Norton United F.C.

Norton United

Full name	Norton United Football Club
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	North West Counties League Division One
2010–11	North West Counties League Division One, 7th
Home colours Away colours

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 and are currently members of the North West Counties Football League Division One.

The club's ground is the Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute. They play in black and white 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. 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.

Over the last two seasons^{[clarification needed]} several changes have taken place with regard to the size of the football club. Norton now run a second team (led by Mark Turner) 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.

The plans have been submitted for the new changing room block as well as the second pitch over the fence at the far end of the ground.

Honours

• Midland League Champions 1997, 1999, 2001
• Midland League Cup Winners 1992, 1997, 2001
• Staffordshire FA Senior Vase Winners 1999, 2004

External links

• Norton United FC

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