Stratford Town F.C.
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| Full name | Stratford Town Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Mason's Road, Stratford upon Avon |
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| Capacity | 1,100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Craig Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Dennis Mulholland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Midland Football Alliance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Midland Football Alliance, 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stratford Town Football Club is a football club based in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England, currently playing in the Midland Football Alliance.
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[edit] History
The club was formed in 1941 as Stratford Rangers, changing their name in 1949. After playing in various local leagues they joined the Worcestershire Combination (which later became the Midland Football Combination) in 1954. In 1957 they switched to the Birmingham and District League, which became the West Midlands Regional League in 1962, but rejoined the Combination in 1970. In 1975 they took the unusual step of joining the Hellenic League, which does not normally include teams from Warwickshire. After two unsuccessful seasons they rejoined the Midland Combination once again, where they remained until becoming founder members of the Midland Football Alliance in 1994.
The club entered financial difficulty in 1998 and were reformed to become Stratford Town F.C. 1998.
Town's only current player to have Premiership experience is striker Dennis Bailey. Bailey scored a hat-trick for Queens Park Rangers against Manchester United on 1 January 1992.
[edit] Ground
The club's lease on their current ground is set to expire in June 2007, and the club is in the process of securing the rights to develop a new ground at Knights Lane. The current plan involes vacating Mason's Lane in January 2007 and sharing the ground of local rivals Studley until the new ground is complete.
[edit] References
- Mike and Tony Williams (2006). Non League Club Directory 2006. Tony Williams Publications Ltd. ISBN 1-869833-54-6.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Stratford Town at the Football Club History Database
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