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Witton Albion

Full name

Witton Albion Football Club

Nickname(s)

Albion

Founded

1887

Ground

Wincham Park, Wincham,
Northwich
(Capacity 4,813^[1])

Chairman

Mark Harris (acting)

Manager

Nigel Deeley

League

Unibond Premier

2007-08

2nd Place





Home colours





Away colours

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The club's ground was for many years in the centre of the town, just behind the library. In 1989 they moved a couple of miles to Chapel Street in nearby Wincham. Sainsbury's Supermarket now occupies the old Central Ground site

There is a fierce local rivalry between Albion and the other Northwich team, Northwich Victoria. Northwich Victoria Football Club is an English football club based in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire.

History

In the 1880's a number of clubs used the Witton district as a prefix with the first records of a Witton Albion in 1887. Early on in their history the club played in a number of leagues including the Northwich & District League, Crewe & District league. Cheshire League, The Combination, The Manchester League and Lancashire Combination. The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1891-92 Finally in 1920, the club became founder members of the Cheshire County League. The Cheshire County League was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1919 drawing its teams largely from Cheshire, surrounding English counties They won the league three times after World War 2 including the league and cup double in 1953/54. In 1978-1979 the club finished as runners-up and gained promotion to the Northern Premier League. History The Northern Premier League (NPL was founded in 1968, as the northern equivalent of the Southern League, decades after the other two leagues at what 1990-1991 proved to be one of the best seasons in the clubs history as they won the NPL by 16 points gaining promotion to the Football Conference. Organisation The Football Conference stands at the top of the National League System (NLS a comprehensive structure linking together over 50 different leagues under the However the club found this tough going and continual relegation struggles resulted in the first relegation in the clubs history in 1994. A further relegation from the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League followed in 1997.

In 2004, club captain Brian Pritchard enjoyed worldwide fame following his sending off during the Cheshire County F. A. Senior Cup final against Woodley Sports. He was sent off after he tripped a streaker that had run on to the pitch, incensing the Witton fans. Many football fans around the world deemed this sending off unfair, including when the referee was criticised for his decision on the BBC's Football Focus program.

The 2006-07 season saw Witton miss out on automatic promotion on the last day of the season to Burscough, by 1 goal on goal difference. Witton hit the woodwork 3 times in the last 20 minutes, but were unable to score the goal that would have taken them into the Conference North as league champions. This was the second time in 7 years that Burscough had beaten Witton to promotion on goal difference! Witton subsequently lost the play-off final against Telford United and were thus denied promotion into the Conference North division. Telford United FC were an English football team based in Telford, Shropshire. The Conference North (currently billed as Blue Square North for sponsorship reasons is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place

Witton narrowly missed promotion again in 2007-08. After having led the Northern Premier League Premier Division since November, at one stage by 14 points, they lost the lead to Fleetwood Town in mid-April, and entered the last game of the regular season a point behind Fleetwood, but with a much better goal difference. Fleetwood Town FC is an English football club based in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Although Fleetwood could only manage a draw at home to Frickley Athletic in their last match, Witton lost at home 3-0 to Guiseley and finished second. Frickley Athletic FC are a football club based in South Elmsall, in West Yorkshire, England. Guiseley AFC are an English football club from Guiseley, West Yorkshire. They went on to lose the first round of the promotion playoffs at home to Buxton on penalties. Buxton FC are a football club based in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. After the season ended, the club were wracked with management upheavals. Manager Jim Vince and assistant Nigel Deeley resigned after a disagreement with long-time charman Mike Worthington, and shortly afterwards Worthington himself severed ties with the club. Vince and Deeley were re-appointed by acting chairman Mark Harris, but Vince resigned again two weeks later on the grounds of ill-health. Nigel Deeley was appointed manager on May 28. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling

Honours

In 1990 Albion featured as BBC TV’s "Match of the Day". Match of the Day (sometimes abbreviated as MOTD) is the BBC 's main football Television programme The crowd of 3,784 (plus millions on TV) saw the club give an honourable performance against Bolton Wanderers, although Wanderers ultimately won 2-1. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater

Witton Albion were regular semi-finalists in the FA Trophy (1990/91, 91/92, 92/93). History It was created by The Football Association in 1969 for Semi-professional teams to complement the existing FA Amateur Cup. In 1992 they made it to the old Wembley Stadium to play Colchester United. original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the Colchester United Football Club is an English football team who play in League One for the 2008-09 season following confirmation of their relegation on They finished a creditable second.

Sources

Witton Albion Official Web Site

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