Stonewall F.C.

Stonewall
Full name Stonewall Football Club
Founded 1991
Ground Barn Elms Playing Fields, Barnes
Chairman Ben Biggs
Manager Eric Najib
League Middlesex County Football League Division One Central & East
2012–13 Middlesex County Football League Division One Central & East, 6th

Stonewall F.C. is Britain's top-ranking gay football team and Britain's first gay football team. They play their home games at Barn Elms Playing Fields, Barnes, London.[1] The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association.[2]

The club operates three teams. The first team play in the Middlesex County Football League Division One Central & East. The reserve team in the West End (London) A.F.A Sunday Football League and a third team play in the London Unity League[3]

History

The club was founded in 1991 by Amateur footballer Aslie Pitter, when he put an advert in a gay publication asking for like-minded people to contact him if they were interested in a kick-a-bout on a Sunday.[4][5] After getting a lot more results than he thought, Stonewall FC was born.[6]

The team has steadily risen through the league and in the 2001–02 season, the club won the Middlesex County Football League Senior Division, at their first attempt, and were promoted to the Premier Division.[7] The club stayed in the premier Division until the 2005–06 season when they finished bottom for the second season in a row and were relegated to Division one.[8][9] After finishing as Runners-up of Division one (Central and East) at the end of the 2008–09 campaign the club were promoted back to the premier division.[10] However the club could only stay in the top division of the league for two seasons before being relegated back to Division one (Central and East).[11]

Ground

Stonewall play their home games at Barn Elms Recreation Ground, Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes SW13 0DG.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Gay Competitions

Winners (7): 1995 (Berlin), 2000 (Cologne), 2001 (London), 2002 (Sydney), 2006 (Chicago), 2008 (London), 2009 (Washington D.C.)

Minor achievements

Records

See also

References

  1. ↑ "football.mitoo". 72.3.224.252. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "News". MiddlesexFA. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "London Unity League 2012 | Welcome". Londonunityleague.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Singh, Anita (31 December 2010). "Lady Antonia Fraser leads New Year Honours 2011 list". Telegraph. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "History". Stonewallfc.com. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Opening doors and joining in". THe Football Association. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  7. 1 2 "football.mitoo". 72.3.224.252. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "football.mitoo". 72.3.224.252. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "football.mitoo". 72.3.224.252. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  10. 1 2 "football.mitoo". 72.3.224.252. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "football.mitoo". 72.3.224.252. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "football.mitoo". 72.3.224.252. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  13. ↑ http://football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=15998&LeagueCode=MDX2011
  14. ↑ "football.mitoo". 72.3.224.252. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "football.mitoo". 72.3.224.252. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Club Honours". Stonewallfc.com. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  17. ↑ "football.mitoo". 72.3.224.252. Retrieved 7 December 2012.

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