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style="display:none">Association football club in England</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Football club</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/Bishop%27s_Stortford_FC.png/150px-Bishop%27s_Stortford_FC.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/Bishop%27s_Stortford_FC.png/225px-Bishop%27s_Stortford_FC.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Bishop%27s_Stortford_FC.png 2x" data-file-width="278" data-file-height="349" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Bishop's Stortford Football Club</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">The Blues</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">28 January 1874</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Ground</th><td class="infobox-data label">Woodside Park, <a href="/wiki/Bishop%27s_Stortford" title="Bishop's Stortford">Bishop's Stortford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">4,525 (525 seated)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Ian Kettridge</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Castle" title="Steve Castle">Steve Castle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League</a> Premier Division Central</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_National_League" title="2023–24 National League">2023–24</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a>, 24th of 24 (relegated)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bsfc.co.uk">bsfc.co.uk</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0; background: #fff; color:#000; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #D3D3D3;" colspan="2"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0"><div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 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/></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_jersey" title="Third jersey">Third colours</a></b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bishop's Stortford Football Club</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club based in <a href="/wiki/Bishop%27s_Stortford" title="Bishop's Stortford">Bishop's Stortford</a>, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently members of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League</a> Premier Division Central and play at Woodside Park. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishop%27s_Stortford_F.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Bishop%27s_Stortford_F.C._seasons" title="List of Bishop's Stortford F.C. seasons">List of Bishop's Stortford F.C. seasons</a></div> <p>The club was established at the Chequers Hotel on 28 January 1874.<sup id="cite_ref-H_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-H-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially playing in crimson and green, their first match was played two weeks later, losing 2–1 to <a href="/wiki/Bishop%27s_Stortford_College" title="Bishop's Stortford College">East of England Nonconformist Grammar School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-H_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-H-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1885 they were founders of the <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_County_Football_Association" title="Hertfordshire County Football Association">Hertfordshire County Football Association</a>, and subsequently started playing in local leagues in the 1890s.<sup id="cite_ref-H_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-H-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They joined the Stansted & District League, winning it in 1910–11 and 1912–13, and also entered a team in the Saffron Walden & District League during the same era, winning it in 1911–12, 1912–13 and 1913–14. </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> Bishop's Stortford won both the Stansted & District League and the East Hertfordshire League in 1919–20. In 1921 they joined the North-Eastern Division of the <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_Senior_County_League" title="Hertfordshire Senior County League">Hertfordshire County League</a>. In 1923 the league was reduced to a single division, and it disbanded entirely in 1925, making a brief comeback in 1926–27, when Stortford were one of only six clubs to play in it. In 1929 they joined the new Division Two East of the <a href="/wiki/Spartan_League" title="Spartan League">Spartan League</a>, which they went on to win in 1931–32, earning promotion to Division One.<sup id="cite_ref-NLM1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLM1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the league resumed in 1945, with Bishop's Stortford in the Eastern Division.<sup id="cite_ref-NLM2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLM2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite finishing in last place in 1945–46,<sup id="cite_ref-NLM2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLM2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they were placed in the Premier Division the following season.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1948–49,<sup id="cite_ref-NLM2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLM2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they were relegated to Division One. In 1951 the club were founder members of the <a href="/wiki/Delphian_League" title="Delphian League">Delphian League</a>, which they won in <a href="/wiki/List_of_Delphian_League_seasons#1954–55" title="List of Delphian League seasons">1954–55</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FCHD_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCHD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the league was disbanded in 1963 they joined Division Two of the <a href="/wiki/Athenian_League" title="Athenian League">Athenian League</a>, winning Division One in <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Athenian_League" title="1965–66 Athenian League">1965–66</a> and the Premier Division in <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Athenian_League" title="1969–70 Athenian League">1969–70</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FCHD_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCHD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1970-71_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1970-71 FA Cup">1970–71 season</a> Bishop's Stortford reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 6–1 at <a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FCHD_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCHD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1971 the club joined to the <a href="/wiki/Isthmian_League" title="Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a>, and in 1973 they reached the second round of the <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_FA_Cup" title="1972–73 FA Cup">FA Cup</a>, losing 3–1 at <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> after a replay.