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Introducing - Stonehouse Town FC

Stonehouse Town Football Club is a football club based in
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England. The club was
established in 1898 and joined the Dursley & District
League, where they were champions in 1900-01. They
later moved to the Stroud & District League, where they
were champions in 1908-09. After World War I, they
entered a team in the North Gloucestershire League. In the
Stroud & District League, they were champions in 1919-20
and 1920-21, while in the North Gloucestershire League,
they won the title in 1919-20 and finished as runners-up in the next two seasons.
In 1922, the club were founder members of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior
League, which they played in until 1927. After winning the Stroud League title
again in 1927-28, the club returned to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League
in 1931 and were champions in 1934-35, 1935-36 and 1936-37 (also winning the
Gloucestershire Senior Amateur Cup in the latter season), before finishing as
runners-up in 1938-39.

In 1947, Stonehouse moved up to Division Two of the Western League. They were
Division Two champions in 1950-51, earning promotion to Division One. However,
after finishing second-from-bottom of Division One in 1953-54, the club were
relegated back to Division Two. Despite finishing as runners-up in the division in
1959-60, the club dropped into Division One of the Wiltshire League. They were
Wiltshire League champions in 1967-68, after which the club became founder
members of the Gloucestershire County League.
Stonehouse were the inaugural champions of the Gloucestershire County League
and won the Gloucestershire Senior Amateur Cup in 1972-73, but finished bottom
of the league in 1975-76, 1976-77, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83 and 1983-84.
After finishing last for a sixth time in 1987-88, the club left the league and returned
to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League. In 2008-09, they were Division Two
champions, earning promotion to Division One.

The club were Gloucestershire Senior Amateur Cup winners and Division One
runners-up, earning promotion back to the Gloucestershire County League.
Following a third-place finish in the Gloucestershire County League, they were
promoted to Division One West of the Hellenic League. They are currently
members of the Hellenic League Division One and play at the Magpies Stadium.