Pickering Town F.C.
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| Full name | Pickering Town Community Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Pikes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1888 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Mill Lane, Pickering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Tony Dunning |
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| Manager |  Alex Mathie |
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| League | NCEL Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | NCEL Premier League, 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pickering Town F.C. are an English football club based in Pickering, North Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1888 and continues on today.
They are currently in the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division and are managed by former Ipswich Town player Alex Mathie
[edit] History
Established in 1888, Pickering Town competed in local football during their formative years, eventually joining the Yorkshire Football League Division Three in 1972. The club then became founder members of the Northern Counties East Football League in 1982 and were in the NCE Premier Division from 1992 until 1999 when they were relegated to the NCE First Division. This was to last only two seasons and promotion back to the Premier Division came in 2001.
The club underwent a great transformation with manager Jimmy Reid and his assistant Steve Brown in charge. Reid was a former player with St. Johnstone and York City and Brown a former "Pikes" player and coach at the Leeds United Academy. At the end of 2001/02 season Jimmy Reid left the club and Steve Brown took control.
At the start of the 2002/03 season 5 first team regulars were lost for a variety of reasons which left the club struggling for much of the season. The hard work and dedication of Brown, his management team and the players was rewarded towards the end of the season as it all started to come together and with only 4 defeats in the last 15 league games the club finished the season in 13th position.
2003/04 season was an exciting one for the club as they were in the top half of the league table all season and for much of it, with games in hand, looked possible championship contenders. However with a glut of fixtures, and possibly with the knowledge that promotion to the re-structured Unibond League was not an option due to ground grading, at the season’s end the club were not able to capitalise and finished in a creditable 5th position.
Early into the season 2004/05 owing to ever increasing business commitments Steve Brown stepped down as Manager to be replaced by ex-Ipswich Town and Newcastle United striker Alex Mathie, veteran of over 200 league games and 20 years as a professional.
After much ground improvement work in recent years, including the erection of floodlights, a new 120 seater stand, covered standing accommodation and more recently an additional 100 seater stand behind the "scoreboard end" goal, the club now possess one of the best grounds in the league.
[edit] Recent events
For the 2006-07 season, they are members of the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division.
In the 2005-06 season the club reached the quarter finals of the FA Vase the furthest in the club's history. The team eventually lost out to Nantwich Town.
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