Coalville Town F.C.

Coalville Town

Full name	Coalville Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Ravens
Founded	1926 (as Ravenstone Miners Athletic)
Ground	Owen Street Sports Ground (Capacity: 2,000)
Chairman	Glyn Rennocks
Manager	Adam Stevens
League	Northern Premier League Division One South
2010–11	Midland Football Alliance, 1st (champions)
Home colours Away colours

Coalville Town Football Club is a football club based in Coalville, Leicestershire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South.

History

Coalville Town Football Club were formed in 1926 as Ravenstone Miners Athletic, the latest in a long line of association football clubs from the village of Ravenstone. Nicknamed the Ravens, they played for many years in the Coalville & District Amateur League, and later the North Leicestershire League, where they won numerous honours. In 1991 this led to election to the Leicestershire Senior League Division One, following the construction of a new club house at their Ravenslea home. Following the local council's refusal to grant permission for floodlights, the club took the decision to relocate to Coalville. A change of name followed to Coalville F.C., with the club becoming the first senior side in the town of Coalville since the demise of Coalville Town Amateurs in 1954.

The club's home ground

In their second season in the Senior League the club clinched the runner-up spot and with it promotion to the Premier Division. In 2001 new manager Lee Harriman arrived and immediately led the club to the league title, a feat they repeated the following year which saw them promoted into the Midland Alliance for the 2003–04 season. In the 2004–05 season, the club entered the FA Cup for the first time ever and reached the first round proper where they narrowly lost to league side Wycombe Wanderers.^[1] This feat was even more impressive given that the team had started their campaign in the extra preliminary round, making them only the second club in the entire history of the Cup to reach the first round proper from the very first stage^{[citation needed]}.

It was announced on 30 October 2006 that the club's most successful manager, Lee Harriman, had stepped down as manager and been replaced on a temporary basis by coach Bob Stockley. On 20 November 2006, it was announced that Brendan Phillips (formerly of Nuneaton Borough, Bedworth United, Stafford Rangers and Halesowen Town) was to take over first team affairs. Phillips kept Coalville in the Alliance, but was sacked and replaced by former Coalville player Adam Stevens.

In 2010–2011 Coalville reached the FA Vase final becoming the first Leicestershire team to ever achieve a place in the final. Having played in front of a capacity crowd of 1800 in the first leg and securing a 3–0 advantage ove Kings Lynn the Ravens then went on to become the first team this season to win at Kings Lynn taking the second leg 3–2 at the Walks stadium in front of 2354 fans.

The week before the trip to Wembley the Ravens sealed the Midland Alliance title for the first time on goal difference from Tipton Town who also finished the season on 100 points.

Rivalries

Coalville Town's main rivals consist of Barwell, Oadby Town, Leicester City and Shepshed Dynamo.

Current squad

As of 3 November 2011.^[2]

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 Denham Hinds GK Sean Bowles DF Ashley Brown DF Leigh Everitt DF Adam Goodby DF Phil O'Mara DF Richard Phillips DF Craig Reid DF Cameron Stuart DF Dan Parker DF Shaun Roulston DF Ashley Wells DF James Dodd MF Danny Martin MF Lee Miveld

No. Position Player MF Jack Thompson MF Callum Woodward MF Lewis Dodd MF Louis Hamilton MF Tom Langton MF Liam Read MF Anthony Carney MF Ryan Robbins FW Karl Demidh FW Chris Gummery FW Julian Joachim FW Matt Moore FW Jerome Murdock FW Danny Quinn

References

1. ^ Wycombe 1–0 Coalville - BBC Sport
2. ^ "Player Profiles". Coalville Town F.C.. http://www.coalvilletownfc.co.uk/. Retrieved 3 November 2011. 

Sources

• Coalville Town at the Football Club History Database

External links

• Coalville Town Official Site