Potters Bar Town F.C.
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| Full name | Potters Bar Town Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Scholars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1960 (as Mount Grace Old Scholars) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Parkfield, Potters Bar (Capacity 2,000 (100 seated)) |
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| Chairman |  Peter Waller |
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| League | Isthmian League Division One North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | Isthmian League Division One North, 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Potters Bar Town F.C. is a football club based in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England. They were formed in 1960 as Mount Grace Old Scholars, and, after dropping 'Old Scholars' from the name in 1984, changed to their present name in 1991. Their best performance in the FA Cup was in the 2006-07 season when they reached the 4th (and final) Qualifying Round. They currently play in the Isthmian League First Division North.
When Potters Bar had to start charging admissions, their turnstiles came from the old Wembley Stadium.[citation needed]
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[edit] Club history
[edit] 1960s
In 1960, Ken Barrett, who was a P.E. Master at Mount Grace School at the time, formed a football club for former scholars. The club played in Division One of the Barnet & District League in their first season, 1960-61. In May 1965 the Barnet & District League and the Finchley & District League merged to form the North London Combination, in which the club then played, winning the Premier Division championship in 1967-68. The club joined Division Two of the Hertfordshire County League the following season and won the championship and promotion to Division One at the first attempt.
[edit] 1970s
Mount Grace Old Scholars won the championship of Division One of the Hertfordshire County League and promotion to the Premier Division in the 1973-74 season. They finished bottom and were relegated back to Division One in the 1978-79 season.
[edit] 1980s
Following two third place finishes, the club won the Division One championship and renewed promotion to the Premier Division in the 1981-82 season. The club spent the rest of the 1980s in this division.
[edit] 1990s
In the 1990-91 season, the club reached the third round of the FA Vase, and won the Hertfordshire Senior County League, as it was by then called, Premier Division championship and the Aubrey Cup. The change of name to Potters Bar Town coincided with joining the South Midlands League Premier Division. In the 1996-97 season, the club won the championship on goal difference. In the following season, 1997-98, the club were runners-up in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division North, and reached the quarter-finals of the FA Vase.
[edit] Recent history
Under Steve Smart and assistant Paul Surridge, the club won the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Cup, the Hertfordshire Charity Shield, the Potters Bar Charity Cup, and the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Championship, thus winning promotion to Division One East of the Southern League, in the 2004-05 season. After one season, the club moved sidewards to the Isthmian League Division One North. Andy Leese and assistant Jon Meakes joined Potters Bar Town in February of 2006 and steered the club away from relegation and in the 2006-07 season they then guided Town to a modest 14th in the league. The Scholars also captured the Herts Charity Cup in 2007. However Leese and Jon Meakes resigned from The Scholars to take over the job at Chesham United.[1] As of now the manager is Steve Browne, previously manager at Aveley, Boreham Wood F.C., Dover Athletic F.C. and Slough Town.
[edit] Ground
The club play at Parkfield, which is also occasionally used by Arsenal Ladies for county cup ties. In 2006, in the space of just six weeks, a new perimeter fence was erected, major improvements were made to the stand and changing rooms, and turnstiles and an outside toilet block were added to the facilities in order to satisfy the Football Association's ground grading standards and allow the club to be promoted to the Southern League Division One East.
[edit] County affiliation
When the club was founded, Potters Bar was in the postal county of Middlesex. It was moved to the postal county of Hertfordshire in 1965, but continued its affiliation to the Middlesex County Football Association, while also being affiliated to the Hertfordshire County Football Association as its primary County FA, and continues to play in the Middlesex Senior Cup, but also plays in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup and Charity Cup.
[edit] League history
| League | Season | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
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| Isthmian League Division One North | 2006-07 | 14 | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 60 | 62 | 51 |
| Southern League Division One East' | 2005-06 | 15 | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 60 | 66 | 50 |
| Spartan South Midlands Premier Division | 2004-05 | 1 | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 95 | 32 | 92 |
| Spartan South Midlands Premier Division | 2003-04 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 86 | 35 | 74 |
| Spartan South Midlands Premier Division | 2002-03 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 80 | 42 | 75 |
| Spartan South Midlands Premier Division | 2001-02 | 13 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 71 | 70 | 47 |
| Spartan South Midlands Premier Division | 2000-01 | 3 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 82 | 39 | 78 |
| Spartan South Midlands Premier Division | 1999-00 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 105 | 66 | 80 |
| Spartan South Midlands Premier Division | 1998-99 | 2 | 44 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 109 | 30 | 94 |
- Pos = Position; P = Played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; Pts = Points
[edit] Notes
- Richard Howard was Potters Bar's and the league's top scorer for 2005-06 with 26 goals. He was also the Club's top goalscorer in 2004-05, with 49 goals in all competitions, just 2 short of the all time club record, and again in 2006-07.
- In the 2000-01 season Town were deducted one point.
- In the 1998-99 season Town were unable to gain promotion due to their ground being of an insufficient standard for the league above.
[edit] Honours
- Spartan South Midlands League
- Premier Division champions 1996-97, 2004-05
- Premier Division League Cup winners 1997, 2005
- Floodlit Cup winners 1998, 2006
- Herts Senior County League
- Premier Division champions 1990-91
- Herts Charity Shield
- Winners 2003, 2005, 2007
- Potters Bar Charity Cup
- Winners 1996, 2004, 2005
- Aubrey Cup
- Winners 1991
- North London Combination
- Premier Division champions 1967-68
[edit] References
- ^ Paul Wreyford (17 May, 2007). barnettimes.co.uk - Scholars boss quits.
[edit] External links
- Mount Grace Old Scholars at the Football Club History Database
- Mount Grace at the Football Club History Database
- Potters Bar Town at the Football Club History Database
- Official website
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Aveley | Brentwood Town | Chatham Town | Cheshunt | Concord Rangers | East Thurrock United | Enfield Town | Great Wakering Rovers | Hillingdon Borough | Ilford | Leyton | Maldon Town | Northwood | Potters Bar Town | Redbridge | Thamesmead Town | Tilbury | Waltham Abbey | Waltham Forest | Ware | Wingate & Finchley | Witham Town |
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