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'''Winsford United Football Club''' are a [[association football|football]] club based in [[Winsford]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]]. The club was founded in 1883, they're nicknamed ''The Blues'' and home ground is "Barton Stadium". Their all time top scorer is Perry Plowman with 256 goals in all competitions.
'''Winsford United Football Club''' are a [[association football|football]] club based in [[Winsford]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]]. The club was founded in 1883, they're nicknamed ''The Blues'' and their home ground is ''Barton Stadium''. Their all-time top scorer is Perry Plowman with 256 goals in all competitions.


==History==
==History==
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They re-formed just before the outbreak of the [[First World War]], and re-grouped after this had finished under a committee led by Mr. R. G. Barton, becoming a founder member of the [[Cheshire County League|Cheshire League]]. From then until the late 1970s, Winsford United played football locally in Cheshire. Highlights of this period included one [[FA Cup]] first round appearance, against [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]], and Cheshire league wins in 1920–21 and 1976–77. During this period, in the late 1970s, the club also reached the quarter-finals of the [[FA Trophy]] and featured future [[Wales national football team|Welsh]] international [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] [[Neville Southall]].
They re-formed just before the outbreak of the [[First World War]], and re-grouped after this had finished under a committee led by Mr. R. G. Barton, becoming a founder member of the [[Cheshire County League|Cheshire League]]. From then until the late 1970s, Winsford United played football locally in Cheshire. Highlights of this period included one [[FA Cup]] first round appearance, against [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]], and Cheshire league wins in 1920–21 and 1976–77. During this period, in the late 1970s, the club also reached the quarter-finals of the [[FA Trophy]] and featured future [[Wales national football team|Welsh]] international [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] [[Neville Southall]].


The Cheshire League merged with other regional divisions to become the North West Counties Football League in 1982, with Winsford doing sufficiently well to enter the [[Northern Premier League Division One]] upon its formation in 1987. They were promoted from that in 1992, and enjoyed their highest ever finish as runners up of the [[Northern Premier League Premier Division]] in 1992–93. They also reached the FA Cup first round for a second time, losing to [[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]], and won the [[Northern Premier League Challenge Cup]].
The Cheshire League merged with other regional divisions to become the North West Counties Football League in 1982, with Winsford doing sufficiently well to enter the [[Northern Premier League Division One]] upon its formation in 1987. They were promoted from that in 1992, and enjoyed their highest ever finish as runners up of the [[Northern Premier League Premier Division]] in 1992–93. They also reached the FA Cup first round for a second time in November 1991, eventually losing to 5-2 (1–1 at HT) at [[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]] (Wrexham famously went on to beat premier league team Arsenal 2–1 in the 3rd round), and won the [[Northern Premier League Challenge Cup]].


The successful team was broken up, however, when manager Mike McKenzie moved on to local rivals [[Witton Albion F.C.|Witton Albion]]. After a few more seasons in the bottom half of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and another local derby in the FA Cup first round – this time against [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]] – the club were relegated three times in four seasons. At the start of the 2003–04 season, they found themselves in the North West Counties Division Two.
This successful team was broken up however, when manager Mike McKenzie moved on to local rivals [[Witton Albion F.C.|Witton Albion]]. After a few more seasons in the bottom half of the Northern Premier League Premier Division and another local derby in the FA Cup first round – this time against [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]] – the club were relegated three times in four seasons. At the start of the 2003–04 season, they found themselves in the North West Counties Division Two.


They were finally promoted, on 24 April 2007, to the [[North West Counties Football League Premier Division|North West Counties Football League Division One]] and secured the Division 2 title on 28 April 2007. Manager Joe Gibiliru left in the Summer of 2009 and Terry Murphy, former [[Middlewich Town F.C.]] manager, was brought in as replacement. Although at the back end of August 2009 Murphy left the club due to family reasons and his assistant, Mike Alcock, was promoted to Manager.
They were finally promoted, on 24 April 2007, to the [[North West Counties Football League Premier Division|North West Counties Football League Division One]] and secured the Division 2 title on 28 April 2007. Manager Joe Gibiliru left in the Summer of 2009 and Terry Murphy, former [[Middlewich Town F.C.]] manager, was brought in as replacement. Although at the back end of August 2009 Murphy left the club due to family reasons and his assistant, Mike Alcock, was promoted to Manager.
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==Stadium==
==Stadium==
The club play at the Barton Stadium, which is located off Kingsway in the Wharton area of Winsford town. The stadium formerly had a [[Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom|greyhound racing]]. It was formerly known as the Great Western Playing Field, but was renamed in honour of R.G. Barton, who led the committee to re-establish Winsford United after the [[World War I|First World War]]. The stadium played host to [[1874 Northwich F.C.]], who, like Winsford, also compete in the North-West Counties League. Chyah.
The club play at the Barton Stadium, which is located off Kingsway in the Wharton area of Winsford town. The stadium formerly had a [[Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom|greyhound racing]]. It was formerly known as the Great Western Playing Field, but was renamed in honour of R.G. Barton, who led the committee to re-establish Winsford United after the [[World War I|First World War]]. The stadium played host to [[1874 Northwich F.C.]], who, like Winsford, also competed in the North-West Counties League at the time, Barton Stadium now sees Winsford as landlords to [[ Northwich Victoria F.C.]]. Who compete in the Midlands Football League.


