Nickname(s) The Rouslers Manager Paul Smith Founded 2009 | Chairman Mike Burke | |
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Full name Bromsgrove Sporting Football Club Ground Capacity 3,000 (2017 Limit) 4,893 Owner Bromsgrove Sporting Supporters' Trust (2009–present) | ||
Bromsgrove Sporting F.C. are a football club based in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. The club was founded in 2009 and played their first season, 2010–11, in Midland Football Combination Division Two where they ended third. The club currently play in the Midland League Division One.
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History
Bromsgrove Sporting was founded in 2009 as a supporters consortium with the plan to buy Bromsgrove Rovers and take them out of administration. When another owner was found for Rovers it was decided to create a new club instead. On 2 June 2010 Sporting were offered the lease of Victoria Ground after they had promised to make the ground available to Bromsgrove Rovers too. In August 2010, Bromsgrove Rovers were expelled from the Southern League and were dissolved.
In 2012–13 Bromsgrove Sporting was promoted to the Midland Football Combination Premier Division due to a reorganisation of that league.
On 10 May 2014, in front of a crowd of 414 at the Victoria Ground, Bromsgrove, the first team lifted their first piece of silverware, recording a 4–1 victory over Paget Rangers in the final of the Smedley Crooke Memorial Charity Cup with goals by Danny Ludlow (2) & Billy Russell (2).
As of 2014-15 the league was rebranded Midland Football League First Division after the Midland Combination merged with the Midland Alliance.
Bromsgrove have gained a reputation for being the perennial bridesmaids, finishing 2nd for three consecutive years in a league that offers just the one promotion place.
As of the 2016-17 season, Worcester City have been ground-sharing at the Victoria Ground.
Attendances
Being the in-spirit replacement of Bromsgrove Rovers, Sporting have a much higher average attendance than the other teams in their league. Their inaugural season had a home average attendance of 293. This has risen year-on-year and at the time of writing (27/2/17) their average for 2016/17 stands at 581.
Sporting's record home attendance was on 19th February 2017 where 2,984 attended a FA Vase Quarter-Final Round match against Buckland Athletic, which ended in a 2-1 victory for Sporting making it the furthest they have ever got in the competition since the club re-formed.
Sporting's record home league attendance was on February 25th 2017 when 944 saw them beat Heath Hayes 2-1 in the Midland Football League Division One.
The best attended match Sporting have been involved in away from the Victoria Ground was 550 in the final of the Les James Challenge Cup on 6 May 2015 at Bescot Stadium, where they beat Southam United 3-2, with 'The Rouslers' taking approximately 450 fans to Walsall.
Sporting currently play at step six of the non-league pyramid, and have the highest average attendance of any team at this level in the country, averaging 405 in season 2015-16.
Current first team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Chrisi Conway is the club's all-time top scorer with 66 competitive goals for the club (as of 30/09/16) Defender and Captain Craig Jones currently holds the record for the most competitive appearances for the club with 125 (as of 30/09/16)