Peterborough Northern Star F.C.

Peterborough Northern Star

Full name

Peterborough Northern Star Football Club

Nickname(s)

Star

Founded

1905

Ground

Branch Bros Stadium, Chestnut Avenue, Peterborough

Capacity

500

Chairman

Tony Zirpolo

Manager

Seb Hayes

League

United Counties League Premier Division

2015–16

United Counties League Premier Division, 17th

Home colours

Peterborough Northern Star F.C. is a football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. They play in the United Counties League Premier Division.

History

Formed as a brickyard team based in the village of Eye in the early 1900s, the club was initially named Northern Star, before adopting the name Eye United. They joined the Peterborough & District League and in the 1960s moved to Lindisfarne Road. They were promoted to the Premier Division in 1973. In 1982 the club won the Northants Junior Cup, the last from the United Counties League to do so.

The club won the Premier Division three times at the end of the 1990s and start of the 2000s. In the 2000–01 season they won all 30 league matches, as well as the Peterborough Senior Cup and the Jack Hogg Charity Shield.

The club moved to its current ground in the Dogsthorpe area of Peterborough in order to gain promotion to Division One of the United Counties League, which they achieved in 2003.

In 2005 they were renamed Peterborough Northern Star, and reached the Northants Junior Cup again, losing to Wellingborough Town in the final. In 2007–08 they finished second in Division One, but were not promoted to the Premier Division due to ground grading issues. The following season, however Northern Star did one better finishing top of the league, again, Northern Star did not take the promotion to the Premier Division due to ground grading, despite improvements being made to their Chestnut Avenue ground. However, they did gain promotion the following season when they had completed the first phase of their planned ground improvements after finishing in second place.^[1]^[2]

In May 2009, it was announced that manager Tommy Cooper was to retire from his position as manager to become the new Director of Football at the Cambridgeshire club, It was then announced that current club captain and former Peterborough United player Chris Plummer stepping up to become the club's new manager.

The club reached the Quarter-finals of the FA Vase in the 2011–12 season.^[3]

Honours

United Counties Football League Division One
- Champions 2008–09
- Runners-up 2007–08, 2009–10

Coaching staff

First Team
- Manager: Seb Hayes

Records

FA Vase
- Quarter-finals 2011–12

References

↑ Football Clubs History Database - Peterborough Northern Star
↑ Club website - History
↑ Peterborough Northern Star at the Football Club History Database

External links

Club website

United Counties League

Premier Division	Boston Town Cogenhoe United Deeping Rangers Desborough Town Eynesbury Rovers Harborough Town Harrowby United Holbeach United Huntingdon Town Kirby Muxloe Leicester Nirvana Newport Pagnell Town Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton Sileby Rangers Oadby Town Peterborough Northern Star Peterborough Sports Rothwell Corinthians Sleaford Town Wellingborough Town Wisbech Town Yaxley

Division One	Blackstones Bourne Town Buckingham Town Bugbrooke St. Michaels Burton Park Wanderers Daventry Town Irchester United Long Buckby Lutterworth Athletic Melton Town Oakham United Olney Town Peterborough Sports Potton United Raunds Town Rushden & Higham United Stewarts & Lloyds Corby Thrapston Town Wellingborough Whitworth Whittlesey Athletic Woodford United

Seasons	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

The City of Peterborough

Villages	Ailsworth Bainton Barnack Borough Fen Castor Deeping Gate Etton Eye Eye Green Glinton Helpston Marholm Maxey Newborough Northborough Peakirk Southorpe St Martin's Without Sutton Thorney Thornhaugh Ufford Upton Wansford Wittering Wothorpe

Suburbs	Bretton Dogsthorpe Eastfield Eastgate Fengate Fletton Gunthorpe The Hamptons Longthorpe Millfield Netherton Newark New England The Ortons Parnwell Paston Ravensthorpe Stanground Walton Werrington West Town Westwood Woodston

Attractions	Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough Museum Burghley House Milton Hall Longthorpe Tower Thorpe Hall Flag Fen Nene Valley Railway Nene Park Barnack Hills & Holes The Lido Embassy Theatre Thorney Abbey London Road Stadium

Establishments	Peterborough City Council Peterborough Power Station HMP Peterborough Peterborough City Hospital Peterborough Regional College City College Peterborough University Centre Peterborough Queensgate shopping centre Schools in Peterborough

Transport	Road transport in Peterborough Queensgate bus station Peterborough railway station Peterborough/Conington Airport Peterborough/Sibson Airport

History	Durobrivae (Water Newton) Medeshamstede Peterborough Chronicle Peterborough ware Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware Peterborough Rural District

Coordinates: 52°35′41.91″N 0°13′37.43″W / 52.5949750°N 0.2270639°W / 52.5949750; -0.2270639

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