Rick Parry offers EFL help as plans for football regulator make it into King’s Speech
Pressure group Fair Game has praised it as an improvement on the last attempt at a law which amongst other things will create football’s first regulator.
The Conservatives promised such a move in their 2019 manifesto and despite Premier League opposition were on course to deliver it only for it to fall by the wayside when a General Election was called for July.
Rotherham United will travel to the Zeeco Stadium in Lincolnshire for the next pre-season friendly to take on Stamford.
The Daniels (so called after Daniel Lambert who was allegedly the fattest man in English history and who died and is buried in the town) were established in 1896, joining the Northamptonshire League (later to become the United Counties League) in 1909, winning the title in the 1911/12 season.
They spent some time in the Peterborough and District League but re-joined the United Counties League in 1946 leaving again nine years later to join the Central Alliance and then the Midland League.
In 1972, once again, they moved back to the United Counties League winning the league in 1975/76, 1977/78, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1996/97 and 1997/98 before moving to the Midland Division of the Southern League (which was renamed the Eastern Division a year later). In 2003/04, although finishing in seventh place, due to league restructuring they got promoted but came straight back down winning the play-offs to go back up the following season.
After one season in the Southern League Premier Division they were transferred to the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League but were relegated at the end of that season to the Division One South League. Last season they finished in seventh place.
November 2014 saw the Daniels leave their Wothorpe Road ground moving to the brand new Zeeco Stadium. They reached the FA Cup proper for the first time during the 2016/17 season losing to League Two outfit Hartlepool at Victoria Park.
The end of the 2022/23 season saw Stamford crowned champions of the NPL Division One Midlands earning promotion to the Southern League Premier Division Central where they finished in a credible seventh place last season.
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