Solihull Moors F.C.
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| Full name | Solihull Moors Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Moors | ||
| Founded | 2007 | ||
| Ground | Damson Park, Solihull (Capacity: 3,050) |
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| Chairman | Nigel Collins | ||
| Manager | Marcus Bignot | ||
| League | Conference North | ||
| 2010–11 | Conference North, 7th | ||
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Solihull Moors F.C. is an English football club, founded in 2007 by the merger of Moor Green and Solihull Borough.
The club plays its games at Damson Park, Solihull and competes in the Conference North.
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[edit] History
On 10 July 2007, the club was formally announced as being merged and details of the new club logo and kits for the forthcoming season were released.[1]
In one of their first games Solihull Moors beat Birmingham City reserves. This fixture happens annually as part of an agreement which allows Birmingham to play their reserve games at Solihull's ground.
In November 2007 the club announced a partnership with National Division One rugby union club Pertemps Bees. The deal will see the two clubs share the Damson Park facilities as well as the formation of community and coaching projects for Solihull. This was finally made official in 2010.[2]
On Monday 7 February 2011, Moors manager Bob Faulkner died of cancer aged 60, after almost 25 years with the club.[3] Michael Moore was the initial replacement manager for Faulkner, but he resigned on 21 June 2011 to take up the position of Assistant Manager at Mansfield Town. Moore's Assistant Manager Marcus Bignot was announced as the new manager of Solihull Moors on 27 June 2011.[4]
[edit] Stadium
The club ground is situated on Damson Parkway, about 1 mile north of Solihull town centre. The ground has two seated stands. The main stand lies on the western side of the ground and is connected to the clubhouse. The clubhouse is home to two bars, a conference/meeting room which is available for hire and in 2011 cafe moors opened in one of the bars. The stand itself has seating at the bottom and a balcony above where members can sit. The side with the main stand also houses the dugouts, club shop and a burger van on matchdays only. The other seated stand situated on the southern side is cosiderably smaller than the main stand. This side houses the main turnstiles and the tuck shop where a variety of snacks and drinks can be purchased. Up until the end of the 2010-11 season this stand had no seats, however, with the prospect of the play-offs the club had to meet with strict seating criteria where more sets were required. The other two sides have no stands. As of 2010, the north side has a scoreboard for bees rugby club who moved to the ground.
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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[edit] Records
- Best FA Cup performance: Fourth Qualifing Round 2007–08, 2011–12
- Best FA Trophy performance: Third Qualifing Round 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Best Conference League Cup performance: Northern Section Second Round 2008–09
- Best League performance: 7th Conference North 2010–11
- Worst League performance: 17th Conference North 2007–08, 2009–10
- Biggest League defeat: 0–5 v Stalybridge Celtic 02/09/2008
- Biggest League win: 7–2 v Corby Town 12/02/2011
- Biggest Cup defeat: 0–5 v Rushden & Diamonds
- Biggest Cup win: 3–0 v Soham Town Rangers
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ club details Confguide.com
- ^ [1] Birmingham & Solihull Bees News
- ^ Birmingham Mail
- ^ [2] Solihull Moors News
