GNG F.C.

Association football club in England

Football club

GNG

Full name

Guru Nanak Gurdwara Football Club

Founded

1969; 55 years ago (1969)

Ground

Riverside, Leicester

Chairman

Nash Bains

League

Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division

2021–22

Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division,

Home colours

Guru Nanak Gurdwara Football Club is a football club based in Leicester, East Midlands, England. They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division and play at Riverside.

History

GNG were formed in 1969 by a group of Sikh teenagers, naming the club after the Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Leicester. GNG's first game was a 4–3 win over Melbourne Hall in the Evington area of the city. GNG's early history was spent in the Leicester City League, before moving up to the Leicestershire Senior League.^[1] In 2015, GNG won Asian Football Club of the Year at the Asian Football Awards at Wembley Stadium.^[2] GNG entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2019–20.^[3]

Ground

The club moved into Riverside in 2014.^[4]

Records

Best FA Vase performance: First qualifying round, 2019–20

References

^ "History". GNG F.C. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "Swansea's Neil Taylor expresses his delight after being named Player of the Year at Asian Football Awards". London Evening Standard. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "The Buildbase FA Vase first round qualifying" (.ashx). The Football Association. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "History". GNG F.C. Retrieved 17 July 2019.