<sup id="cite_ref-FCHD_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCHD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also reached the semi-finals of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Amateur_Cup" title="FA Amateur Cup">FA Amateur Cup</a>, losing 1–0 to <a href="/wiki/Slough_Town_F.C." title="Slough Town F.C.">Slough Town</a>. However, the following season they won the <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_FA_Amateur_Cup" title="1973–74 FA Amateur Cup">final edition</a> of the cup, beating <a href="/wiki/Ilford_F.C." title="Ilford F.C.">Ilford</a> 4–1 at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FCHD_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCHD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/1974-75_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1974-75 FA Cup">1974–75</a> they reached the FA Cup first round again, but lost 2–0 at <a href="/wiki/Leatherhead_F.C." title="Leatherhead F.C.">Leatherhead</a> in a replay. The <a href="/wiki/1975-76_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1975-76 FA Cup">following season</a> they reached the second round again, losing 2–0 at <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_F.C." title="Aldershot F.C.">Aldershot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FCHD_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCHD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1977–78 Bishop's Stortford finished bottom of the Isthmian League Premier Division, and were relegated to Division One. They returned after winning Division One in <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Isthmian_League" title="1980–81 Isthmian League">1980–81</a>, a season in which they <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_FA_Trophy" title="1980–81 FA Trophy">also won</a> the <a href="/wiki/FA_Trophy" title="FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> with a 1–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Sutton_United_F.C." title="Sutton United F.C.">Sutton United</a> at Wembley,<sup id="cite_ref-FCHD_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCHD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming the first club to win both the FA Amateur Cup and the FA Trophy.<sup id="cite_ref-PP_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/1982-83_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1982-83 FA Cup">1982–83</a> the club beat <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a> opposition in the FA Cup for the first time, winning 2–1 at Reading in the first round. After beating Slough Town 4–1 in the second round, they held Second Division <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> to a 2–2 draw at <a href="/wiki/Ayresome_Park" title="Ayresome Park">Ayresome Park</a>, before losing 2–1 at home. They reached the first round again in <a href="/wiki/1984-85_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1984-85 FA Cup">1984–85</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985-86_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1985-86 FA Cup">1985–86</a> and <a href="/wiki/1986-87_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1986-87 FA Cup">1986–87</a>, but failed to progress on each occasion, with the club losing to <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a>, Peterborough United and <a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-FCHD_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCHD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bishop's Stortford finished bottom of the Premier Division in <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Isthmian_League" title="1991–92 Isthmian League">1991–92</a>, and were relegated back to Division One. They returned as champions in <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Isthmian_League" title="1993–94 Isthmian League">1993–94</a>, but were relegated again in <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Isthmian_League" title="1998–99 Isthmian League">1998–99</a>. After a second-place finish in <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Isthmian_League" title="2001–02 Isthmian League">2001–02</a> the club returned to the Premier Division, and after finishing eleventh in <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Isthmian_League" title="2003–04 Isthmian League">2003–04</a>, were placed in the newly formed <a href="/wiki/National_League_South" title="National League South">Conference South</a>. The <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_FA_Cup" title="2003–04 FA Cup">2003–04</a> season also saw them reach the FA Cup first round again, eventually losing 6–0 at <a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_FA_Cup" title="2006–07 FA Cup">2006–07</a> another first round appearance resulted in a 5–3 defeat to <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Lynn_F.C." title="King's Lynn F.C.">King's Lynn</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rushden_%26_Diamonds_F.C." title="Rushden & Diamonds F.C.">Rushden & Diamonds</a>' expulsion from the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(English_football)" title="National League (English football)">Football Conference</a> led to the club being transferred to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">Conference North</a> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_FA_Cup" title="2012–13 FA Cup">2012–13</a> they reached the