The Club’s headquarters in those days was the Red Lion Inn and it remained so until the pubs closure in the early 70’s.

Stanley did not actually start to play football in Kings Stanley as their home games were played on the’ Marsh Field’, which is on the border with Leonard Stanley. They used this field until they moved to their present location at the Marling Close in 1921.

Kings Stanley 2XI played in the first ever Division 4 of the Stroud League in the 1920-21 season and claimed the Clubs first championship.

The most successful period in the clubs history to date was from 1925 to 1937, when they dominated football in the Stroud area, as can be seen from the clubs honours list.

The club joined the newly formed Northern Senior League’s first season in 1922-23 but left after only one season but returned for a spell from 1935-39 before leaving again.

They retuned in the 1946-47 season and were ever present members until they gained promotion to the Gloucestershire County League following the 2002-03 season, a period of 57 years.

Kings Stanley gained promotion to the First Division of the Senior League for the first time following the 1958-59 season but were relegated at the end of the 1960-61 season following an exodus of key players at the end of the previous season.

They remained in Division 2 until 1972 –73 when they finished third to gain promotion, but were relegated in 1977-78, only to bounce back after just one season.

1980-81 saw them relegated again and it was not until the 1986-87 that they returned to Division 1, but their topsy-turvy form continued and they were relegated at the end of the 1987-88 season.

True to form they regained Division 1 status at the first time of asking and have remained they’re until 2003, recording their longest consecutive run in the first division.

In 1985 the club joined forces with the Kings Stanley Cricket Club to build a Sports Club, which was opened in 1986 to provide the clubs with some excellent facilities and it is no coincidence that the fortunes of the Football Club improved, as the honours list will show.

The Senior League Division One title and the Senior Amateur County Cup had eluded the Bluebells, until the 2002-03 season, when, under the guidance of manager Steve Doughty, they claimed both to give the Club a season to remember with a remarkable League and Cup Double.

The following season, Kings Stanley were accepted into the County League for the first time in their history.

After leading the club through one of the most successful periods in the clubs history, Doughty resigned at the start of the 2007-08 season leaving the club in some turmoil, but Ian Grenfell-Williams took on the managers position and with Russell Tritton as assistant the duo steered the club back on course to finish in a respectable mid table position.

Russell Tritton became manager for the 2008-09 season with club stalwart Bob Hartfield as his assistant and they built on the foundation laid the previous season to claim runners-up position in the County League, the highest position in the clubs history, and also winning the Les James League Cup to end a very successful season.