Corby Town F.C.
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| Full name | Corby Town Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Steelmen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Rockingham Triangle, Corby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 3000 (1150 covered, 960 seated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  James Kane CBE |
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| Manager | Dougie Keast |
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| League | Southern League Premier Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corby Town Football Club is an English football club based in Corby, Northamptonshire. For the 2006/07 season they are members of the Southern League Premier Division.
[edit] History
During the 1930s Corby was represented in the United Counties League by steelworks side Stewarts & Lloyds. But by the 1948 it was decided that the expanding town could support an independent football club and Corby Town was formed. Their nickname of the Steelmen derives from the link with Stewarts & Lloyds.
Corby Town played their first game in August 1948 at Occupation Road, which was to be their home until 1985. They won the United Counties League championship in both 1950/1951 and 1951/1952, and these successes prompted a step up the Midland League in 1952. The Steelmen spent five seasons in the Midland League before switching to the Southern League. They were promoted to the League's top division in 1965 and actually made several applications for Football League membership without success.
Corby were relegated from the Premier Division in 1968 and remained in various forms of Division One until league re-organisation in 1982 saw them placed in the new-look Premier Division. The Steelmen were relegated again in 1990 - by which time they had moved to a new home at the multi-purpose Rockingham Triangle sports complex and for the remainder of the 90s the club struggled to stay in the Southern League.
Since 2002, however, the club's fortunes have turned around, culminating in a return to the Southern League Premier Division in 2006.
[edit] Ground
Rockingham Triangle Sports Stadium is a high-quality modern venue, featuring a large all-seater stand with two press boxes and a directors' box. There is also a sports centre attached to the stadium, which includes an indoor football pitch, sports hall and a gym.
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