Full name | Loughborough University Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | the Scholars | |
Founded | 1920 as Loughborough College | |
Ground | Nanpantan Sports Ground, Loughborough | |
Chairman | Peter Simmons | |
Manager | Stuart McLaren | |
League | Midland Alliance | |
2010–11 | Midland Alliance, 4th | |
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Loughborough University Football Club is an English football club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire. The club are currently members of the Midland Alliance and play at the Nanpantan Sports Ground.
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The club was founded in 1920 under the name Loughborough College. They joined Division Two of the Leicestershire Senior League in 1966, where they remained until 1972.[1] The club then left Senior football, and did not return until 2007 when they were promoted to the Premier Division of the Midland Combination. In 2008–09 they won the league's Premier Division,[2] and were promoted to the Midland Alliance.
Players that went on to play professionaly include:[3]