Stokes Valley FC

Stokes Valley Football Club is an amateur football club based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Stokes Valley FC
Full nameStokes Valley Football Club
Founded1967 (1967)
GroundDelaney Park, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt
ChairmanGlenn Perry
LeagueCapital 2
2023Capital 2, 7th of 10
WebsiteClub website

The club was formed on the 7 March 1967 from a meeting at St. Phillip's Church Hall.[1][2] After entering the local leagues in Division 6, the first team won promotion in the next seven of the clubs first nine years.[2]

From the 1970s through to 1993 the club bounced between Divisions one to three before they saw promotion to the top league Central League in 1994.[2] They would spend three years in the division before pulling out in 1997 due to costs and lack of players.[2][1]

The club also competes in the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's premier knockout tournaments for men.[3] The best run they have had in the competition is making the final sixteen twice. They first did it in 1979 before losing 0–4 to Stop Out,[4][5] then again in 1988, this time losing 0–2 to Gisborne City.[6][7]

Honours
  • Central League Division Three South – 1978
  • Central League Division Two – 1992
  • Central League Division One – 1993

References
  1. Ruane, Jeremy. "Stokes Valley". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. "Stokes Valley - History". Stokes Valley FC. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. "National knockout cup comps return to set records". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. "New Zealand 1979". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  5. Ruane, Jeremy. "1979 Chatham Cup". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. "New Zealand 1988". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. Ruane, Jeremy. "1988 Chatham Cup". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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