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PRE-SEASON PREVIEW 2020-21 QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB Welcome to Farley Way Stadium....

Welcome to our 2020-21 season. We have put this booklet together to give you an insight into our pre season opponents. Quorn Football Club (Founded 1924)

Whilst at this moment the games are all behind OFFICIALS closed doors, we can assure you that as soon as we can welcome supporters back into our Chairman ground we will do so, but hope in the meantime, Stuart Turner (Tel: 01509 412753) supporters can continue to remain connected to the team online and via social media Football Secretary / Club COVID Officer Darren Kay Our schedule at present is listed below - (Email: [email protected])

Saturday 1st August - Loughborough Dynamo Treasurer Saturday 8th August - Tamworth FC Stuart Turner Friday 14th August - Burton Albion Committee Saturday 22nd August - Melton Town Stuart Turner Saturday 29th August - Corby Town Margaret Berry Reg Molloy After these games it is hoped the season will Jane Penny start with the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Derek Phipps Andrew Webb on Tuesday 1st September and with the ulhsport United Counties League starting on Saturday 5th First Team Staff September. These dates are only provisional at Manager - Cleveland Taylor present and may alter at short notice depending Assistant Manager - Neil Pursglove on the current constraints due to the Coronavirus pandemic and any further ongoing restrictions.

When we do get to hold games with supporters at Farley Way we will also ask all those FA RULE 2.13 attending to follow the Coronavirus Guidelines Quorn Football Club. that we will publish on our website in due course. Registered in England, Number: 10800338. In accordance with Regulations Rule 2.13 introduced by the FA in August 2012. We hope you can experience the pre season schedule with us today in a different way and Club Name: Quorn Football Club please remain safe. Chairman: Stuart Turner Vice President: David Steans Club & Legal Secretary: Darren Kay QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB Club Welfare Officer: Jacqui Brown The Farley Way Stadium Management Board: Farley Way - Quorn - Leicestershire Stuart Turner, Darren Kay, Jane Penney, Telephone 01509 620232 Derek Phipps, Andrew Webb, Sue Handley, Zoe Handley and Phil Chamberlain Twitter - @QuornAFC Website - www.quornfc.co.uk

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Founded - 1955 Nickname - Moes Ground - ADT Stadium Nanpantan Sports Ground

Loughborough Dynamo FC is a member of the Evo-Stik League, playing in Division One East. The club, founded in 1955, plays at the ADT Stadium in Watermead Lane, Loughborough, Leicestershire.

Dynamo was formed in 1955 by pupils of Loughborough Grammar School. A few years after World War II the school switched from football to rugby. Several pupils wanted to play organised football, so the club was formed in what might say was a secretive manner, including unauthorised meetings in the school library!

The club’s name comes from FC Dynamo Moscow, which had played in the United Kingdom in friendly matches on tours in both 1945 and 1955. The club colours of gold and black come from Wolverhampton Wanderers, who played against Dynamo Moscow at Molineux on November 9th, 1955.

After two seasons of leading a nomadic existence playing away friendly matches, the club ventured into league football in 1957 and found its first home, the old Shelthorpe playing fields in Loughborough (now an 18-hole par 3 golf course).

The league was the Loughborough Alliance League. Dynamo entered in Division 3 and quickly rose through the divisions, eventually winning the League. However, Dynamo was prevented from moving into the Leicestershire Senior League due to lack of facilities.

The club switched to the Leicester and District League in 1966, by which time Dynamo had moved across Loughborough to Bottleacre and the old ground of Morris Sports. This ground had been the sports club of the company of Herbert Morris Crane Manufacturers. The firm had vacated the ground, but still owned it. Dynamo played in this league for five years, moving into the League in 1971. However, Dynamo underperformed at this level and saw relegation to the Central Alliance League and almost immediately back to the Leicester and District League.

During this period Dynamo experienced two further moves of ground, enforced by Morris

Sports sale of the Bottleacre ground for use as industrial premises. First was back to LOUGHBOROUGH DYNAMO Shelthorpe, this time to Shelthorpe Primary School, then on to the club’s current home of the Nanpantan Sports Ground (NSG), renamed The ADT Stadium in the Summer of 2018, ADT Taxis being the club’s new ground sponsor. On the Charnwood Forest side of the town and on the edge of Loughborough, the ground had recently been bought by Charnwood District Council from the Brush manufacturing company of Loughborough. The Council own it to this day.

