GNP Sports is a football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the Coventry Alliance League Division Four and play at Sphinx Drive, groundsharing with Coventry Sphinx.
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| Full name | GNP Sports Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1983 | |
| Ground | Sphinx Drive, Coventry | |
| Chairman | Satnam Ark | |
| Manager | Shamir Alam | |
| League | Coventry Alliance League Division Four | |
| 2023–24 | Coventry Alliance League Division One, 8th of 11 | |
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History
editThe 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 alongside a league cup win. The club won another promotion the following year from Division Two along with a League Cup Win. GNP Sports entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2018–19.[2]
Multiple posts in the NonLeagueMatters forum indicated that GNP Sports dropped back to the Coventry Alliance League from the Midland League before the 2021–22 season for unspecified reasons.
Ground
editThe club currently groundshare with Coventry Sphinx at Sphinx Drive, having previously played at the University of Warwick.[3] Sphinx Drive, the name of which was adopted in 1995. In the mid-1990s a new stand was built and opened with a friendly match between Coventry Sphinx and Coventry City team. The record attendance at Sphinx Drive was when Hereford F.C. came to Sphinx Drive with 935 watching the Bulls play Sphinx.
Honours
edit- Midland League
- Division Three champions 2012–13, 2017–18
Records
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.