Loughborough Dynamo F.C.
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| Full name | Loughborough Dynamo Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Moes |
| Founded | 1955 |
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Nanpantan Sports Ground, Loughborough, Leicestershire |
| Capacity | 1,500 (75 seated) |
| Chairman | Frank Fall |
| Manager | Peter Ward |
| League | Northern Premier League Division One South |
| 2015–16 | Northern Premier League Division One South, 20th |
Loughborough Dynamo Football Club is a football club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. They currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One South.
Loughborough Dynamo was formed in 1955 by a group of pupils from Loughborough Grammar School who no longer wished to play rugby. The name "Dynamo" taken from Dynamo Moscow, who played against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 9 November 1955 and had earlier toured the UK in 1945. The club's gold shirts were also taken from the Wolves colours of the same game. Club meetings were reportedly held in secrecy in the school library as the school did not approve of pupils playing association football.
After a couple of seasons playing friendlies, Dynamo joined the Loughborough Alliance League Division 3 in 1957 and quickly climbed through the divisions to become league champions, although they were denied entry to the Leicestershire Senior League due to a lack of facilities. In 1966 the club switched to the Leicester and District League, where they remained until 1971 when they were accepted into the East Midlands League, but inability to adjust to the higher standard of football caused an exodus of players and a string of disastrous results, leading to relegation to the Central Alliance League, followed almost immediately by further relegation back to the Leicester and District League.
In 1989 Dynamo finally stepped up to the Leicestershire Senior League Division One. After finishing bottom in the 2000–01 season, changes were needed and James Ellis was subsequently appointed as first team manager, along with forging ties with Loughborough University. Success was immediate – Dynamo gained promotion to the Premier Division in 2002, followed by winning the championship in 2004 and with it promotion to the Midland Football Alliance. In between, the Jelson Holmes Senior Cup was won in 2003.
In their debut season in the Midland Football Alliance, Loughborough finished a respectable 14th, and the following season went one better in 13th. In the 2006–07 season Loughborough again improved, finishing ninth.
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