History & Archives

Welcome to the Gresley FC & Gresley Rovers archive. From here you can find a large amount of information about the club's past.

Some sections contain more information than others, so we may have Fixtures from one season where we don't have News for example.

To find what you're looking for, simply chose a section from below.

• News Articles
• Fixtures, Results, Match Reports
• League Tables

Gresley FC History

Gresley FC was formed in 2009 and enjoyed a very successful first year in the East Midlands Counties League. The side, Managed by Gary Norton, finished as runners up and therefore narrowly missed out on promotion. It was the astonishing form of Dunkirk that denied them the title by six points. The Nottingham side lost just four league matches all season.

Gresley also enjoyed a long run in the FA Vase by beating Spennymoor, Dawlish and Long Buckby. The Dawlish tie in particular will live long in the memory as the original tie was abandoned in extra time and the Moat men won the replay in South Derbyshire on penalties. The Vase run came to an end in front of the home fans in disappointing fashion at home to Whitehawk in the quarter-finals.

A year on, Gresley FC is also in much better shape off the pitch. A couple of new Directors have joined the club looking to turn the dream of moving to a new stadium into a reality. The club's progress is being held up by the fact they aren't able to attract income on non match days. The Moat Ground remains popular with fans of the club but any doubters are being forced to concede it's not up to the demands of the modern game.

As for this season - Gary Norton has revised his Management line up. Martyn Rowntree has stepped up from the reserves to become first team coach and Justin Goodchild is now in charge of the second string.

Despite narrowly missing out on promotion last season, most of the players have returned to the club. Brian Woodall (30 goals) and Royce Turville (21 goals) both featured prominently in the end of season awards and return as does popular club captain Carl Slater who is about to start his ninth season at the Moat Ground.