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| Full name | Droylsden Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Bloods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Butcher's Arms Ground Droylsden (Capacity 3,000 (500 seated)) |
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| Chairman | Dave Pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Dave Pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Conference North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | Conference National, 24th (relegated) |
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History
Droylsden were originally formed at the invitation of Joseph Cropper, Landlord of the Butchers Arms, to play behind the pub. After twenty years of friendlies and local leagues, disbandment, reformations and changes of strip, the club emerged from the First World War the sole survivors amongst the village teams, and as members of the Manchester League. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Structure The league consists of five divisions the Premier Division and Division One are exclusively for first teams while Divisions Two Three and Four consist of reserve and
The club also adopted their now traditional colours of red and white, the inspiration for the unusual nickname of 'The Bloods'.
Two games in the 1921 Manchester Junior Cup Final against Hyde United of the Manchester League attracted over 1,500 people to see Hyde prevail but the Bloods had their revenge two years later, taking the Cup from their local rivals. Hyde United Football Club are a semi-professional team from Hyde Greater Manchester, England.
The thirties was the era of Droylsden's record goal scorer, Ernest 'Gilly' Gillibrand, scorer of 275 goals in just four seasons. Gilly's goals saw Droylsden to the Manchester League Championship in 1931 and again in 1933, and in the latter season he aided Droylsden to the Third Qualifying Round in their first season in the FA Cup. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after That benchmark would take over 40 years to pass!
In 1936, the club successfully applied to join the Lancashire Combination and, a season later, became a nursery club to Manchester City. The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1891-92 City's 'A' team played at the Butchers Arms and their surplus players were available to Droylsden, although the Bloods were disqualified from the FA Cup.
When other competitions were suspended in 1939 at the start of World War II, Droylsden entered the prestigious Cheshire League, reaching their highest ever league position as runners-up in their second season (1945/6). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including But the club couldn't build on that start and, four seasons later, failed in their second successive bid for re-election. Worse was to come; the sale of the Butchers Arms lease to Belle Vue Football Club - who renamed themselves Droylsden United - saw the Bloods forced out to the nearby Moorside Trotting Stadium. The town wasn't big enough for two clubs, especially with bad feeling between them, and after the local council bought the ground, a merger was negotiated.
Droylsden came home in 1952 to a renovated ground whose pitch had been rotated to its present position, finally eradicating a long-standing drainage problem.
Two decades in the Combination ended in 1968 with a return to the Cheshire League, after the formation of the Northern Premier League. History The Northern Premier League (NPL was founded in 1968, as the northern equivalent of the Southern League, decades after the other two leagues at what The club won the Manchester Senior Cup in 1973, 1976 and 1979 and enjoyed considerable FA Cup success, reaching the Fourth Qualifying Round four times in five seasons and the Cup proper twice.
In 1976 Droylsden lost 5-3 in a First Round Replay at Grimsby Town, after a late home 'goal' was disallowed, but in 1978 Dave Taylor's goal at Rochdale sent the Bloods through to a Second Round tie at home to Altrincham, who ended the run with a 2-0 win. Grimsby Town are an English Football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football Rochdale Association Football Club is a English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Altrincham Football Club is a football club from Altrincham, Greater Manchester. But when the late seventies side broke up, Droylsden's fortunes slumped. The club finished a distant bottom of the First Division in 1982 and were placed in Division 2 of the new North Western Counties League. The unstable period ended with the appointment of Mark Fallon as player-manager. In his second season Fallon guided his team to the Second Division Championship - Droylsden's first senior honour.
After finishing 3rd in the Conference North's inaugural season (2004-05), Droylsden were looking go one better and reach the top tier of non-league football for the first time in their history.
A fourth-place finish in the 2005-06 season gave Droylsden a second chance to reach the Conference through the play-offs, but they narrowly missed out on penalties in the final against Stafford Rangers. Stafford Rangers Football Club are a semi-professional English football team from Stafford who play in the Conference North. They finally reached the Conference for season 2007/08 when a 2-0 win at home to Harrogate Town gave them the Conference North Championship. Harrogate Town FC is an English semi-professional football club from Harrogate North Yorkshire. The Conference North (currently billed as Blue Square North for sponsorship reasons is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place
On March 29 2006 Droylsden lost 2-1 to Hyde United in the final of the Manchester Premier Cup. Hyde United Football Club are a semi-professional team from Hyde Greater Manchester, England.
On April 18 2007 Droylsden beat Flixton 3-0 in the final of the Manchester Premier Cup. Flixton FC are an English football club based in Flixton, near Urmston, Greater Manchester.
On April 21 2007 Droylsden beat Harrogate Town F. C. 2-0 to be crowned Conference North Champions 2007 and win promotion to the Conference National with 2 games in hand. Conference National (currently named the Blue Square Premier for sponsorship reasons is the top division of the Football Conference. The team struggled in the Conference National in 2007-08 though, and were relegated back to the Conference North on April 8, despite winning 2-1 over Farsley Celtic, due to Weymouth's draw against Grays Athletic the same night. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Farsley Celtic Association Football Club are an English football club based in Farsley, in the City of Leeds. Weymouth FC, also known as "The Terras" are a Dorset -based English football club based in the town of Weymouth, who play in the Grays Athletic Football Club are a football team from the south east of England, representing the town of Grays, Thurrock, Essex Bizarrely, many (including the players) were unaware of this until the following day, as it seemed that Droylsden could have theoretically survived by winning all their remaining games and hoping other results went their way. However, since Weymouth's final match of the season was against fellow strugglers Altrincham, there was no way that Droylsden could catch the winner of that match (or either of them, in the event of a draw). Altrincham Football Club is a football club from Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
Players
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Current squad
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Record Attendances
(League) 15,000 Vs Hyde - Cheshire League, 1921
(Cup) 4250 Vs Grimsby Town, FA Cup 1st round, 1976
Honours
- Conference North
- Champions 2006-07
- Northern Premier League
- Division One Champions 1998-99
- North West Counties League
- Division Two Champions 1986-87
- Manchester League
- Champions 1931, 1933
- Manchester Junior Cup
- Winners 1923
- Manchester Senior Cup
- Winners 1973, 1976, 1979
- Manchester Premier Cup
- Winners 1981,1993,2000,2006,2007
- Tony Downes Memorial Cup
- Joint Winners 2007-08 (with Chester)
References
- ^ Droylsden. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Stephen Paul "Steve" Halford (born September 21 1980 in Bury, England) is an English footballer, currently playing Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Grimsby Town are an English Football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Manchester Premier Cup is an English non-league football cup competition for teams who are members of the Manchester FA department Chester City Football Club is an English football club from Chester. FootballSquads. Retrieved on 2007-08-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar.
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