Leiston F.C.
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| Full name | Leiston Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Blues / LTFC / The Steamers |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Ground | Victory Road, Leiston |
| Capacity | 2,500 (124 seated) |
| Chairman | Andy Crisp |
| Manager | Richard Wilkins |
| League | Isthmian League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 8th |
Leiston Football Club is an English football club based in Leiston, Suffolk. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division as of the 2016-17 season and play at Victory Road.
Established in 1880, the club was initially closely linked to the Richard Garrett Engineering Works, and played at the old Recreation Ground adjacent to Park Hill, with players changing in the White Horse Hotel or at the Works Hall. They reached the final of the Suffolk Senior Cup in 1892, 1897 and 1904, losing on each occasion, although they did win the Junior Cup in 1895. In 1894 they joined the North Suffolk League, which they played in until 1909. In 1900 they also joined the Ipswich & District League (later the Suffolk & Ipswich League) and were champions in their first three seasons. In 1904 they transferred to the South East Anglian League, but left in 1907 before rejoining in 1911 (when it had been renamed the East Anglian League). Between 1912 and 1914 they also played in the Ipswich & District League.
After World War I the club was reformed as Leiston Works Athletic and rejoined the Ipswich & District League and the East Anglian League. In 1920 they left the EAL and joined the Essex & Suffolk Border League. At the end of the 1920–21 season they left both the IDL and ESBL to join the Norfolk & Suffolk League before rejoining the IDL in 1926. After finishing bottom of the table in 1934–35 they were reformed as Leiston and dropped into Division 2B. They won all seventeen league matches in 1937–38 and were promoted to Division One after defeating Division 2A winners Manningtree Rovers in a play-off.
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