 | ||
| Full name | Holwell Sports Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1902 | |
| Ground | Welby Road, Asfordby Hill | |
| Capacity | 1,000 [1] | |
| Chairman | Graham Lewin | |
| Manager | Neil Miller | |
| League | United Counties League Division One | |
| 2020–21 | United Counties League Division One (season curtailed) | |
| Website | Club website | |
Holwell Sports Football Club is a football club based in Asfordby Hill, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Welby Road.
The club was established in 1902 as Holwell Works. [1] They joined the Leicester & District League, and were league champions in 1907–08. After winning the league again the following season, [2] the club moved up to the Leicestershire Senior League. In 1911–12 they won the Leicestershire Senior League title. [3] At the end of the following season the club transferred to the Central Alliance. [3] However, in their first season in the Alliance they finished bottom of the league and resigned. [4]
Holwell subsequently played in the Melton Mowbray & District Amateur League. [2] After winning the league in 1933–34, [2] the club rejoined the re-established Leicestershire Senior League, the league having folded at the end of the 1929–30 season. [3] In 1946 they were placed in the Central Division. An eleventh-place finish in 1947–48 saw them earn a place in Division One for the 1948–49 season. However, the club finished bottom of the table and were relegated to Division Two. [5] Despite only finishing seventh in Division Two in 1949–50, they were promoted back to Division One at the first attempt. [5]
In 1954–55 Holwell were Division One runners-up. They were runners-up again in 1957–58, but after finishing second-from-bottom in 1961–62, the club were relegated to Division Two. This began a period of yo-yoing between the divisions as they were promoted back to Division One at the end of the 1962–63 season, then relegated the following season. The club were promoted back to Division One again in 1965–66, but relegated back to Division Two again two seasons later. [5] In 1976 the club left the league, returning to the Leicester & District League. After finishing as runners-up in 1978–79 they rejoined Division Two of the Senior League. [2] [5]
Holwell were Division Two runners-up in 1981–82, earning promotion to Division One., which was renamed the Premier Division in 1983. They were relegated back to the (renamed) Division One after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1983–84, but won Division One at the first attempt to ensure an immediate return to the Premier Division. [5] In 1987–88 the club won the Premier Division title, and at the end of the season were renamed Holwell Sports. [5] Under the new name, they won back-to-back Premier Division titles in 1991–92 and 1992–93. They were runners-up in 2000–01 and 2004–05, [6] and won the League Cup in 2005–06. [2] In 2008 the club were founder members of the East Midlands Counties League. [6]
At the end of the 2017–18 season, Holwell were transferred to Division One of the United Counties League.
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.
Loughborough Dynamo Football Club is a football club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands and play at the Nanpantan Sports Ground.
Epsom & Ewell Football Club is a football club based in Epsom, Surrey, England. Affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association, the club are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and groundshare at Leatherhead's Fetcham Grove. The club have played outside Epsom since leaving their West Street Ground in 1993.
Ely City Football Club is a football club based in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division and play at the Unwin Sports Ground.
Birstall United Football Club is a football club based in Birstall, near Leicester, in Leicestershire, England. The club are currently members of the United Counties League Division One.
Blaby & Whetstone Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Whetstone, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division and play at Warwick Road.
Ibstock United Football Club was a football club based in the village of Ibstock, near Coalville in Leicestershire, England. They played at the Welfare Ground.
Kirby Muxloe Football Club is a football club based in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Ratby Lane.
Leicester Nirvana Football Club is a football club based in the Hamilton area of Leicester in Leicestershire. Formed in 2008 by a merger of Thurnby Rangers and Leicester Nirvana, they are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division North and play at Hamilton Park.
Hullbridge Sports Football Club is a football club based in Hullbridge, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Isthmian League North Division and play at Lower Road. The club runs over 25 teams from under-6 through to men's senior football.
Heather St John's Football Club is a football club based in the village of Heather, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division North and play at St John's Park.
Lutterworth Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England. They are members of the United Counties League Premier Division South and play at Dunley Way.
Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the National League North, the sixth tier of English football, and play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship upon their shirts in 1976, and as of 2015, were the leading FA Cup goalscorers of all time.
Morpeth Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Premier Division and play at Craik Park.
Harborough Town Football Club is a football club based in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division South and plays at Bowden Park.
Lutterworth Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Hall Park.
Aylestone Park Football Club is a football club based in Leicester, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Saffron Lane.
Melton Town Football Club is a football club based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division North and play at the Melton Sports Village.
Gareth Collins is a former English-Welsh rugby union player who is currently head coach at Melton Mowbray and Head of Psychology at The King's School Grantham. A Leicester Tigers youth player, Collins was a versatile back who made his name scoring tries, being one of the most prolific finishers in National League 2 North history with 152 tries scored during his time with Rugby Lions and Leicester Lions, which included a joint divisional record 32 tries in a season. As well as playing club rugby he has also represented Warwickshire in the county championships and has captained the England Counties XV.
Ingles Football Club is a football club based in Shepshed, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Shepshed Dynamo's Dovecote Stadium.
Coordinates: 52°46′05.95″N0°55′33.37″W / 52.7683194°N 0.9259361°W
