Woodstock Sports

By Ian_W

• July 6, 2011
ME9 8AG c/o Woodstock Park FC Woodstock Park Broadoak Road Sittingbourne Kent https://www.fansfocus.com/uploads/0651c8b0ed73dbf90b1b5a8506921ed9.png 51.31449 0.729357 1927 The Sports Norton Sports (1927 - 2011) http://www.woodstocksports.co.uk/

From 1927 until season 1998/1999, Norton Sports competed as a junior club in local leagues, mainly in the now defunct Sittingbourne & District Football League and then the Canterbury & District Football League. During this time the First Division championship was won in seasons 1989/90 and 1996/97 as well as the Faversham Charity Cup in seasons 1986/87 and 1996/97.

 

Prior to the start of season 1998/1999, Norton Sports amalgamated with local rivals Teynham & Lynsted, who had been founder members of the Kent County League Premier Division and won the championship in season 1993/1994 as well as the Inter Regional Cup in season 1995/1996. Although Teynham & Lynsted were the senior side, as the side were to be playing at Norton Park, the amalgamation was undertaken in the name of Norton Sports with the club continuing in the Kent County League.

 

Season 1999/2000 saw Norton Sports winning the Kent County League Division 1 East gaining promotion to the Kent County League Premier Division. After a bright start, the club was relegated. The next few seasons saw a rebuilding exercise.

 

Season 2004/2005 looked ominous as the side lost their first 4 league games, but a run of 18 wins and 2 draws clinched the title with a game to spare and brought a return to the Kent County League Premier Division.

 

At the start of season 2007/2008, ex Sittingbourne and Fisher captain Ben Taylor took over the reins at Norton Sports. The Kent County League Premier Division championship was clinched in March, in a season that saw 23 wins out of a possible 26, with just one game lost. Promotion to the Kent League Premier Division was achieved.

 

Season 2008/2009, Norton Sports first season in the Kent League was spent ground sharing with Herne Bay Football Club, as the facilities at Norton Park did not meet the FA criteria for the Kent League. The first season in the Kent League saw Norton finish 11th with 40 points.

 

In October 2010, Norton Sports moved on again, having agreed to play their home games at the W.E.Manin Stadium at Woodstock Park.

 

In June 2011 Norton Sports officially completed their name change and started the 2011/12 Kent League season as Woodstock Sports Football Club.

For the 2011/12 season, Woodstock Sports expanded their playing section by entering a reserve side into the Kent League Second Division.

 

Club Statement 20 Apr, 2015

 

It is with great regret and sadness to announce that Woodstock Sports Football Club will fold at the end of the 2014-15 season.

 

Quite simply, we do not have a sustainable business plan and the funding is simply not there for another season.