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Chairman
  
Ben Biggs

Website
  
Club home page

Manager
  
Eric Najib

Founded
  
1991

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Full name
  
Stonewall Football Club

League
  
Middlesex County League Division One Central & East

2015–16
  
Middlesex County League Division One Central & East, 7th

Grounds
  
Barn Elms Playing Field, Barnes

Stonewall F.C. is Britain's top-ranking gay football team and Britain's first gay football team. They play their home games at Barn Elms Playing Fields, Barnes, London. The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association.

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The club operates three teams. The first team play in the Middlesex County League Division One Central & East, the reserve team in the West End (London) A.F.A Sunday Football League and a third team play in the London Unity League

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History

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The club was founded in 1991 by Amateur footballer Aslie Pitter, when he put an advert in a gay publication asking for like-minded people to contact him if they were interested in a kick-a-bout on a Sunday. After getting a lot more results than he thought, Stonewall FC was born.

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The team has steadily risen through the league and in the 2001–02 season, the club won the Middlesex County Football League Senior Division, at their first attempt, and were promoted to the Premier Division. The club stayed in the premier Division until the 2005–06 season when they finished bottom for the second season in a row and were relegated to Division one. After finishing as Runners-up of Division one (Central and East) at the end of the 2008–09 campaign the club were promoted back to the premier division. However the club could only stay in the top division of the league for two seasons before being relegated back to Division one (Central and East).

Ground

Stonewall play their home games at Barn Elms Recreation Ground, Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes SW13 0DG.

League honours

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  • Middlesex County Football League Senior Division
  • Champions (1): 2001–02
  • Middlesex County Football League Division one (Central and East)
  • Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13

    • Cup honours

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  • Middlesex Federation League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2004
  • Middlesex County Football League Premier Division cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2002–03
  • Wandsworth And District League Cup
  • Runners up (1): 1993

    • Gay Competitions

  • Gay Games
  • Gold Medalists (4): 2002 (Sydney), 2006 (Chicago), 2010 (Cologne), 2014 (Cleveland)
  • Silver Medalists (1): 1994 (New York)
  • Bronze Medalists (1): 1998 (Amsterdam)
  • European Gay Champions
  • Winners (9): 1992 (Paris), 1993 (London), 1997 (Paris), 2000 (Zurich), 2003 (Copenahagen), 2008 (Barcelona), 2011 (Rotterdam), 2012 (Budapest), 2015 (Stockholm), Helsinki (2016)
  • Runners Up (1): 2004 (Munich)
  • IGLFA World Champions
  • Winners (7): 1995 (Berlin), 2000 (Cologne), 2001 (London), 2002 (Sydney), 2006 (Chicago), 2008 (London), 2009 (Washington D.C.)
  • Runners Up (1): 2007 (Buenos Aires)
  • London Football For All
  • Winners (1): 2006,
  • Runners Up (1): 2007

    • Minor achievements

  • Islington Midweek League
  • Champions (1):2001
  • Out For Sports
  • Winners (1): 1999 (London)
  • West End League
  • Winners (1): 2001

    • Records

  • Highest League Position: 6th in Middlesex County Football League premier Division 2002–03

    • References

    Stonewall F.C. Wikipedia
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