Full name | Stokesley Sports Club Football Club | |
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Founded | 1920 | |
Ground | Stokesley Sports Club Stokesley |
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Chairman | TBC | |
Manager | Monty Alexander | |
League | Northern League Division One | |
2010–11 | Northern League Division One, 16th |
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Stokesley Sports Club Football Club are an English association football club based in Stokesley, North Yorkshire currently playing in the Northern League Division One.
Stokesley played in the Wearside League until 2006, when they were accepted into the Northern League following a runner-up finish.
In each of their first two seasons at the higher level, Stokesley finished near the middle of the table. Promotion has also enabled the club to participate in national competitions - in the FA Vase their best performance came in 2008–09 when they reached the Second Round, and during the same season they made their debut in the FA Cup, beating Washington in the Extra Preliminary Round before losing to Wakefield in the Preliminary Round.
In the summer of 2009 the club changed their name to Stokesley Football Club.
In 2009–10 the club became champions of the Northern League Second Division and gained promotion to the First Division for the first time in the club's history. They scored in every league game and had the league's top scorer in Andrew Jennings.
In season 2010–11 the club finished 16th in division 1, but following the season the manager, chairman and secretary as well as the rest of the committee resigned quoting a lack of support from the sports club. Renamed Stokesley Sports Club FC, in 2011, a new team has been built under the leadership of Manager, Monty Alexander with the aim of staying in the Northern League.
In 2009 the club's under-13 team won the national Tesco Cup.[1]