| Full name | Stamford Association Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Daniels | ||
| Founded | 1896 | ||
| Ground | PK Arena, Stamford (Capacity: 2,000 (250 seated)) |
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| Chairman | John Drewnicki | ||
| Manager | Tommy Brookbanks | ||
| League | Northern Premier League Division One South | ||
| 2010–11 | Northern Premier League Division One South, 19th | ||
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Stamford A.F.C. is an English football club based in Stamford, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of Division One South of the Northern Premier League and play at the Vic Couzens Stadium. Their nickname, the Daniels, comes from Daniel Lambert, reputedly the fattest man in English history, who died in Stamford and is buried in St Martins churchyard close to the ground.[1]
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The club was established in 1896 and spent a single season in the East Midlands League. After several years without league football, the club joined the Northamptonshire League in 1909, and won the title in 1911–12. In 1933 the league was renamed the United Counties League.
They left the league in 1939, but after a season in the Peterborough & District League, they rejoined the UCL in 1946. They won the league's Knockout Cup in 1952, a season in which they also won the Lincolnshire Senior B Cup. In 1955 they left the league again to join the Central Alliance, before joining the Midland League.[2] In 1972 they returned to the UCL. They were champions in 1975–76 as well as winning the league cup and reaching the final of the FA Vase, where they lost 1–0 to Billericay Town after extra time. They won the league again in 1977–78 and the Lincolnshire Senior A Cup in 1978–79. They then went on to win the league three times in a row between 1979–80 and 1981–82, as well as the Knockout Cup in 1979–80 and 1981–82 and the FA Vase in 1979–80, when Guisborough Town were defeated 2–0 in the final. In 1983–84 they reached the final for a third time, but lost 3–2 to Stansted.
After the winning the UCL Premier Division title again in 1996–97 and 1997–98, Stamford joined the Midland Division of the Southern League, which was renamed the Eastern Division at the end of their first season. In 2003–04 they finished seventh and were promoted to the Premier Division due to league restructuring, but were relegated after a single season. In 2005–06 they reached the promotion play-offs, and after defeating Barking & East Ham United 3–2 in the semi-finals, they beat Wivenhoe Town 2–1 in the final to earn promotion. After a single season in the Southern League Premier Division they were transferred to the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League. However, they were relegated to Division One South at the end of the season.
The following players had moved on to play in the Football League