FA Cup first round for the twelfth time, losing 2–1 at home to <a href="/wiki/Hastings_United_F.C." title="Hastings United F.C.">Hastings United</a>. At the end of the season they were transferred back to the Conference South,<sup id="cite_ref-FCHD_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCHD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_FA_Cup" title="2013–14 FA Cup">following season</a> saw another FA Cup first round appearance, a 2–1 defeat at home to <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FCHD_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCHD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stortford were relegated to the Premier Division of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League</a> at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_National_League" title="2016–17 National League">2016–17 season</a> after finishing second-from-bottom of the renamed National League South. The club were transferred to the Premier Division of the Isthmian League a year for the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Isthmian_League" title="2018–19 Isthmian League">2018–19 season</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_FA_Cup" title="2020–21 FA Cup">2020–21</a> they reached the first round of the FA Cup, losing 3–2 on penalties at <a href="/wiki/Brackley_Town_F.C." title="Brackley Town F.C.">Brackley Town</a> after a 3–3 draw.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Isthmian_League" title="2021–22 Isthmian League">2021–22 season</a> saw the club finish as runners-up in the Premier Division, before losing 3– to <a href="/wiki/Cheshunt_F.C." title="Cheshunt F.C.">Cheshunt</a> in the play-off final. They went on to win the Premier Division title in <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Isthmian_League" title="2022–23 Isthmian League">2022–23</a>, earning promotion to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they finished bottom of the division the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_National_League" title="2023–24 National League">following season</a> and were relegated to the Premier Division Central of the Southern League.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ground">Ground</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishop%27s_Stortford_F.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ground"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The club initially played home matches at Silver Leys, which they shared with the <a href="/wiki/Polo" title="Polo">polo</a> club.<sup id="cite_ref-G_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1897 they moved to the playing fields of the Grammar School on Hadham Road, remaining there until moving to Havers Lane in 1900 and Laundry Field on Dunmow Road in 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-H_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-H-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, local businessman Joe Brazier allowed the club to start playing at a piece of land near South Road, which became known as Brazier's Field and later the Town Ground. The ground was opened on 4 October 1919 with a match against <a href="/wiki/Ware_F.C." title="Ware F.C.">Ware</a> in front of a crowd of 400, which saw Stortford win 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-G_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A wooden pavilion was later erected on site, having been moved from Silver Leys.<sup id="cite_ref-G_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1927 the club bought the land from Brazier, and a wooden stand was built in 1931.<sup id="cite_ref-G_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Covered terracing was installed behind both goals in the 1950s,<sup id="cite_ref-G_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a new 250-seat main stand was built in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-PP_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some uncovered terracing was added alongside the main stand in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-NLGH_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLGH-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Floodlights were installed in 1967,<sup id="cite_ref-G_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the following year saw the ground renamed the George Wilson Stadium after a former chairman,<sup id="cite_ref-PP_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although by then the ground was commonly known as simply Rhodes Avenue.<sup id="cite_ref-G_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to financial problems, the club sold the ground in 1997, with the last match played against Ware in December that year. Mirroring the result in the first-ever game at the ground, Stortford won 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-G_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After eighteen months groundsharing at <a href="/wiki/Boreham_Wood_F.C." title="Boreham Wood F.C.">Boreham Wood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hitchin_Town_F.C." title="Hitchin Town F.C.">Hitchin Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Albans_City_F.C." title="St Albans City F.C.">St Albans City</a> and Ware, the club returned to Bishop's Stortford in 1999 when Woodside Park was completed. The first match was played on 17 July 1999, a friendly against <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PP_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are seated stands on either side of the pitch, with covered terracing at each end. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_staff">Coaching staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishop%27s_Stortford_F.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coaching staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Manager</td> <td>Steve Castle </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant Manager</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes_(footballer,_born_1983)" title="Mark Hughes (footballer, born 1983)">Mark Hughes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>First Team Coach</td> <td>Lee Kersey </td></tr> <tr> <td>Physio/S&C Coach</td> <td>Mike Williams </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goalkeeper Coach</td> <td>Dannie Tippett </td></tr> <tr> <td>General Manager</td> <td>Shan Toms </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boardroom_staff">Boardroom staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishop%27s_Stortford_F.