Gornal Athletic F.C.

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Gornal Athletic
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Full nameGornal Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s)The Peacocks
Founded1945
GroundGarden Walk Stadium, Gornal
ChairmanThomas Williams
ManagerDave King
League Midland League Division One
2023–24 West Midlands (Regional) League Division One, 2nd of 16 (promoted)

Gornal Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Lower Gornal, Dudley, in the West Midlands county in England. They are currently members of the Midland League Division One and play at the Garden Walk Stadium.

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History

The club was established in 1945 under the name Lower Gornal Athletic. [1] They joined the Worcestershire Combination. They finished bottom of the league in 1954–55. [2] In 1963 the club transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League, although their reserve team remained in Division Two of the Worcestershire Combination. When the West Midlands (Regional) League gained a second division in 1965, the club became members of the Premier Division. [3]

In 1972 the club were renamed Gornal Athletic. [4] Although they finished bottom of the Premier Division in 1978–79, they avoided being relegated. However, the 1979–80 season saw them finish second-from-bottom of the division, resulting in relegation to Division One. [4] The club were Division One runners-up in 1983–84, and after finishing as runners-up again in 1993–94, they were promoted back to the Premier Division. [4]

Gornal Athletic finished bottom of the Premier Division in 2002–03 and were relegated to Division One South. However, they won the division at the first attempt, earning an immediate promotion back to the Premier Division. [4] They went on to finish second in the Premier Division in 2005–06. [4] The club were Premier Division champions in 2011–12 and were promoted to the Midland Alliance. However, they were relegated back to the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division at the end of the 2013–14 season. [4] In 2016–17 they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to Division One.

In 2023–24 Gornal were runners-up in Division One of the West Midlands (Regional) League, earning promotion to Division One of the Midland League.

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References

  1. Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p706 ISBN   978-1-869833-77-0
  2. Worcestershire Combination 1950–1968 Non-League Matters
  3. 1 2 Lower Gornal Athletic at the Football Club History Database
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gornal Athletic at the Football Club History Database
  5. Handbook Archived 27 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Worcestershire FA
  6. Gornal Athletic History SO FAR! Gornal Athletic F.C.

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