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Peterborough Sports Football Club is an English football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The club are currently members of Division One of the United Counties League and play at Lincoln Road. ==History== The club was established in 1919 as Brotherhoods Engineering Works, and joined the Northants League (which later became the United Counties League) for the 1919–20 season. The club won the league in their first season, but left at the end of the 1922–23 season.〔(Northants League ) Non League Matters〕 They transferred to Division Three of the Peterborough & District League, which they won in 1925–26, earning promotion to Division Two. The club was dormant in 1929–30 and 1932–33, after which it dropped into Division Three North. Despite only finishing eleventh in 1936–37, the club were elevated to Division Two for the 1937–38 season. After World War II the club were placed in Division One, where they remained until finishing bottom of the table in 1948–49, resulting in relegation to Division Two. In 1952 the division was renamed Division One as the division above became the Premier Division, but the club finished bottom in 1952–53 and were relegated to the new Division Two. In 1963–64 they were relegated again to Division Three South, but returned to Division Two after a single season. In 1973–74 the club was relegated to Division Three South for a second time, but returned to Division Two after winning the division in 1975–76. Relegated again in 1979–80, the club returned to Division Two at the first attempt as Division Three South champions, and were promoted to Division One at the end of the 1982–83 season after finishing third. The 1987–88 season saw the club finish as Division One runners-up and earn promotion to the Premier Division. In 1999 the club changed its name to Bearings Direct, and then again in 2001 to Peterborough Sports. In 2006–07 they won the Premier Division, and in 2012–13 were promoted to Division One of the United Counties League after finishing third.〔(Non League: Legendary official opening for revamped Peterborough football venue ) Peterborough Telegraph, 15 June 2013〕 The club badge and turbines nickname pays homage to the club's roots with Brotherhoods Engineering Works, famous for designing and manufacturing the world's first steam turbine engine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peterborough Sports F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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