GNP Sports F.C.
| Full name | GNP Sports Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1983 | |
| Ground | Sphinx Drive, Coventry | |
| Capacity | 1,000 | |
| Chairman | Satnam Ark | |
| Manager | Shamir Alam | |
| League | Midland League Division Two | |
| 2017–18 | Midland League Division Three, 1st of 16 (promoted) | |
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GNP Sports is a football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the Midland League Division Two and play at Sphinx Drive, groundsharing with Coventry Sphinx.
History
The club was founded in 1983 as Longford after the area of Coventry that the founders were based in. Two years later, the club changed their name to GNP Sports, after the Guru Nanak Prakash Gurdwara in the city. In the 1997–98 season, the club joined the Midland Football Combination Division Three, winning promotion at the first attempt into Division Two. In 2000, the club withdrew from the league due to a lack of players.[1] In 2017–18, GNP Sports joined the Midland League from the Coventry Alliance League. The club won promotion from Division Three at the end of the season. GNP Sports entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2018–19.[2]
Ground
The club currently groundshare with Coventry Sphinx at Sphinx Drive, having previously played at the University of Warwick.[3]
Honours
- Midland League
- Division Three champions 2012–13, 2017–18
Records
- Best FA Vase performance: First qualifying round, 2018–19
References
- ↑ "Club History". GNP Sports F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ↑ G N P Sports at the Football Club History Database
- ↑ "GNP Sports To Move To Sphinx Drive". CNS Sport. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
External links
Coordinates: 52°24′4.972″N 1°28′19.132″W / 52.40138111°N 1.47198111°W