Tring Athletic F.C.

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.

Tring Athletic
Full nameTring Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s)Athletic
Founded1958
GroundGrass Roots Stadium
Dorian Williams Sports Centre
Cow Lane
Tring
Hertfordshire
HP23 5NS
Capacity2,000 (125 seated)
ChairmanIan Butler
ManagerChris Juraszek
LeagueSpartan South Midlands League Premier Division
2019–20Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division (season abandoned)
WebsiteClub website

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 14 February 2016

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  ENG Matthew Evans
— GK  ENG Liam Smith
— DF  ENG Ashley Addison
— DF  ENG James Butler
— DF  ENG Matt Jarvis
— DF  ENG Kevin McManus
— DF  ENG David O'Connor
— DF  ENG Chris Salmon
— DF  ENG Jack Seaton
— DF  ENG Daniel Steadman
— MF  ENG Chris Blunden
— MF  ENG Luke Dunstan
— MF  ENG Adrian Fontenelle
— MF  ENG Jamie Irons
— MF  ENG Sam Jolliffe
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ENG Chris Mason
— MF  ENG Ryan McMahon
— MF  ENG Thomas Miller
— MF  ENG Stuart Stedman
— MF  ENG Lee Stobbs
— MF  ENG Kieron Turner
— MF  ENG Stuart Stedman
— FW  ENG Vincenzo Iannone
— FW  ENG Joe Naylor
— FW  ENG Ryan Sturges
— FW  ENG Bertie Squires-Adams
— FW  ENG Jack Sunderland
— FW  ENG Bradley Turner
— FW  ENG Christopher Vardy

Honours
  • Spartan South Midlands League
    • Senior Division champions 1999–2000
    • Challenge Trophy winners 2008–09
    • Premier Division Cup winners 2008–09
    • 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. History Tring Athletic FC
  2. Tring Athletic at the Football Club History Database

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