Wolverhampton Sporting C.F.C.

Wolverhampton Sporting Community Football Club is a football club originally formed in Wolverhampton, but currently based in Great Wyrley, the club competes in the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division. Originally formed as Chubb Sports F.C. they lost their home club and pitches due to the Chubb lock and safe factory closing down and being sold for housing. The club then changed its name to Heath Town Rangers, the name and badge was chosen by the players in 2001.

Wolverhampton Sporting
Full nameWolverhampton Sporting Community Football Club
Nickname(s)Wolves Sporting
Founded2001
GroundPride Park
ChairmanJohn Quarry
ManagerFrancino Francis
LeagueWest Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division
2019–20West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division (season abandoned)
WebsiteClub website

The club changed its name from Heath Town Rangers to its present name midway through the 2010–11 season.

History

The club entered the West Midlands (Regional) League in 2005–06 competing in the youth league. The next season they entered their first team into Division Two and in the 2006–07 season the club won the Division Two title and also claimed the Youth League title. In 2007–08 season they entered a reserve team into Division Two and the Heath Town Rangers first team gained promotion from Division One into the Premier Division by finishing in third place. They also won the Staffordshire Challenge Cup in the same season. In their first season in the Premier Division they finished eighth and reached the final of the League Cup which was postponed and never played. Part way through the 2010–11 season the club changed its name from Heath Town Rangers to Wolverhampton Sporting Community Football Club. Sporting won the 2017–18 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division double, finishing the league with a total of 104 points and beating Black Country Rangers 3-0 in the Premier Cup Final. They gained promotion into the Midland Football League following their league victory.

For the 2018-19 season Sporting hired Steve Hinks as manager, however, he left the club bottom of the Midland Football League to take over at Nuneaton Borough, for Hinks's replacement, the club hired former Black Country Rangers boss, Wayne Spicer, in December 2018. Spicer's first game in charge was a 1-1 draw away against Worcester City.

Ground

Following a period of ground-sharing at the Cottage Ground, the current home of Wednesfield F.C., Sporting moved to Pride Park, Great Wyrley, in 2014. The ground itself has two stands which are both at the clubhouse end of the pitch at either corner flag, the stand on the left has rows of benches which have been painted in the colours of the club, while the stand on the right has proper seats in it, standing is available round all other sides of the pitch. The ground also has floodlights and a viewing balcony. Catering is covered on the second floor of the clubhouse with a full bar and catering facility.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ENG Connor Hopkins (on loan from Sutton Coldfield Town)
— GK  ENG Ryan Pratt
— GK  ENG Dale Faultless
— DF  ENG Jonathon Ashfall
— DF  ENG Kyle Burke
— DF  ENG Stefan Cameron
— DF  ENG Aboudalahi Ceesay
— DF  ENG Ben Douglas
— DF  ENG Sufyan Zia
— MF  ENG Abdulhamid Chouchane
— MF  ENG Dominic Dell
— MF  ENG Mitchell Evans
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ENG Kartell O'Neil-Martin
— MF  ENG Dan Scragg
— MF  ENG Shaun Smith
— MF  ENG Bilal Yafai
— MF  ENG Umar Zaman
— FW  ENG Roland Agbor
— FW  ENG Taylor Allen
— FW  ENG Kieron Clarke
— FW  ENG Daniel Dubidat
— FW  ENG Jake Healy
— FW  ENG Taimoor Hussain
— FW  ENG Adam Skeldon

Coaching staff
Position Name
Head Coach Wayne Spicer
Assistant Head Coach Graham Ward
First Team Coach Thomas Albutt
Goalkeeping Coach John Davies
Goalkeeping Coach Huzefa Vorajee
Fitness CoachVacant
Physiotherapist Pav Gill
Performance Analyst Jan Reis
Technical Director Obayed Hussain

Honours
League

West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division

  • Champions (1): 2017-18

West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two

  • Champions (1): 2006-07

West Midlands (Regional) League Youth League

  • Champions (1): 2006-07
Cup

Staffordshire Challenge Cup

  • Champions (1): 2008

West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Cup

  • Champions (1): 2018
  • Runners-up (1): 2016
  • Finalists (1): 2009 - Game Abandoned (Never Replayed)

Records

FA Vase:[1] Fifth Round 2017–18

References
  1. Heath Town Rangers at the Football Club History Database

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