Stockton Town F.C.
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| Full name | Stockton Town Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1979 | ||
| Ground | Bishopton Road West, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| League | Northern Premier League Premier Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Northern Premier League Division One East, 2nd of 20 (promoted via play-offs) | ||
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Stockton Town Football Club is an English football club based in Stockton-on-Tees, England. They are currently members of the Northern League Division Two and play at Bishopton Road West.
History
Stockton Town F.C. was initially formed in 1979 as Hartburn Juniors and entered a 5-a-side league in Middlesbrough to give youngsters an opportunity to play organised football. The club changed to their name to Stockton Town F.C. in 2003.
For the 2009-10 season a senior team was entered into the Teesside League Division Two and finished 4th in their first season. In the summer of 2010 the club applied for membership to the Wearside League and were accepted for the 2010-11 season where they finished 10th. In 2011-2012 the club finished 3rd in the league and lost in the final of the League Cup.
The club won their first league title in the 2012-2013 season and repeated the feat in the 2013-2014 season finishing the season with a league record of 104 points. For the end of the 2014-2015 season the club applied for promotion to Northern League Division Two. However despite winning the league title for a third time the promotion application was withdrawn due to legal issues[1]
In the 2015-2016 the club won the league for the fourth time in a row to gain promotion to Northern League Division Two.[2]
In the 2016-2017 season the club played their first ever FA Vase tie beating Eccleshill United 2-0[3] before gaining their most famous victory to date beating four time winners Whitley Bay FC 2-0 in the next round.[4]
Ground
To qualify for promotion to the Northern League the club are undergoing work to develop the ground to a minimum standard of Ground Grade H by 31 March 2015. This will include the construction of a 6 tier 120 person capacity stand. The development will also include installation of new changing room, hospitality and toilet facilities and floodlight installation in the close season.[5] On the 1st April 2016 the club were successful in their ground grading inspection[6]
Honours
- Wearside Football League[7]
- Winners (4) 2012-13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015-2016
- Wearside League Cup
- Winners (2) 2014-15, 2015–16
- Monkwearmouth Charity Cup
- Winners (2) 2014-15, 2015–16
- Shipowners Charity Cup
- Winners (1) 2014-2015
References
- ^ "Cup finalists Stockton Town will have to put Northern League promotion disappointment behind them". The Gazette. 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Only Champions of the Wearside League again and promoted to Northern League". Twitter. 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Stockton Town FC 2 Eccleshill United 0 - Stockton Town Football Club". Stockton Town Football Club. 10 September 2016.
- ^ "FT Whitley Bay 0 Stockton Town 2". Twitter. 24 September 2016.
- ^ Blackburn, Mike (23 June 2014). "Stockton Town FC's expansion plans approved despite over 100 objections". The Gazette. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "Ground Grading Inspection 1st April, 2016". Stockton Town FC. 1 April 2016.
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