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Club History |
The history of Travellers Rest FC dates back to 1970 when a group of lads from the Hartlepool Mail used to have a kick about and decided to form a team. Their first ever game was a 3-1 'friendly' defeat at the hands of local rivals The Northern Echo, a result which was to set the tone for most of the years that followed. They joined the Hartlepool Sunday Football League under the name of Mail FC and remain one of the longest serving, continuous members of the League. We changed our name to Travellers Rest FC in 1991, although we had always used 'The Travs’ as our base.
Successes have been few and far between, though three cup finals have been reached with a solitary victory in the Division One Cup in 1996, having reached the final in the previous season too. We reached the last sixteen of the Durham County Sunday Cup in 1984, the season after our first appearance in a cup final. A notable achievement occurred in 1998 when we reached the semi-final of the League’s major Cup competition, the John Dowson Cup.
We gained promotion to the Premier Division in 1989 when finishing third, despite leading the division going into the last game. Our highest ever finish was the following season when we finished 6th in the Premier. Since the league was re-organised over 25 years ago, we have never played in the bottom division - more by luck than good management.
Notable players over the years have been Sky Sports' Jeff Stelling, former British Lightweight Boxing Champion George Feeney and current Premiership player Michael Brown. Notable players for their inability to play football are too numerous to mention.
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Honours |
* DIVISION 1 CUP RUNNERS-UP 1983
United Services-2
TRAVELLERS REST-1 (Ged Moran)
(then Hartlepool Mail FC, see photo gallery)
* DIVISION 1 CUP RUNNERS-UP 1995
Hartlepool Workmen-3
TRAVELLERS REST-1 (Andy Smith)
(Team: M.Proud, M.Horton, J.Bell, D.Measor, S.Hadfield, D.Scott, A.Smith, P.Flounders, N.Murray, N.Pearson, F.Moran. Subs: D.Parkes, M.Morrell, D.I.Scott, D.Mason)
* DIVISION 1 CUP WINNERS 1996 (aet)
Greensides-2
TRAVELLERS REST-3 (Paul Tweddle & Fran Moran 2)
(Team: M.Proud, M.Morrell, J.Bell, M.Horton, D.Measor, D.Scott, A.Smith, P.Tweddle, N.Murray, N.Pearson, G.Moran. Subs: F.Moran, D.Parkes, S.Hadfield, D.I.Scott, N.Appleyard)
(see photo gallery)
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Club Honours |
2006-07
Player of the Year - Peter Jeffries
Player's Player of Year - Peter Jeffries/Gary Nicholson (joint award)
Leading Goalscorer - Lee Pearson
2005-06
Player of the Year - Gary Nicholson
Player's Player of the Year - Marvin Walker
Leading Goalscorer - Phil Batty
2004-05
Player's Player of the Year - Darren Morrill
Leading Goalscorer - Kevin Stevens
2003-04
Player's Player of the Year - Neil McGuren
Leading Goalscorer - Peter Twidale
2002-03
Player's Player of the Year - Jonathan Salvin
Leading Goalscorer - Nick Appleyard
2001-02
Player's Player of the Year - Graham Tregear
Leading Goalscorer - John Stoker
2000-01
Player's Player of the Year - Marvin Walker
Leading Goalscorer - Neil Murray
1999-2000
Player's Player of the Year - Colin Thompson
Leading Goalscorer - Neil Murray
1998-99
Player's Player of the Year - Neil Murray
Leading Goalscorer - Neil Murray
1997-98
Player's Player of the Year - Paul Tweddle
Leading Goalscorer - Ged Moran
1996-97
Player's Player of the Year - Mark Horton
Leading Goalscorer - Ged Moran
1995-96
Player's Player of the Year - Andrew Smith
Leading Goalscorer(s) - Andrew Smith/Neil Pearson
1994-95
Leading Goalscorer - Neil Pearson
1993-94
Leading Goalscorer - Ged Moran
1990-91
Player of the Year - Jonathan Bell
1989-90
Player of the Year - Phil Wright
1988-89
Player of the Year - Francis Moran
1987-88
Player of the Year - Tony Bolton
1986-87
Player of the Year - Brenden Kelly
1979-80
Player of the Year - Jeff Stelling
(more to follow)
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