Eastwood Hanley Football Club is a

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club based in

Hanley Hanley is one of the six towns that, along with Burslem, Longton, Fenton, Tunstall and Stoke-upon-Trent, amalgamated to form the City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. Hanley is the ''de facto'' city centre, having long been the ...

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. They are currently members of the and play at Trentmill Road.

History

Original club

Situated in the Joiners Square area of the city (south east of the main town

), Eastwood played their home games at the Trentmill Road ground for the majority of their history. The club was established in 1946. In 1987, they joined the

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Division One in its first season, and at their height were one of the best non-league teams in North Staffordshire rivalling Leek Town for the top position in the pyramid. Their one major honour came in 1986 when they won the

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. They were forced out of their Trentmill Road home in the early 1990s due to regular vandalism of the site and although they groundshared with

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and

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for a few seasons, interest in the club waned and gates decreased. The club eventually folded in 1997.

Modern club

After a failed bid to revive the club in 2009, the club was re-established in 2014 when Sandford Hill Allstars adopted the name.Football: Eastwood Hanley are back thanks to ambitious junior club
Stoke Sentinel, 27 May 2014 They subsequently joined the

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. Currently playing their home games at Eastwood Hanley stadium. The club now have a Development side that ply their trade in Division 2 of the Staffs County League also at Northwood Stadium.

Honours

North West Counties League The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the North West of England. Since 2019–20, the league has covered the Isle of Man, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria, northern Staffordshire, northern S ...

Division Two **Runners-up 1983–84 *

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**Runners-up 1966–67 *

**Winners 1985-86 *Staffs County League Division Two **Champions 2015–16

Records

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**Third Qualifying Round 1972–73, 1991–92, 1994–95 *

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

**First Qualifying Round 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78 *

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**Fifth Round 1988–89

References

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