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Alan Tittensor, who realised that there was the potential to form leading junior football club at Norton Cricket Club, formed Norton United Football Club in 1989. |
Alan Tittensor, who realised that there was the potential to form leading junior football club at Norton Cricket Club, formed Norton United Football Club in 1989. |
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| Full name | Norton United Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1989 | ||
| Ground | Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute Community Drive Smallthorne Stoke On Trent | ||
| Capacity | not known | ||
| Chairman | Steve Beaumont | ||
| Manager | Scott Dundas | ||
| League | Northern Premier League Division One South (to be confirmed) | ||
| 2013–14 | North West Counties League Premier Division, 1st promoted | ||
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Norton United F.C. is a football club based in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. They were established in 1989 and joined the Staffordshire Senior League in the same year. They were the Midland League champions three times, North West Counties Football League champions in 2013–14, and are members of the Northern Premier League Division One South (to be confirmed).
The club's ground is the Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute. They play in black and red striped shirts, black shorts and black socks.
History
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Alan Tittensor, who realised that there was the potential to form leading junior football club at Norton Cricket Club, formed Norton United Football Club in 1989.
The team entered the Staffordshire Senior League. After a couple of years, during which the foundations were laid, the club started to gain success, and won the first of its trophies with a 2–1 win over Redgate Clayton in the League Cup. Further success followed and the Staffordshire Senior League and Cup double was won in 1997. The League success was emulated in 1999 along with a victory in the prestigious Staffordshire FA Senior Vase Final. The League and Cup double was repeated in 2001 and this was followed by promotion to The North West Counties Football League. 2004–5 saw a top 5 finish and 2005–6 the club came 8th. At the end of that season a deliberate and decisive move saw the club decide not to pay players. This decision resulted in a change in the management of the team and almost a total change in the playing staff.
In 2004–05 they added to their list of honours by winning the Staffordshire FA Senior Vase for the second time. Lee Pugh was the star of this competition, scoring in every round.
During the last five years considerable change has taken place. The surrounds of the pitch have been upgraded considerably, floodlights have been erected and the whole playing surface has been relayed at the cost of £35,000.
Norton now run a Reserve team (led by Steve Booth and Colin Donaldson) and third team (led by Dominic Ryder and Kyle Adams) in the Staffordshire County Senior League. In 2003, the second team were winners of The Midland League Cup, beating Hanley Town in the final by 2–0.
Norton have junior teams at Under 18, 15, 14, 12, 11 and 10’s.
Honours
- North West Counties Football League Premier Division
- Champions 2013–14
- North West Counties Football League Division One[1]
- Runners-up 2011–12
- North West Counties Football League Division One Trophy
- Winners 2011–12
- Midland League
- Champions 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01
- Midland League Cup
- Winners 1991–92, 1996–97, 2000–01
- Staffordshire FA Senior Vase
- Winners 1998–99, 2003–04
- Runners-up 2011–12
Records
References
- ^ a b c Norton United at the Football Club History Database