| Full name | Blackstones Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Stones | |
| Founded | 1891 Rutland Ironworks 1920 (as Mirlees Blackstones) |
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| Ground | Blackstones Sports & Social Club, Lincoln Road, Stamford |
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| Chairman | Kevan Doyle | |
| Manager | Darren Jarvis/Micheal Goode | |
| League | United Counties League Premier Division |
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| 2010-11 | United Counties League Premier Division, 9th |
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Blackstones F.C. is an association football club based in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, who play their home games at Lincoln Road .
The first football club with links to Blackstones was the "Rutland Ironworks". The clubs headquarters were the "Half Moon Inn" while football matches were played on Ryhall Road, Stamford.
The first evidence of the ironworks was recorded in 1891, the Stamford Mercury local press reported them beating Stamford Town Reserves 1-0 Jan 20th 1891.
The club was founded in 1920 as the works team for the Stamford engineering manufacturer Mirrlees Blackstone[1] and adopted the company's name. They joined the United Counties League Division One in 1984. Finishing second in 1987-88, they were promoted to the Premier Division from the start of the 1988-89 season. where they have remained.
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2003-04 was a particularly successful season for the club, and they reached four cup finals. The only one which they won was the Lincolnshire F.A. Senior 'A' Cup. This success spurred the club on in the following seasons; in 2004-05 they finished fifteenth in the UCL Premier Division, rising to tenth in 2005-06, eighth in 2006-07 and fourth in 2007-08. In 2007-08 they reached the First Preliminary Round of the FA Cup, losing 2-1 at Northern Premier League Division One South team Grantham Town in a replay. They have also reached the final of the Lincolnshire FA Senior Trophy.
| President | B. Sewell |
| Vice President | T. Arkin |
| Vice President | M. Wallace |
| Vice President | R. Grimsey |
| Vice President | V. Couzens |
| Vice President | C. Richards |
| Vice President | R. Morley |
| Vice President | M. Hudson |
| Vice President | P. Mitchell |
| 1st Team Manager | Darren Jarvis/Micheal Goode |
| Reserve Team Manager | Gary Peace |
| Physio | C. Holland |
The clubhouse, which stands behind the near goal, was extended in 1984, the year which saw the club join the UCL. In 1988, the parent company was taken over, and the club changed its name to Blackstones F.C. For several years the club was seen as the poor relation of Stamford (the Daniels) until Stamford secured promotion from the UCL. For a number of years during the 1990s, the club's future seemed in jeopardy, as the new owner of the Mirlees Blackstones company seemed intent on selling the ground where the club is based for housing development, but fortunately this did not happen. On one side of the ground there is a pleasant-looking wooden stand, which has a some rows of benches and a mini terrace behind it. Trees on either side of the ground make Lincoln Road a very pleasant site, with a couple of smart dugouts opposite the stand on the far side. Floodlights were erected in 1989, along with a perimeter fence and other sundry buildings.
Blackstone's Football Club have been told by the United Counties Football League (UCL) that certain things must be done to the football ground if they are to continue playing UCL Football, if a number alterations are not completed by end of March 2010 they will be relegated.
The alternations are
| Number | Alternation |
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| 1 | Stand for standing spectators 100 persons |
| 2 | 30 more seats in the present stand |
| 3 | Hot water basin in the referees room |
| 4 | Toilet and wash basin in dressing rooms, this means adding extension's to the present pavilion both sides |
| 5 | Filling in the gaps in the pitch fencing |
| 6 | Hard standing around playing area has to be increased to 1 metre min. |
| Season | Division | Points | Position | League Cup | F.A. Cup | F.A. Vase | Note |
| 1990-91 | UCL Premier | 58 | 12/22 | Pre | R1 | as Mirlees Blackstone | |
| 1991-92 | UCL Premier | 81 | 6/24 | 2 QR | Pre | ″ | |
| 1992-93 | UCL Premier | 50 | 16/22 | Pre | R1 | ″ | |
| 1993-94 | UCL Premier | 71 | 6/22 | Pre | R1 | ″ | |
| 1994-95 | UCL Premier | 52 | 7/19 | Pre | Pre | ″ | |
| 1995-96 | UCL Premier | 57 | 11/20 | 1 QR | R1 | ″ | |
| 1996-97 | UCL Premier | 53 | 11/20 | Pre | 2 QR | ″ | |
| 1997-98 | UCL Premier | 67 | 9/21 | 1 QR | R 2 | ″ | |
| 1998-99 | UCL Premier | 53 | 12/20 | Pre | R 1 | ||
| 1999-00 | UCL Premier | 74 | 6/20 | Pre | 2 QR | ||
| 2000-01 | UCL Premier | 55 | 12/21 | 1 QR | 2 QR | ||
| 2001-02 | UCL Premier | 53 | 12/21 | Pre | R 2 | ||
| 2002-03 | UCL Premier | 48 | 16/21 | 1 QR | 1 QR | ||
| 2003-04 | UCL Premier | 58 | 11/22 | R 2 | Ex Pre | 1 QR | |
| 2004-05 | UCL Premier | 47 | 15/22 | Q-F | Pre | 2 QR | |
| 2005-06 | UCL Premier | 57 | 10/22 | R 1 | Pre | 2 QR | |
| 2006-07 | UCL Premier | 63 | 8/21 | R 2 | Ex Pre | R 1 | |
| 2007-08 | UCL Premier | 79 | 4/21 | S-F | Pre | R 4 | |
| 2008-09 | UCL Premier | 50 | 13/21 | S-F | Ex Pre | R 3 |
Key: Ex Pre = Extra Preliminary Round, Pre = Preliminary Round, 1 QR = First Round Qualifying, 2 QR = Second Round Qualifying, R 1 = First Round, R 2 = Second Round, Q-F = Quarter Final, S-F = Semi-Final
Source: Football Club History Database (www.fchd.info)
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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