Rawtenstall Athletic F.C.

Rawtenstall F.C., was an English football club based in Rawtenstall, Lancashire. They were nicknamed The Cobblers (not to be confused with Northampton Town) after the town's shoe-making industry.

The club was founded in 1893 as Rawtenstall F.C. when members of Rawtenstall Cricket Club who had been using the cricket ground for football during the winter months decided to formally organise and enter a team in the Central Lancashire League. Their first secretary is listed as a Mr. Sidney Thwaites. The team would complete just three seasons in the Lancashire Combination before leaving after finishing next to bottom in 1897.

In recent years the name was revived as Rawtenstall F.C. were short term members of the East Lancashire Football League, finishing 6/13 in Division Two at the end of the 2008-2009 season.However they do not appear to be members of the East Lancashire Football League for the 2009-2010 season.

External links

Rawtenstall at the Football Club History Database
Rawtenstall FC on Soccer Weekend site

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Rossendale

Transport

East Lancashire Railway Rosso Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways

Heritage railway stations	Irwell Vale Rawtenstall

Disused railway stations	Bacup Britannia Clough Fold Ewood Bridge and Edenfield Facit Haslingden Helmshore Shawforth Stacksteads Stubbins Waterfoot Whitworth

Schools

Sport

Media

Rossendale Radio

Politics

Council Council elections 1998 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15

Constituencies: Rossendale By-elections: 1892 1900 04 17 Rossendale and Darwen

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