Sandiacre Town F.C.
Sandiacre Town Football Club is a football club based in Sandiacre, England. The club today has 38 teams including junior up to senior. History Sandiacre Town Football Club was formed in 1978 by Malc Turton and Pete Smith and Tony Mattison. They had previously run the successful Ilkeston Town Under 14’s, and saw the need for youth football in Sandiacre. At the very first practice night over 150 youngsters turned up and it was decided to run three teams in the Notts Youth League at under 16’s, 14’s & 12’s. The first Trophy for the club was when the under 14 team won the 1978/79 Notts. Youth league beating Clifton all whites 5 2 to pipp them to the league title. The team was run by Tony Mattison and Peter Thornley. Season 1979/80 saw the number of youth teams grow to five with a Saturday senior side also being established and joining the Central Alliance League as one of the founding members. In 1982, work started on building the Club Headquarters at St. Giles Park, the cost of the project was £40,000 with half the money being raised by Club members. The building work was carried out with the help