Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C.
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Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. are a football club based at Bracken Moor (recently changed to The Look Local Stadium) in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, England.
They were formed in 1986, after a merger between Stocksbridge Works FC and Oxley Park FC. They are currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One. They Play in Yellow & Blue.
[edit] History
In the early years 1986-91 the Steels ploughed all their resources into the Bracken Moor Stadium so as to meet ground grading criteria and enable the Club to rise through the non-league pyramid system.
The appointment of Mick Horne and Trevor Gough as Team Manager and Assistant in February 1991 heralded a period of success. Under Mick and Trevor, Steels started their run to the present Unibond League.
1993/4 saw Stocksbridge win the Premier division of the NCEL, but Steels celebrations were cut short when the ground improvements necessitated were not at an advanced enough state to allow Steels to take place in the Unibond League. The following season Steels finished in 3rd place and in 1995/96 they were runners up to Hatfield Main and gained promotion to the Unibond First Division. Steels made steady progress in the first five seasons in the Unibond League, with the highest placed position of 4th achieved in 2000/01.
In 2002 Wayne Biggins was subsequently appointed Player/Manager after a short spell as Assistant Manager, with Graham Furness as Assistant.
In the 2002/03 season, Paul Jackson, equaled an FA Cup record of ten goals in one game, during the Steels 17-1 thrashing of Oldham Town.
Steels had their best FA Cup run in the 2003/2004 season reaching the third qualifying round eventually losing away at Shildon.
In November 2003 Peter Rinkcavage was appointed as Manager from Gainsborough Trinity with Paul Bradshaw as Assistant Manager. Season 2005/2006 was the best season Stocksbridge have had in a few years as they reached the Unibond League Cup final losing 1-0 to Farsley Celtic, and lost in both the Sheffield Senior Cup semi final & the play off semi final for the UniBond League Premier Division.
The Club eventually hopes to gain promotion to the Unibond Premier League and following improvements over the last 12 months the ground is now up to the required league standard.
[edit] Honours
NCEL Division One Champions 1991/1992 NCEL Premier Division Champions 1993/1994 NCEL League Cup Winners 1994/1995 Sheffield Senior Cup Winners 3 1992/1993,1995/1996,1998/1999 Unibond League Challenge Cup Runners Up 2005/2006
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