| Full name | Leek County School Old Boys Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Old Boys | ||
| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Harrison Park Leek (Groundshare with Leek Town) (Capacity: 3,600) |
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| Chairman | Ken Hill | ||
| Manager | Brett Barlow | ||
| League | North West Counties Football League Division One |
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| 2010–11 | North West Counties Football League Division One, 12th |
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Leek County School Old Boys Football Club (usually shortened to Leek CSOB) is an English football club based in Leek, Staffordshire.
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The club was formed in 1945 and has been in continuous existence since then. They were Leek Minor League champions and Leek & Moorland League champions in 1962, and also won a number of local cups.[1]
In 1984 CSOB were among the founder members of the Staffordshire Senior League. They won the championship of the league (which by this time had changed its name to the Midland League) in 1996, which gained them promotion to the North West Counties Football League Division Two. Two years later they were promoted to Division One, but lasted only three seasons at this level before being relegated back to Division Two, where they remain to this day (although it is now called Division One).[2]
The club has never had its own ground and currently shares Leek Town's ground, Harrison Park.[3]
The ground currently has a seated stand along one side of the pitch, which was constructed in 1992,[4] three covered terraces and a small amount of uncovered terracing.[5] In 1998 the ground was flooded when a nearby reservoir overflowed.[4]
A £300,000 donation received in 2002 has given CSOB the finances to build its own stadium, and as of August 2005 the club was in negotiations with Staffordshire Moorlands District Council to do so. These plans were subsequently rejected by the SMDC.[6]