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| Full name | Coalville Town Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | The Ravens | ||
| Founded | 1926 | ||
| Ground | Owen Street Sports Ground,Coalville | ||
| Capacity | 2,500[1] | ||
| Chairman | Paul Tubb | ||
| Manager | Carl Adams | ||
| League | United Counties League Division One | ||
| 2024–25 | United Counties League Division One, 10th of 19 | ||
| Website | coalvilletownfc.co.uk | ||
Coalville Town Football Club is a semi-professionalfootball club based inCoalville, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of theUnited Counties League Division One and play at the Owen Street Sports Ground. Established in 1926 as Ravenstone Miners Athletic, the club adopted its current name in 1995. In 2003 they moved up from playing in county leagues to theMidland Alliance. After reaching the final of theFA Vase in 2009–10, the following season saw them promoted to the second tier of theNorthern Premier League. Following another promotion in 2016, they were transferred to theSouthern League and played in its Premier Division Central until 2024, when the club resigned and dropped three tiers into the United Counties League.
The club was established as Ravenstone Miners Athletic in 1926, and were originally based in the village ofRavenstone.[2] They joined the Coalville & District League and were Division Two champions in 1933–34.[3] The club were renamed Ravenstone Swifts in 1947 and then Ravenstone Miners Athletic in 1951.[3] They won the Division One title five times, including in 1952–53.[2] In 1958 the club were renamed Ravenstone.[4] They joined the Premier Division of theNorth Leicestershire League in 1974 and were runners-up in 1976–77.[3] The club were relegated to Division One at the end of the 1978–79 season, but returned to the Premier Division after being promoted in 1980–81.[3] After finishing as runners-up in 1985–86 and 1986–87,[3] they went on to win the Premier Division in 1988–89 and 1989–90,[2] and moved up to Division One of theLeicestershire Senior League in 1991.[5]
In 1995 the club moved to nearby Coalville after being unable to upgrade their Ravenslea ground, and were renamed Coalville Football Club.[2] In 1996–97 they finished second in Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division.[6] The club adopted their current name in 1998,[4] and won theLeicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup in 1999–2000.[3] They were Premier Division champions in 2001–02 and 2002–03, after which they were promoted to theMidland Alliance.[6] In2004–05 the club entered theFA Cup for the first time, and reached the first round, eventually losing 1–0 at Second DivisionWycombe Wanderers.[6] They were league runners-up in 2009–10, and the following season saw them reach the final of theFA Vase, losing 3–2 toWhitley Bay atWembley Stadium.[6] They also won the Midland Alliance, scoring 153 goals in the process and earning promotion to Division One South of theNorthern Premier League.[6]
In2012–13 Coalville won the Westerby Cup, beatingLoughborough Dynamo 2–1 in the final at theKing Power Stadium. They were also Division One South runners-up and qualified for the promotion play-offs. However, they lost 2–1 toChasetown in the semi-finals. Thefollowing season saw them finish as runners-up again. However, they lost the play-off semi-final againstMickleover Sports.[6] In2015–16 they qualified for the play-offs again. After beatingBasford United 5–0 in the semi-finals, they defeatedShaw Lane 3–1 to earn promotion to the Premier Division.[6]
The 2017–18 season saw Coalville win the Leicestershire & Rutland Challenge Cup with a 7–6 victory on penalties againstLoughborough Dynamo.[7] At the end of the season they were transferred to the Premier Central division of theSouthern League as part of the restructuring of the non-League pyramid. The club retained the Leicestershire & Rutland Challenge Cup the following season, beatingLoughborough University 4–1 in the final. In2022–23 they reached the first round of the FA Cup again, losing 4–1 atCharlton Athletic. They finished theleague season in second place, missing out on the league title on goal difference. In the subsequent promotion play-offs, they lost 4–3 on penalties toRushall Olympic in the semi-finals after a 1–1 draw. At the end of the2023–24 season the club withdrew from the Southern League and announced they were shutting down their men's first team,[8] but subsequently joined Division One of theUnited Counties League.[9]
When based in Ravenstone, the club played at Ravenslea. However, after theparish council refused the club permission to erect floodlights, they moved to the Owen Street Sports Ground in Coalville.[2] Floodlights were installed at the new ground in 1996.[2]
| Period | Name |
|---|---|
| 2001–2006 | Lee Harriman |
| 2006–2007 | Brendon Phillips |
| 2007–2014 | Adam Stevens |
| 2014 | Jimmy Gray[10] |
| 2014–2018 | Tommy Brookbanks[11] |
| 2018–2024 | Adam Stevens[12] |
| 2024 | Ian King |
| 2024–2025 | Ash Brown |
| 2025– | Carl Adams |
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