STAINES TOWN FC – CLUB INFORMATION [More]

 

Club Name:  Staines Town Football Club

Official Nickname:  The Swans

Accepted Date of Foundation:  1892

Club Colours:  Old Gold & Blue

 

 

 

 

Emblems

The former Staines UDC crest

A Swan

The London Stone

 

Full Members of . . .

The Football Association

Middlesex County Football Association

The Football Conference Limited (Blue Square Bet Conference) - South

Capital Football League - Western Division

The Southern Combination Challenge Cup Competition

Isthmian Youth League (Ryman Youth League) - West Division

English College Football Association League - Premier 1 & Reserve Divisions

 

Previous Names:

1892 – 1895 Staines FC

<1891 – 1895St. Peter’s Institute FC

The above two clubs merged to form Staines Town FC in 1895

1895 – 1896Staines Town FC

1896 – 1903Staines Albany FC

1903 – 1914Staines FC

1919 – 1925Staines Lagonda FC

1925 – 1935Staines Town FC

1943 – 1946Staines Vale FC

1946 – 2011...Staines Town FC

Notes:

There was a later Staines Albany FC in the 1930s, but this was not related to the present club.  There was a later Staines Lagonda FC, also called Lagonda (Staines) FC in the 1940s, but this was unrelated to the present club, in fact being a forerunner of Petters Sports FC.  It is possible that Staines Vale FC in fact changed its name to Staines FC for season 1945/6, before reverting to Staines Town FC the next season.

 

Previous Associated Clubs:

1879 – ????  Staines Rovers FC (link unproven)

???? – ????  Staines Athletic FC (link unproven)

c.1914 – c.1919 Staines Projectile FC (link unproven)

c.1896 – 1935  Staines Early Closing FC /

Staines Town Thursdays FC / Staines & Egham Thursdays FC

(possible link with Staines Town for part of this period)

1974 – 2011 intermittently  Staines Town FC Juniors (subsidiary club)

2000 – 2002  Staines Town FC Ladies (subsidiary club)

2005 – 2010  Staines Town FC Women (subsidiary club)

 

Club & First Team Managers ¹:

August 1943 – 194?  Steve ‘Chubb’ Nicholas jnr

14 July 1947 – 19??  G. Lawrence

19?? – 19??  Peter Nicholas

1954 – 1959/60  Ray Wyld

c.1963 – c.July 1968  Cliff Lane*

early 1963/4  T Elliot

second half of 1963/4  Dick Searle

mid 1964/5 – 20 Feb 1967†  Ray Wyld

20 Feb 1967 – c.15 January 1968  Jimmy Clugston

c.16 January 1968 – c.31 May 1968  Jim Bell

c.1 July 1968 – c.10 May 1979  Ken Ballard

summer 1979 – 2 October 1980  Rob Williams

2 – 6 October 1980 (joint caretakers)  Arthur Rowlands & Tim Soutar

6 October 1980 – 1 September 1982  George Talbot

1 September 1982 – 7 January 1984  Henry Tumbridge

7 – 21 January 1984 (caretaker)  Mike Nicks

21 January – 11 July 1984  Iain Maclean

17 July 1984 – 23 October 1986  Bruce Butler

23 October 1986 – 3 September 1987  Jackie Graham

4 September 1987 – 17 October 1989  Alan Gane

18 October 1989 – 23 October 1990  Richard Teale

24 Oct – 16 Nov 1990 (joint caretakers)  Jackie Graham, Gordon Phillips, Chris Davey

17 November 1990 – 30 June 1991  Gordon Sweetzer

1 July 1991 – 15 January 1992  Neil Price

16 January 1992 – 10 May 1993 (initially as caretaker)  Wayne Wanklyn

17 May 1993 – 16 February 1999  Chris Wainwright

17 – 20 February 1999 (caretaker)  Danny Pipe

20 February 1999 – 2 April 2003  Ken Ballard

2 April – 23 May 2003 (temporary)  Mark Butler

23 May 2003 – 28 April 2012   Steve Cordery

14 May 2012 - 29December 2014   Marcus Gayle

7 Jan 2015 - 7 Jan 2016  Nicky Forster

 

Notes:

¹ Prior to World War II (and for some years afterwards) it is believed that there was no Team Manager, the side being selected by a Selection Committee and organised on match days by the Captain.

† Ray Wyld died in office

* Cliff Lane served as Club Manager throughout this period, but there was a separate First Team Manager at some times during this tenure. Since the arrival of Ken Ballard (first spell), the two posts have been combined.

