Bromsgrove Sporting F.C.

Bromsgrove Sporting

Full name	Bromsgrove Sporting Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Rouslers
Founded	2009
Ground	Victoria Ground Bromsgrove
Ground Capacity	4,893
Owner	Bromsgrove Sporting Supporters' Trust (2009–present)
Chairman	Jon Prescott
Manager	Paul Smith
League	Midland League Division One
2015–16	Midland League Division One, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

Bromsgrove Sporting F.C. are a football club based in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. The club was founded in 2009 and played their first season, 2010–11, in Midland Football Combination Division Two where they ended third. The club currently play in Division One of the newly formed Midland Football League.

History

Bromsgrove Sporting was founded in 2009 as a supporters consortium with the plan to buy Bromsgrove Rovers and take them out of administration. When another owner was found for Rovers it was decided to create a new club instead. On 2 June 2010 Sporting were offered the lease of Victoria Ground after they had promised to make the ground available to Bromsgrove Rovers too. In August 2010, Bromsgrove Rovers were expelled from the Southern League and were dissolved.

In 2012–13 Bromsgrove Sporting was promoted to the Midland Football Combination Premier Division due to a reorganisation of that league.

On 10 May 2014, in front of a crowd of 414 at the Victoria Ground, Bromsgrove, the first team lifted their first piece of silverware, recording a 4–1 victory over Paget Rangers in the final of the Smedley Crooke Memorial Charity Cup with goals by Danny Ludlow (2) & Billy Russell (2).

As of 2014-15 the league was rebranded Midland Football League First Division after the Midland Combination merged with the Midland Alliance.

Attendances

Being the in-spirit replacement of Bromsgrove Rovers, Sporting have a much higher average attendance than the other teams in their league. Their inaugural season had a home average attendance of 293.

Sporting's record home attendance was on 12 March 2016, where they beat Coventry United 4-2 in front of a crowd of 924

The best attended match Sporting have been involved in away from the Victoria Ground iwas 550 in the final of the Les James Challenge Cup on 6 May 2015 at Bescot Stadium, where they beat Southam United 3-2.

Sporting currently play at step six of the non-league pyramid, and have the highest average attendance of any team at this level in the country.

Current first team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Chris Jay DF Craig Jones DF Brendan Kelly DF Aaron Roberts DF Jake Willcox DF Jack Wilson DF Danny Morris MF Nathan Walker MF Liam Spink MF Luke Dugmore MF Sam Wills MF Dale Edwards MF Will Tibbetts MF Reece Hewitt FW Jo Jakab FW Ethan Hanks FW Sean Brain FW Connor Collins FW Kyle Turner FW Luke Corbett

Christopher Conway is the club's all-time top scorer with 60 competitive goals for the club (as of 07/05/15). Defender and Captain Craig Jones currently holds the record for the most competitive appearances for the club with 109 (as of 20/02/16)

Seasons

Season	∆	Division	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FA Vase	Other Cups	Notes	Manager
2010–11	12	Midland Football Combination Division 2	3rd	30	20	4	6	82	27	+55	64			R1,R1	Inaugural season. Promoted to Division 1 after league reorganisation	Myles Day / Stewart Brighton
2011–12	11	Midland Football Combination Division 1	3rd	34	19	8	7	94	44	+50	65			R2,Final, R2, SF	Promoted to Premier Division after league reorganisation	Stewart Brighton / Keith Draper
2012–13	10	Midland Football Combination Premier Division	6th	34	18	6	10	73	54	+19	57			R3,SF, R3, SF		Keith Draper / Graham Scott
2013–14	10	Midland Football Combination Premier Division	2nd	34	23	3	8	92	35	+57	72		R1	SF, SF, Won		Graham Scott / Adrian Mander
2014–15	10	Midland Football League Division 1	2nd	38	27	5	6	121	41	+80	86	PR	R3	Won, R2, R1		Adrian Mander / Paul Smith
2015–16	10	Midland Football League Division 1	2nd	38	29	4	5	102	41	+61	91					Paul Smith

Management

Victoria Ground clubhouse

Current technical staff

Name	Nationality	Role
Paul Smith	England	First Team Manager
Martin Sockett	England	First Team Coach
Matt Lowe	England	First Team GK Coach
Bradley Thomas	England	Sports Therapist/ Physio
Trevor Carter	England	U18 Youth Team Manager
Dave Smith	England	U21 Manager
Jon Daniels	England	U21 Assistant Manager

Current club officials

Name	Nationality	Role
Jeff Rea	England	Club President and Chairman of Vice.
John Teece	England	Financial adviser
Rob McLaren	England	Comical Officer
Dave Stephens	England	Football Secretary
Phil Baker	England	PR & Liaison Officer
Jon Prescott	England	Chairman
David 'Shep' Sheppherd	England	Apprentice Groundsman
Ann Clissett	England	Bar Manager

Previous managers

• Myles Day (2010–2010)
• Stewart Brighton (2010–2011)
• Keith Draper (2011–2013)
• Graham Scott (2013) (August 2014 as caretaker manager)
• Adrian Mander (2013–2014)

See also

• List of fan-owned sports teams

References

External links

• Bromsgrove Sporting Official website