- Parramore Sports
Infobox Football club
clubname = Parramore Sports
current = Parramore Sports F.C. season 2008-09
fullname = Parramore Sports Football Club
founded = 1936
ground =Don Valley ,Sheffield
capacity = 25,000
chairman = Graeme Hinchliffe
vice chairman = Pete Hodkin
manager = Pete Whitehead
assistant manager = Steve Smith
physio = Brian Clements
secretary = Max Ross
league =Central Midlands League Premier Division
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leftarm2=E20E0E |body2=E20E0E |rightarm2=E20E0E |shorts2=FFFFFF |socks2=E20E0EParramore Sports Football Club is a football club based in
Sheffield ,South Yorkshire ,England .History
Parramore Sports FC were established in 1936 just 12 years after F Parramore & Sons, ironfounders, were incorporated as a limited company. They played in the works league from 1936 until 1972 and even continued to play football during the second world war by arranging friendly matches being as much of the workforce were in reserved occupations manufacturing steel for the war effort.
In 1972 they progressed to Barnsley Junior League where they had immediate success winning the league and cup in their first season before going back to Works League in 1975. The major change started in 1977 when they qualified for the Amateur League having been under the guidance of Peter Hodkin as manager from the successful 1971/2 campaign and following success at that level the team progressed to the highly rated County Senior League in 1985/6 season.
Success was soon to follow and whilst under Pete Hodkin?s tutelage they reached the Premier Division and when Pete stepped down in 1991 Bob Webster took over as team manager with Pete Hodkin taking over as Chairman. Further successful years followed under Bob?s guidance but eventually, in the 1996/7 season Parramores went down to the 1st Division where they have stayed since.
A succession of managers followed, all of whom did a sterling job in keeping the team away from relegation in a difficult climate and maintaining the lineage of the club. More recently current Chairman, Graeme Hinchliffe took over the reins and guided the team to 5th in the 2007/8 season, just missing out on promotion by 4 points.
The start of the 2008/9 season heralds a new era with a move to Central Midlands League being headed by successful County Senior manager Pete Whitehead, assisted by Steve Smith. Parramores also have a team in the County Senior with a welcome return as manager to Bob Webster ably assisted by Hallam FC academy coach Neil Travis.
The club history has been kept together in word and deed by Parramore stalwart and now Vice Chairman, Peter Hodkin, who received a special Football Merit Award from the local FA for in excess of 50 years involvement with the club. The new era is backed by sponsors Windsor Food Service Ltd and things at Parramore Sports look set to continue onwards and upwards for another 70 years.
Club management
Who's Who tadium
The Don Valley Stadium is an athletics
stadium inSheffield ,England . It is home toSheffield Eagles RLFC and, as of the 2008-2009 season,Rotherham United FC andParramore Sports FC. It was designed bySheffield City Council 's Design & Building Services and built byRM Douglas Construction . The complex opened in 1990, ready for the 1991World Student Games and has since become a profitable centre for athletics in the area. It is named after the River Don, near which it lies.The stadium is situated on the
Sheffield Supertram line, betweenAttercliffe andMeadowhall . The stadium is also used forChannel 4 's celebrity sports show, "The Games", and for concerts, hosting acts such asCeline Dion ,Def Leppard ,The Rolling Stones ,Bon Jovi ,Michael Jackson ,Tina Turner andRed Hot Chili Peppers as well as hosting theBritBowl , the championship finals of theBritish American Football League .The stadium and facilities provide a training base for the
City of Sheffield Athletic Club and is home to theSheffield Half Marathon .Don Valley Stadium is notable as being the largest athletics stadium in the
UK , with a seated capacity of 25,000.
=Reserve team=
* Parramore Sports Reserves currently play in the Sheffield & Hallam County Senior League Division Two at the Davy Sports Ground.References
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