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| Full name | Racing Club Warwick Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Racers | ||
| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | Townsend Meadow,Warwick | ||
| Capacity | 2,100 (270 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Gary Vela | ||
| Manager | Scott Easterlow | ||
| League | Northern Premier League Division One Midlands | ||
| 2024–25 | Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, 11th of 21 | ||
Racing Club Warwick Football Club is a football club based inWarwick,Warwickshire, and competes in theNorthern Premier League Division One Midlands.
They were formed in 1919 under the name ofSaltisford Rovers and played in various local leagues including the Warwick League, Leamington & District League and the Warwickshire Combination until 1967. During this period the club won a number of honours, including the Birmingham Alliance Senior Cup when they defeatedBirmingham City in the final at St. Andrews. In 1967 the club joined theWest Midlands (Regional) League. Three years later they changed to their current name (which came from the fact that their ground is byWarwick Racecourse) and soon afterwards switched to theMidland Football Combination, where they were champions in 1988 and runners-up in 1989. After the latter honour they gained promotion to theSouthern League where they remained until 2003 when they finished bottom of the Western Division and dropped into theMidland Football Alliance. They remained in the Midland Football Alliance until the end of the2008–09 season, when they were relegated to theMidland Football Combination Premier Division, now the Midland Football League Division One. At the start of the 2016–17 season the club began huge infrastructure renovations following the arrival of local businessman Chairman Gary Vella and the new committee members the previous year, including new changing rooms, floodlighting, stands and artificial training area. The club's record win is 15–0 recorded on 26 December 2016.[1] They gained their first promotion for 30 years in 2018-19 as runners-up in the Midland Football League Division One. The club installed a 3g pitch in the winter of 2020 in order to expand their community activity and provide a broad spectrum of football to include women's and disability amongst other community groups. The West Midlands Ambulance Service will play their home fixtures at the ground.
Racing Club Warwick made it to the final of the 2023-24Birmingham Senior Cup before losing 9-0 againstAston Villa U21.
As of the 2024–25 season the club has a youth team in the Midland Floodlight Youth League, teams from U-7 to U-16 and an academy nursery section, Mini Racers, for children aged 4 to 7. The junior teams are entered into the Coventry Minor League, MJPL and the Mid Warwickshire league. The club has a partnership with Leamington Lions Girls and Ladies. The club also have an academy and education programme in partnership with HOET.
| Name | Position |
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| Gary Vella | Chairman |
| Ryan Goode | Vice-chairman |
| Phil Salter | Treasurer |
| Ryan Goode | Football Secretary |
| Kevin Walsh | Club Secretary |
| Ryan Goode | Board Member Junior Secretary |
| Ian Ray | Welfare Officer |
| Georgina McCarthy | Foundation Phase Welfare Officer |
| Ruth Vella | Board Member |
| Scott Easterlow | First Team Manager |
| Callum Ingram | First team Head Coach |
| Chris Cook | GK Coach |
| TBC | First Team Kitman |
| Anna Poole | Physio |
| Josh Vella | Academy Media |
| Rob Harris | Groundsman |
| Dylan Parker | U18 Coach |
| Harry Budd | U18 Coach |
| Dylan Parker | U18 Coach Academy Coach |
| Matty Nutt | Academy Lead Coach |
| Keiran Dunbar | Academy Coach |
| Harry Budd | Academy Coach |
| Chris Cook | Academy GK Coach |
| Anna Poole | Academy and Senior Club Physio |
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