F.C. Hound Dogs
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| Founded | 2012 |
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| Ground | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar |
| Capacity | 5000 |
| Chairman | Sean Harrison |
| Manager | Chris Gomez (Football) & Louis Gonzalez (Futsal) |
| Coach | Ercan Mehmet |
| League | Gibraltar Second Division |
| 2015–16 | 10th |
| Website | Club home page |
FC Hound Dogs is a football & futsal club from Gibraltar. They play their football in the Gibraltar Second Division and the Rock Cup; their Futsal team compete in the Gibraltar Third Division.
FC Hound Dogs offers young footballers in Gibraltar the platform and opportunity to play football and futsal. The club operates a strict rotation policy where the focus is on giving everyone game time.
The club was founded in the summer of 2012 by Chris Gomez, Carl Bradford, David Bradford and Ercan Mehmet. The four of them set up the club from scratch, and later added Tyrone Smith to the backroom staff for the 2013–14 season. Chris and Tyrone had both been involved in coaching youth football for many years in Gibraltar, and as a result, had a group of young players interested in signing for them.
The vast majority of this group of players had been involved with Chris and Tyrone at Lions Gibraltar F.C., and later SJ Corinthians where they played alongside Ercan during the 2011–12 season and gained invaluable experience playing in the Gibraltar Premier Division. When SJ Corinthians folded at the end of the 2011–12 season, these young players had no club to play for, and as a result FC Hound Dogs was born.
After raising money via the players and founder members they were able to register and enter a football team into Gibraltar Second Division for the 2012–13 season; sponsorship was later secured via the Calpe Hounds Public House.
In their inaugural season (2012–13), FC Hound Dogs finished in a respectable 4th position in Gibraltar Second Division with 30 points from 18 matches. They took 4 points from 2 games against eventual league champions Europa FC and also recorded a 4–0 win over eventual league runners-up Gibraltar Phoenix F.C.. They also had the joint best defensive record in the league (with Gibraltar Phoenix F.C.), conceding just 22 goals in their 18 league game.
Prior to the 2013–14 season commencing, FC Hound Dogs elected a committee consisting of President (Sean Harrison), Vice President /Treasurer (Kristian Sanchez) and Club Secretary (Ercan Mehmet) to assist with all club matters so that Chris could focus purely on match day responsibilities. FC Hound Dogs struggled to get going at the start of the 2013–14 season, winning only 2 of their first 8 league games, but after beating F.C. Olympique 13 4–2 at the start of December, FC Hound Dogs turned a corner and went on to lose only two of their remaining 13 league games. Like the previous season, FC Hound Dogs finished with the best defensive record in the league, conceding 23 goals in their 22 league games.
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