Tring Athletic
Full nameTring Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s)Athletic
Founded1958 (1958)
GroundGrass Roots Stadium
Dorian Williams Sports Centre
Cow Lane
Tring
Hertfordshire
HP23 5NS
Capacity2,000 (125 seated)
ChairmanBob Winter
ManagerRyan sturges
LeagueSpartan South Midlands League Premier Division
2022–23Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 9th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Tring Athletic Football Club are an English football club based in Tring, Hertfordshire. The club are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division and play at the Grass Roots Stadium.

History

Tring Athletic Youth FC were established in March 1958, when the founders contributed towards the purchase of 3.4 acres (14,000 m2) of land at Miswell Lane.[1] The club joined the West Herts Saturday League in the early 1960s, and despite only fielding players under-21, they won the Division One title three times in five years.[1]

Following a spell without success, the age limit was scrapped in 1971 and the club was renamed Tring Athletic. In the mid-1970s the ground was sold to the local council and the club were relegated to Division Three. However, by the mid-1980s they were back in the Premier Division.[1]

In 1988 the club joined Division One of the South Midlands League.[2] They returned to Miswell Lane in 1992. After missing out on the Senior Division title in 1997–98 on goal difference,[1] they won the league in 1999–00.[2] In the same season they also won the Herts Charity Shield, the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy and the Cherry Red Books Trophy.

Due to an inability to install floodlights at Miswell Lane, in 2003 the club absorbed Isthmian League neighbours Tring Town F.C. with an agreement to move to their Pendley ground, which already had floodlights. In 2003–04 they finished fourth in Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division.

Players

First-team squad

As of 21 October 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG David Saunders
— GK England ENG Jonny Pitts
— GK England ENG George Zammit
— DF England ENG James Butler
— DF England ENG Paolo Bagatti
— DF England ENG Kevin McManus
— DF England ENG Jack Sunderland
— DF England ENG Gareth Terblanche
— DF England ENG Adam Murphy
— MF England ENG Harrison Cornick
— MF England ENG Scott Bonner
— MF England ENG Prince Nimoh
— MF England ENG Will Salmon
— MF England ENG Joe Chott
— MF England ENG Will Foley
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Oliver Butler
— MF England ENG Callum Shortt
— FW England ENG Joe Naylor
— FW England ENG Connor Smith
— MF England ENG Frankie Hercules
— MF England ENG Connor Goodliffe
— FW England ENG Stephen Dodd
— FW England ENG Stephen Eboine
— FW England ENG Casey O'Gorman
— DF England ENG Aaron Bryan
— MF England ENG Joe Cowan
— GK England ENG Keith Eldridge
— FW England ENG Lewis Dwight
— MF England ENG Ross Hazel

Honours

  • Spartan South Midlands League
    • Senior Division champions 1999–2000
    • Challenge Trophy winners 2008–09
    • Premier Division Cup winners 2008–09, 2021–2022
    • St Marys Cup winners 1996–97, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2008–09
    • Division One Cup winners 1998–99, 2002–03
    • Cherry Red Books Trophy winners 1999–2000, 2000–01
  • West Herts League
    • Division One champions 1961–62, 1964–65, 1965–66
    • Challenge Cup winners 1965–66
  • Herts Charity Shield
    • Winners 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2007–08
  • Herts Senior Centenary Trophy
    • Winners 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 History Tring Athletic FC
  2. 1 2 Tring Athletic at the Football Club History Database

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