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Boardroom staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Chairman </td> <td>Ian Kettridge </td></tr> <tr> <td>Club Secretary </td> <td>Alan Hazell </td></tr> <tr> <td>Directors </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Steve Smith</li><li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Irani" title="Ronnie Irani">Ronnie Irani</a></li><li>Paul Hopkins</li><li>Kevin Auchoybur</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>General Manager </td> <td>Shan Toms </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishop%27s_Stortford_F.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>FA Amateur Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners 1973–74</li></ul></li> <li><b>FA Trophy</b> <ul><li>Winners 1980–81</li></ul></li> <li><b>Isthmian League</b> <ul><li>Premier Division Champions 2022–23</li> <li>Division One champions 1980–81, 1993–94</li></ul></li> <li><b>Athenian League</b> <ul><li>Premier Division Champions 1969–70</li> <li>Division One champions 1965–66</li></ul></li> <li><b>Spartan League</b> <ul><li>Division Two East Champions 1931–32</li></ul></li> <li><b>Delphian League</b> <ul><li>Champions 1954–55</li></ul></li> <li><b>Stansted & District League</b> <ul><li>Champions 1910–11, 1912–13, 1919–20</li></ul></li> <li><b>Saffron Walden & District League</b> <ul><li>Champions 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14</li></ul></li> <li><b>East Herts League</b> <ul><li>Division One Champions 1919–20</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Herts_Senior_Cup" title="Herts Senior Cup">Herts Senior Cup</a></b> <ul><li>Winners 1932–33, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1986–87, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2011–12</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/London_Senior_Cup" title="London Senior Cup">London Senior Cup</a></b> <ul><li>Winners 1973–74</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishop%27s_Stortford_F.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Record attendance: 6,000 vs <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a>, FA Cup second round, 1972–73; vs <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a>, FA Cup third round replay, 1982–83<sup id="cite_ref-NLCD_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLCD-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Biggest victory: 11–0 vs Nettleswell & Buntwill, Herts Junior Cup, 1911<sup id="cite_ref-NLCD_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLCD-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Heaviest defeat: 13–0 vs 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href="#cite_ref-FCHD_6-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FCHD_6-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FCHD_6-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FCHD_6-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fchd.info/BISHOPST.HTM">Bishops Stortford</a> at the <i>Football Club History Database</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PP-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PP_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PP_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PP_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PP_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/bishops_stortford.html">Bishop's Stortford</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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href="/wiki/Marlow_F.C." title="Marlow F.C.">Marlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Town_F.C." title="Merthyr Town F.C.">Merthyr Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Parkway_F.C." title="Plymouth Parkway F.C.">Plymouth Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poole_Town_F.C." title="Poole Town F.C.">Poole Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sholing_F.C." title="Sholing F.C.">Sholing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Supermarine_F.C." title="Swindon Supermarine F.C.">Swindon Supermarine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton_Town_F.C." title="Taunton Town F.C.">Taunton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiverton_Town_F.C." title="Tiverton Town F.C.">Tiverton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walton_%26_Hersham_F.C." title="Walton & Hersham F.C.">Walton & Hersham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimborne_Town_F.C." title="Wimborne Town F.C.">Wimborne Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester_City_F.C." title="Winchester City F.C.">Winchester City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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title="Hertford Town F.C.">Hertford Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidlington_F.C." title="Kidlington F.C.">Kidlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Langley_F.C." title="Kings Langley F.C.">King's Langley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leighton_Town_F.C." title="Leighton Town F.C.">Leighton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leverstock_Green_F.C." title="Leverstock Green F.C.">Leverstock Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Leigh_F.C." title="North Leigh F.C.">North Leigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood_F.C." title="Northwood F.C.">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Bedford_F.C." title="Real Bedford F.C.">Real Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stotfold_F.C." title="Stotfold F.C.">Stotfold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thame_United_F.C." title="Thame United F.C.">Thame United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ware_F.C." title="Ware F.C.">Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City_F.C." title="Welwyn Garden City F.C.">Welwyn Garden City</a></li></ul> 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