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Stotfold

The Eagles

Stotfold Football Club, nicknamed “The Eagles,” is a non-league football club based in Stotfold, Bedfordshire.

Established in 1946, they currently compete in the Pitching In Southern Football League Division One Central, which is part of the eighth tier of English football. The team calls JSJ Stadium their home ground.

Football has been played in the Bedfordshire town since at least 1904, early sides entering the Biggleswade & District League before nearly three decades in North Herts football. A first trophy came in 1911. After joining the South Midlands League in 1951, the team reached the Premier Division by 1955, winning it in 1980. Games moved from Hitchin Road Recreation Ground to supporter-built Roker Park in 1965.

Switching to the United Counties League in 1984–85, the club twice finished runners-up and, under successive regimes, collected Bedfordshire Senior and Premier Cups, the UCL League Cup, Hinchingbrooke Cup and national and league fair-play awards. Runs to the FA Cup third qualifying round and FA Vase last 32 punctuated the era, while a 2007 revival produced a league and county cup double.

A ground-share deal saw Roker Park sold for housing and funded the £2 million New Roker Park JSJ Stadium, opened on 8 February 2020 before 644 supporters. COVID-19 disruptions followed, yet the team won the 2020 Bedfordshire Senior Trophy and, under Brett and Paul Donnelly, captured the 2021-22 Spartan South Midlands Division 1 title to return to the Premier Division. The restructured club now runs more than 60 male, female and youth sides.