Stamford A.F.C.
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| Full name | Stamford Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Daniels |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Ground | Zeeco Stadium, Stamford |
| Capacity | 2,000 (250 seated) |
| Chairman | Bob Feetham |
| Manager | Graham Drury |
| League | Northern Premier League Division One South |
| 2015–16 | Northern Premier League Premier Division, 21st (relegated) |
Stamford Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Stamford, Lincolnshire and are currently members of the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League. Their nickname, the Daniels, comes from Daniel Lambert, reputedly the fattest man in English history, who died in Stamford and is buried in St Martin's churchyard close to their former ground.
The club was established in 1896 and spent a single season in the East Midlands League. After several years without league football, the club joined the Northamptonshire League in 1909, and won the title in 1911–12. In 1933 the league was renamed the United Counties League.
They left the league in 1939, but after a season in the Peterborough & District League, they rejoined the UCL in 1946. They won the league's Knockout Cup in 1952, a season in which they also won the Lincolnshire Senior B Cup. In 1955 they left the league again to join the Central Alliance, before joining the Midland League. In 1972 they returned to the UCL. They were champions in 1975–76 as well as winning the league cup and reaching the final of the FA Vase, where they lost 1–0 to Billericay Town after extra time. They won the league again in 1977–78 and the Lincolnshire Senior A Cup in 1978–79. They then went on to win the league three times in a row between 1979–80 and 1981–82, as well as the Knockout Cup in 1979–80 and 1981–82 and the FA Vase in 1979–80, when Guisborough Town were defeated 2–0 in the final. In 1983–84 they reached the final for a third time, but lost 3–2 to Stansted.
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