Stowmarket Town F.C.
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Stowmarket Town FC are an English football team who play in Division One of the Ridgeons Football League (formally the Eastern Counties League). The club plays its home games at the Greens Meadow Stadium in Stowmarket, Suffolk. The team colours are gold & black shirts, black shorts, and black stockings.
The club was founded in 1883, originally playing at the Cricket Meadow until 1984. They joined the Eastern Counties League in 1952, having played earlier seasons in the Essex & Suffolk Border League, and before that in the Ipswich & District League. The club won the Senior County Cup in 2007 playing against a very strong Grundisburgh side - winning 2-1 with a late Warren Taylor-Holt goal, weaving through the oppositions defence before slotting away with ease into the bottom corner. This was the first time Stowmarket Town had won the Suffolk Senior Cup since 1962. The game was played infront of 1,480 people at Ipswich Town's Portman Road.
The club have a very good crop of young players coming through the ranks. Stowmarket Town U13's are, like the senior team, county champions. A Player to look out for in the future from this team Kieran Morley. A very talented left footed wing player who can also play in the middle or up top. The talented youngster also has a very good scoring record in front of goal, being a 20 goal a season man. He has been scouted by Ipswich Academy amongst others.
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