Warrington Town Football Club is an association football club based in Warrington, Cheshire. They were established in 1949 under the name of Stockton Heath, adopting their current name in 1961. They currently compete in National League North and play at Cantilever Park.
Early history Formed in 1949 by Jimmy Drinkwater, the club was initially named Stockton Heath Albion and competed in the Warrington and District League until 1953, when they moved to the Mid Cheshire League. Freddie Worrall became manager at the same time, and during a 13-year spell in charge, the club won the league in 1959–60 plus the League Cup in three consecutive seasons during the 1950s. During his thirteen years at the helm, Heath were one of the most feared sides in Cheshire football, winning a string of honours including the Mid Cheshire League Championship in 1959–60, the League Cup in 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56 and made several appearances in the Cheshire Amateur Cup Final. At the club's 1961 AGM, it was decided to change the name to Warrington Town. In 1978 the club were founder members of Division Two of the Cheshire County League.
Key Key to league record
Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.
Key to cup records
Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds G = Group stage R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists F = Finalists A(QF,SF,F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists W = Winners
Seasons Year League Cup competitions Manager Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Averageattendance FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec Joined the new Cheshire County League Division Two from the Mid-Cheshire Football League 1978–79Cheshire County LeagueDivision Two 34115184569 -242714th of 18——R10-0-1 1979–80 3496194880 -322415th of 18R10-0-1 1980–8138155185978 -193513th of 20PR0-0-1 1981–8238178135235+17428th of 20R22-1-1League merged with the Lancashire Combination to create the North West Counties Football League 1982–83 North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision Three 103424648333 +50542nd of 18——PR0-0-1 1983–84 North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision Two 93418796545 +20434th of 18PR0-0-1R44-0-1 1984–8534171435929+30483rd of 18—R33-0-1 1985–863417986248 +14434th of 18QR11-0-1SF6-2-1 1986–8734161354834 +1445 2nd of 18QR10-0-1F7-0-1 1987–88 North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision One 834165136847 +21378th of 18QR11-1-1R20-0-1 1988–8934161084737+10426th of 18QR33-2-1R20-0-1 1989–903422666931 +38721st of 18QR22-0-1R43-1-1 1990–91 Northern Premier LeagueDivision One 7421710156852 +16617th of 22QR11-0-1R21-2-1 1991–9242208147964+15687th of 22QR32-2-1QR10-0-1— 1992–93401910118557+28675th of 21QR12-0-1QF5-1-1 1993–94401711195248+4627th of 21QR33-1-1R10-1-1 1994–954225987440+34843rd of 22QR43-1-1QR30-1-1 1995–96 40 13 10 17 75 72 +3 49 13th of 21QR10-1-1QR10-0-1 1996–97 42 5 18 19 42 79 -37 33 21st of 22 QR10-0-1QR10-0-1 1997–98 North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision One 8 42 10 10 22 56 72 -16 40 19th of 22 QR11-0-1—R20-0-1 1998–99 North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision Two 93618998246 +36634th of 19QR11-0-1R43-0-1 1999–200034148126644 +22509th of 18 QR11-0-1R32-1-1 2000–013824779031 +59791st of 20 QR11-0-1R21-0-1 2001–02 North West CountiesFootball LeagueDivision One 8 44 16 11 17 78 72 +6 59 11th of 23PR0-1-1R12-0-1 2002–03 42 11 11 20 48 66 -18 44 16th of 22PR0-1-1R12-1-1 2003–04 42 20 10 12 72 59 +13 70 5th of 22QR34-1-1R34-1-1Despite promotion, the level remained the same after the Conference North and South creation2004–05 Northern Premier LeagueDivision One421113184559 -144620th of 22 148QR11-1-1PR0-0-1— 2005–06421115166274-124819th of 22 109QR11-1-1R12-3-1 2006–07 42 13 8 25 64 84 -20 47 22nd of 24 114QR33-1-1QR11-0-1 2007–08 Northern Premier LeagueDivision One South42138215178-274713th of 18 121PR0-0-1QR22-0-1 2008–09 Northern Premier LeagueDivision One North40118215073-234119th of 21 154QR11-1-1QR33-2-1 2009–1042186186569-4609th of 22 164QR22-1-1QR11-0-1 2010–11 44 18 16 10 70 52 +18 67 9th of 23 212QR33-1-1PR0-0-1 2011–12 42 17 9 16 69 71 -2 60 11th of 22 164QR22-0-1PR0-1-1?Shaun Reid 2012–13421912117654+226910th of 22 169QR22-0-1PR0-0-1Shaun Reid 2013–144227698647 +39873rd of 22 212QR22-2-1PR0-0-1Lost in the play-off semifinal 2014–15 42 19 8 15 65 55 +10 65 9th of 22 225R26-2-1PR0-0-1 2015–16 42 34 4 4 121 36 +85 106 1st of 22 418PR0-0-1QR33-0-1Shaun ReidStuart Mellish & Lee Smith 2016–17 Northern Premier LeaguePremier Division 746228166557+87410th of 24 286QR10-0-1QR10-0-1Stuart Mellish & Lee SmithPaul Carden 2017–18462313107249+23823rd of 24 275QR21-1-1R34-5-1Paul CardenLost in the play-off semifinal 2018–19402596693336843rd of 21 405QR43-2-1QR10-0-1Lost in the play-off superfinal 2019–2032141355747+13553rd of 22 432QR32-1-1QR10-0-1The regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game 2020–2195131611+5164th of 22 – COVID-19 prevented fans from attending gamesQR10-1-0R10-1-1Paul CardenMark BeesleyThe season was declared null and void due to COVID-19 2021–22 42 20 11 11 67 47 +20 71 5th of 22 Jordan Buckley 17 563QR2 1–0–1R2 2–1–0 Mark BeesleyLost in the play-off final 2022–23 42 21 14 7 70 39 +31 77 2nd of 22 741QR2 1–1–1R2 2–0–1Promoted after winning the play-off 2023–24 National League North 6 46 17 13 16 64 60 +4 64 13th of 24 Isaac Buckley-Ricketts 16 1,183QR2 0–0–1R2 0–0–1 2024–25 46 6 13 27 34 70 -36 31 23rd of 24 Joshua Amis 7 985QR2 0–0–1R2 0–0–1 Mark BeesleyPaul Carden
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