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| Full name | Witton Albion Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Albion | ||
| Founded | 1887 | ||
| Ground | Wincham Park, Wincham, Northwich | ||
| Capacity | 4,813 | ||
| Chairman | Mike Worthington | ||
| Manager | Jim Vince | ||
| League | Unibond Premier | ||
| 2006-07 | 2nd Place | ||
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Witton Albion F.C. are a football club based in Northwich, England. They were founded in 1887. They have won the Cheshire County F.A. Senior Cup 11 times since 1902. Their most recent success in this competition was in 2006, when they defeated Stalybridge Celtic in the final. They have also reached the FA Cup 2nd round on at least 3 occasions. They are currently playing in the Northern Premier League, the seventh tier of the English football league system.
The club's ground was for many years in the centre of town, just behind the library. In 1989 they moved a couple of miles to Chapel Street in nearby Wincham. Sainsbury's Supermarket now occupies the old Central Ground site
There is a fierce local rivally between Albion and the other Northwich team, Northwich Victoria.
In 2004, club captain Brian Pritchard enjoyed worldwide fame following his sending off during the Cheshire County F.A. Senior Cup final against Woodley Sports. He was sent off after he tripped a streaker that had run on to the pitch, incensing the Witton fans. Many football fans around the world deemed this sending off unfair, including when the referee was criticised for his decision on the BBC's Football Focus program.
The 2006-07 season saw Witton miss out on automatic promotion on the last day of the season to Burscough, by 1 goal on goal difference. Witton hit the woodwork 3 times in the last 20 minutes, but were unable to score the goal that would have taken them into the Conference North as league champions. This was the second time in 7 years that Burscough had beaten Witton to promotion on goal difference! Witton subsequently lost the play-off final against Telford United and were thus denied promotion into the Conference North division.
History
In the 1880's a number of clubs used the Witton district as a prefix with the first records of a Witton Albion in 1887. Early on in their history the club played in a number of leagues including the Northwich & District League, Crewe & District league. Cheshire League, The Combination, The Manchester League and Lancashire Combination. Finally in 1920, the club became founder members of the Cheshire County League. They won the league three times after World War 2 including the league and cup double in 1953/54. In 1978-1979 the club finished as runners-up and gained promotion to the Northern Premier League. 1990-1991 proved to be one of the best seasons in the clubs history as they won the NPL by 16 points gaining promotion to the Football Conference. However the club found this tough going and continual relegation struggles resulted in the first relegation in the clubs history in 1994. A further relegation from the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League followed in 1997.
Honours
In 1990 Albion featured as BBC TV’s "Match of the Day". The crowd of 3,784 (plus millions on TV) saw the club give an honourable performance against Bolton Wanderers, although Wanderers ultimately won 2-1.
Witton Albion were regular semi-finalists in the FA Trophy (1990/91, 91/92, 92/93). In 1992 they made it to the old Wembley Stadium to play Colchester United. They finished a creditable second.