SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2022 KICKOFF 3:00 PM #MDTFC TODAYS MATCHDAYSPONSOR M A T C H D A Y P R O G R A M M E
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Good afternoon to everyone first I would like to welcome all the players and officials from Stourport Swifts to Greenfields for this afternoons game
We come into this game on the back of a couple of tough games against what many people believe are some of the teams who will be in and around for the top few spots
unfortunately the results haven’t gone our way but the performances have most certainly not warranted the results the first half against Walsall Wood was personally one of the best in my opinion of our tenure here so plenty of positives to take from that and plenty to work on from the second half then a big apology from me and the players for the result against Romulus on Monday night which I can assure will not happen again and which we aim to put right this afternoon.
And to the fans the atmosphere here against Whitchurch was brilliant and hopefully, you continue to back the team and can see what we are trying to build here and get behind the lads today
Come on the Drayton
Sean Notley
View from the sidelines
Following this in 1992 93, they won the Premier Division Cup and the Worcester Senior Urn
Despite finishing runners up in the Premier Division, they failed to be elected to the newly formed Midland Football Alliance.
WELCOME Stourport Swifts
In 1979, after eight seasons in the Worcester League, the Swifts were elected to Division Two of the West Midlands (Regional) League. After consolidating their position for half a dozen seasons, they gained promotion to Division One in 1986, after finishing fourth in the league
In 1996 97 they again finished runners up in the West Midlands League Premier Division but a year later after finishing runners up for the 3rd time, they were promoted to the Midland Football Alliance and also added the Worcester Senior Urn and Worcester Infirmary Cup.
In 2001, with Rod Brown in charge, the Swifts took and incredible 34 points from their last 12 matches of the season to pip Rushall Olympic to the Midland Football Alliance title by ONE GOAL
The Swifts first year in Division One saw them finishing last but one, just avoiding relegation, but the following campaign saw them finish runners up to Rocester and earn promotion to the Premier Division After a struggle in the initial season, the Swifts gradually improved each year, and in the 1991 92 season they finished 3rd after heading the division for most of the season
In 1994 95 Swifts finished in 3rd place and successfully defended the Worcester Senior Urn for the 3rd year running and the Worcester Infirmary Cup for the 2nd year running 1995 96 saw them finish in 5th place in the league and retain the Worcester Infirmary Cup
In the year 1882 the first recorded club was established in the town, the members meeting for practice in a field near the Station Hotel (now the Brindley Arms). The name of 'SWIFTS' was given to the team by the promoters, the colours being dark blue jerseys with a white swift on the chest and white knickerbockers After practicing for a considerable time near the Station Hotel, the club moved to Bewdley Road near the New Inn, where the first matches were played The Swifts changed their ground several times, before in 1906 moving to Olive Grove The 1912 13 season saw the team capture their first honours, winning both the Worcester and Bromsgrove Charity Cups Just before the outbreak of the First World War the Swifts reached their first County Cup Final, but were beaten 3 1 by the then powerful Badsey Rangers. After the war the Swifts came back with a vengeance and between 1925 and 1927 produced a historic hat trick of County Cup wins Twenty years passed before the Swifts lifted the trophy again, and another 35 years until 1982 when they reached the final again, but lost 2 0 to Metal Box During this time Swifts moved to their present ground at the Walshes Meadow The 1970 71 season saw the return of Stourport Swifts to the First Division of the Worcester League after an absence of many years
The 1993 94 season was another successful season which saw the club finish runners up in the Premier Division and pull off another cup double, again winning the Worcester Senior Urn as well as the Worcester Infirmary Cup, beating Bromsgrove Rovers on both occasions
Ron Bradley, former WBA player and also former coach to the national team in Libya, was a manager to note in the 70’s, followed by former player Richard Leach, who can still be seen on most match days
No fence was in place around the ground, and no conifers in place to prevent the loss of many balls in the River Severn Kindly fishermen and boatmen from Worcester returned many footballs with the Stourport Swifts name on them, often several weeks after they were lost
Several attempts were made to bring the changing facilities next to the pitch, but each time these were vandalised, and twice burned to the ground
That promotion came 4 years later, in 1998, and in 2001, with Rod Brown in charge, Stourport Swifts took and incredible 34 points from their last 12 matches of the season to pip Rushall Olympic to the Midland Football Alliance title by ONE GOAL Lee Booth scored 40 goals that season, and Rod Brown was voted Manager of the Year.
The Swifts progressed from the Worcester League into the West Midland League, where there were some notable successes in both League and County Cup form
The old stand, now replaced by the modern 250 seat version you see today, was made of wood and corrugated iron which leaked heavily over the years when it rained
Former Mayor of Stourport, Roy Crowe, became chairman at that time Roy remained Life President of the club until he passed away at the age of 88 on December 3rd 2016
In 1970, the changing rooms were in an old outbuilding, now owned by Walshes Farm Caravan Park, some 100 yards away from the pitch, and over time these were renovated, with showers, toilet facilities and electricity installed.
Chris Reynolds took over as Chairman in 1992 and John McDonald secured funding for the building of the new stand in the same year. Despite the team finishing runners up in the Premier Division in 1994, they failed to gain promotion to the new Midland Football Alliance
The pitch, although a decent size, was heavily populated with weeds, and before each game the players would have to remove, on some occasions, some 200 molehills before the matches could begin Several professional experts were called in to discuss the mole problem, but none felt they could do anything to solve it. Groundsman at the time, Duncan Pinnegar, set to with his trusty traps, and over a period of 4 years, eventually secured a mole free zone
In 1965 John McDonald became secretary of Stourport Swifts and the Club you see today began to take shape
The bar in the Clubhouse was salvaged from the Wheatsheaf pub in Stourport town centre when it went through some extensive refurbishment, and the Club was decorated in the current style by decorator and committee man Dave Watts, who is sadly no longer with us.
In the last 50 years, the Swifts, founded in 1882, and the oldest Club in the County, have progressed steadily to the Midland Football League Premier Division, which is Step 5 on the Football League pyramid
Pat Lynch and Kidderminster Harriers legend Phil Mullen, became the management team in the late 80’s and early 90’s and the Swifts progressed to the Premier Division of the West Midlands League, and won the Worcestershire Senior Urn three times during their spell in charge
The pitch was fenced in, a requirement for progression through the higher levels of non league football, and work began on the Clubhouse you see today in the 1980’s, with players and officials digging out foundations by hand
On the 11th of August 2015, a record crowd of 1,321 saw the Swifts win 2 0 at Walshes Meadow to become the first team to beat their illustrious neighbours in the Midland League.
Chris Reynolds passed away on Saturday 23rd July 2016, after a brave battle against cancer Chris had been with the club some 45 years as player, manager, committee member and chairman, and he will be sorely missed by all the great friends he made in that time
The Club then lost John McDonald on 17th October the same year, also after a long battle against cancer Mac was honoured by the Football Association in 2015 for 50 years of service to Stourport Swifts, and had been the heartbeat of the Swifts for the past 50 years. He will be remembered as the the man who built the Club, and this is a pair of shoes we will never fill
The Swifts were promoted as Champions to the Southern League and enjoyed their highest level of football over the next ten years in this Division.
The Clubhouse was extended in 2020 to double its size, with a new bar area and toilets, and the Swifts were successful in securing grant aid from the Football Foundation to replace the old perimeter fence, and today's new dugouts.
The Non League Pyramid was re organised in 2013 and the Swifts secured a place in the Midland League Premier Division, which significantly reduced travelling on match days Hereford, after being declared bankrupt for the second time, were denied entrance into the Southern League, and placed in the Midland Premier Division
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