It was at its current home that the club was playing in the Leicestershire Senior League Division 1, but the facilities were not good enough to enable promotion the Premier Division. The specific requirement was floodlights. It was then that discussions took place between the club and Loughborough University, the education facility was looking QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB to integrate into the local community, and the offer was to develop, with Dynamo, the facilities at the NSG. Also, James Ellis came on board as manager. All this occurred in the early 2000’s and enabled the club to gain promotion to the Premier Division and start its development to where it is today.

The period of James Ellis’s management saw the club stabilise in the Premier Division and then go on a period of success in Leicestershire football circles. The club won the title, won the Leicestershire Senior Cup and retained it the following season, and also won the League Cup and President’s Cup. Promotion was then achieved to the Midland Football Alliance (MFA). This promotion was also thanks to the

LOUGHBOROUGH DYNAMO massive effort from volunteers to enable the NSG to be ready to stage football at MFA level.

Dynamo stabilised in the MFA, and then came the memorable season of 2007-8 when under the management of Adam Beazeley, assisted by John Folwell and Simon Tebbutt (James Ellis having moved on), the club achieved promotion to the Northern Premier League Division One South (now the Evo-Stik League). Dynamo still plays at this level, but the restructuring of the leagues around this level in the Summer of 2018 has seen Dynamo move into the newly formed Evo-Stik League Division One East.

2010 saw Dynamo lift the Westerby Challenge Cup, the main knockout cup for Leicestershire sides, at the Walkers (now King Power) Stadium, the home of Leicester City. The club had a joint managerial team at this point of Ian Blyth and Scott Clamp, Barwell being the defeated opponents.

Two years later, with the Walkers Stadium now renamed the and with Scott Clamp as sole manager, Dynamo won the trophy for a second time, defeating Hinckley United from two leagues higher in the non-league pyramid.

Tom Brookbanks became Manager in May 2013, and by the start of the 2014-15 season had built an entertaining side, and in September of that season Dynamo topped the division, the highest position in the club’s history. But off fields matters came to a head the following month and the management team and squad was suddenly ripped apart, and the club slid down the table.

The following two seasons were not easy on the pitch, finishing 20th in both the 2015- 2016 and 2016-2017 campaigns, one place above the relegation positions. In the latter season the experienced Peter Ward took over as Dynamo’s Manager just after Christmas 2016 and steered the club to its own ‘Great Escape’, winning the last four matches of the season (the first three of those matches being away, two to the other clubs involved in the relegation battle) to finish four points clear of the relegation places.

Under Peter’s Management Dynamo finished the 2017-18 season fifteen points and six places better than a year previously, as well as reaching the Leicestershire Challenge Cup, going down 7-6 on penalties to Premier Division Coalville Town, after the game finished 2-2. Peter felt this was the best time to move on with Peter’s Assistant, former Dynamo player Lee Attenborough, stepping up into the Manager’s post. Lee has previous managerial experience at Leicestershire Senior League Sileby Town and East Midlands Counties League side Ashby Ivanhoe.

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Founded - 1933 Nickname - Lambs Ground - The Lamb Ground

Over four score years ago, in the summer of 1933, a football team in Tamworth was just a dream for the lovers of the beautiful game who worked together to set up a new club in the town.

The demise of Tamworth Castle FC left the town with no senior level football club, but a campaign involving a town businessman and the local newspaper set the wheels in motion to form another club, and so Tamworth FC was born. The original ground on which the team played was next to the now demolished Jolly Sailor pub, and from 1934

TAMWORTH FC onwards The Lamb became the club’s new home, where they remain to this day.

The club played its early football in the Combination, switching to the Birmingham League (now known as the League) in the 1950s, but it wasn’t until the 1960s that the club achieved notable success with two league championships and numerous victories in the League Cup, Birmingham Senior Cup and Senior Cup. The club also reached the First Round of the FA Cup on two occasions, and on the second of those occasions they progressed to the Second Round by virtue of a 2-1 victory over Torquay United at The Lamb.

