Stokes Valley FC

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| ground = Delaney Park, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt

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| league = Capital 2

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| position = Capital 2, 2nd of 10

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Stokes Valley Football Club is an amateur football club based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

History

The club was formed on the 7 March 1967 from a meeting at St. Phillip's Church Hall.{{cite web |last1=Ruane |first1=Jeremy |title=Stokes Valley |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1511.htm |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=27 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Stokes Valley - History |url=https://www.sporty.co.nz/svsoccer/Club-History/NewTab1-1 |website=Stokes Valley FC |access-date=27 June 2021}} After entering the local leagues in Division 6, the first team won promotion in the next seven of the clubs first nine years.

From the 1970s through to 1993 the club bounced between Divisions one to three before they saw promotion to the top league Central League in 1994. They would spend three years in the division before pulling out in 1997 due to costs and lack of players.

The club also competes in the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's premier knockout tournaments for men.{{cite web |title=National knockout cup comps return to set records |url=https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/102217 |website=New Zealand Football |access-date=27 May 2021}} The best run they have had in the competition is making the final sixteen twice. They first did it in 1979 before losing 0–4 to Stop Out,{{cite web |title=New Zealand 1979 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz79.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=27 June 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Ruane |first1=Jeremy |title=1979 Chatham Cup |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZClubSoccer/id203.htm |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=27 June 2021}} then again in 1988, this time losing 0–2 to Gisborne City.{{cite web |title=New Zealand 1988 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz88.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=27 June 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Ruane |first1=Jeremy |title=1988 Chatham Cup |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZClubSoccer/id192.htm |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=27 June 2021}}

Honours

Central League Division Three South – 1978
Central League Division Two – 1992
Central League Division One – 1993

References

External links

[https://www.svfootball.org.nz/ Official website]
[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/new-zealand/stokes-valley/47262/ Soccerway]

Category:Association football clubs in Wellington

Category:1967 establishments in New Zealand