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Fleetwood Town F.C.
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| Full name | Fleetwood Town Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Fishermen, The Fleet, Cod Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1908 (as Fleetwood FC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood (Capacity 3,497) |
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| Chairman | Andy Pilley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Tony Greenwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Northern Premier League Premier Division |
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| 2005-06 | NPL First Division, 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fleetwood Town F.C. is an English football club based in Fleetwood, Lancashire. They are currently playing in the Northern Premier League Premier Division following two successive promotions (North West Counties Football League champions in 2005 and Northern Premier League First Division runners-up in 2006).
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They were officially established in 1997 but, in two previous incarnations, the club's history dates back to 1908. The original club, Fleetwood F.C., were champions of the Lancashire Combination in 1923-24, and registered a hat-trick of Lancashire Combination Cup wins in 1932, 1933, and 1934. Their goalkeeper in the first of those victories was the legendary Frank Swift, then only eighteen years old. They were founder members of the Northern Premier League in 1968, and won the Northern Premier League Cup in 1971. However, in 1976, the club folded because of financial difficulties. The club was re-established in 1977, with many of the original personnel. They reached the final of the FA Vase in 1985 and were First Division Champions of the Northern Premier League in 1988. The name was changed to Fleetwood Town F.C. in 1993, but by 1996, this second club had also folded. Re-established in 1997 as Fleetwood Freeport F.C., the club was renamed Fleetwood Town F.C. in 2000. Fans refer to each other as "Woodies" or "Macs", the latter due to a pun on the famous music group Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood's Highbury Stadium is not to be confused with the now defunct Arsenal Stadium, which was generally (although incorrectly) referred to as "Highbury". "Woodies" often joke, though, that their Highbury is "The Home of Football" and style themselves as "The Northern Arsenal".
In the 2006/07 season Fleetwood Town won the UniBond League Challenge Cup beating Matlock Town 1-0 at Witton Albion's ground on 16 April 2007. They missed out on reaching the play-offs for the Northern Premier League Premier Division by five points, after being two points behind the play-offs with two games left to play only to lose the last two games of the season. They finished the season in 8th place with 67 points, the highest position in the club's history.
It was announced in March 2007 that the Football Section of Fleetwood Gym would be joining Fleetwood Town, at the end of the 2006-7 season, to create the Fleetwood Town Football Academy,[1] with teams ranging from Under 7's to Under 17/18's.[2]
In February 2007 the new Percy Ronson Stand was opened. A £200,000-plus development the stand is all terracing, and holds 1,243. making the ground suitable for the Conference National if they should get promoted in future. In July 2007, final plans for the stadium development were announced which included three new stands.
- UniBond League Challenge Cup
- Winners: 2007
- Northern Premier League First Division
- Runners-up: 2006
- North West Counties Football League Division One
- Champions: 2005
- North West Counties Football League Division Two
- Champions: 1999
- North West Counties Football League Division Two Trophy
- Winners: 1999
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| Position | Name | Nation |
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| Team Manager | Tony Greenwood |  |
| Assistant Manager | Nigel Greenwood | |
| Physio | Danny Moore | |
| Reserve Team Manager | Steve Edwards | |
| Reserve Team Assistant Manager | Stuart Harris | |
| U18's Youth Team Manager | Mike Summer | |
- Herbert Jones - former Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers player. Capped six times for England.
- Frank Swift - former Manchester City goalkeeper. Capped nineteen times for England. Killed at Munich.
- ^ a b Fleetwood Town News Archives. March 2006/07 - A Significant Day in the History of Fleetwood Town. Fleetwood Town F.C. (2007-03-08). Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
- ^ News in full: Major Partnership Announced at Fleetwood Town. Unibond League (2007-03-08). Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
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