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Cleethorpes Town F.C. (1901)

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Not to be confused with Cleethorpes Town F.C. or Cleethorpes Town F.C. (1884).

Football club
Cleethorpes Town
Full nameCleethorpes Town Football Club
Nickname(s)the Meggies
Founded1901
Dissolved1946
GroundTaylor's Avenue
Home colours

Cleethorpes Town F.C. was an English association football club from the town of Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire.

History

The first record for the club is from the 1901–02 season under the name St Peter's. It changed its name to Cleethorpes Town in 1904.

The club's ambit was almost purely local, and it did not reach the main rounds of the FA Cup; the furthest it reached was the fifth and penultimate qualifying round in 1919–20, losing to Castleford Town - the Meggies being handicapped after forward Chris Young had to leave the field in the first half through injury. It never rose above the status of local leagues, even withdrawing from the Grimsby League in 1905 after a match with Grimsby All Saints that ended in extreme acrimony, including one Cleethorpes player removing the goalposts so the game could not finish.

Although the club was playing matches up to the outbreak of World War 2, the club did not operate during the war itself, and did not re-start on the declaration of peace, having been unable to find an exclusive ground. There was a brief resurrection in the 1960s of the club before another club chose the name in 2005.

Colours

The club wore black and white striped shirts, white shorts, and black socks.

Ground

The club originally played at Kingsway; in 1919, it moved to a ground behind Reynolds Street School on the Grimsby Road, and in 1925 moved to Taylor's Avenue, christened with a friendly against Grimsby Town.

Nickname

The club's nickname was the Meggies, a local term for those born and bred in Cleethorpes.

References

  1. "Sport & play". Grimsby Evening Telegraph: 4. 20 March 1902.
  2. "The football field". Grimsby Evening Telegraph: 3. 18 August 1904.
  3. "Cleethorpes' Cup Finis". Grimsby Evening Telegraph: 8. 8 December 1919.
  4. "Lincolnshire Football Association". Hull Daily Mail: 5. 23 February 1905.
  5. "Lincolnshire Football Association". Hull Daily Mail: 5. 5 January 1905.
  6. "Teams for Saturday". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph: 7. 11 August 1939.
  7. "Sidney Park Football". Grimsby Telegraph: 3. 22 July 1946.
  8. "Local football". Grimsby Evening Telegraph: 4. 6 December 1929.
  9. "Glittering talents". Grimsby Evening Telegraph: 8. 13 February 1990.
  10. "Teams for Saturday". Grimsby Evening Telegraph: 4. 3 January 1907.
  11. "Cleethorpes notes". Grimsby Evening Telegraph: 3. 19 June 1919.
  12. "Meggies and Mariners". Grimsby Evening Telegraph: 3. 5 September 1925.
  13. Johnson, Paul. "Why is Cleethorpes called Meggies? The facts and fables behind the name". Grimsby Evening Telegraph.
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