Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	3-2	26/08/17 v St Helens Town (First Division)
Biggest Away Win	3-0	11/10/17 v Uttoxeter Town (Staffordshire Senior Cup)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-5	14/10/17 v Silsden AFC (First Division)
Biggest Away Defeat	1-5	19/09/17 v Cammell Laird 1907 (First Division)
Highest Drawn Game	2-2	02/09/17 v Chadderton (H) (First Division)
		30/09/17 v Nelson (A) (First Division)
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	8	16/09/17 3-5 v Prestwich Heys (H) (First Division)

 

League Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	7		5		12
Won	1	14.29%	0	0.00%	1	8.33%
Drawn	2	28.57%	1	20.00%	3	25.00%
Lost	4	57.14%	4	80.00%	8	66.67%
Scored	10	1.43	6	1.20	16	1.33
Conceded	20	2.86	16	3.20	36	3.00

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Buildbase FA Vase	1st Qualifying Round	2-3	Ellistown	(A)
The Macron Cup	2nd Round South	v	FC Oswestry Town	(H)
	To be played on Wed 22/11/17
The LWC Drinks First Division Cup	2nd Round South	v	Sandbach United	(A)
	To be played on Wed 01/11/17
Staffordshire Senior Cup	1st Round	3-0	Uttoxeter Town	(A)

 

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	125	16/08/17 v Whitchurch Alport (First Division)
Lowest Attendance	36	07/10/17 v Holker Old Boys (First Division)
Average Attendance	7 games	62

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	1 game
Last Defeat	0 games
Goalless Draw	4 games
Score Draw	3 games
Scored A Goal	1 game
Clean Sheet	1 game

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	4	28.57%	2	14.29%
One	2	14.29%	0	0.00%
Two	5	35.71%	4	28.57%
Three	3	21.43%	4	28.57%
Four	0	0.00%	1	7.14%
Five or more	0	0.00%	3	21.43%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	3	14.29%	5	12.82%	8	13.33%
16-30	5	23.81%	6	15.38%	11	18.33%
31-45	1	4.76%	8	20.51%	9	15.00%
46-60	4	19.05%	8	20.51%	12	20.00%
61-75	5	23.81%	6	15.38%	11	18.33%
76-90	3	14.29%	6	15.38%	9	15.00%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

 

History

Eccleshall Football Club was reformed in 1971 and nicknamed the Eagles.

The club's meeting place was the George and Dragon, Eccleshall and whose landlord the late Mr. M. Beale led the first committee.

At that time the team was made up of locals and staff from the Eccleshall Secondary School which also provided training and playing facilities. The club was called Eccleshall Old Boys Football Club.

In 1974 the team won their first trophies, the Mid-Staffs 3rd Division Cup and were also runners-up in that division, gaining promotion to Division 2.

In 1976 they won the 2nd Division Cup in the same league. Interest grew and a second team was formed at the end of the 1975-76 season, ready for the following season. Old Boys was dropped from the club's name.

In 1979 the first team joined the Staffordshire County League (North) and a third team was formed. With this came the problem of pitches to play on.

In 1981 after much hard fund raising and with the help of grants and a loan a four acre field was purchased at Pershall. In the same year the first team moved into the Premier Division. Work began converting it into a football ground.

In 1982 a building was purchased from British Telecom and with lots of hard work during that and the following year on the building, car park and the pitch, the ground was ready. The ground was christened Pershall Park.

In 1983 a small covered area was put up commonly known as 'The Shed'.

In 1983-84 season the first team won the Staffs County League Premier Division Championship, the Premier Division Cup and the May Bank Cup.

In the 1984-5 and 1985-86 seasons the club reached the Staffs F.A. Vase finals only to be the losing team on both occasions.

In the 1984-85 season the Staffordshire Senior League was formed from the Staffs County League Premier Division came the majority of clubs of which Eccleshall was one.

In 1987-88 the third team reached the final of the Mid-Staffs Borough Cup final only to finish on the losing side. The team was disbanded at the end of that season.
The second team joined the Staffs County League (North) for the 1987-88 season.

In 1989-90 the club won the Staffs Senior League (now the Springbank Vending Midland League).

