Coalville Town F.C.

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Coalville Town
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Full nameCoalville Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Ravens
Founded1926
GroundOwen Street Sports Ground, Coalville
ChairmanGlyn Rennocks
ManagerIan King
League Southern League Premier Division Central
2022–23 Southern League Premier Division Central, 2nd of 22
Website Club website
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The Owen Street Sports Ground CoalvilleTground2.jpg
The Owen Street Sports Ground

Coalville Town Football Club is a football club based in Coalville, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at the Owen Street Sports Ground.

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History

The club was established as Ravenstone Miners Athletic in 1926, and were originally based in the village of Ravenstone. [1] They joined the Coalville & District League and were Division Two champions in 1933–34. [2] The club were renamed Ravenstone Swifts in 1947 and then Ravenstone Miners Athletic in 1951. [2] They won the Division One title five times, including in 1952–53. [1] In 1958 the club were renamed Ravenstone. [3] They joined the Premier Division of the North Leicestershire League in 1974 and were runners-up in 1976–77. [2] The club were relegated to Division One at the end of the 1978–79 season, but returned to the Premier Division after being promoted in 1980–81. [2] After finishing as runners-up in 1985–86 and 1986–87, [2] they went on to win the Premier Division in 1988–89 and 1989–90, [1] and moved up to Division One of the Leicestershire Senior League in 1991. [4]

In 1995 the club moved to nearby Coalville after being unable to upgrade their Ravenslea ground, and were renamed Coalville Football Club. [1] In 1996–97 they finished second in Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division. [5] The club adopted their current name in 1998, [3] and won the Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup in 1999–2000. [2] They were Premier Division champions in 2001–02 and 2002–03, after which they were promoted to the Midland Alliance. [5] In 2004–05 the club entered the FA Cup for the first time, and reached the first round, eventually losing 1–0 at Second Division Wycombe Wanderers. [5] They were league runners-up in 2009–10, and the following season saw them reach the final of the FA Vase, losing 3–2 to Whitley Bay at Wembley Stadium. [5] They also won the Midland Alliance, scoring 153 goals in the process and earning promotion to Division One South of the Northern Premier League. [5]

In 2012–13 Coalville won the Westerby Cup, beating Loughborough Dynamo 2–1 in the final at the King Power Stadium. They were also Division One South runners-up and qualified for the promotion play-offs. However, they lost 2–1 to Chasetown in the semi-finals. The following season saw them finish as runners-up again. However, they lost the play-off semi-final against Mickleover Sports. [5] In 2015–16 they qualified for the play-offs again. After beating Basford United 5–0 in the semi-finals, they defeated Shaw Lane 3–1 to earn promotion to the Premier Division. [5]

The 2017–18 season saw Coalville win the Leicestershire & Rutland Challenge Cup with a 7–6 victory on penalties against Loughborough Dynamo. [6] At the end of the season they were transferred to the Premier Central division of the Southern League as part of the restructuring of the non-League pyramid. The club retained the Leicestershire & Rutland Challenge Cup the following season, beating Loughborough University 4–1 in the final. In 2022–23 they reached the first round of the FA Cup again, losing 4–1 at Charlton Athletic. They finished the league season in second place, missing out on the league title on goal difference. In the subsequent promotion play-offs, they lost 4–3 on penalties to Rushall Olympic in the semi-finals after a 1–1 draw.

Ground

When based in Ravenstone, the club played at Ravenslea. However, after the parish council refused the club permission to erect floodlights, they moved to the Owen Street Sports Ground in Coalville. [1] Floodlights were installed at the new ground in 1996. [1] The ground is currently also known as the Mander Cruickshank Solicitors Stadium for sponsorship purposes. [7]

Managerial history

PeriodNameNationality
2001–2006Lee HarrimanFlag of England.svg  England
2006–2007 Brendon Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
2007–2014Adam StevensFlag of England.svg  England
2014Jimmy Gray [8] Flag of England.svg  England
2014–2018Tommy Brookbanks [9] Flag of England.svg  England
2018–2024Adam Stevens [10] Flag of England.svg  England
2024–PresentIan King

Honours

Records

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 History Archived 21 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Northern Premier League
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Coalville Town Leics Football
  3. 1 2 3 Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p418 ISBN   978-1-869833-77-0
  4. ↑ Ravenstone at the Football Club History Database
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Coalville Town at the Football Club History Database
  6. ↑ Coalville Win Leicestershire Challenge Cup Coalville Town F.C.
  7. ↑ Major Sponsorship Deal Announced Coalville Town F.C.
  8. ↑ "Jimmy Gray Announced As New Manager". Coalville Town F.C. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "New Manager Announced". Coalville Town F.C. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Adam Stevens Appointed New First Team Manager". Coalville Town F.C. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

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