A new manager was employed for the 2019–20 season, Steve Todd who had just brought his team up from Division One.

With the 2019–20 season being expunged by The FA, the season was void. Due to a disagreement with the committee Steve Todd and his team resigned taking his players with him.

Following the resignation of Steve Todd, David Howe was appointed as manager bringing his team from Stokesley Athletic with him.

After a year and a half in charge Howe stepped down as manager as he and the club chairman Ted Watts decided it was time for a change. Following that decision, first team coach Dan Boswell was named manager on 17 September 2021.

Honours

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Records

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Non-playing staff

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Coaching staff

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Position Name
Manager Dan Boswell
Assistant manager Gerald Molloy
Goalkeeping coach Gerald Molloy

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK England ENG Tom Preece (3rd captain)
GK England ENG Tom McAdam
GK England ENG Lewis Jackson
DF England ENG Sam Raine
DF England ENG Tom Wood
DF England ENG Keir Slatter
DF England ENG Scott Close
DF England ENG Matthew Watson
DF England ENG Bobby Robertson
DF England ENG Ryan Cook
DF England ENG Cai Evans
DF England ENG Charles Smith
DF England ENG Jacob Macnaughton
DF England ENG Joe Howe (captain)
DF England ENG Charlie Mathias
DF England ENG Sam Robinson
DF England ENG Nathan Bell
DF England ENG Paul Roddam
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Nic Doyle
MF England ENG Sam Oakford
MF England ENG Liam Bennison
MF England ENG Tom Williams
MF England ENG Michael Gill
MF England ENG Joe Marsay
MF England ENG Oliver Tweddle
MF England ENG Archie Thompson
MF England ENG Matthew Rowe-Gill
MF England ENG Jordan Chamberlain
FW England ENG Matthew Morley
FW England ENG Alex Grange
FW England ENG Gerard Richardson
FW England ENG Johnny Helm (vice-captain)
FW England ENG Connor Livingstone
FW England ENG Jacob Steele
FW England ENG Lloyd Barnes

References

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  1. ^ Club website history page
  2. ^ Tesco Cup
  3. ^ a b Stokesley at the Football Club History Database
  4. ^ a b Stokesley Sports Club at the Football Club History Database
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