Sporting Club Inkberrow F.C.

Sporting Club Inkberrow

Full name	Sporting Club Inkberrow
Nickname(s)	The Eagles
Founded	1978;47 years ago (1978)
Stadium	Sands Road
Chairman	Neil Guy
Manager	Umit Eminoglu, Neil Guy
League	Hellenic League Division One
Home colours

Sporting Club Inkberrow Football Club (SC Inkberrow FC) is a football club based in Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England. They are currently members of the Hellenic Football League Premier Division and play at Sands Road, Inkberrow. The Football Club forms part of the wider Inkberrow Football Club, and the Sporting Club Inkberrow charity.

History

Inkberrow FC was formed in 1978, initially providing senior men's football and playing from the Inkberrow playing fields. ^[1] In 2016, the club entered the Stratford Alliance League as Inkberrow Colts. In 2019, the club joined the Midland League but were required to register as a separate club to the wider Inkberrow FC, due to an Inkberrow team already competing in the league setup. The club chose to adopt the name of the wider charity the club is associated to, and adopted the original playing colours of the founding team of 1978. After a season in the system and winning Division Four of the Midland Football League, the club joined the Hellenic League Division Two West in 2020 where they again won the league at their first attempt. In 2021, Sporting Club Inkberrow joined the Herefordshire Football League, winning the Premier Division at the end of the season. ^[2]

In 2023, the club was admitted into the Hellenic League Division One, marking the first time an Inkberrow team became part of the football pyramid, entering at step 6. ^[3] In their first season at this level, Inkberrow reached the play-off final after beating Clanfield Football Club 3-0 in the semi-final, but lost to play-off winners Malmesbury Victoria 2-1. Despite this, Inkberrow were still promoted to the Hellenic Premier division for the 24/25 season, entering step 5 football for the first time in their history, and one of only two teams to achieve back to back promotions from step 7 to step 5 in the 23/24 season.

Ground

The club currently play at Sands Road in Inkberrow, ^[4] where Sir Bobby Robson officially launched the clubs new facilities in 2008^[5]. The site at Sands Road consists of a large pavilion with bar, café and changing facilities, four full-size football pitches, two junior pitches, grass training areas, and also two cricket squares with the facilities being mixed use with Inkberrow Cricket Club.

Records

• Best FA Cup performance: Extra Preliminary Round , 2024-25

• Best FA Vase performance: Second Qualifying Round, 2024–25

Playing Kit

Traditionally all Inkberrow FC teams have played in Blue and Yellow kits since the launch of the Junior Section in 2000. But as part of the requirement from the FA in 2019 to officially register two separate clubs, the newly formed Sporting Club Inkberrow FC adopted the colours of the original founding team from 1978. The current primary sponsor for both the Home and Away kits is supported by Heddleworth Amusements.

References

1. "Football club". Sporting Club Inkberrow F.C. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
2. "Sporting Club Inkberrow FC". Inkberrow F.C. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
3. "National League System club allocations – steps 5/6, season 2023–24" (.pdf). The Football Association. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
4. "Sporting Club Inkberrow". Hellenic Football League. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

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