Easington Colliery A.F.C.

Easington Colliery
Full name Easington Colliery Association Football Club
Nickname(s) The Colliery
Founded 1913 (as Easington Colliery Welfare)
1973 (reformed)
1980 (as Easington Colliery A.F.C.)
Ground Easington Welfare Park
Easington Colliery
Chairman Andy Colledge
Manager Paul Adamson
League Wearside Football League
2013–14 Wearside Football League, 6th

Easington Colliery Association Football Club are an English amateur football club based in Easington Colliery, County Durham, England, and currently play in the Wearside Football League (which is the 11th level of English football). Easington Colliery A.F.C. were founded as Easington Colliery Welfare in 1913.[1] They reached the first round of the FA Cup in 1955 for the first and only time in their history, which they lost 20 to Tranmere Rovers, to a record crowd of 4,500.[1]

History

Formed in 1913 the club had to wait until the 1930s for their first honours which came with five league championships and five cups. In 1955 the club made it to the First Round proper of the FA Cup for the only time, when they played Tranmere Rovers at the Welfare Ground in front of a crowd of 4,500, going down a credible 20, In 1964 the club was disbanded but nine years later were reformed, and quickly won three league championships. A new era in began with a merger with fellow Easington football club Easington Rangers who then were successful playing in the Houghton and District League.

The club reached the fourth round of the FA Vase in the 198283 season after forcing Percy Main Amateurs into a replay after a 11 draw at home, before going down 20 in the replay.[2] The club applied to join the Northern League shortly after but were initially rejected because their main stand was not finished. With the situation rectified the club was elected to that league's Second Division where they won promotion in their first season, scoring more than 100 goals and winning all of their last 9 games to claim the runnersup spot behind Newcastle Blue Star.

The most recent FA Cup success came in the 198788 season in the third qualifying round where the club defeated Newcastle Blue Star 30 to progress to the fourth qualifying round, before being knocked out by now Conference National side Northwich Victoria, with the match ending 30.[3] The following season Colliery stayed in the Northern League Division One and made their way to the league cup final where they were beaten by Spennymoor United. In 1988 the club reached the final of the Durham FA Challenge Cup but were beaten by Bishop Auckland at Roker Park.[1]

In the 200607 season the club finished eighth in the Northern Football Alliance Premier Division, with Tom Orchard their leading goalscorer with 16 goals and also with 18 assists.[4] They switched from the Northern Football Alliance to the Wearside Football League before the 200708 season. The FA Vase campaign was a disappointing one for Colliery, going out in the second qualifying round to Thackley, beaten 41 on 22 September 2007 with a former Middlesbrough youth player scoring the goal for Easington Colliery.[5][6]

Stadium

The home of Easington Colliery Association Football Club is the Welfare Park, there is one stand, The Alan Purvis Stand named after the former Club Secretary and it is allstanding, there is home and away changing rooms and white concrete dugouts for the management staff and substitutes.

Current squad

As of 31 March 2011.[7]

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

No. Position Player
England GK Kyle Donaldson
England GK Paul Griffith
England Liam Dunn
England DF Daniel Flounders
England DF Spencer Shevlin
England DF David Henderson
England DF Paul Moss
England DF Farran Pope
England DF Ian Redman
England MF Jordan Thompson
England MF Ryan Mather
England MF Micheal Noble
No. Position Player
England MF Andrew Morris
England MF Dale Spence
England MF Brett Gillatt
England MF Chris Tarn
England MF Rhys Weir
England MF marc Stevenson
England MF Kris Johnson
England FW Paul Taylor
England FW Danny Lockwood
England FW David Laight
England FW Adam Frame
England FW Adam Heath

Club staff

As of 1 March 2012.[8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Easington Colliery A.F.C. history". webteams. 2006-05-22. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  2. "F.A. Vase 198283". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  3. "F.A. Cup 198788". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  4. "Easington Colliery A.F.C. 200607 season". Webteams. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  5. "FA Vase match report for Easington Colliery vs Thackley". Webteams. 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  6. "F.A. Vase 200708". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
  7. "Squad lists and profile". webteams. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  8. "Club Staff". webteams. Retrieved 2011-03-31.

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