Stowmarket Town F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Stowmerket Town
fullname = Stowmarket Town Football Club
nickname = Stow, Stow Town
founded = 1883 (as Stowmarket)
ground = The Greens Meadow Stadium
Stowmarket
capacity =
chairman = Andrew Horrex
manager = Louis Newman
league = Eastern Counties League
Division One
season = 2007–08
position = Eastern Counties League
Division One, 14th

Stowmarket Town FC are an English football team who play in Division One of the Eastern Counties League. The club plays its home games at the Greens Meadow Stadium in Stowmarket, Suffolk. The team colours are gold & black shirts, black shorts, and black stockings.

The club was founded as Stowmarket F.C. in 1883, originally playing at the Cricket Meadow. In 1983 they were renamed Stowmarket Town, and a year later moved to Green Meadow. They joined the Eastern Counties League in 1952, having played earlier seasons in the Essex and Suffolk Border League, and before that in the Ipswich & District League.

The club won the Senior County Cup in 2007 playing against Grundisburgh, winning 2-1. The game was played in front of 1,480 people at Ipswich Town's Portman Road.

Records

*Largest victory
**11-0 vs. Biggleswade Town in the Eastern Counties League, 1962-63
*Largest attendance
**3,800 vs. Romford in the FA Amateur Cup, 1951-52 (at Cricket Meadow)
**1,200 vs. Ipswich Town XI in a friendly match, 1994-95 (at Green Meadow)

External links

* [http://www.stowmarkettownfc.co.uk/ Stowmarket Town Football Club - Official Website]
* [http://www.fanzone.co.uk/Team/Non%20League%20Football/Ridgeons%20Division%201/Stowmarket%20Town.aspx Fanzone - Stowmarket Town]