| Full name | Quorn Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1924 (as Quorn Methodists) | ||
| Ground | Sutton Park Farley Way, Quorn, Leicestershire (Capacity: 400) |
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| Chairman | Stuart Turner | ||
| Manager | Dougie Keast | ||
| League | Northern Premier League Division One South |
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| 2010–11 | Northern Premier League Division One South, 15th |
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Quorn Football Club is an English football club based in the village of Quorn, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South.
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The club was originally founded in 1924 by attendees of the local Wesleyan Chapel and accordingly was named Quorn Methodists F.C., changing its name in 1952. In 1937 the club joined the Leicestershire Senior League. Immediately after World War II they played in the Central Division, and then from 1948 in Division 2 after a league re-organisation. Quorn won this division in 1950 and then followed up by winning the first division the following season.
Over the next fifty years the club moved up and down between the divisions on four separate occasions, finally cementing their place in the renamed Premier Division in the late 1990s, before claiming the league title, and with it promotion to the Midland Alliance in 2001.
In 2003 the club was the only one at its level to sell a player to a Football League team, when Luke Varney moved to Crewe Alexandra for £50,000. Dion Dublin also once played for the club. In 1998 Newcastle United trained at the club's ground whilst staying in the area. Management asked if Alan Shearer would be willing to be photographed wearing Quorn's number 9 shirt, which he was, but unfortunately the shirt itself was unavailable as it was at the launderette at the time.
In the 2006–07 season they finished 3rd in the Midland Alliance and, due to the expansion of the Northern Premier League First Division into two regional divisions, were therefore accepted into the Northern Premier League Division One South. In May 2007 the club received a £400,000 windfall after Luke Varney's £2,000,000 move from Crewe to Charlton Athletic.[1]
Marcus Law resigned as manager on November 10, 2007 He was replaced on November 24, 2007 by former Shepshed Dynamo manager Peter McGurk. Peter McGurk resigned after a series of bad results in both league and cup and was replaced by midfielder and coach Gavin O'Toole, who at time of writing (28 July 2008) is getting ready for the new season ahead.
Former Premier League footballers Julian Joachim and Phil Gilchrist have been part of the playing squad since the start of the 2009-10 season.
In 2011 Quorn won the Westerby Cup for the first time with a 5-4 victory over Hinckley United at Walkers Stadium.
Dougie Keats resigned from his post as manager on Saturday, August 27 following a 5-0 home reverse against Grantham.
Sutton Park boasts a 400-seater cantilever stand, which is currently the only covering for spectators at the ground. Car parking is available on the ground and there is also a clubhouse where food and drink are available on match days. Previously the club had played at Warwick Avenue since 1960 but moved out after selling their ground at that site to the Abbeyfield housing association. A new stand has been constructed ready for the beginning of season 2008/09
Quorn's main rivals include Shepshed Dynamo and Loughborough Dynamo of the Northern Premier League Division One South and Barrow Town, the closest senior club to Quorn geographically.
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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