Norton United F.C.

Norton United
Full name Norton United Football Club
Founded 1989
Dissolved 2015
Ground Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute
Community Drive
Smallthorne
Stoke on Trent
Ground Capacity 1,500 (200 Seated)
Chairman Steve Beaumont
Manager Scott Dundas
League Northern Premier League
Division One South
2014–15 Northern Premier League
Division One South, 11th

Norton United F.C. was 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. On April 9, 2015, it was announced that Norton United would resign from the Northern Premier League at the end of the season and fold.

The club's ground was the Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute. They played 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 the names of their divisions 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.

On 9 April 2015, it was announced that Norton United would resign from the Northern Premier League at the end of the season and fold.[1]

Honours

Records

References

  1. ↑ "Norton United Club Statement". Pitchhero. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Norton United at the Football Club History Database

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Coordinates: 53°03′02.67″N 2°10′14.45″W / 53.0507417°N 2.1706806°W / 53.0507417; -2.1706806

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