Stokes Valley Football Club is an amateur

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club based in

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History

The club was formed on the 7 March 1967 from a meeting at St. Phillip's Church Hall. After entering the local leagues in Division 6, the first team won promotion in the next seven of the clubs first nine years. From the 1970s through to 1993 the club bounced between Divisions one to three before they saw promotion to the top league

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in 1994. They would spend three years in the division before pulling out in 1997 due to costs and lack of players. The club also competes in the

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, New Zealand's premier knockout tournaments for men. The best run they have had in the competition is making the final sixteen twice. They first did it in

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before losing 0–4 to Stop Out, then again in

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, this time losing 0–2 to Gisborne City.

Honours

* Central League Division Three South – 1978 * Central League Division Two – 1992 * Central League Division One – 1993

References

External links

Official website

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