Norton United

By Ian_W

• July 2, 2011
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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 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.