Norton United F.C.
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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 | 1500 (200 Seated) | ||
| Chairman | Steve Beaumont | ||
| Manager | Scott Dundas | ||
| League | Northern Premier League Division One South | ||
| 2013–14 | North West Counties League Premier Division, 1st promoted to Northern Premier League Division One South | ||
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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 were promoted to be members of the Northern Premier League Division One South .
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
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 for the 1990–91 season. 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.
The Staffordshire League merged with the Midland League in 1994 and further success followed and the Midlands Division One Senior League and Staffordshire Cup double was won in 1997 having been runners up the year before. 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 Division Two for season.
In 2004–05 saw a top 5 finish and 2005–06 the club came 8th. At the end of that season a deliberate and decisive move saw the club decide not to pay players. Also 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.
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 to meet the Grading for the North West Counties League.
In 2008 the North West Counties changed they names of there leagues to Premier and First Division and Norton United were placed in the new Division One they were promoted in 2011–12 season as runners up in Division One of the North West Counties League and after consolidation for one season in the Premier Division were promoted to Northern Premier League Division One South for season 2014–15 as champions of the North West Counties Premier Division.
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
External links
- Official website
- Norton United at the Football Club History Database