These were good times indeed for Tamworth FC, but it wasn’t to last. Despite gaining entry to the Southern League in 1972, the club’s fortunes went on a dramatic slide as the 1970s proved to be as cruel as the 1960s had been kind. Attendances fell to record low levels; The Lamb fell into disrepair and it became a major effort just to keep the club alive. In 1984, a consortium of local businessmen (including the current Chairman Bob Andrews) took the club over and set about restoring it to its former glory. The club returned to the West Midlands League and gradually found their feet again, eventually winning the Championship in 1988 and regaining their Southern League status after a four years hiatus.

The following season Tamworth progressed to even greater things reaching the final of the FA Vase, and, on May 6th 1989 in front of a Wembley crowd of 26,487 (the record attendance for the Vase final at the ‘old’ Wembley), they played out a 1-1 draw with Sudbury Town and won the replay at Peterborough four days later 3-0 to give the club, and the town, possibly its finest moment ever.

The Vase triumph did not crystalise into further success though and manager Graham Smith left the club two years later while four managers in four seasons failed to springboard the club until February 1995 when former Birmingham City player Paul Hendrie with instant results. He turned another mediocre season around and guided the Lambs to within a point of promotion then secured the 1996/97 Southern League Midland Division Championship by a 26 point margin.

The next boost came in January 2001, when former European Cup winner Gary Mills was appointed manager and with the club staring relegation squarely in the face his

QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB impact was almost as instant as Smith’s. Firstly he guided the side away from the drop, and then masterminded a Championship challenge in the 2001/02 season, which ended in heartbreaking fashion on the final day at Folkstone. Mills leftTamworth, and the club swiftly appointed his assistant Darron Gee into the hot seat.

Gee and the club as a whole started the 2002/03 campaign with a renewed sense of purpose and were rewarded with the Southern League Champions with 3 weeks left of the season. It could have been even better but a storming run to the FA Trophy final, ended in disappointment at with defeat to Burscough.

Mark Cooper was then appointed, and fans were rewarded with two fantastic FA Cup runs. The first against Stoke City in 2005-6 was halted by penalty kicks in a replay in the Third Round Proper and a live BBC TV fixture against Championship side Norwich City in 2006-7 ended in defeat. Lack of progress in the league saw ‘Coops’ leave and Mills return soon after and promotion to Conference National was achieved with a game to spare in 2008-09 .

When Mills departed former Forest star Des Lyttle, took hold of the reins but with relegation a distinct possibility stepped down with four games to go and the then academy coaches including Vase winner Dale Belford stepped up to help and it went to the wire, but a nervy televised victory ensured survival with 14 minutes of the season remaining.

Prior to his sad passing in December 2011, long serving Club President Len Gendle predicted the FA Cup victory at Gateshead and The Lambs went on to be narrowly defeated by Premiership side Everton in a 3rd Round match at as boss Marcus Law rebuilt his squad but found the going increasingly tougher and in early January 2013 assistant Dale Belford was asked to step in as once again and rescue the club from the drop with the highest ever top flight points haul.

Belford continued as permanent boss into the 2013-14 season, although the side was ultimately relegated from the Conference Premier so the successful former Wrexham player manager and assistant Mike Fowler came to the club, taking them on a World beating 12 game winning run whilst narrowly missing out on the playoffs in in FC TAMWORTH 2014-15 and 2015-16.

During the summer break of 2016 Chairman Bob Andrews oversaw the multi-million pound replacement of The Lamb’s 80+ year old grass pitch with a state of the art artificial 3G surface, one of only a handful of similar surfaces in the top two tiers of the non league pyramid at the time.

It completely changed The Lamb from being a one team venue into a facility for the club’s burgeoning youth and academy sides as well as bringing the community into a popular hub for local football for all abilities across all ages.

Despite the progress being away from the first team, inconsistent results and performances conspired to relieve Morrell of his duties in February 2018. Following relegation to step 3 of the non league pyramid at the end of the season, assistant Fowler took the reins into 2018-19 as Head Coach alongside newly appointed Director of Football, Tim Harris, who had tasted success with home town club Gloucester City

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and promotion to the Football League with Newport County. However, after defeat in the FA Cup to local rivals Hednesford, Fowler stepped down and Harris steadied the ship for one game. Former Boston United and St Neots Town boss Dennis Greene was appointed in September 2018 but mustered only 7 wins in 28 games and was sacked in January 2019.

