Loughborough Students F.C.

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Loughborough University
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Full nameLoughborough University Students Football Club
Nickname(s)The Scholars
Founded1920 as Loughborough College
GroundLoughborough University Stadium, Loughborough
Capacity3,300
ChairmanRichard Allen
Manager Jamie Clapham
League Northern Premier League
2023–24 United Counties League Premier Division North, 3rd of 18 (promoted)
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Loughborough University Football Club (also known as Loughborough Students Football Club) is an English football club representing Loughborough University, based in Loughborough, Leicestershire. The club are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands and play at the Loughborough University Stadium.

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History

The club was founded in 1920 under the name Loughborough College. They joined Division Two of the Leicestershire Senior League in 1966, where they remained until 1972. [1] The club then left Senior football, and did not return until 2007 when they were promoted to the Premier Division of the Midland Combination. In 2008–09 they won the league's Premier Division, [2] and were promoted to the Midland Alliance. The Scholars ground shared at fellow local side Loughborough Dynamo until moving into the new Holywell Park, Loughborough University Stadium.

In 2011 the club beat Boldmere St Michaels 4–2 to lift the League Cup at Walsall's Bescot Stadium, then won the trophy again the following season when they beat Tipton Town 2–0.

Manager Stuart McLaren resigned from his post in 2014 after being announced as the new Stirling Albion manager. Following this, Michael Skubala was appointed as part time Performance Manager and put former Chesterfield manager John Duncan and Graham Harvey in charge of the 1st team. However they were not able to avoid the club ending in the bottom three of the Midland Football League Premier. Relegation was nonetheless avoided due to Causeway United folding at the end of the season.

For the 2015–16 season, the club turned to former Quorn AFC assistant manager and experienced non-league man Karl Brennan, and saw an upturn in results in his first part time management role.

In January 2017 Richard Allen, formally Head of Recruitment at Tottenham Hotspur, Academy Manager at QPR and more recently Head of Talent at the Football Association was appointed as the first ever Director of Football. Alex Ackerley was subsequently confirmed as full time Men's Head Coach and Mat Stock elevated from Programme Coordinator to Programme Manager.

The team managed to avoid relegation narrowly that season.

With the reorganisation of the Step 5 leagues in 2019, Loughborough Students FC were moved in to the United Counties League. Reaching the final of the Leicestershire and Rutland FA Senior Cup Final only to lose out in the final to Step 3 side Coalville Town FC

In 2021 former Leeds, Middlesbrough, Hull and Barnsley Assistant Manager and former Ipswich and Birmingham player Jamie Clapham was appointed as Men's Head Coach replacing Alex Ackerley who joined Sunderland FC to coach within their Academy set up.

In the 2021–22 season the Scholars were crowned BUCS National Champions for the first time in nine years and were semi-finalists in the FA Vase (losing away to Littlehampton Town), their best ever performance in the Vase. In 2022–23 they narrowly missed out on an inter-league play off place. In the 2023–24 season after finishing third in the league, they secured promotion via the playoffs beating Skegness 7-0 in the Playoff final gaining promotion for the first time to non-league Step 4, and were runners up in the Leicestershire and Rutland County Cup.

Notable former players

Alumni that went on to play or work in football include: [3]

Records

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Loughborough University at the Football Club History Database
  2. ↑ Midland Combination Premier Tony Kempster
  3. ↑ Hall of Fame Loughborough University FC
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Loughborough team photo with Barry Hines is a bit of football history | Letters". The Guardian. 29 March 2016 – via www.theguardian.com.

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