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Grays Athletic Football Club are a football team from the south east of England, representing the small town of Grays, Essex. They currently play in the National division of the Football Conference.
[edit] History
Grays Athletic were founder members of the Athenian League, in which they briefly played before World War I (1912–1914, and again since 1958). In 1945 they were one of the nine founder members of the Corinthian League, which they won that first season.
After playing in the Isthmian League between 1983 and 2004, they were founder members of the new Conference South. They were divisional champions at the first attempt, and also won the FA Trophy. In the 2005-06 season, they took an early lead in the Conference National division, remaining unbeaten through the early months of the season, but eventually finished in third place and were beaten in the semi-finals of the promotion play-offs by Halifax Town. They did, however, successfully retain the FA Trophy with a 2-0 win over Woking
After the 2005-06 season Mark Stimson left the club and Frank Gray was appointed as the new manager. However afer just 14 games he was sacked. Micky Woodward appointed himself as manager for a short while but then appointed Andy King as manager. Although he did not last long, on January 5 2007, Andy King handed in his resignation much to the surprise of chairman Micky Woodward. He was replaced by Justin Edinburgh, his assistant at the time, who became Grays fourth manager of the season.
[edit] Honours
- FA Trophy winners: 2004/05, 2005/06
- Football Conference South champions: 2004/05
- Isthmian League Division One runners-up: 1987/88 & 1999/00
- Isthmian League Division Two South champions: 1984/85
- London League champions: 1921/22, 1926/27 & 1929/30
- Corinthian League champions: 1945/46; runners-up 1951/52, 1955/56 & 1956/57
- Isthmian League Cup winners: 1991/92
- Essex Senior Cup winners: 1914/15, 1920/21, 1922/23, 1944/45, 1956/57, 1987/88, 1993/94 & 1994/95
- Essex Senior Trophy winners: 1998/99
[edit] Current Squad
[edit] Out on loan
[edit] External links
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