Eastwood Hanley F.C.

Full name	Eastwood Hanley Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blues
Founded	1946 (original club) 2014 (modern club)
Dissolved	1997
Ground	Trentmill Road, Hanley
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Kev Berrisford
League	Staffordshire County Senior League Division One
2022–23	Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division, 18th of 18 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Eastwood Hanley Football Club is a football club based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the Staffordshire County Senior League Division One and play at Trentmill Road.

History

Original club

Situated in the Joiners Square area of the city (south east of the main town Hanley), Eastwood played their home games at the Trentmill Road ground for the majority of their history. The club was established in 1946. In 1987, they joined the Northern Premier League Division One in its first season, and at their height were one of the best non-league teams in North Staffordshire rivalling Leek Town for the top position in the pyramid. Their one major honour came in 1986 when they won the Staffordshire Senior Cup.

They were forced out of their Trentmill Road home in the early 1990s due to regular vandalism of the site and although they groundshared with Kidsgrove and Newcastle for a few seasons, interest in the club waned and gates decreased. The club eventually folded in 1997. ^{[1] [2]}

Modern club

After a failed bid to revive the club in 2009, ^[3] the club was re-established in 2014 when Sandford Hill Allstars adopted the name. ^[4] They subsequently joined the Staffordshire County Senior League. Currently playing their home games at Eastwood Hanley stadium. The club now have a Development side that ply their trade in Division 2 of the Staffs County League also at Northwood Stadium.

Honours

• North West Counties League Division Two ^[5]
  • Runners-up 1983–84
• Mid-Cheshire League
  • Runners-up 1966–67
• Staffordshire Senior Cup
  • Winners 1985-86
• Staffs County League Division Two
  • Champions 2015–16

Records

• FA Cup ^[5]
  • Third Qualifying Round 1972–73, 1991–92, 1994–95
• FA Trophy
  • First Qualifying Round 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78
• FA Vase
  • Fifth Round 1988–89

References

1. "groundhog blog article:- Eastwood Hanley". the groundhog: the football ground travelog. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
2. "groundhog blog article:- Eastwoood Hanley revisited". the groundhog: the football ground travelog. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
3. Reviving former football club has my full support This is Staffordshire, 23 September 2009
4. Football: Eastwood Hanley are back thanks to ambitious junior club Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Stoke Sentinel, 27 May 2014
5. Eastwood Hanley at the Football Club History Database

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