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STAINES TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB DIRECTORY

CONTACTS & ADDRESSES:
HQ: Wheatsheaf Park, Wheatsheaf Lane, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 2PD
Telephone: Office: 07825 067232; Thames Club Reception: 01784 463100
Commercial & General Enquiries: Angie Payne: 07825 067232
Facsimile (fax): Thames Club: 01784 225947 (by arrangement)
Official website: www.stainesmassive.co.uk

HONORARY POSTS:
Patron: RUSSELL GRANT, the Lord of Ashford in Staines in Middlesex
Life Vice-President: FRANCES DOBSON
Life Members: ALAN BOON, MATTHEW BOON, MICK CLARKE, JOHN ESTALL, KEVIN FIDLER, JIM HORNE, STEVE PARSONS, ARTHUR WARD, DICK WATMORE
Patron to the Junior Section: MICK CLARKE
Vice-Presidents by Election: All Executive & General Committee members

OFFICERS & STAFF:
Executive Committee:
Chairman / Trustee ALAN BOON
Vice-Chairman / Trustee MATTHEW BOON
General Manager KEN WILLIAMS
Secretary / Trustee / Programme Co-Editor STEVE PARSONS
Treasurer CORINNE BOON
Steering Group / General Committee:
Member DARREN COX
Member / Social Sub-Committee VANESSA COX
Member / Youth Team Secretary / Boardroom Hostess HILARY DENNING
Member / Head Groundsman GRAHAM GOULD
Member GLENN GULYAS
Member JOHN HANSON
Member / Social Sub-Committee / Boardroom Hostess MAUREEN HANSON
Member / Referee Liaison MIKE HOLLAND
Member / Groundsman’s Team ANDY JONES
Member / Programme Co-Editor / Public Address STUART MOORE
Member / Boardroom Manager BARBARA MOSS
Member / Commercial Manager ANGIE PAYNE
Member / Social Sub-Committee Chair SALLY PAYNE
Member / Groundsman’s Team JESSE RICHARDS
Member / Safety Officer / Welfare Officer BOB SHERWOOD
Member / Deputy Head Steward KIM SHERWOOD
Member / Match Co-Secretary CHRIS WAINWRIGHT
Member / Match Co-Secretary KERRY WAINWRIGHT
Members Executive Committee members listed above

FOOTBALL MANAGEMENT & STAFF:
First Team:
Club & First Team Manager STEVE CORDERY
Assistant Manager CRAIG MASKELL
Coach TRENT PHILLIPS
Physiotherapists GARETH WORKMAN, PAUL MIDWINTER
Reserve Team:
Manager MARTYN SPONG
Assistant Manager CHRIS WAINWRIGHT
Youth (Academy) Under 18 Team:
Manager MARK FABIAN
Assistant Manager JIM WIGMORE
Academy Under 19 Premier Team:
Manager ANDY STANFORD
Assistant Manager ANDY NORTH
Academy Under 19 “A” Team:
Manager MARTYN SPONG
Assistant Manager ANDY NORTH
Academy & Youth Personnel:
Kingston College Men’s Football Academy Director MARTYN SPONG
Kingston College Assistant Academy Director MARK FABIAN
Kingston College Fitness & Conditioning Coach ANDY SCOTT
Kingston College Goalkeeping Coach CLIVE OFFER
Under 19 Therapist GEOFF DADSWELL
Youth Development Officer JESSE RICHARDS
Kingston College Acting Vice-Principal MIKE TWEEDALE
Kingston College Head of Coaching & Performance Section JADE EASTON
Kingston College Leader of Academies Programme WENDY MARTIN
Kingston Coll. Sports Development Officer / Girls’ Academy Director ADAM DOUTHWAITE

CLUB STAFF:
Matchday & Functions Caterer SALLY PAYNE
Programme Sales KEITH HANCE
Head Steward BILL BAKER
Stewards DAVID BROWN, JOHN COOK, ANDY TALBOT, BRIAN WRIGHT
Teabar Manager SALLY EDWICK
Kit Manager MARGARET GOULD
Webmasters KEITH TUNNICLIFFE
Club Photographer / Website Assistance LAURENCE WAKEFIELD
Reserve & Academy Team Photographer KEITH HARRIS
Programme Print & Design SPITTING LIZARD / STEVE COOPER
Cleaning Contractor GOONERS CLEANING SERVICE / JOHN BLAIR
Accountants PHILIP SMITH & CO.
Veterans’ Golf Society Manager ALAN GANE

STAINES TOWN FC – CLUB INFORMATION

Club Name: Staines Town Football Club
Official Nickname: The Swans
Accepted Date of Foundation: 1892
Club Colours: Old Gold & Blue

EmblemsThe former Staines UDC crestA SwanThe London Stone

Full Members of . . . The Football AssociationMiddlesex County Football AssociationThe Football Conference Limited (Blue Square Bet Conference) - SouthCapital Football League - Western DivisionThe Southern Combination Challenge Cup CompetitionIsthmian Youth League (Ryman Youth League) - West DivisionEnglish College Football Association League - Premier 1 & Reserve Divisions

Previous Names:
1892 – 1895 Staines FC
<1891 – 1895 St. Peter’s Institute FC
The above two clubs merged to form Staines Town FC in 1895
1895 – 1896 Staines Town FC
1896 – 1903 Staines Albany FC
1903 – 1914 Staines FC
1919 – 1925 Staines Lagonda FC
1925 – 1935 Staines Town FC
1943 – 1946 Staines 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 – present Steve Cordery
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.

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