Gainsborough Trinity F.C.
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| Full name | Gainsborough Trinity Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Trinity, The Holy Blues |
| Founded | 1873 (as Trinity Recreationists) |
| Ground | The Northolme, Gainsborough |
| Capacity | 4,304 (515 seated) |
| Chairman | Richard Kane |
| Manager | Dominic Roma |
| League | National League North |
| 2015–16 | National League North, 16th |
Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is an English football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. The club competes in the National League North, the sixth tier of English football.
Between 1896 and 1912 they were members of the Football League. They are currently in the Conference North, and play their home matches at The Northolme, which has a capacity of 4,304 (504 seated, 3,800 standing). They are known as "Trinity" or the "Holy Blues".
The club was established in 1873 as Trinity Recreationists by Reverend George Langton Hodgkinson, the vicar at the Holy Trinity Church. In 1889 the club were founder members of the Midland League, which they won in 1890–91. Trinity finished as runners-up the following season and again in 1895–96. In 1896 the club applied for membership of the Football League, and were elected after finishing third in the ballot, ahead of existing members Port Vale and Crewe Alexandra.
The club's first season in Division Two of the League saw them finish seventh, but a gradual decline in form saw them finish in the bottom half of the table every season until 1904. In 1901–02 Trinity finished bottom of the division, but were re-elected. In 1904–05 the club finished sixth in Division Two, their best performance in the League.
In 1911–12 Trinity finished bottom of Division Two for a second time, and failed to be re-elected, receiving just nine votes to the 27 received by newly elected Lincoln City. The club returned to the Midland League, finishing third in 1912–13 and second in 1913–14, after which they unsuccessfully applied for readmission to the Football League.
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