U21s boss and Lambs Legend Gary Smith and former Mansfield and Guiseley coach Andy Danylyszyn took the reins, turned results around and with the additional experience of Thomas Baillie, rebuilt the squad to their own liking for the 2019-20 season.

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Founded - 1950 Nickname - Brewers Ground - Stadium Princess Way

The formation of Burton Albion Football Club at a public meeting on 6th July 1950 brought senior football back to the town of Burton-Upon-Trent after a ten year absence. In the pre-war years Burton could proudly lay claim to three Football League sides in Burton Wanderers, Burton Swifts and Burton United. When Burton Town ceased to exist it left a void to be filled and the Brewers aimed to fill that gap.

BURTON ALBION Making use of the Wellington Street ground owned by Lloyds Foundry the club began life in the Birmingham League making their bow on 19th August 1950 against Gloucester City in front of more than 5,000 supporters, barely a month after being formed.

The Brewers spent eight years in the Birmingham League and apart from the first and last season’s in that division top half finishes were secured each year. Early cup success came to the club with the Birmingham Senior Cup the first silverware in the trophy cabinet in 1954 and the Staffordshire equivalent added in 1956. That same season saw the club hit the national sporting headlines for the first time when they reached the third round of the FA Cup only to lose 7-0 to the then mighty Charlton Athletic at .

In 1958 the Brewers took the next stage in their development with the switch to the Southern League and also a move from Wellington Street to Eton Park on the opposite side of the town. The club struggled in the Southern League finishing bottom in their first season and generally struggling in the lower reaches of the league. Cup success continued for the club as they became the first side from outside of the Premier Division to win the Southern League Cup when they beat the then mighty Weymouth 5-2 on aggregate in 1964. The manager at that time was Peter Taylor (the club’s eighth manager) who went on to enjoy a very successful partnership with a certain at both County and later Nottingham Forest.

The Brewers won promotion to the Southern League Premier Division on three occasions but also suffered relegation from the top division the same number of times as the club sought stability in the upper echelons of non-league football. The Brewers were agonisingly close to a Wembley appearance when they suffered semi-final heartbreak in the FA Trophy to Matlock Town in 1975. The club also enjoyed the skills of former Nottingham Forest and Manchester United winger Ian Storey-Moore in the mid 1970’s and he was persuaded to return in 1978 as player-manager overseeing the Brewers move to the Northern Premier League in 1979 as the non-league world underwent significant change with the advent of the Alliance Premier League (now the Football Conference).

Moore was succeeded in 1981 by another player-manager, ex-Brewers player , who after cutting his managerial teeth with Gainsborough Trinity proved another shrewd appointment by chairman Ben Robinson during his first period at

QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB the helm of the club. Although not managing to win an elusive league championship Warnock did bring silverware to Eton Park in the shape of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup beating Macclesfield Town in the final at , Manchester in April 1983.

Under the management of the outspoken Warnock Albion again hit the national headlines in 1985 when they lost in the third round of the F.A.Cup to Leicester City at Derby County’s . A 6-1 defeat (including a hat-trick for Gary Lineker) was due in part to the fact that Albion goalkeeper, Paul Evans, was hit by a missile thrown from the crowd. After huge national publicity and a Football Association review the game was replayed behind closed doors at , Coventry withAlbion losing by a far more respectable 1-0 scoreline.

Warnock was eventually succeeded by his assistant Brian Fidler and under the former Macclesfield man the Brewers eventually reached Wembley in the F.A.Trophy Final in 1987. A goalless draw with Conference side Kidderminster Harriers was followed by a replay at , West Bromwich where 15,685 saw Albion go down 2-1 with midfielder Paul Bancroft missing a late penalty and the Brewers having a Paul Groves header somewhat harshly ruled out.

After eight years in the Northern Premier League the Brewers reverted back to the Southern League as part of a geographical balancing exercise. Initial high expectations were soon dampened as the club struggled to adapt costing Fidler his job. Managers came and went but none could deliver the long awaited first league championship the club craved. Former Everton and Derby defender John Barton delivered a cup double (Southern League Cup and Birmingham Senior Cup) in 1997 but he left the club in September 1998 after a disappointing start to the campaign to be replaced the following month by the most famous manager in the club’s history.

