Northwich Victoria Football Club are an English football club based in Northwich, Cheshire. They are currently competing in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1874, playing challenge matches organised on an ad hoc basis until the 1877 season, when they entered the Welsh Cup for the first time. The club entered two other competitions (The Cheshire Senior Cup in 1879 and the FA Cup in 1882) before finally playing league football in The Combination in 1890, for which they were founding members. They became founding members of the Football League Second Division in 1892, where the club remained for two seasons, and are the only two seasons in the club's history where they have played professionally and in the English Football League. In the 1894 season, they returned to amateur, regional football when they rejoined the Combination. Two season in the Cheshire League followed until the turn of the century, when Northwich joined the Manchester League in 1900, when they finished as runners-up. Two seasons later, for the first time, they won a league trophy as winners of the Manchester League in 1902. They departed the Manchester League in 1912 when they joined the second division of the Lancashire Combination, finishing 4th in the first season, which ensured their promotion to the first division. In 1919, they became founder members of the Cheshire County League, where they remained until the 1968 season, winning the league just once in the 1956–57 season. Following their departure from the Cheshire County League, they became founder members of the Northern Premier League. In 1979, they founded yet another league, the Alliance Premier League (now known as the Football Conference, where they remained until their relegation in the 2004–05 season. During their time in the Conference, they won the FA Trophy in the 1983–84 season, and finished runners-up twice in 1982 and 1995. They returned to the Conference National at their first attempt when they won the Conference North in the 2005–06 season. However, ongoing financial issues in the latter part of the 2000s saw them relegated twice in two season; in 2009 they were relegated back to the Conference North and then again the following season to the Northern Premier League Premier Division, where they are competing for the current season.

Key 1st2nd ↑ ↓ ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated

Key to league record: P – Played W – Games won D – Games drawn L – Games lost F – Goals for A – Goals against Pts – Points Pos – Final position ↑ – Promoted ↓ – Relegated

Key to divisions: Combination = The Combination Div 2 = Football League Second Division Ch League = Cheshire League CL Div 1 = Cheshire League Division 1 Mcr League = Manchester League LC Div 2 = Lancashire Combination LC Div 1 = Lancashire Combination LC Div 1 (Mcr) = Lancashire Combination Division 1 (Manchester section) CCL = Cheshire County League CCL 1939 W = Cheshire County League (West) 1939 CCL 1940 W = Cheshire County League (West) 1940 NPL = Northern Premier League Alliance = Alliance Premier League Conference = Football Conference Conf North = Conference North NPL Prem = Northern Premier League Premier Division NWC Premier = North West Counties Football League Premier Division

Key to rounds: EP = Extra Preliminary Round PRE = Preliminary Round QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up

