LILYWHITES EYEING UP THE SENIOR RANKS WITH PROMOTION
SKEGNESS Town are hoping to leap up the pyramid after winning five Lincolnshire League titles this century.
The Lilywhites, who won the championship in 2006–07, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2015–16 and 2016-17, have long yearned to bring senior football to the ‘so bracing’ seaside resort.
The club, who were formed in 1946 as successor to the town’s two pre-war clubs Skegness United and Skegness Blue Rovers, had one season in the Northern Counties East League, in 1983, after previously competing in the former Midland League from 1958-82. In 1983, they dropped back down to the county league, and last entered the FA Cup in 1985. Now officials believe that the time is right to place Town back on the senior Non-League map once more.
Skegness are among 52 Step 7 clubs who have applied for promotion this season. The FA have now confirmed the full list of National League System promotion applications, which were received by the deadline of December 31. The full list is as follows:
Step 6 to 5 (independent Step 6 leagues only): Anstey Nomads FC (East Midlands Counties), Birstall United Social FC (East Midlands Counties), Black Country Rangers FC (West Midlands (Regional), Cradley Town FC (West Midlands (Regional), Dunkirk FC (East Midlands Counties), Kimberley Miners Welfare FC (East Midlands Counties), Malvern Town FC (West Midlands ((Regional), Plymouth Parkway FC (South West Peninsula), Teversal FC (East Midlands Counties), Tividale FC (West Midlands (Regional), Wolverhampton Casuals FC (West Midlands (Regional), Wolverhampton Sporting Community FC (West Midlands (Regional).
Step 7 to 6 (excludes where internal promotion exists): Ashton Town FC (Cheshire), Avro FC (Manchester), Bardon Hill FC (Leicestershire Senior), Birtley Town FC (Northern Alliance), Boldon CA FC (Wearside), Boro Rangers FC (Teesside), British Airways FC (Middlesex County), Clay Cross Town FC (Central Midlands), Cleator Moor Celtic FC (Wearside), Coggesall United FC (Essex & Suffolk Border), Collingham FC (Central Midlands), Cricklewood Wanderers FC (Middlesex County), Eastwood Community FC (Central Midlands), Eastwood Hanley FC (Staffordshire County Senior), Eaton Socon FC (Cambridgeshire County), Foley Meir FC (Staffordshire County Senior), Garstang FC (West Lancashire), Greenways FC (Kent County), Harworth Colliery FC (Central Midlands), Hucknall Town FC (Central Midlands), Infinity FC (Hampshire Premier), Ingles FC (Leicestershire Senior), Lebeq United FC (Gloucestershire County), Linotype Cheadle Heath Nomads FC (Cheshire), Longridge Town FC (West Lancashire), Lower Breck FC (Liverpool County Premier), Newark Flowserve FC (Nottinghamshire Senior), Newcastle University FC (Northern Football Alliance), Peckham Town FC (Kent County), Pinxton FC (Central Midlands), Redcar Athletic FC (Wearside), Retford FC (Central Midlands), Route One Rovers FC (West Riding County Amateur), Rylands FC (Cheshire), Saffron Dynamo FC (Leicestershire Senior), Shelley FC (West Yorkshire), Sherwood Colliery FC (Central Midlands), Shrewton United FC (Wiltshire Premier), Skegness Town FC (Lincolnshire Football), Sporting Hackney FC (Middlesex County), Steeton FC (West Riding County Amateur), St Martins FC (West Midlands (Regional)*, Stone Dominoes FC (Staffordshire County Senior), Stockbridge FC (Hampshire Premier), Stonehouse Town FC (Gloucestershire County), Swanage Town & Herston FC (Dorset Premier), Sway FC (Hampshire Premier), Thornbury Town FC (Gloucestershire County), Tooting Bec FC (Surrey Elite Intermediate), Vauxhall Motors FC (West Cheshire) ,Whitehaven Amateurs FC (West Lancashire), Wythenshawe Amateurs FC (Manchester), Wythenshawe Town FC (Cheshire).