Magna 73

Magna 73 are a amateur Football Club based in Countesthorpe and currently play thier home matches at The Meadows Sports Ground in the Leicester and District Football League Premier League. Their president is Shirl Neal, their secretary is his wife Ros Neal and thier manager is David O'Boyle.

The club formed in 1973 and played in the now defunct Leicester Mutual League with Limited success until finishing 2nd in 1983/84 4pts behind eventual champions Highfield Rangers.

For 1984/85 Magna 73 moved to the Leicestershire City League Premier Division winning the Title in their first season and never finishing outside the Top 4 until 1990.

Magna 73 won the City League Championship for the 2nd time in 1993/94 and moved up to the Leicester District League where they currently play.

Immediate promotion to the Premier Division as Champions in their first season, Magna 73 finished 2nd behind Cosby United by 1pt in 1994/95 and where runners up again in 1997/98 but all to often Magna have been mid table and even dicing with relegation.

After 4 seasons of real struggle and poor form David O'Boyle took control of Team affairs with former player Mark Tuckwell as his assistant.

After some signings and an improvement in form Magna ran Lutterworth Town close in 2004/05 before a late dip in form saw them finish 4th although they could easily have been champions.

Magna 73 have ambitions to perform in the Leicestershire Senior League and have proposed plans for development of their Meadows Sports ground which they share with Oadby & Wigston Girls and Wigston CC. The first stage of the proposed development was completed in the summer of 2007; the pitch was turned 90C to enable a 2nd pitch to run vertically alongside it. New goalposts and nets where purchased. Future proposals include a brand new state of the art clubhouse and changing rooms.

Magna 73 FC have in the past been sponsored by a variety of companies but have always had close ties with Alliance and Leicester due to a number of their players working for the company.

Magna 73 also have a Reserve team who play in the District League Premier Division and a Sunday Side who play in the Alliance League Premier Division.

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