==Current squad==
==Current squad==
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Sam Hardy (VC)|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Jacob Kirwan|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Danny Kerr|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Zane Wegehaupt|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Lee Duckworth|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=South Korea|name=Saem Son|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=George Ward|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Elliott Coleman|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Dean Clarke|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Callum Chapman|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Sean Tierney|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Steve Jenyons|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Sam Parr|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Stefan Sorensen|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Will Foster|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Jacob Stretch|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Ryan Allcock|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=Denmark|name=Lukas Jacobsen-Murphy|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=James Rothwell|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Josh Madeley|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Harry Brazell|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Danny Kerr|pos=MF}}
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{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Sean Tierney|pos=MF}}
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{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Blake Robinson|pos=MF}}
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{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name= Mark Kearns|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Leo Tanswell |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Dale Jennings|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name= Kallam Boyle|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Scott Taylor|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Jack Woolley|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Liam Collins|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Ollie Pope|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Myles Wady|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Matty Birchall|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Steve Sheridan|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Reece Davies|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Brandon Moores|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Tom Stanton |pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Jordan Johnson|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Harry Payne|pos=FW}}
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{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Kyle Riley (C)|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Robbie Hatton|pos=FW}}
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{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Danny Egan|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=--|nat=England|name=Daniel Evans|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}
{{Fs end}}


==Management==
==Management==
*'''Manager:'''
*'''Co-Managers:'''
**Dean Jones/Dom Johnson
**Lee Duckworth
*'''Assistant Manager:'''
*'''First Team Coach:'''
**Danny Martin
**Marc Feighery
*'''Player/Coach:'''
**Sam Latham
*'''Physiotherapist:'''
*'''Physiotherapist:'''
**Reece Stockton
**Steve Foden
'''Goalkeeper Coach'''
'''Goalkeeper Coach'''
**Sam Tours
**Daniel Osbourne
'''First Team Coach'''
'''Goalkeeper Coach'''
**Dave Unwin
**Kevin Bircumshaw
*'''Matchday Secretary/Social Media:'''
**Jason Dudley
*'''Club Secretary:'''
**Mike Dawson
*'''Kit Manager:'''
**Ron Bogue


==Honours==
==Honours==
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**President's Cup
**President's Cup
***Winner: 1992–93,
***Winner: 1992–93,

*[[North West Counties Football League]](Level 9)
*[[North West Counties Football League]](Level 9)
**Division One (Level 10)
**Division One (Level 10)

Latest revision as of 13:33, 9 October 2024

Winsford United
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Full nameWinsford United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Blues
Founded1883; 141 years ago (1883) (as Over Wanderers)
GroundThe Barton Stadium,
Winsford
Capacity3,000 (103 seated)
ChairmanMichael Unwin
ManagerDean Jones & Dom Johnson
LeagueNorth West Counties League Division One South
2023–24North West Counties League Division One South, 17th of 18

Winsford United Football Club are a football club based in Winsford, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1883, they're nicknamed The Blues and their home ground is Barton Stadium. Their all-time top scorer is Perry Plowman with 256 goals in all competitions.

History

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Winsford United was founded in 1883, as ' Over Wanderers and played football in the Welsh Combination Football League. They changed their name and moved to their current ground, the Barton Stadium (then called the Bean Latham Playing Field), a few years later. However, after excessive spending, the club soon folded.

They re-formed just before the outbreak of the First World War, and re-grouped after this had finished under a committee led by Mr. R. G. Barton, becoming a founder member of the Cheshire League. From then until the late 1970s, Winsford United played football locally in Cheshire. Highlights of this period included one FA Cup first round appearance, against Peterborough United, and Cheshire league wins in 1920–21 and 1976–77. During this period, in the late 1970s, the club also reached the quarter-finals of the FA Trophy and featured future Welsh international goalkeeper Neville Southall.

The Cheshire League merged with other regional divisions to become the North West Counties Football League in 1982, with Winsford doing sufficiently well to enter the Northern Premier League Division One upon its formation in 1987. They were promoted from that in 1992, and enjoyed their highest ever finish as runners up of the Northern Premier League Premier Division in 1992–93. They also reached the FA Cup first round for a second time in November 1991, eventually losing to 5-2 (1–1 at HT) at Wrexham (Wrexham famously went on to beat premier league team Arsenal 2–1 in the 3rd round), and won the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup.

This successful team was broken up however, when manager Mike McKenzie moved on to local rivals Witton Albion. After a few more seasons in the bottom half of the Northern Premier League Premier Division and another local derby in the FA Cup first round – this time against Chester City – the club were relegated three times in four seasons. At the start of the 2003–04 season, they found themselves in the North West Counties Division Two.

