Corby Town F.C.
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| Full name | Corby Town Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Steelmen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1948 (as Stewart & Lloyds) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Rockingham Triangle, Corby (Capacity 3,000 (1150 covered, 960 seated)) |
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| Chairman |  Peter Mallinger |
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| Manager | Graham Drury |
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| League | Southern League Premier Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | Southern League Premier Division, 16th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corby Town F.C. is an English football club based in Corby, Northamptonshire. Currently they are members of the Southern League Premier Division. The Steelmen play their home games at the Rockingham Triangle Sports Stadium, which is owned by Corby Borough council.
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[edit] History
During the 1930s Corby was represented in the United Counties League by steelworks side Stewarts & Lloyds. But by the 1948 it was decided that the expanding town could support an independent football club and Corby Town was formed. Their nickname of the Steelmen derives from the link with Stewarts & Lloyds.
Corby Town played their first game in August 1948 at Occupation Road, which was to be their home until 1985. They won the United Counties League championship in both 1950/1951 and 1951/1952, and these successes prompted a step up the Midland Football League in 1952. The Steelmen spent five seasons in the Midland League before switching to the Southern League. They were promoted to the League's top division in 1965 and making several applications for Football League membership without success.
Corby were relegated from the Premier Division in 1968 and remained in various forms of Division One until league re-organisation in 1982 saw them placed in the new-look Premier Division. The Steelmen were relegated again in 1990 - by which time they had moved to a new home at the multi-purpose Rockingham Triangle sports complex and for the remainder of the 90s the club struggled to stay in the Southern League.
Since 2002, however, the club's fortunes have turned around, culminating in a return to the Southern League Premier Division in 2006 following a fantastic season with Rob Dunion at the helm. Following a tough year back in the Premier Division that saw the departure of both Dunion and his successor Dougie Keast, the club were saved from relegation by Farnborough Town's demise from the Nationwide Conference South. 2007/08 looked really positive for The Steelmen, with a new board led by ex-Kettering Town Chairman Peter Mallinger, Mick Leech of Corby based construction company Weldon Plant, former Kettering director Dave Dunham. However the side assembled by Kevin Wilson vastly underachieved and following his sacking by the club and an influx of new players by new manager Graham Drury The Steelmen avoided relegation with just one week of the season remaining.
[edit] Stadium
Rockingham Triangle Sports Stadium is a modern venue, featuring a large all-seater stand with two press boxes and a directors' box. There is also a sports centre attached to the stadium, which includes an indoor football pitch, sports hall and a gym.
[edit] Plans for the Future
The Steelmen chairman Peter Mallinger announced early in 2008 that the club will soon move to a purpose built football stadium provided by Corby Borough Council on land adjacent to the present home at Rockingham Triangle. The stadium will be built to Conference National standard.
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