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Spennymoor Town F.C.
Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, England. The team currently compete in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. They currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field.
The club began playing in the Northern League in 1931–32 as Evenwood Town, reaching the first round of the FA Cup in the 1956–57 season. In 2005, the club merged with Spennymoor United, who had folded earlier that year, and collectively changed their name to Spennymoor Town. They won the Northern League Division Two division in 2006–07. Spennymoor then won the Northern League division four times before joining the Northern Premier League in 2014 as well as winning the FA Vase in 2012–13. Spennymoor then won two automatic promotions via the play-offs to reach the National League North by 2017.
Spennymoor United had some success over the years. Most notable was their success in the 1977–78 season, where they reached the semi-final of the FA Trophy, where they lost to Leatherhead 2–0 away in the first leg and won 2–1 at home in the second Leg, therefore, losing 3–2 on aggregate. That year, Spennymoor United also won the Northern League for the fifth time in the space of 10 years. The following year, Spennymoor reached the 2nd Round of the FA Trophy.
During the 1990–91 season, Spennymoor joined the Northern Counties East League Premier Division and in the 1992–93 season were crowned champions, only on goal difference. The following season, they were runners-up of the Northern Premier League Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division. However, at the turn of the new millennium, with financial troubles resulting in losing 35 out of their 44 fixtures, they were relegated for the first time in their history. In the 2002–03 season, they were promoted back to the Premier Division as runners-up after losing the title on goal difference. The following season, the clubhouse was burnt down on Christmas Day 2003 and the club had lost their main source of income.
Things only went from bad to worse from then on. In the 2004–05 season, they were deducted 24 points after failing to fulfil the fixture list due to not being able to field a side. During that season, manager Graeme Clarke resigned after losing 5–1 to Gateshead on 25 March 2005, followed soon by Secretary Thomas Metcalfe for supposed health reasons. The club resigned from the league after 33 games that season and later folded, which caused controversy over the unfulfilled fixtures.
Spennymoor United was reborn under the name of Spennymoor Town, after a merger with Evenwood Town, who were on the verge of folding in the same year. Out of the gloom, people were working hard and managed to get the club together for the start of 2005–06. Headed by Alan Murray the fans rallied round and formed an independent supporters group, initially with the aim of running the club themselves. Both groups submitted their bids with the local council, but after a meeting held at the Penny Gill pub in Spennymoor, it was agreed to stand down and let Alan Murray's plan go ahead. The application proceeded with the name change to Spennymoor Town, the club were accepted into the Northern League Division Two.
On 13 August 2005, the first league game as Spennymoor Town was to be played at home against Darlington RA, which was met with a major attraction from the town. The official attendance for that first game was 511 people, in which the newly formed Spennymoor Town were victorious with a 3–2 win. The following Tuesday, The Moors carried on their winning ways, beating Guisborough 3–1. In the first four home games under the new name, one of those including The F.A Cup preliminary round, the club attracted over 1300 people to The Brewery Field.
In their first season, the club got off to a good start under then manager Ken Houlahan. In January 2006, Houlahan left his post as manager to become Director of Football and Justin Perry was appointed Player-Manager, finishing the season in a respectable 8th position. But things behind the scenes were not good, a rift between the club and the fans grew, as did the rift between the committee and the chairman. Business man Alan Murray was replaced as chairman in his absence during a board meeting. During the summer of 2006 the situation came to a head and resulted in the entire committee resigning their posts, taking all but four players with them. The club was taken over by Chairman Alan Murray, with Alan Courtney returning as Vice Chairman. The club also tried to change its name back to Spennymoor United before the 2006–07 season. However, the FA rejected the proposal.
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Spennymoor Town F.C.
Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, England. The team currently compete in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. They currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field.
The club began playing in the Northern League in 1931–32 as Evenwood Town, reaching the first round of the FA Cup in the 1956–57 season. In 2005, the club merged with Spennymoor United, who had folded earlier that year, and collectively changed their name to Spennymoor Town. They won the Northern League Division Two division in 2006–07. Spennymoor then won the Northern League division four times before joining the Northern Premier League in 2014 as well as winning the FA Vase in 2012–13. Spennymoor then won two automatic promotions via the play-offs to reach the National League North by 2017.
Spennymoor United had some success over the years. Most notable was their success in the 1977–78 season, where they reached the semi-final of the FA Trophy, where they lost to Leatherhead 2–0 away in the first leg and won 2–1 at home in the second Leg, therefore, losing 3–2 on aggregate. That year, Spennymoor United also won the Northern League for the fifth time in the space of 10 years. The following year, Spennymoor reached the 2nd Round of the FA Trophy.
During the 1990–91 season, Spennymoor joined the Northern Counties East League Premier Division and in the 1992–93 season were crowned champions, only on goal difference. The following season, they were runners-up of the Northern Premier League Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division. However, at the turn of the new millennium, with financial troubles resulting in losing 35 out of their 44 fixtures, they were relegated for the first time in their history. In the 2002–03 season, they were promoted back to the Premier Division as runners-up after losing the title on goal difference. The following season, the clubhouse was burnt down on Christmas Day 2003 and the club had lost their main source of income.
Things only went from bad to worse from then on. In the 2004–05 season, they were deducted 24 points after failing to fulfil the fixture list due to not being able to field a side. During that season, manager Graeme Clarke resigned after losing 5–1 to Gateshead on 25 March 2005, followed soon by Secretary Thomas Metcalfe for supposed health reasons. The club resigned from the league after 33 games that season and later folded, which caused controversy over the unfulfilled fixtures.
Spennymoor United was reborn under the name of Spennymoor Town, after a merger with Evenwood Town, who were on the verge of folding in the same year. Out of the gloom, people were working hard and managed to get the club together for the start of 2005–06. Headed by Alan Murray the fans rallied round and formed an independent supporters group, initially with the aim of running the club themselves. Both groups submitted their bids with the local council, but after a meeting held at the Penny Gill pub in Spennymoor, it was agreed to stand down and let Alan Murray's plan go ahead. The application proceeded with the name change to Spennymoor Town, the club were accepted into the Northern League Division Two.
On 13 August 2005, the first league game as Spennymoor Town was to be played at home against Darlington RA, which was met with a major attraction from the town. The official attendance for that first game was 511 people, in which the newly formed Spennymoor Town were victorious with a 3–2 win. The following Tuesday, The Moors carried on their winning ways, beating Guisborough 3–1. In the first four home games under the new name, one of those including The F.A Cup preliminary round, the club attracted over 1300 people to The Brewery Field.
In their first season, the club got off to a good start under then manager Ken Houlahan. In January 2006, Houlahan left his post as manager to become Director of Football and Justin Perry was appointed Player-Manager, finishing the season in a respectable 8th position. But things behind the scenes were not good, a rift between the club and the fans grew, as did the rift between the committee and the chairman. Business man Alan Murray was replaced as chairman in his absence during a board meeting. During the summer of 2006 the situation came to a head and resulted in the entire committee resigning their posts, taking all but four players with them. The club was taken over by Chairman Alan Murray, with Alan Courtney returning as Vice Chairman. The club also tried to change its name back to Spennymoor United before the 2006–07 season. However, the FA rejected the proposal.