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2001–02 FA Trophy
The 2001–22 FA Trophy was the thirty-fourth season of the FA Trophy. A total of 177 clubs entered the competition. The competition was won for the first time by Yeovil Town, who defeated Stevenage Borough 2–0 in the Final at Villa Park, Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ... on 12 May 2002. 1st round Ties Replays 2nd round Ties Replays 3rd round The teams from Football Conference entered in this round. Ties Replays 4th round Ties Replays 5th round Ties Replays QuarterFinal Semi-finals First leg ---- Second leg ''Stevenage Borough win 4–1 on aggregate'' ---- ''Yeovil Town win 5–2 on aggregate'' Final References General Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 2001-02 Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:FA Trophy 2001-02 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeovil Town F
Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2011) was 45,784. More recent estimates show a population of 48,564. It is close to Somerset's southern border with Dorset, from London, south of Bristol, from Sherborne and from Taunton. The aircraft and defence industries which developed in the 20th century made it a target for bombing in the Second World War; they are still major employers. Yeovil Country Park, which includes Ninesprings, is one of several open spaces with educational, cultural and sporting facilities. Religious sites include the 14th-century Church of St John the Baptist. The town is on the A30 and A37 roads and has two railway stations. History Archaeological surveys have yielded Palaeolithic burial and settlement sites mainly to the south of the modern town, particularly in Hendford, where a Bronze Age golden torc (twisted collar) was found. Yeovil is on the main Roman ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McIndoe
Michael McIndoe (born 2 December 1979) is a Scottish football manager and former professional footballer. He is currently the sporting director and manager at Gretna 2008. He has previously played for Derby County, Wolves, Coventry City, Bristol City, Luton Town, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, Doncaster Rovers, MK Dons, Barnsley, Clydebank and Stirling Albion. McIndoe began his career at Luton Town where he made his home league professional debut at just 18 years old against Burnley on 5 September 1998. He has made 568 domestic league and cup appearances, scoring 92 goals. During his career McIndoe attracted in excess of £1million in transfer fees. Known for his crossing, technical ability and speed, he was a proven goalscorer at every level including League Cup goals against Premier League clubs Manchester City, Arsenal and Aston Villa. While playing for Doncaster Rovers he set a record scoring ten penalties which was more than any player in the English Football League in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neale Barry
Neale S. Barry (born 4 June 1958 and early career details: Official website.) is a retired , and current FA Head of Senior Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Stansfield
Adam Stansfield (10 September 1978 – 10 August 2010) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. He competed professionally for Yeovil Town, Hereford United and Exeter City, and won promotion from the Football Conference to The Football League with all three teams. Having played for three counties as a child, Stansfield began his career in non-league with Cullompton Rangers and Elmore, and had unsuccessful trials at league teams. At the age of 23, he signed his first professional contract with Yeovil Town, after impressing their manager Gary Johnson in a match against them. In his first season, he helped them win the FA Trophy, scoring in the 2002 final. The following season, Yeovil won the Conference and promotion into The Football League, although Stansfield was ruled out with a broken leg in the first game. In 2004, he transferred to Hereford United, where he won promotion to The Football League via the 2006 play-offs, and repeated the feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eton Park
Eton Park was an association football stadium located in Burton upon Trent, England. It was the home ground of Burton Albion F.C. from 1958 to 2005 when they moved to the £7.2 million Pirelli Stadium. The Brewers moved to the ground on 20 September 1958, coinciding with their promotion to the Southern League, and by the time of their departure 47 years later, they were members of the Conference. In 1972 the ground hosted the second final of the WFA Cup (forerunner of the Women's FA Cup The Women's FA Challenge Cup Competition is the top annual cup tournament for women's clubs in English football. Founded in 1970, it has been named the WFA Cup, FA Women's Cup and now Women's FA Cup (Vitality Women's FA Cup for sponsorship rea ...), between Southampton Women and Lee's Ladies, with an attendance of 1,500. References Burton Albion F.C. Defunct football venues in England Sports venues in Staffordshire Sports venues completed in 1958 Buildings and structures in Burt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Alford
Carl Peter Alford (born 11 February 1972) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He notably played in the Football League for Rochdale, Burnley and Stockport County, but spent most of his career at Non-League level where he turned out for Morecambe, Witton Albion, Macclesfield Town, Kettering Town, Rushden & Diamonds, Dover Athletic, Stevenage Borough, Doncaster Rovers, Yeovil Town, Nuneaton Borough, Gainsborough Trinity, Leigh RMI, Woodley Sports and ending his career at New Mills in 2007. Playing career After a brief trial with Manchester United in January 1988, Alford made his professional debut for Rochdale as a substitute but failed to impress and was later released. After periods at both Burnley and Stockport County, plus a loan period at Morecambe, he made the decision to drop down to non-league football, joining Witton Albion where his knack for goal-scoring flourished. In the summer of 1993, he joined Macclesfield To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Farrell (footballer)
