Hucknall Town F.C.
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| Full name | Hucknall Town Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Yellows or The Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Watnall Road, Hucknall |
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| Capacity | 3,000 (240 seated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Brian Holmes |
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| Manager |  Andy Legg |
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| League | Conference North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Conference North, 12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hucknall Town F.C. are an English football team founded in 1945 and based in the town of Hucknall in Nottinghamshire.
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[edit] History
Hucknall Town was renamed from Hucknall Colliery Welfare in 1987 and in the next two seasons finished first in the Notts Alliance. They moved into the Central Midlands League where they finished first in both 1990 and 1991 and runners up in 1992 to Lincoln United. The league cup was also won in all three seasons with the losing finalists being the now defunct Crookes F.C., Nottingham neighbours Arnold Town and Nettleham.
Hucknall Town were promoted to the Northern Counties East League Division One and then to the Premier Division where they struggled in the Premier Division until 1997, when they recovered from a poor start to finish sixth. However, the League Cup and President's Cup made their way to Watnall Road with Hucknall beating Pontefract Colleries and Belper Town in the respective finals. It was the second time they had won the League Cup, having beaten Thackley in 1994.
In 1997-98, they won the Northern Counties East League and retained the league cup with North Ferriby United finishing second in both competitions. The following season came as a major surprise as Hucknall finished second in the Division One, behind Droylesden. In fact, the title would have been won but for an early season points deduction.
From 1999 to 2004 they played in the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League, winning the championship in the 2003-04 season. However, as their Watnall Road ground did not meet the standards of the Football Conference they were refused promotion to the Conference National division and had to settle for a place in the new Conference North. The ground is now thought to be up to conference standards.
[edit] Managers
The manager from 1995 to 2001 as Town rose from the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division to the Northern Premier League Premier Division was Geordie John Ramshaw. He was followed by Phil Starbuck and then Steve Burr. Former Leek Town and Gainsborough Trinity boss Ernie Moss was manager for a short spell during the first part of the 2004-2005 season.
Former Bury player Dean Barrick was player-manager until January 2006. Dean Barrick was popular amongst the club's fans, and was voted BBC Radio Nottingham Sports Personality of the year in 2005 having lead the club to the FA Trophy final. Barrick was replaced in February 2006 by Kevin Wilson the former Northampton Town and Kettering Town manager. In January 2007, Wilson was sacked as manager. Former Welsh international player Andy Legg was appointed as the new player-manager.
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Manager | Latest Club |
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| 1987 - 1988 | Ted Mullane | |
| 1988 - 1990 | Roger Dawkins | |
| 1990 - 1991 | Steve Dykes | |
| 1991 - 1995 | Ted Mullane | |
| 1995 - 2001 | John Ramshaw | Now assistant manager of Hednesford Town |
| 2001 - 2003 | Phil Starbuck | Now manager of Hednesford Town |
| 2003 - 2004 | Steve Burr | Now manager of Northwich Victoria |
| 2004 | Ernie Moss | Was manager of Belper Town at the start of the 2006 – 2007 season |
| 2004 - 2006 | Dean Barrick | |
| 2006 - 2007 | Kevin Wilson | |
| 2007 - | Andy Legg |
[edit] FA Trophy
Hucknall Town finished runners-up to Grays Athletic in the 2004-05 FA Trophy final. After drawing 1-1 after extra time, Grays triumphed 6-5 on penalties.
[edit] Former Players
The following players have played for Football League clubs since leaving Hucknall.
Danny Bacon; Lincoln City, now Hednesford Town
Andy White; Boston United, Crewe Alexandra, Kidderminster Harriers, Mansfield Town and Notts County
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