Sleaford Town F.C. is a football club based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England.

History

Sleaford Town were founded in 1968. They joined the Lincolnshire League, where they were generally successful, being a regular top-ten team. In 2003, Town announced plans to seek a higher level of football in the United Counties League. They had their best-ever season in 2003/04, winning the title for the first time in twenty-three years. They were duly promoted to the UCL. Town played for three seasons at RAF Cranwell, but despite winning the Division One title in 2005/06, they were not allowed promotion until their new Eslaforde Park ground was ready the following season, and they finished runners-up.

In the 2008/09 season, Sleaford Town F.C. are playing in the Eagle Bitter United Counties Football League Premier Division, led by manager Brian Rowlands, and will be looking to consolidate their position.

They reached the First Round Qualifying of the FA Cup in season 2008-09.

First-team squad

{| class="wikitable" | width="150px" | | width="150px" | |- |Gavin Bell |Shaun Popple |- |Nick Bishop |Paul Reece |- |Lee Crockett |Andrew Scott |- |Rick Drury |Carl Sedlan |- |John Edwards |Jason Sedlan |- |Adam Fenton |Jamie Shaw |- |Darren Glover |Tom Siddons |- |Jason Harrison |Oliver Sidney |- |Matt Hodgkin |Paul Stafford |- |Miles Hunter |Craig Stones |- |Kris Jones |Mickey Stones |- |Sam Kirton |Pete Sutton |- |Steve Lovett |Ben Thompson |- |Matthew Lunn |Daniel Tomlinson |- |Jon Machin |Paul Ward |- |-}

Club statistics

{| class="wikitable" {| border="1" cellpadding="1" style="border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background:black; color:white; color:white;" color=white align="center" | width="80px" | Season | width="220px" | Division | width="50px" | Points | width="50px" | Position | width="50px" | League Cup | width="50px" | F.A. Cup | width="50px" | F.A. Vase | width="250px" | Notes |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 1990 – 1991 | | | | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 1991 – 1992 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 37 | 12/18 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 1992 – 1993 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 45 | 9/19 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 1993 – 1994 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 65 | 9/20 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 1994 – 1995 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 55 | 9/20 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 1995 – 1996 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 58 | 7/19 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 1996 – 1997 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 54 † | 11/20 | | | | † = Four points deducted |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 1997 – 1998 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 71 | 4/19 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 1998 – 1999 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 57 | 7/19 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 1999 – 2000 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 39 | 12/18 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 2000 – 2001 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 43 | 6/15 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 2001 – 2002 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 39 | 5/14 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 2002 – 2003 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 53 | 2/13 | | | | |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 2003 – 2004 |bgcolor="#E6E6FA"|Lincolnshire League | 55 |bgcolor="#FAFAD2"| 1/12 | | | | Pre = Preliminary round |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 2004 – 2005 |bgcolor="#DDA0DD"|UCL First Division | 59 | 6/18 | Pre | | | R 1 = First Round |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 2005 – 2006 |bgcolor="#DDA0DD"|UCL First Division | 81 |bgcolor="#FAFAD2"| 1/18 | R 2 | | | R 2 = Second Round |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 2006 – 2007 |bgcolor="#DDA0DD"|UCL First Division | 68 ‡ | 2/16 | R 1 | | | ‡ = Three points deducted |- |bgcolor="#228B22"| 2007 – 2008 |bgcolor="#DA70D6"|UCL Premier Division | 51 | 14/21 | R 2 | | R 2 | |- |-}

Source: Football Club History Database (www.fchd.info)

External links

• Sleaford Town official website
• The Eagle Bitter United Counties League official website
• United Counties League at FA Full Time online
• United Counties League at Football Mitoo
• Sleaford Town at Football Club History Database