Brigg Town F.C.

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Brigg Town

Full name

Brigg Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Zebras

Founded

1863

Ground

The Hawthorns, Brigg

Capacity

4,000

Chairman

Kai Brown

Manager

Mick Gray

League

Northern Premier League
Division One South

2012–13

Northern Premier League
Division One South, 13th

Home colours

Away colours

Brigg Town FC are the oldest surviving football club in Lincolnshire, and one of the oldest clubs in England. In the non-league world only Sheffield (1857), Hallam (1860) and Cray Wanderers (1860) are older. They play in the Northern Premier League Division One South, the fourth tier of the National League System and the eighth tier of the English football league system.

History

Known as the Zebras, they wear black and white as home colours and have in recent years played in the Northern Counties East League. Champions of the league in the 2000–01 season, they were denied promotion to the Northern Premier League because improvements to their ground were not completed before the deadline. They were runners-up the two following years but only the champions of the NCE League are promoted as a rule. However, after finishing third in the 2003–04 season they were promoted as a part of the National League System restructuring.

For the 2008–09 season, the club replaced manager Dave McLean with Steve Housham. Housham brought in former coach Dave Andrews and club legend Jimmy Snee to assist him in leading the team, but their young team struggled to 20th position in the league, and were only reprieved from relegation by the collapse of Gresley Rovers. In the summer of 2011 manager Steve Housham decided to leave Brigg for a full-time position with Gainsborough Trinity and after a lengthy interview process ex lincoln City manager Pete Daniel was appointed to the post with club captain Lee Roy Cochrane as his assistant.

On the national level Brigg Town have won the FA Vase twice, in 1996 and 2003, under longtime manager Ralph Clayton. In the 2001–02 FA Cup, they defeated eventual Football Conference champions Boston United before being beaten by Tranmere Rovers who ranked five levels above them on the football pyramid.

Current squad

As of 4 November 2013^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Billy Iggleden
		GK	Rob Zand
		DF	Oliver Fisher
		DF	Scott Hellewell
		DF	Michael Jacklin
		DF	Scott Matthews
		DF	Lewis Trice
		DF	Liam Wright
		MF	Paul Ashton
		MF	Anthony Bowsley
		MF	Elliot Broughton

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Danny Buttle
		MF	Tyler Collishaw
		MF	Liam Dickens
		MF	Alan Lamb
		MF	Will Peers
		MF	George Zuerner
		FW	Paul Grimes
		FW	Phil Jackman
		FW	Ryan Paczkowski
		FW	Jordan Thewlis

League history

1976–77 – Joined Midland League
1977–78 – Midland League Champions
1982–83 – Founder members of Northern Counties East League. Relegated to Division Two South
1984–85 – Joined Division One Central on re-organisation. Northern Counties East Division One Central runner-up
1986 – Promoted to Premier Division
1995–96 – FA Vase Winners
1999–2000 – Northern Counties East League runner-up
2000–01 – Northern Counties East League Champions
2001–02 – Northern Counties East League runner-up
2002–03 – FA Vase Winners (2nd time); Northern Counties East League runner-up
2004–05 – Joined Northern Premier League Division One
2007–08 – Joined Northern Premier League Division One South

An exterior shot of The Hawthorns

Honours

League

NCEL Premier Division
- Winners (1): 2000–01
- Runners-Up (3): 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03
- Third-Placed (3): 1996–97, 1998–99, 2003–04

NCEL Division One (Central)
- Runners-Up (1): 1984–85

Midland League
- Winners (1): 1977–78
- Third-Placed (1): 1976–77

Cup

FA Vase
- Winners (2): 1995–96, 2002–03

References

↑ "First Team". Brigg Town F.C. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

External links

Official website
Brigg Town at the Football Club History Database

v t e Northern Premier League

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Division One South	Bedworth United Belper Town Brigg Town Carlton Town Chasetown Coalville Town Eastwood Town Goole Gresley Halesowen Town Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Mickleover Sports Newcastle Town Rainworth Miners Welfare Romulus Scarborough Athletic Sheffield Sutton Coldfield Town

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

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