The town of Burton stood up and took notice when Ben Robinson, now in his second spell as chairman, appointed , son of the legendary Derby County and Nottingham Forest manager to the managerial hot seat in October 1998. Clough brought in former Forest team mate Gary Crosby as his assistant and between them they set

about realising the untapped potential of the club. After struggling in the remainder of ALBION BURTON the 1998-99 season there followed a period of continual improvement that saw the club finish as runners-up in the Southern League Premier Division in successive seasons, just missing out on promotion to the Conference.

Another geographical alignment of the feeder leagues saw Albion return to the Northern Premier (UniBond) League in 2001 but this time it was only a one season stay as Clough’s team swept all before them winning the first league championship in the clubs 52 year history in style. A league record number of points were gained, over 100 goals scored and just 30 conceded as Albion at last achieved their goal of Conference football. There was even time for another run to the F.A.Trophy semi-finals where eventual winners Yeovil Town crushed dreams of an incredible double.

The first three years in the Conference were all played at Eton Park and saw the club finish in the bottom half in each campaign as it became clear that the only way for the club to progress was to move away from their home of more than 45 years.

QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB QUORN FOOTBALL CLUB Once the move to the Pirelli Stadium became a reality the club’s ability to generate significant off field revenues through the excellent banqueting and conferencing facilities enabled Clough to have the backing to put together the side that ultimately achieved Football League status. When caretaker-manager Roy McFarland opted not to apply for the full time role it was turn of former Birmingham City and Derby County striker Paul Peschisolido to benefit from the chairman’s desire to give ambitious young manager’s a chance to succeed. The former Canadian international brought in another ex-Blues and Rams man, as his assistant.

Peschisolido was sacked as manager in March 2012 following a poor run of results, and Rowett was promoted from within to lead the club to Football League safety.

Rowett’s first full season brought the club’s highest ever league finish of 4th in League Two, qualifying for the League Two play-offs against Bradford City.

The Brewers won the first leg at 3-2, but the Bantams fought back in the second leg to progress to Wembley and break Albion hearts.

The Brewers bounced back however, and once againr eached the play-offs in 2013/14. A narrow first leg win at home to Southend set up a finely poised second leg at Roots Hall, where Marcus Holness and Adam McGurk sent the Brewers to Wembley with a 3-2 aggregate win.

Over 8,000 Albion fans made the trip to Wembley to see the Brewers make their first appearance there in 27 years. A tight game against Fleetwood Town looked to go either way until Antoni Sarcevic scored with 18 minutes left to consign the Albion to a second ALBION BURTON successive year of play-off disappointment.

After that came the celebrated back-to-back promotions with the League Two title being followed a year later with runners-up spot in League One. Promotion to the Championship was celebrated at Doncaster Rovers after a final day 0-0 draw and then with an open top bus tour around the town.Celebrating promotion to the Championship

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Founded - 2004 Nickname - - Melton Sports Village

Melton Town FC were formed in 1894 and were founder members of the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire League. They finished the next season and reformed in 1910 joining the Lelcester Senior League for two seasons before rejoining in 1945 again finishing as a club in 1954.

They reformed again in 1972 joining the Leicester Senior League and going on to becoming champions in 1976 and 1984. They were promoted to the Central Midlands League in 1986 and promoted to the Premier Division in 1988. They disbanded in 1992 when their floodlights at Egerton Park were refused planning permission and taken down.

The present chairman Sam Ellis reformed the side in 2004 as Melton Mowbray FC joining the Leicester and District League. They were crowned champions of Division Two in 2007, winning the County Cup in the process. They moved to the North Leicestershire League in 2010 and were champions in their first season and were promoted back to the Leicester Senior League after an eighteen year absence. MELTON TOWN MELTON They finished second in 2014 and 2015 but were refused promotion due to not meeting the ground grading.

In 2016 they finished third and moved to a new ground with a step six grading and so were subsequently promoted to The United Counties League and changed their name back to Melton Town.

There are plans to build a new 1000 capacity stadium but as yet no start date has been confirmed.

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Founded - 1948 Nickname - Steelmen Ground - Steel Park

Corby Town Football Club were formed in 1948 and are the second club to represent the town, following Stewarts & Lloyds Corby, who were formed 13 years earlier in 1935. The club’s nickname ‘The Steelmen’ derives from the old steelworks that were in Corby.

