Saltney Town F.C.

Saltney Town

Full name	Saltney Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Bordermen
Ground	Saltney Community Centre
League	Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division
2011–12	Welsh National Division One, 1st
Website	Club home page

Saltney Town Football Club is a football club within the town of Saltney, on the border between England and Wales. The club was formed in 2010 by two friends from the Saltney area, Marc Edwards and Andrew Johnson. Both have the ultimate vision of bringing their community together through football. The club are also known by their nickname of "The Bordermen", due to where they are situated.

In their debut season, the Bordermen were victorious in both the League Cup, and the prestigious Horace Wynne Cup, beating Llanuwchlyn and Castell Alun in the respective finals. They also finished 3rd in their league, Welsh National Division 1.

History

The first record of a Saltney-based football club was in 1908 when they joined The Combination.

The Combination was originally composed from clubs from Manchester and Liverpool and their environment. In later years, several Welsh clubs joined. One club, Northwich Victoria, earned admission to the Football League as members of The Combination. This League ran from 1890-1911.

Saltney had a fantastic first season in the league finishing in 2nd place, Tranmere Rovers finished 3rd! We are uncertain on what happened after the league disbanded in 1911.

In the 1919-20 season, Saltney-based side Crichton’s Athletic was a founder member of Cheshire County League. In 1921, the side changed their name to Saltney Athletic. In 1923, the side finished in 6th position before leaving the Cheshire County League.

The history becomes a little hazy from then until the 1974-75 season when Saltney Social became founder members of Clwyd Football League, where they played for two seasons.

For the 1992-93 season, Saltney Community Centre was formed. They entered the Clwyd League system in Division 1. A great start resulted in a 3rd play finish and instant promotion to the prestigious Clwyd Premier Division.

In their first effort at the Clwyd top flight they finished in a very respectable 2nd place before going one better the following year, winning the League and being duly promoted to the Welsh Alliance League.

In their two seasons in the league they finished in 6th, then 11th positions before resigning from the Alliance in 1998.

Players

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Callum Ierston DF Dane Mason DF Matty Howard DF Mathew Wintle DF Tom Price DF Danny Evans DF Owen Pierce MF Paul Hughes MF Cristiano Ronaldo

No. Position Player MF Gabriel Batistuta MF Jason Wright MF Tom Lynch MF Simon Butler MF Liam Asbrook MF Tom Stacey FW Shaun Hughes (team captain) FW Marc Gunther FW Jake Gibbons

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Mike 'The Cat' Edwards GK Zak Williams DF Scott Bainbridge DF Stefan Rosier DF Michael Edwards DF Lewis Weatherley DF Lee McKeown DF Mark Heneghan DF Josh Tanton

No. Position Player MF Daniel Brunning MF Daniel Hayden MF Anthony Quinn MF Billy Exford MF Adam Spencer MF Evan Wright MF Marc Purdy FW Kyle Shaw FW Phil Whittaker

Technical Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Marc Edwards
Assistant manager	Lee Woodward
Chairman	Andy Johnson
Reserve team coach	Steve Wright
Fitness coach	Dave Evans
Academy director	Steve Rosier

Honours

• League Cup

Winners (1): 2010-11

• Horace Wynne Cup

Winners (1): 2010-11

Notes

Information compiled with help from:

Football Club History Database. http://www.fchd.info/SALTNEY.HTM

Clwyd Football League. http://www.clwydfootballleague.co.uk

Welsh Football Data Archive. http://www.wfda.co.uk