Stockport Sports F.C.
Full name | Stockport Sports Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Saxons, The Steelmen | ||
Founded | 1970 (as Woodley Athletic) | ||
Dissolved | 2015 | ||
Ground | The Neil Rourke Memorial Stadium, Woodley, Stockport | ||
Capacity | 2,384 (192 seats) | ||
2014–15 | North West Counties Football League Premier Division, failed to complete season | ||
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Stockport Sports F.C. was a football club based in Woodley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. They were established in 1970 as Woodley Athletic, and played at the Neil Rourke Memorial Stadium. The club's name was changed to Woodley Sports in 1980 during its time in the Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur League.
In 1992, they became champions of the Manchester League Division One, and were promoted to the Manchester League Premier Division the following year. They became a member of the
In the 2011–12 season they were demoted to the North West Counties Football League Premier Division for ground grading reasons and changed their name to Stockport Sports.
On 2 March 2015, the club was expelled from the NWCFL for a breach of numerous league rules.
History
Woodley Sports won the
During the 1997–98 season Woodley set a North West Counties League record, when Peter Carty scored seven goals in a league game against
The 1999–2000 season saw the club's first ever FA Cup Match against reigning NCEL champions
The 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons saw the club consolidate itself in the top half of the NWCFL First Division, with its reserve team winning a double championship in 2002; it won the Reserve Division title for the second consecutive year and the Reserve Cup. The season finished with work beginning on a new 200-seat stand, which was due to be finished for the 2002–2003 season. The 2003–2004 was Woodley's greatest to date. It won the Cheshire FA Senior Cup, beating Witton Albion in the final; unfortunately, that game was better-known for its "streaker incident", when the opposition captain was sent off for tackling the streaker,[1] than for its being the first time a North West Counties side reached the finals. The FA restructuring of the football pyramid allowed Woodley to gain promotion to the Northern Premier League by finishing fourth in the league. With the Lambeth Grove stadium passed for the Northern Premier League, the Club declared itself a limited company effective 1 August 2004.
The 2004–05 season saw Woodley Sports compete in the NPL Division One; it finished 11th and reached the final of the
The 2005–06 season saw Woodley finish in their highest NPL position (finishing fourth, gaining an automatic playoff place), only to lose against
2006–07 was disappointing by contrast with a 10th-place finish; however, the season was notable for cup successes in major competitions at
During the 2008–09 season, the team finished 13th in the
In April 2012 the club announced the appointment of former England international player Peter Withe as manager.[2]
In November 2012 Withe tendered his resignation to the board and now continues with various media roles outside of the club.
For the 2012–13 season the club changed its name to Stockport Sports.
The 2014–15 season saw the club breach a series of league rules throughout the campaign, such as failing to fulfill fixtures on three occasions and their failure to notify the league of their home venue for the remainder of their home games. This led to a suspension being placed on the club by the
Honours
Cup
- Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup
- Finalists: 2004–05
- Cheshire FA Senior Cup
- Winners: 2003–04
- Cheshire FA Youth Cup
- Winners: 2004–05
- Gilchrist Cup
- Winners: 1992–93
- Rhodes Cup
- Winners: 1977, 1978
- Finalists: 1986
- S.E. Woolam Aggregate Trophy
- Winners: 1980
- Wray Cup
- Winners: 1998, 1990
- Whitehead Cup
- Winners: 1980
- Stockport and District Football Association Senior Cup
- Winners: 1975, 2007
- Finalists: 1997
League
- Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur Football League
- Division 3 (C) Champions: 1975
- Division 2 (B) Champions: 1976
- Division 1 Runner-up: 1979
- Division A Champions: 1980
- Manchester Football League Premier Division
- Runner-up: 1992–93
- North West Counties League Division Two
- Champions: 1999–2000
- North West Counties League Reserve Divisions
- Runner-up: 1999–2000
- Champions 2000–01, 2001–02
References
- ^ "Streaker-tackling Pc ban reversed". BBC News. 3 April 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Peter Withe appointed Woodley boss". Non League Daily. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "Stockport Sports suspended". NonLeagueReview.com. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ Templeman, Ian (2 March 2015). "Stockport Sports". nwcfl.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.