Middlewich Town F.C.

Middlewich Town

Full name	Middlewich Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Witches
Founded	1998
Ground	Seddon Street
Chairman	Andy Hopley
Manager	Peter Hughes & Chris Thomas
League	Cheshire League Premier Division
2020–21	Cheshire League Premier Division (season curtailed)
Home colours Away colours

Middlewich Town Football Club is a football club based in the Cheshire town of Middlewich. They currently play in the Cheshire League Premier Division.

History[]

Middlewich has had a town football club since at least 1912,^[1] with Middlewich Athletic playing at Seddon Street since 1912. Middlewich Athletic were mid-Cheshire league champions five times between 1952 and 1975.^[2] In 1998 Middlewich Town was formed by combining Middlewich Athletic with the Middlewich Town Youth teams, so that the club now has junior squads ranging from under 8s to under 16s, a reserve team and a first XI. Since the name change Middlewich have been runners up in the mid-Cheshire league three times, and won the league once.^[3]

Honours[]

• Mid-Cheshire League/Cheshire League Division One^[2][3]
  • Champions 1961–62, 1964–65, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07
  • Runners-up 1955–56, 1965–66, 1973–74, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09
• Mid-Cheshire League Division Two
  • Runners-up 1992–93

Records[]

• FA Amateur Cup^[2]
  • Second Round 1973–74
• FA Trophy
• First Qualifying Round 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79
• FA Vase
  • Fifth Round 1974–75, 1980–81

Former players[]

1. Players that have played/managed in the Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

• Hughie Reed

References[]

External links[]

Official website

Coordinates: 53°11′44.57″N 2°27′02.87″W / 53.1957139°N 2.4507972°W / 53.1957139; -2.4507972