Stokes Valley FC

Stokes Valley FC
Full nameStokes Valley Football Club
Founded1967 (57 years ago) (1967)
GroundDelaney Park, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt
ChairmanGlenn Perry
LeagueCapital 2
2024Capital 2, 2nd of 10
Websitehttps://www.svfootball.org.nz/

Stokes Valley Football Club is an amateur football club based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

The club was formed on the 7 March 1967 from a meeting at St. Phillip's Church Hall.[1][2] After entering the local leagues in Division 6, the first team won promotion in the next seven of the clubs first nine years.[2]

From the 1970s through to 1993 the club bounced between Divisions one to three before they saw promotion to the top league Central League in 1994.[2] They would spend three years in the division before pulling out in 1997 due to costs and lack of players.[2][1]

The club also competes in the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's premier knockout tournaments for men.[3] The best run they have had in the competition is making the final sixteen twice. They first did it in 1979 before losing 0–4 to Stop Out,[4][5] then again in 1988, this time losing 0–2 to Gisborne City.[6][7]

Honours

  • Central League Division Three South – 1978
  • Central League Division Two – 1992
  • Central League Division One – 1993

References

  1. ^ a b Ruane, Jeremy. "Stokes Valley". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Stokes Valley - History". Stokes Valley FC. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ^ "National knockout cup comps return to set records". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ "New Zealand 1979". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  5. ^ Ruane, Jeremy. "1979 Chatham Cup". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. ^ "New Zealand 1988". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. ^ Ruane, Jeremy. "1988 Chatham Cup". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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