They were finally promoted, on 24 April 2007, to the North West Counties Football League Division One and secured the Division 2 title on 28 April 2007. Manager Joe Gibiliru left in the Summer of 2009 and Terry Murphy, former Middlewich Town F.C. manager, was brought in as replacement. Although at the back end of August 2009 Murphy left the club due to family reasons and his assistant, Mike Alcock, was promoted to Manager.

Alcock did not, however, last long as at the beginning of September 2009 he was forced to resign due to ill health and coach Tony Ledwards was promoted to manager. In March 2010, Ledwards stepped down as manager after a poor run of results and the club was taken over by a co-management team of Mike Alcock and Dave Twite, who effectively saved the team from relegation. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Alcock and Twite decided not to continue as managers and became involved in coaching and scouting roles instead.

Chris Willcock was announced as the new manager and later named Ian Street as his assistant, it was to be Willcock's second spell in charge of the club after leading them to promotion from North West Counties Division Two in 2007, Chris Willcock resigned as the Blues manager in early 2011 and assistant Ian Street was appointed as the new boss.

Street was to remain in charge of the team in for the rest of the season and under his management, Winsford won the North West Counties Football League Challenge Cup, defeating New Mills F.C. in the final.

Street managed the team for the whole of the 2011–12 season, guiding them to 7th place. However, in June 2012 it was announced Street had left the club to take over as manager of Ashton Athletic F.C. On 17 June, it was announced that Lloyd Morrison had joined the club as the new manager, he had been at Flixton F.C. for the past two seasons. Kevin Bircumshaw decided to stay on as assistant manager. Winsford have boasted many local talents over the years such as Lee Duckworth, Joe Roberts, Les Miranda, Steve Warburton and Lee Jones

Winsford finished 5th in the North West Counties Premier Division in Morrison's first year in charge, just five points off league winners Padiham F.C. Despite missing out on promotion in 2012–13, the club did win the Mid-Cheshire Senior Cup for the fifth time in their history, beating Northwich Victoria F.C. 2–1 after extra time in the final.

Two weeks prior to the start of the 2013–14 season, Eddie Haslam was appointed as manager following Lloyd Morrison's departure for Mossley, but after a series of poor results in the autumn, he was replaced by Rob Byrne in December 2013. In 2015 the club introduced their new Under 21s side managed by Chris Appleton.[1][2]

Stadium

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The club play at the Barton Stadium, which is located off Kingsway in the Wharton area of Winsford town. The stadium formerly had a greyhound racing. It was formerly known as the Great Western Playing Field, but was renamed in honour of R.G. Barton, who led the committee to re-establish Winsford United after the First World War. The stadium played host to 1874 Northwich F.C., who, like Winsford, also competed in the North-West Counties League at the time, Barton Stadium now sees Winsford as landlords to Northwich Victoria F.C.. Who compete in the Midlands Football League.

Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK England ENG Jacob Kirwan
-- GK England ENG Zane Wegehaupt
-- DF South Korea KOR Saem Son
-- DF England ENG Elliott Coleman
-- DF England ENG Callum Chapman
-- DF England ENG Steve Jenyons
-- DF England ENG Stefan Sorensen
-- DF England ENG Jacob Stretch
-- DF Denmark DEN Lukas Jacobsen-Murphy
-- DF England ENG Josh Madeley
-- MF England ENG Danny Kerr
-- MF England ENG Sean Tierney
-- MF England ENG Blake Robinson
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF England ENG Leo Tanswell
-- FW England ENG Kallam Boyle
-- FW England ENG Jack Woolley
-- FW England ENG Ollie Pope
-- FW England ENG Matty Birchall
-- FW England ENG Reece Davies
-- FW England ENG Tom Stanton
-- FW England ENG Harry Payne

Management

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  • Co-Managers:
    • Dean Jones/Dom Johnson
  • First Team Coach:
    • Danny Martin
  • Player/Coach:
    • Sam Latham
  • Physiotherapist:
    • Reece Stockton

Goalkeeper Coach

    • Sam Tours

Goalkeeper Coach

    • Dave Unwin
  • Matchday Secretary/Social Media:
    • Jason Dudley
  • Club Secretary:
    • Mike Dawson
  • Kit Manager:
    • Ron Bogue

Honours

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  • Northern Premier League(Level 7)
    • Challenge Cup
      • Winner: 1992–93,
    • President's Cup
      • Winner: 1992–93,
  • North West Counties Football League(Level 9)
    • Division One (Level 10)
      • Winners: 2006–07,
    • Challenge Cup
      • Winners: 2010–11,
  • Cheshire League
    • Winners: 1920–21, 1976–77,
    • Runners–up: 1974–75, 1979–80,
  • Cheshire Senior Cup
    • Winners: 1958–59, 1979–80, 1992–93,
  • Mid-Cheshire Senior Cup
    • Winners: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14,

References

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  1. ^ "Eddy leaves Winsford". Winsford United F.C. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ^ "First team Manager appointed". Winsford United F.C. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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