In the 1990-91 season the club entered the F.A. Vase for the first time and a small extension was added to the clubhouse.

In 1991-92 the club reached the F.A. Vase 2nd round, having gone through all the premlinary stages but lost at home to Wisbech Town 2-0 in front of a record crowd of 368.

A steady improvement from the mid 90's in both the first and second teams led to a fairly successful seasons without winning any silverware.

The first team have faired well in the league since the mid 90's finishing 3rd (97-98), 6th (98-99), 2nd (99-00) and 3rd (00-01).

Planning permission has been granted for both floodlights and a covered seated stand and the club are in the process of applying for grants and fund raising.

In 2001-2002 season Eccleshall first team won the Springbank Vending Midland League Championship.

The reserve team resigned from the West Midland (Regional) League and rejoined the Staffordshire County League (the word north being dropped from the leagues name) for the 2002-2003 season with what is hoped will be a team based on young players.

2002-2003 work was completed to allow the club to apply to the North West Counties should the team finish in the top two of the league. The Staffordshire F.A. Vase was won for the first time in the club's history and the championship retained and promotion granted. The reserves won the Staffordshire County League and were beaten finalists in the Leek Cup, being defeated by Alsager Town reserves from the higher Midland League.

When an application to the Midland League for 2003-2004 was turned down and the reserves have rejoined the West Midland (Regional League).

A third team was reformed, after 16 years, to play in the Staffordshire County League in 2003-2004, based on youth players from the club's Sunday sides. This only lasted for the one season due to inability of the club to find a good management team to run the youngsters.

On the pitch 2003-2004 brought no rewards but the club's application to the Football Foundation for £87,500 for funding floodlights and levelling the pitch, was granted. Work on both projects started during the closed season.

2004-2005 was disappointing; hopes were high after a year of consolidation but performances faltered after Christmas and the team finished in mid-table.

Manager Bob Askey decided to stand down at the end of 2004-2005 and hand the reigns to brother Mark, who had been running the reserves. The reserves changed their name to Eccleshall AFC and with a separate affiliation became a senior club in their own right. This allowed them to move back to the Staffs County Senior League Premier Division for the start of 2005-2006. During this season the club reached the Staffs F.A. Vase final only to lose by the odd goal.

2006-2007 promised much but league form took a nose dive after Christmas (a familiar story at the club) and the club finished in mid table after holding a promotion spot in the first half of the season.

2007-2008 held hopes of a more consistent season but things started badly and only improved towards the end.

A new management team in Dave Dale and Gary Worthington took over prior to the start of the 2008-2009 season, when Mark Askey resigned due to lack of time to commit to the job in hand. The new management team had spent the season before coaching the first team squad under Mark Askey. Gary Worthington left the management team half way through 2009-2010 with Duncan Maydew taking over as assistant. The team finished the season in 9th place, it's highest since joining the league.

However Dave Dale handed in his resignation in February 2011 and was quickly replaced with former Nantwich Town manager, Peter Hall.

Peter Hall declined the invitation to stay on for 2011-2012 season so the job was offered to Kieron Hammett who had assisted Peter Hall. Kieron accepted and appointed Roy Lane as his assistant.

Following a turluent start to the season the team settled and ended with areasonable league position. During the closed season and Kieron Hammett deciding to quit with nearly all the players leaving before the start of the new season.

For the start of 2012-13 season Dave Porter was appointed as manager with Kevin Reeves as his assistant. Dave Porter and Kevin Reeves both resigned at the end of September following a heavy Staffs FA Vase defeat and after a poor start in the league.

Reserve team manager Liam James took over the job and steadied the ship and in February 2013a new management team of Dean Sibson and John Mayer. Unfortunately the side lingered near the foot of the table.

John was unable to commit time for the 2013-14 season so Dean was left in sole charge. Unfortunately results didn't improve and in November 2013 Dean left the club, by mutual consent.

The club offered Shaun Hollinshead the chance to take charge of the team which he agreed to. He appointed Dave Johnson and Phil Bath as his assistants.

2014-2015 Shaun, Dave and Phil have been joined by player Matt Brabury on the coaching side. Matt having to finish playing due to injury.