 

Previous First Team Home Grounds:          [notes]

St Peter’s Institute Ground, Edgell Road [1]  <1891 – 1895

The Billet Ground, Shortwood Common  1892 – c.1907

The Lammas, Wraysbury Road [2]  around 1900

Mill Mead Enclosure, Hammond’s Farm [3]  c.1908 – 1935

Lino Meadow, Linoleum Manufacturing Co. Sports Ground, Mill Mead  1943–6

Laleham Village Recreation Ground, Broadway, Laleham [4]  1946 – 1952

Staines Stadium, Wraysbury Road [5, 6]  c.1946 –  c.1947

The Lammas, Wraysbury Road [2, 5, 7]  c.1946 –  c.1947

Mott’s Field, Commercial Road [2, 5]  c.1946 –  c.1947

Staines Town FC, Wheatsheaf Lane [8]  September 1952 – 2001

Chertsey Town FC, Alwyns Lane, Chertsey [9]  1996 – 1998

Walton & Hersham FC, Stompond Lane [9]  Season 2001/2002

Egham Town FC, Tempest Road [9, 10]  August 2002 – February 2003

Staines Town FC, Wheatsheaf Park [11]  February 2003 – present

 

Emergency home grounds 

Hertford FC, Hertingfordbury Park  1935‡

Berkhamsted Town FC, Sunnyside Enclosure [21] 1935‡

Bishop’s Stortford FC, Town Ground [21] 1935‡

Wingate FC, Indian Gymkhana, Thornbury Avenue, Osterley [22]  1947*

Chertsey Town FC, Alwyns Lane  1951* & 2002*

Hampton FC, The Beveree, Beaver Close, Station Road [23] 1969* & 1972‡

Uxbridge FC, ‘Honeycroft’, Cleveland Road, Cowley [21]  1976‡

Southall & Ealing Borough FC, Western Road [21]  1979‡

Barking FC, Mayesbrook Park. Lodge Avenue  1982‡

Egham Town FC, Tempest Road [10] 1982‡ & 1993*

Hayes FC, Townfield House, Church Road [24]  1982* (twice)

Dorking Town FC, Meadowbank, Mill Lane [25]  1982‡

Metropolitan Police FC, Imber Court, Ember Lane, East Molesey  1982‡

Wokingham Town FC, Finchampstead Road [21]  1982‡

Ashford Town FC, Short Lane, Stanwell [26]  1994*

Bedfont FC, The Orchard, Hatton Road [27]  1996*

Harrow Borough FC, Earlsmead, Carlyon Avenue  1997*

Uxbridge FC, ‘Honeycroft’, Horton Road, West Drayton  2001‡

Oxford City FC, Court Place Farm Stadium, Marsh Lane 2001‡

Molesey FC, 412 Walton Road, West Molesey  2001* & 2006‡

Carshalton Athletic FC, War Memorial Sports Ground, Colston Avenue  2001*

Hendon FC, Claremont Road [21]  2001*

Yeading FC, The Warren, Beaconsfield Road [28]  2004*

Chessington & Hook United FC, Chalky Lane  2006‡

North Greenford United FC, Berkeley Fields, Berkeley Avenue  2010‡

 

Notes:

[1] Home ground of St. Peter’s Institute FC prior to the merger.

[2] Unconfirmed.  Also used c.1946–7.

[3] Has also been referred to as Purser’s Farm or Wicks’s Farm, as well as Staines Lagonda FC ground, Staines Town FC ground, or The ‘Town’ Ground.  This was adjacent to, but different from, the Lino’ Ground (Staines Linoleum Athletic Club Ground).

[4] Now the site of the Lucan Pavilion, home of Staines Lammas FC; the Staines (Town) ground occupied an area now used for cricket at this site.

[5] Occasional games.

[6] Greyhound / stock-car stadium now under the M25 slip road, closed in about 1960.

[7] Also known as Ashby Recreation Ground.

[8] The pitch was moved approximately 15 metres to the east in 1982, when a strip of land behind the Penton Hook Road goal was sold for housing.  For seasons 1996/7 & 1997/8, only occasional matches were played at Wheatsheaf Lane, with most being at Chertsey Town FC.

[9] Ground share.

[10] This ground in Pooley Green was previously also known at Charta Road; and was later named the Runnymede Stadium.

[11] The completely rebuilt ground re-opened on the same site as previously, now shared with The Thames Club fitness and conference facility.  The name Wheatsheaf Park (the original but rarely used name for the ground from the outset) has been habitually used to distinguish the new ground from the old.

[21] Ground no longer extant.

[22] Now the ground of  Indian Gymkhana FC.

[23] Club now renamed Hampton & Richmond Borough FC.

[24] Subsequently became the first home of Hayes & Yeading United FC, until it closed in May 2011.

[25] Club now renamed Dorking FC.

[26] Club now renamed Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC.

[27] Now the home ground of both Feltham FC and Bedfont Town FC, following the closure of Bedfont FC.  The ground remains the property of Bedfont Sports & Social Club.

[28] Ground is being redeveloped as the new home of Hayes & Yeading United FC.

* denotes hired for isolated matches in emergencies.

‡ denotes ‘home’ match hosted by our opponents.

 

First Team Leagues entered:

West London Alliance  1899 – 1900

West London League  1900 – 1901

West Middlesex League  1901 – 1904

Great Western Suburban League  1904 – 1913

Hounslow & District League  1913/4 & 1919/20

Uxbridge & District League [1]  1920 – 1921

Great Western Suburban League [1]  1920 – 1924

Spartan League  1924 – 1935

Middlesex Senior League  1943 – 1951

Parthenon League  1951 – 1953

Hellenic League  1953 – 1958

Spartan League  1958 – 1971

Athenian League  1971 – 1973

Isthmian League  1973 – 2009

Football Conference  2009 – present

Note: [1] In season 1920/1, the First Team competed in two leagues.