Stockton Town F.C.
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Stockton Town Football Club is an English football club based in Stockton-on-Tees, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One East and play at Bishopton Road West, which has an overall capacity of 1,800, including 200 available seats. They are managed by former player Michael Dunwell, who retired from playing in 2014.
Full name | Stockton Town Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Anchors | ||
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Founded | 1987; 37 years ago (1987) | ||
Ground | Bishopton Road West | ||
Capacity | 1,800 (200 seated) | ||
Chairman | Martin Hillerby | ||
Manager | Michael Dunwell | ||
League | Northern Premier League Division One East | ||
2022–23 | Northern Premier League Division One East, 2nd of 20 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The club are notable for reaching the Final of the FA Vase in the 2017–18 season, where they finished as runners-up, after being defeated 1–0 by champions Thatcham Town.[1] Their previous success includes four consecutive Wearside Football League titles between 2012 and 2016, two consecutive Wearside League Cup titles between 2014 and 2016, two consecutive Monkwearmouth Charity Cup titles between 2014 and 2016, as well as winning the Shipowners Charity Cup in the 2014–15 season.
Their club badge, which includes their motto, "Fortitudo et Spes" (Latin for "Strength and Hope"), is navy and yellow, representing their traditional colours. The historic club nickname, "the Anchors", is taken from the Stockton coat of arms, representing the town's shipbuilding history during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.