Clifton All Whites Football Club is a football club based in Clifton, Nottingham. Formed in 1963 as a youth team, the club expanded to include a senior team in the 1970s. The first team are currently members of the .
History Clifton All Whites was founded in 1963, originally under the name of Thistledown Rovers. The club's founder members included Dick Lambert and Bill Norwell. During the 1960s and 1970s Clifton All Whites dominated youth football in Nottinghamshire by attracting the best players from all over the county, now most players are local. In 1963 there were only four teams in the Young Elizabethan League, and as the club developed, more teams and clubs were founded, many with advice and help from Clifton All Whites. By 1966 plans were underway for Clifton All Whites to test their skills abroad in a tournament in the Netherlands, at a time when overseas tours were rare. In the early days when football clubs only usually supplied shirts for their players a new standard was set as Clifton All Whites supplied a full strip. Another first was when the under 12's played a top Scottish team before a crowd of over 20,000 before a First Division match between Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United.
Professional clubs attempted to persuade Clifton All Whites to become a nursery club, but still the club policy is not to become tied to any one club. David Staniforth was the first player to make a career as a professional footballer, with Sheffield United.
Clifton All Whites performed well in FA Youth Cup games and eventually gained their own ground. In 1973 the club ventured out of youth football to senior football and joined the Midland League.Football Club History Database Mick Walker was the first club manager and coach. He later served as manager of Notts County. The club resigned from the Midland League partway the 1977–78 season. During the 1990s the club played in the Nottinghamshire Alliance and later joined the Nottinghamshire Senior League. In 2010 Clifton joined the Central Midlands League South Division and continued to play in that division until 2015. In 2013–14 Clifton won the South Division championship.
Clifton All Whites are still thriving with teams from Junior Soccer School and Under 7's to seniors and in 1999 the club introduced the first girls' team.
Honours
Senior YearLeagueTeamHonours2005/06League Cup Senior SectionClifton FCWinners2006/07Notts Senior League Division 1Clifton ReservesLeague Champions2009/10Notts Senior LeagueClifton FCLeague Champions2011/12Central Midlands League CupClifton FCRunners Up2012/13Central Midlands League CupClifton FCWinners2013/14Central Midlands LeagueClifton FCWinners2016/17Notts Senior LeagueClifton FCLeague Champions
Youth (11 a side) YearLeagueHonours1964Young Elizabethan League U12League Champions, Cup Finalists1964Notts Church League U14League Champions and Cup Finalists1965Young Elizabethan League U12League Champions, Cup Finalists1965Notts Church League U14League Champions and Cup Finalists1966Young Elizabethan League U12Cup Winners1966Young Elizabethan League U14League Champions and Cup Winners1967Young Elizabethan League U12League Champions and Cup Winners1967Young Elizabethan League U14League Champions and Cup Winners1967Young Elizabethan League U16League Champions and Cup Winners1967Notts Church League U14League Champions and Cup Winners1967Notts Youth League U14League Champions and Cup Winners1967Notts Youth League U16League Champions and Cup Winners1968Young Elizabethan League U12League Champions and Cup Winners1968Young Elizabethan League U14League Champions and Cup Winners1968Young Elizabethan League U16League Champions and Cup Winners1968Notts Youth League U16League Champions, Cup Winners and County Winners1968Notts Youth League U18League Runners Up
Records FA Trophy best performance: First Qualifying Round, 1972–73 FA Vase best performance: Third Round, 1975–76
Personnel
Team management
Club officials RoleNatNamePresidentSteve HardieChairmanRichard HipkissVice ChairmanDave WigleyTreasurerLee MaakingsClub ManagerVacantSecretaryTony BowlesWelfare OfficerCassie CraggGroundsmanJohn TaylorCommitteeJames Turner
{| class="wikitable" |- !Office !Name |- |Committee |Vacant
References
External links Official website