Sporting Club Inkberrow F.C.
| Full name | Sporting Club Inkberrow | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Eagles | |
| Founded | 1978 | |
| Stadium | Sands Road | |
| Chairman | Neil Guy | |
| Manager | Umit Eminoglu, Neil Guy | |
| League | Hellenic LeagueDivision One | |
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Sporting Club Inkberrow Football Club(SC Inkberrow FC) is a football club based inInkberrow,Worcestershire,England.They are currently members of theHellenic Football LeaguePremier Division and play at Sands Road,Inkberrow.The Football Club forms part of the wider Inkberrow Football Club, and the Sporting Club Inkberrow charity.
History
[edit]Inkberrow FCwas formed in 1978, initially providing senior men's football and playing from the Inkberrow playing fields.[1]In 2016, the club entered the Stratford Alliance League asInkberrow Colts.In 2019, the club joined theMidland Leaguebut were required to register as a separate club to the wider Inkberrow FC, due to an Inkberrow team already competing in the league setup. The club chose to adopt the name of the wider charity the club is associated to, and adopted the original playing colours of the founding team of 1978. After a season in the system and winning Division Four of the Midland Football League, the club joined theHellenic LeagueDivision Two West in 2020 where they again won the league at their first attempt. In 2021, Sporting Club Inkberrow joined theHerefordshire Football League,winning the Premier Division at the end ofthe season.[2]
In 2023, the club was admitted into the Hellenic League Division One, marking the first time an Inkberrow team became part of the football pyramid, entering at step 6.[3]In their first season at this level, Inkberrow reached the play-off final after beatingClanfield Football Club3-0 in the semi-final, but lost to play-off winnersMalmesbury Victoria2-1. Despite this, Inkberrow were still promoted to the Hellenic Premier division for the 24/25 season, entering step 5 football for the first time in their history, and one of only two teams to achieve back to back promotions from step 7 to step 5 in the 23/24 season.
Ground
[edit]The club currently play at Sands Road inInkberrow,[4]whereSir Bobby Robsonofficially launched the clubs new facilities in 2008[5].The site at Sands Road consists of a large pavilion with bar, café and changing facilities, four full-size football pitches, two junior pitches, grass training areas, and also two cricket squares with the facilities being mixed use with Inkberrow Cricket Club.
Playing Kit
[edit]Traditionally all Inkberrow FC teams have played in Blue and Yellow kits since the launch of the Junior Section in 2000. But as part of the requirement from the FA in 2019 to officially register two separate clubs, the newly formed Sporting Club Inkberrow FC adopted the colours of the original founding team from 1978. The current primary sponsor for both the Home and Away kits is supported by Heddleworth Amusements.
References
[edit]- ^"Football club".Sporting Club Inkberrow F.C.Retrieved6 June2023.
- ^"Sporting Club Inkberrow FC".Inkberrow F.C.Retrieved6 June2023.
- ^"National League System club allocations – steps 5/6, season 2023–24"(.pdf).The Football Association.Retrieved7 June2023.
- ^"Sporting Club Inkberrow".Hellenic Football League.Retrieved6 June2023.
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