Seasons SeasonLeagueFA Cup Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.FA TrophyCheshire Senior Cup Individual seasons from 2004–05 accessed via dropdown menu.Other competitionsDivisionPWDLFAPtsPos1877–78n/aDNEWelsh CupR11878–79DNE1879–80DNE WWelsh CupR11880–81DetailsDNE WWelsh CupSF1881–82DNE WWelsh CupRU1882–83R2 WWelsh CupSF1883–84QF WWelsh CupR11884–85R1 WWelsh CupSF1885–86R1R2Welsh CupR31886–87R2R2Welsh CupSF1887–88R2SFWelsh CupSF1888–89QR2 WWelsh CupRU1889–90QR3R1Welsh CupR11890–91Combination165742830176thQR2SFWelsh CupR21891–92Combination221516842517 2ndQR4RU1892–93DetailsDiv 22292114258207thR2SF1893–94DetailsDiv 22833223098915thQR2SF1894–95Combination20421426551011thQR1SF1895–96Combination14419143596thQR2SF1896–97Combination188283141184thQR1RU1897–98Combination24621640741413thQR1R11898–99Ch League175573330158thDNER21899–1900CL Div 1137513111192ndDNER31900–01Mcr League282044753644 2ndDNESF1901–02Mcr League2616286153343rdDNER11902–03Mcr League262042592244 1stDNER21903–04Mcr League281747694038 2ndDNER11904–05Mcr League30131074743367thDNER21905–06Mcr League30173106758374thDNERU1906–07Mcr League28126105951306thDNER41907–08Mcr League3015105755340 2ndDNER31908–09Mcr League301749735138 2ndDNERU1909–10Mcr League34184128165407thDNER31910–11Mcr League3016597541374thDNER31911–12Mcr League241455513233 2ndDNER11912–13LC Div 234189710143454th ↑QR4SF1913–14LC Div 13421586536473rdPRER11914–15LC Div 132166107150385thR1R2No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1918 due to the First World War.1918–19LC Div 1 (Mcr)12309152967thDNEQF1919–20CCL22551233441512thPRER21920–21CCL341251753602913thPRER11921–22CCL381510136240407thQR3R11922–23CCL388102047752618thQR1R21923–24CCL421810148577466thQR2R11924–25CCL4225611945856 2ndQR3R31925–26CCL4214523751013318thDNER11926–27CCL4211427701412618thDNER11927–28CCL4210923881362918thDNER11928–29CCL381371885903314thQR2 W1929–30CCL4219221951114012thPRER21930–31CCL42153241051353317thPRER11931–32CCL4010723761222719thQR1R11932–33CCL42176191001234015thQR1R11933–34CCL421422663873020thQR1R11934–35CCL421472183953516thQR4R31935–36CCL422010129874507thQR4R21936–37CCL42273129252573rdQR4 W1937–38CCL42196178679448thDNER21938–39CCL42207158887478thQR4R21939–40CCL 1939 W136342326155thDNERUCCL 1940 W145182033116thNo football was played in the Cheshire County League between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War.1945–46CCL3816418791023611thQR1R11946–47CCL422111109569535thQR1R31947–48CCL42249910958572ndQR1RU1948–49CCL42269711867613rdQR2R11949–50CCL422271310161514thQR1 W1950–51CCL422751011658593rdQR4RU1951–52CCL42216157870486thQR2R11952–53CCL421382161823416thQR1R21953–54CCL421372272973319thQR1R11954–55CCL4211625681172821stQR1 W1955–56CCL422110109970544thR1R21956–57CCL42257101397257 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W1984–85Alliance421611155046509thR2R1SF1985–86Alliance4210122042543716thQR4R2RU1986–87Conference4210141853694417thQR4R1SFStaffordshire Senior CupRU1987–88Conference4210171546574717thR2R1SF1988–89Conference4014111564655310thR2R2R21989–90Conference421552251675015thR2R1QFStaffordshire Senior CupW1990–91Conference4213131665755212thQR4QFSFStaffordshire Senior CupRU1991–92Conference421662063585411thQR1R31992–93Conference421681868555611thQR2R1R3Conference League Cup W1993–94Conference4211191244455215thQR1R1 W1994–95Conference4214151377665710thR1R11995–96Conference421612147264608thR1RUR21996–97Conference421712136154636thR1R2R11997–98Conference421515126359609thR1R3SF1998–99Conference42199146051667thQR3QFRU1999–2000Conference4213121753785118thQR4R2R12000–01Conference4211131849674617thR2R3R22001–02Conference421671957705513thR1QFR12002–03Conference4213121766725114thR1R5RU2003–04Conference424112730802322ndR1R32004–05Conference42141018587242 19th ↓QR4R42005–06Conf North422958974992 1st ↑R3R22006–07Conference461842451695813thR1SFRU2007–08Conference4611112452784419thR1R1QF2008–09Conference4611102556754322nd ↓QR4R1R12009–10Conf North4015131262554812th ↓R2QR3WMid-Cheshire Senior Cup W2010–11NPL Prem421891566555312thQR2R1WEvostik Challenge CupMid-Cheshire Senior CupRUW2011–12NPL Prem4226867343832nd ↓QR2QFEvostik Challenge CupMid-Cheshire Senior Cup2012–13NPL South421910138858678thPREQR12013–14NPL North421615117352639thQR1R12014–15NPL North42257107539824thQR1QR12015–16NPL North42295810241833rdR2QR12016–17NPL South428122253892622nd ↓PREPRE2017–18NWC Premier441752277935616thEPFA VaseQR12018–19NWC Premier38207118549674thPREFA VaseSF2019–20NWC Premier281171057434010thQR1 FA VaseR22020–21NWC Premier7412129133rdPR FA VaseQR22021–22NWC Premier40196157464635thPR FA VaseQR12022–23NWC Premier42256117750815thPR FA VaseQR1

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