Sean Paul Farrell (born 28 February 1969 in Watford) is an English former professional Association football, footballer. Early life and youth career Farrell was born and raised in Watford, Hertfordshire, and grew up supporting his local team, Watford F.C., Watford. He was invited to try out for Luton Town F.C., Luton Town – Watford's Luton Town F.C. and Watford F.C. rivalry, traditional rivals – in 1985, when he was 15 years old. After impressing during his initial trial, he was invited back to play for the club's youth team in a match against Reading F.C., Reading, during which he scored two goals in a 4–2 Luton victory. The team offered him an apprenticeship soon after, and he signed before his 16th birthday; he turned professional two years later. Senior career Farrell caused a stir among sections of the Luton support with his open support of the club's rivals. He went out on loan to Colchester United F.C., Colchester United in 1988, and broke into the Luton side during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadhall Way
Broadhall Way, known as the Lamex Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is an association football stadium in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. It has been the home ground of Stevenage (formerly Stevenage Borough and Stevenage Town) since the early 1960s, and has a capacity of 7,800 people. History The club plays at Broadhall Way, previously home to Stevenage Town and Stevenage Athletic. Following the bankruptcy of the town's former club, the stadium was not used for three years. The newly formed Stevenage Borough had planned on playing Hitchin Town Youth at Broadhall Way in November 1976 as a "curtain-raiser" for the new venture. Volunteers prepared the pitch in anticipation, but their plans were scuppered when the ex-chairman of Stevenage Athletic – and stadium lease-holder – desecrated the playing surface at Broadhall Way by digging a trench across the full length of the pitch. The club eventually moved into Broadhall Way in 1980 as a result of the council re-purchasing the stadium, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huish Park
Huish Park is a football stadium located in Yeovil, Somerset, England. The stadium has been home to Yeovil Town F.C. since its completion in 1990, following their relocation from Huish. Huish Park has a capacity of 9,565 (of which two stands are all-seated, totalling 5,212 seats) with terraces behind each of the goals. History In January 1985, Yeovil started negotiations to sell the Huish Athletic Ground and move to a new stadium in the Houndstone area of Yeovil on the site of an old army camp. Negotiations commenced between the club and Bartlett Construction regarding moving from Huish to a new site at Houndstone Camp, with the first meeting taking place on 12 November 1985 when an offer of £1.3m was made for the Huish site. Following further meetings and more detailed plans being studied the offer was raised to over £2m early in 1986, when the directors agreed in principle for the move to go ahead. A company, Collier & Madge, who specialised in buying and selling supermar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Giles
Chris Giles (born 16 April 1982 in Wales) is a former Welsh footballer, who was most recently acting first team coach at Yeovil Town. He played predominantly as a defender, but could also play as a striker. Playing career Yeovil Town Giles began his career with Yeovil Town, as youth team top goalscorer and Player of the Year. In his time there, they won the FA Trophy and then promotion to the Football League in 2002–03. The following season, he only played one league game for the club before being loaned out to Woking. He was allowed to leave the club in March of the 2003–04 season. Aldershot Town After leaving Yeovil, Giles soon joined Aldershot Town. During his two years there, he helped them to reach the Play-off Final and Play-off Semi-final of the Conference. Crawley Town After a two-year stint with Aldershot, he then signed for Crawley Town in 2005, signing a two-year contract with the club. After helping them fight off relegation, he left at the beginning of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Crittenden
Nicholas John Crittenden (born 11 November 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder. Career Crittenden was a Chelsea youth team player before being released in August 2000 after making just two substitute appearances in the league and a further appearance in the League Cup. He was loaned out to Plymouth Argyle in 1998 in order to gain first team experience. He joined the then Conference side Yeovil Town on professional terms. He was with Yeovil for three years, winning the Football Conference and the FA Trophy during his time with the Glovers. He played 163 games and scored some important goals for Yeovil, including one against Blackpool in the FA Cup and the goal that won the game away at Bristol Rovers in 2003. After four seasons, he moved on from Yeovil, joining Aldershot Town in 2004. With Aldershot, he played in the Conference play-off semi-final at the end of the 2004–05 season, which Aldershot lost on penalties. He moved to W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
