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| Full name | Stourport Swifts Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | Swifts | ||
| Founded | 1882; 143 years ago (1882) | ||
| Ground | Walshes Meadow Stourport-on-Severn Worcestershire | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 (250 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Pip Hanson | ||
| Manager | Craig Gregg | ||
| League | Midland League Premier Division | ||
| 2024–25 | Midland League Premier Division, 10th of 18 | ||
| Website | https://www.stourportswiftsfc.co.uk/ | ||
Stourport Swifts Football Club are an Englishfootball team fromStourport-on-Severn, and one of the oldest non-league teams in the country. The Swifts currently play in theMidland League Premier Division, and play at Walshes Meadow in the town.
Stourport Swifts was formed in 1882 and began playing competitive football shortly after. In 1931, they joined the Warwickshire League but only played in the league for two seasons before leaving the league, but were back five years later until the outbreak of World War II. When the league resumed Stourport rejoined the league. The club played in the Worcestershire League throughout the 1970s before joining theWest Midlands (Regional) League Division Two in 1979–80. A fourth-placed finish in 1985–86 earned the club promotion to division one and two seasons later the club was promoted to the premier division after finishing in second place. The club finished in second place in the premier division in 1996–97 and then on 1997–98 and the second runner-up finish was enough to earn the club promotion to theMidland Alliance. Their third season in that league saw them win their first ever league championship and they were promoted into theSouthern League. 2000–01 also saw the club reach the fifth round of theFA Vase. The club was placed in the West Division, finishing in eighth place in their debut season and got to the third round proper of theFA Trophy. However, the club failed to finish in the top half in subsequent seasons and were relegated back to the Midland Alliance in 2012.[1][2]
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