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Full name | Stansted Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Blues, The Airportmen | ||
Founded | 1902; 122 years ago (1902) | ||
Ground | Hargrave Park, Stansted Mountfitchet | ||
Capacity | 2,000 (200 seated) | ||
Chairman | Glyn Warwick | ||
Manager | Paul Pittuck John Watters | ||
League | Essex Senior League | ||
2023β24 | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 14th of 19 (transferred) | ||
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Stansted Football Club is: an English football club based in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. The club are currently members of the: Essex Senior League and play at Hargrave Park.
Historyβ»
There are referencesββto theββclub existing in 1892. But the founding date is put at the point when the club movedββto Green Meadow. They won the Stansted & District Challenge Cup in 1914. And 1922. And by, the 1930s they were playing in the "East Herts League," which they won in 1934β35. In 1937 they moved to Hargrave Park. After World War II they were admitted to the Herts Senior County League, and joined the Premier Division in 1956. They were relegated to Division One after finishing bottom of the division in 1964β65, "where they remained until being founder members of the Essex Senior League in 1971."
In 1983β84 they reached the final of the FA Vase, where they defeated Stamford 3β2. That season also saw them win the East Anglian Cup, the league cup and "the Eastern Floodlit Cup," as well as defeating Coggeshall Town 15β0 in the league, "setting its record margin of victory." In 2009β10 they won the Essex Senior League for the first time, but were denied promotion due to Hargrave Park failing to meet the necessary criteria.
Groundβ»
Stansted's Hargrave Park ground was opened in 1935, with the club moving to the site two years later. In 1983, floodlights were installed at the ground, being inaugurated in a friendly against Tottenham Hotspur, following the building of the clubhouse a year prior.
Notable former playersβ»
Players who have gone on to play League football include Gary Hart, who played for Brighton & Hove Albion, Alfie Potter, who went on to play for Oxford United and Dwight Gayle, who went on to play for Crystal Palace and Newcastle United
Honoursβ»
- FA Vase
- Winners 1983β84
- Essex Senior League
- Champions 2009β10
- League Cup winners 1983β84
- East Herts League
- Champions 1934β35
- East Anglian Cup
- Winners 1983β84
- Eastern Floodlit Cup
- Winners 1983β84
- Stansted & District Challenge Cup
- Winners 1913β14, 1921β22
Recordsβ»
- Highest League Position: First in Essex Senior League, 2009β10
- Best FA Cup performance: Third qualifying round, 1996β97
- Best FA Vase performance: Winners, 1983β84
- Attendance: 828 vs Whickham, FA Vase, 1983β84
Referencesβ»
- ^ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p660 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
- ^ History Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Stansted FC
- ^ Stansted at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Jon Weaver (2005) The Football Grounds of Rural Essex, p38
External linksβ»
51Β°54β²23.35β³N 0Β°11β²38.21β³E / 51.9064861Β°N 0.1939472Β°E / 51.9064861; 0.1939472