Nuneaton Griff F.C.

Nuneaton Griff
Full name Nuneaton Griff Football Club
Nickname(s) The Heartlanders, The Griff
Founded 1972 (as Nuneaton Amateurs)
Ground The Pingles Stadium
Nuneaton
Ground Capacity 6,000 (232 seated)
Chairman John Gore
Manager Charlie Reardon
League Midland League Division One
2015–16 Midland League Division One, 3rd

Nuneaton Griff F.C. are a football club based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. They joined the Midland Football Combination Premier Division in 1999, and have been competeing in the Midland League Division One since it was formed in 2014.

Griff have won the Midland Combination Premier Division on two occasions, including a League and cup treble in 2000–01, earning them the Midland Combination Team of the Year Award, two Coventry Alliance Premier Division titles, one Birmingham Combination Premier Cup in 2000–01, two Coventry Alliance Premier Cups, five Coventry Telegraph Cups, two Chapel End Nursing Cups, along with the Birmingham County Junior Cup in 1998–99.

The club play their home games at the Pingles Stadium, which holds up to 6,000 spectators 232 seated. Griff's home kit is blue and white vertical striped shirts, with blue shorts, accompanied by blue socks. This combination has been used since the club formed in 1972.

History

The club was originally founded in 1972 as Nuneaton Amateurs when a dispute at the well-known local club Co-op Sports F.C. led to many members moving to the Nuneaton Griff and Coton Miners Welfare Ground. Nine players and officials paid £1 each to start the new club and Colin Wetton became the first manager, with Colin Rathbone as chairman.

The Amateurs initially played in the Coventry and North Warwickshire League, and in their very first season were denied a championship success when their opponents failed to turn up for a late-season rescheduled game and the Coventry and North Warwickshire League decided there was not time to fit in another match.

By the 1990s the club was playing in the Coventry Alliance Football League, where they were dominant for a number of years. In 1998–99 the decision was made to apply for membership of the Midland Football Combination.

The club was controversially placed directly into the Premier Division but the Heartlanders, under manager Mark Green, repaid that faith by winning the championship in their first season 1999–2000 and repeated the feat the following season 2000–01, adding the Endsleigh Challenge Cup for good measure. In the process they made history by winning the Challenge Cup at Villa Park and the following night winning the Coventry Telegraph Cup at Highfield Road, Coventry, to become the only club ever to play in two cup finals on consecutive days at two different Premier League football grounds win them both.

In 2014 they were placed into the newly formed Midland Football League Division One. In the 2015-16 season the club reached the fifth round of the FA Vase for the first time, where they lost 3-0 to Salisbury at home in front of a record crowd of 870.[1]

Players

As of 19 November 2015

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK George Woodward
England GK Andrew Needham
England GK Jamie Brassington
England DF Ryan Aston
England DF Ashley Wilks
England DF Ryan Millerchip
England DF Darren Eggleton
England DF Ben Scoffham
England DF Ryan Slinn
England DF Jamie Greenway
England DF Chris Sockett
England MF Sam Belcher
England MF Mark Williams (Captain)
England MF Kyle Baxter
England MF Ben Ashby
No. Position Player
England MF Danny Harris
England MF Jack Leech
England MF Michael Swan
England MF David Barnett
England MF Joshua Ruff
England MF Kieron Brehon
England MF Michael Swan
England MF George Brindley
England FW Aden Moore
Zimbabwe FW Luke Shorthouse
England FW Lee Smith
England FW Danny Edmond
England FW Alex Naughton
England FW Adam Russell
England FW Matthew Brennan

Backroom staff

Position Staff
Chairman John Gore
Secretary Peter Kemp
Manager Charlie Reardon
Assistant Manager Petar Balac
Coach Neil Hopkins
Goalkeeper Coach Nic Gilks
Physio Adrian Evans
Kit Manager Adrian Evans
Reserves Manager Neil Badge
Reserves Assistant James Astley
Under 18s Manager Adrian Evans
Under 18s Assistant Sean Scoffham
Under 16s Manager Scott McEwan
Under 16s Assistant Rich Williams
Under 16s Coaches Danny Finlay
Programme Editor Roderick Grubb
Club Photographer Steve Lawrence
Match Day Stewards Mick Hayward Steve Hayward
Welfare Officer Robert Bell

Honours

Records

References

Coordinates: 52°30′56.68″N 1°27′51.43″W / 52.5157444°N 1.4642861°W / 52.5157444; -1.4642861

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