| Full name | Eastwood Hanley Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Blues | ||
| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Dissolved | 1997 | ||
| Ground | Trentmill Road Hanley Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire (Capacity: 5000) |
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| 1996-97 | North West Counties League Division One, 6th[1] |
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Eastwood Hanley F.C. were a football club based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Situated in the Joiners Square area of the city(just to the south of the main town Hanley), Eastwood played their home games at the Trentmill Road ground for the majority of their history. The club was established in 1946. In 1987, they joined the Northern Premier League Division One in its first season, and at their height were one of the best non-league teams in North Staffordshire rivalling Leek Town for the top position in the pyramid. Their one major honour came in 1986 when they won the Staffordshire Senior Cup. Unfortunately they were forced out of their Trentmill Road home in the early 90s due to regular vandalism of the site and although they groundshared with Kidsgrove and Newcastle for a few seasons, interest in the club waned and gates decreased. The club eventually folded in 1997. [2] [3]