The first chairman of the club was local MP William Montgomery, whilst Reg Smith was named the first manager. Smith had previously played for Millwall and Dundee whilst representing England at international level. Things started well for the newly formed Steelmen, winning their first game 5-1 against Wellingborough Town on 21 August 1948 at Occupation Road, which was home to Corby Town until the move to the Rockingham Triangle in 1985. It took the club only three years to win their first title, wrapping up the United Counties League in 1951 before doing the same again only a year later, with Ernie Middlemiss scoring a club record 135 goals in 136 games, a record that was to stand for 40 years. 1958 saw the introduction of floodlit football in Corby and in the same year the club moved from the Midland League to the Southern League.

The move to the Southern League looked to be a good one as the club narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier Division in 1964, but promotion was gained the following year. The club made several unsuccessful applications to join the Football League, although they did receive one vote in 1966.

The club moved to the multi-purpose Rockingham Triangle venue in 1985 but it didn’t prove to be a lucky move as the Steelmen were once again relegated from the Premier Division in 1990. They didn’t spend long out of the Premier as they achieved a league

and cup double the following season. TOWN CORBY The mid-90s saw a cash crisis at the club which threatened to put the club out of business, and although they were spared, relegation was to follow.

The turn of the millennium brought about more positivity at the Triangle as they consolidated their mid-table position in the Dr Martens league. More was to follow in 2005 as they just missed out on a play-off place under manager Rob Dunion. Dunion’s side went one better in 2006 as they were promoted once more.

Corby Town saw a change of ownership in 2007 as a new board made up of ex-Kettering Town chairman Peter Mallinger, David Dunham and Mick Leech and in 2009, under Graham Drury, the Steelmen won the Southern League title. The Steelmen narrowly missed out on a play-off spot during their first season in the Conference North. Club chairman Peter Mallinger sadly passed away in January 2011, just months before the club’s new 3,000 capacity Steel Park stadium was due to open. His son David Mallinger took charge of the club and a positive start to life in their new home led the Steelmen into play-off contention and the first round proper of the FA Cup, where they were beaten by Bristol Rovers at the half-way stage.

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The origins of Quorn Football Club can be traced back to 1924 when a group of local lads from the Village Wesleyan Chapel formed a football team. In 1937 the Club, then known as Quorn Methodists gained access to the Leicestershire Senior League with a final name change to Quorn Football Club taking place in 1952.

Throughout its history Quorn FC has consistently been a high flyer among Leicestershire’s senior teams, producing several players that have progressed to higher levels of excellence. Jackie Lee a Centre Forward went on to play for Leicester City and Derby County becoming an international, when he played for England v Ireland and scored. Richie Barker, who went on to play for Derby County and Notts County later managed Stoke City, , who enjoyed a great playing career joining Manchester United, Aston Villa, Coventry, Leicester City, and Norwich as well as playing for England.

In recent times Luke Varney, who was sold by the Club to Crewe Alexandra FC, and who developed into one of their most exciting players scoring 25 goals for them in the 2006/7 season, his quality was then recognised by Charlton Athletic who signed him for £2.5 Million in July 2007.

Quorn moved to its present ground on Farley Way in 1994 with the establishment of a new modern Clubhouse large enough to cater for the demands of a progressive Football Club both on and off the field, a football pitch with a playing surface that is second to none, and a large Astroturf training area.

Driven by the Club’s ambition to have a ground satisfying the facility criteria of Leagues at a higher level in the Football Pyramid, the following 14 years has seen remarkable progress, with the development of a 350 Seat Grandstand, built with the potential of increasing it’s future capacity to 500, large spectator car parking facilities, outside spectator toilets, and the establishment of a large grass training pitch to compliment the Astroturf.

The 2019-20 season sees the Club looking for a bit of stability, the First Team Management led by our First Team Manager – Martin Carruthers will look to improve the playing squad with new signings, whilst still looking to bring on the Clubs youngsters. Martin’s Management CV is well known in Non-League Football as well as a fantastic playing career with many clubs but best known for playing with Stoke City, Peterborough United, Southend United, Scunthorpe United and Macclesfield Town.

Martin was last manager at Basford United FC who play at Step 3 in The Evo-Stik Northern Premier League - Premier Division.

Ade Draycott and Frank Benjamin manage our Under 21 Squad in The Midland Football League – Under 21 East Division.

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