Thornaby
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Thornaby
FOOTBALL CLUB
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hornaby FC is a fine example of a well-administered, superbly run club
working hard to be the best that they can be. Their Secretary, Trevor Wing,
recently took the time to tell Football Focus Magazine more about the club.
He said, “I joined Thornaby in 2010 after leaving Stokesley Sports
Club, I made a promise to Peter Morris that if I left Stokesley I
would join him at Thornaby but sadly he passed away around
that time so I kept my promise and joined them.”
“The most challenging thing when I joined was that we
needed to improve the ground or we would have been relegated
from the Northern League. We managed to get a grant for the
walkway around the pitch followed by a refurbishment of the
Changing rooms, and two years ago replacement floodlights in
total around £40,000 in grants and a spending of £60,000 in total.
We breathed a great big sigh of relief when the ground passed its
grading inspection.
“We must have the hardest working committee in the football
world, they never stop in trying to improve the ground and the
banter is top class. During the close season we have been hard at
work trying to modernise old rooms under the stand into a new
club house all with donated materials and done in committee
member’s spare time. Without spending money we don’t have
this is now open.
“Due to a number of changes off the pitch, we are hoping
to consolidate our position in the league and push forward
next season on the pitch. It is very important that we include
our juniors in all future plans as they are the future of the club.
We try to smooth the transition into senior football by providing
players with guidance from our coaching staff as there should be
a smooth procreation into the first team as the players reach the
age of 16.
“Our biggest problem is where the club will be in 5 years’
time, with the uncertainty of the ground and the developers
hopefully it will be sorted out by then. Thornaby are a community
club and with the continuation of help from Thornaby Borough
Council we will be going for the Community status from the FA
in the next couple of years once we know where the juniors will
be playing their football.”
There is much to admire about the fine set up that Thornaby
FC currently has in place and this is thanks to all of the hard work
that has gone into making the club a success. If they continue in
the same manner they are sure to be able to look forwards to a
bright future.
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