Stonewall F.C.

Stonewall F.C. is Britain's top-ranking LGBT+ football team and Britain's first gay football team, Stonewall are also the first LGBT+ FA Chartered Standard team. They play their home games at Barn Elms Playing Fields, Barnes, London.[1] The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association.[2]

Stonewall
Full nameStonewall Football Club
Nickname(s)Stones
Founded1991
GroundBarn Elms Playing Fields, Barnes
Capacity150
ChairmanAlex Baker
LeagueMiddlesex County League Premier Division
2019–20Middlesex County League Premier Division (season abandoned)
WebsiteClub website

The club operates three teams. The first team play in the Middlesex County League Premier Division, the reserve team in the Middlesex County Combination Division and the third team play in the London Unity League[3]

History

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.[4][5] After getting a lot more results than he thought, Stonewall FC was born.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8][9] 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.[10] 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).[11]

In more recent times the club was promoted back to the Middlesex County Premier Division for the 2017-18 season, but were relegated. After a season of change in the 2018-19 season the club finished 2nd and have been promoted back to the Premier Division for the 2019-20 season.

Ground

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

Honours

League honours

Cup honours
  • London AFA Weekend Cup[14]
    • Winners (1): 2015
  • Middlesex Federation League Cup[14]
    • Winners (1): 2004
  • Middlesex County Football League Premier Division cup[15]
    • Runners-up (1): 2002–03
  • Wandsworth And District League Cup[16]
    • Runners up (1): 1993 Wandsworth And District League Cup[16]
      • Runners up (1): 1993

Gay Competitions
  • Gay Games[16]
    • 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[16]
    • Winners (9): 1992 (Paris), 1993 (London), 1997 (Paris), 2000 (Zurich), 2003 (Copenahagen), 2008 (Barcelona), 2011 (Rotterdam), 2012 (Budapest), 2015 (Stockholm), Helsinki (2016), Rome (2019)
    • Runners Up (1): 2004 (Munich)
  • IGLFA World Champions[16]
    • 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[16]
    • Winners (1): 2006,
    • Runners Up (1): 2007

Minor achievements
  • Islington Midweek League[16]
    • Champions (1):2001
  • Out For Sports[16]
    • Winners (1): 1999 (London)
  • West End League[16]
    • Winners (1): 2001

Records

See also

References
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