Sleaford Town F.C.

Infobox Football club
clubname = Sleaford Town
fullname = Sleaford Town Football Club
nickname = Town
founded = 1968
ground = Eslaforde Park
Boston Road
Sleaford
Lincolnshire
NG34 9GH
capacity =
chairman = Kevin Scrupps
manager = Brian Rowlands
league = United Counties Football League Premier Division
season = 2007-08
position = United Counties Football League Premier Division
14th
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Sleaford Town F.C. is a football club based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England.

History

Sleaford Town were founded in 1968. They joined the Lincolnshire League, where they were generally successful, being a regular top-ten team. In 2003, Town announced plans to seek a higher level of football in the United Counties League. They had their best-ever season in 2003/04, winning the title for the first time in twenty-three years. They were duly promoted to the UCL. Town played for three seasons at RAF Cranwell, but despite winning the Division One title in 2005/06, they were not allowed promotion until their new Eslaforde Park ground was ready the following season, and they finished runners-up.

In the 2008/09 season, Sleaford Town F.C. are playing in the Eagle Bitter United Counties Football League Premier Division, led by manager Brian Rowlands, and will be looking to consolidate their position.

They reached the First Round Qualifying of the FA Cup in season 2008-09.

First-team squad

{| class="wikitable"
width="150px" |
width="150px" |
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Gavin Bell
Shaun Popple
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Nick Bishop
Paul Reece
-
Lee Crockett
Andrew Scott
-
Rick Drury
Carl Sedlan
-
John Edwards
Jason Sedlan
-
Adam Fenton
Jamie Shaw
-
Darren Glover
Tom Siddons
-
Jason Harrison
Oliver Sidney
-
Matt Hodgkin
Paul Stafford
-
Miles Hunter
Craig Stones
-
Kris Jones
Mickey Stones
-
Sam Kirton
Pete Sutton
-
Steve Lovett
Ben Thompson
-
Matthew Lunn
Daniel Tomlinson
-
Jon Machin
Paul Ward
-
-}

Club statistics

{| class="wikitable"{| border="1" cellpadding="1" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
- style="background:black; color:white; color:white;" color=white align="center"
width="80px" | Season
width="220px" | Division
width="50px" | Points
width="50px" | Position
width="50px" | League Cup
width="50px" | F.A. Cup
width="50px" | F.A. Vase
width="250px" | Notes
-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 1990 – 1991







-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 1991 – 1992
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
37
12/18




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 1992 – 1993
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
45
9/19




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 1993 – 1994
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
65
9/20




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 1994 – 1995
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
55
9/20




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 1995 – 1996
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
58
7/19




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 1996 – 1997
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
54 †
11/20



† = Four points deducted
-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 1997 – 1998
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
71
4/19




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 1998 – 1999
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
57
7/19




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 1999 – 2000
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
39
12/18




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 2000 – 2001
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
43
6/15




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 2001 – 2002
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
39
5/14




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 2002 – 2003
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
53
2/13




-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 2003 – 2004
bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League
55
bgcolor="#FAFAD2"| 1/12



Pre = Preliminary round
-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 2004 – 2005
bgcolor="#DDA0DD"|UCL First Division
59
6/18
Pre


R 1 = First Round
-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 2005 – 2006
bgcolor="#DDA0DD"|UCL First Division
81
bgcolor="#FAFAD2"| 1/18
R 2


R 2 = Second Round
-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 2006 – 2007
bgcolor="#DDA0DD"|UCL First Division
68 ‡
2/16
R 1


‡ = Three points deducted
-
bgcolor="#228B22"| 2007 – 2008
bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division
51
14/21
R 2

R 2

-
-}

Source: Football Club History Database (www.fchd.info)

External links

* [http://www.sleafordtownfc.co.uk/ Sleaford Town official website]
* [http://www.ebucl.com The Eagle Bitter United Counties League official website]
* [http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?leagueid=1625657 United Counties League at FA Full Time online]
* [http://www.football.mitoo.co.uk/News.cfm?LeagueCode=UCL2008 United Counties League at Football Mitoo]
* [http://www.fchd.info/SLEAFORT.HTM Sleaford Town at Football Club History Database]