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Grangetown Boys Club
Full nameGrangetown Boys Club
Nickname(s)The Boysie
Founded1941
GroundB & W Lifting Stadium, Grangetown
ChairmanCarl Cairns
ManagerJames Hunter
LeagueNorthern Football League Division Two
2023–24North Riding Football League Premier Division 2nd of 13

Grangetown Boys Club is a football club based in Grangetown, North Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1941, the Club is affectionately known as 'Boysie' and play in a traditional black and orange kit inspired by the tiger on the club's crest.

From the 2024–25 season, the club will compete in the National League System at Step 6 in the Northern Football League for the first time in their history.

History

After being founded in 1941, The club first found success in the MacMillan Bowl in 1963–64 before breaking a 36 year duck in 1999–2000, with subsequent triumphs in 2001–02, and 2002–03.

Boysie secured their inaugural Teesside League title in 1998–99 and successfully defended their championship status the following season in 1999-2000.

The turn of the millennium saw Boysie go from strength to strength, clinching back to back league titles in 2001–02 and 2002–03.

Alongside the traditional league and cup success the club also triumphed twice in the charity shield in the noughties, winning the R T Raine Trophy in 2002–03 and 2003–04

Grangetown Boys Club

The club's last Teesside league title came in 2010–11 after an eight year draught. The following season Boysie reached the Semi Final of the North Riding Senior Cup, ultimately losing 4–0 to York City.

Grangetown recorded a 2nd-place finish in the North Riding Football League's Premier Division in the 2023–24 season, it was confirmed that the FA had allocated Grangetown a place in the 2024–25 Northern League Division Two, entering the National League System for the first time in the club's history.

Coaching staff

As of 5 April 2024
Position Name
First Team Manager England James Hunter
Assistant Manager England Rob Rennard
Assistant Manager England John Todd
First Team Coach England Andy Jaffray

List of managers

  • 2019–Present: James Hunter

Honours

  • Teesside League
    • 5x First Division Champions: 1998–99,1999-00, 2001–02, 2002–03, & 2010–11
  • MacMillan Bowl
    • 4x Winners: 1963–64, 1999–00, 2001–02, & 2002–03
  • L R Raine Trophy
    • 2x Winners: 2002–03, 2003–04
  • Lou Moore Trophy
    • Winners: 2009–10
  • North Riding County Cup
    • Winners: 2002–03

Records

  • Best North Riding Senior Cup performance: Semi Finals 2012–13

References

  1. ^ "GRANGETOWN BOYS CLUB". Northern League.
  2. ^ "North Riding League Table 2023/24". FA Full Time.
  3. ^ Lee, Jason (17 May 2024). "The FA announce 2024/25 club allocations for non league". Fan Banter. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  4. ^ "FA ANNOUNCES MAKE-UP OF EBAC NORTHERN LEAGUE". Northern league.
  5. ^ "Club History". Grangetown Boys Club.
  6. ^ "Teesside League Winners". Football Club History Database.
  7. ^ "Grangetown win the seasons' first silverware". The Northern Echo. 16 August 2002.
  8. ^ "Grangetown BC 4, Nunthorpe Ath 1". Teesside Live.
  9. ^ "Grangetown Boys' Club are the champions". Teesside Live. 12 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Moses Ashikodi brace fires York City into North Riding Senior Cup final". York Press. 28 February 2012.
  11. ^ "Ebac Northern League reveal new season details as appeal outcome awaited". Sunderland Echo.
  12. ^ "North Riding Cup Winners". Football Club History Database.
  13. ^ "Grangetown Boys' Club lose to York City". Teesside Live. Teess9de Live. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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