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
England GK Callum Ierston
England DF Dane Mason
Wales DF Matty Howard
England DF Mathew Wintle
Wales DF Tom Price
England DF Danny Evans
England DF Owen Pierce
Wales MF Paul Hughes
Portugal MF Cristiano Ronaldo
No. Position Player
Argentina MF Gabriel Batistuta
England MF Jason Wright
England MF Tom Lynch
Wales MF Simon Butler
Wales MF Liam Asbrook
England MF Tom Stacey
Wales FW Shaun Hughes (team captain)
Wales FW Marc Gunther
Iraq 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
England GK Mike 'The Cat' Edwards
England GK Zak Williams
England DF Scott Bainbridge
Wales DF Stefan Rosier
Wales DF Michael Edwards
England DF Lewis Weatherley
England DF Lee McKeown
England DF Mark Heneghan
Wales DF Josh Tanton
No. Position Player
England MF Daniel Brunning
England MF Daniel Hayden
Wales MF Anthony Quinn
England MF Billy Exford
England MF Adam Spencer
England MF Evan Wright
England MF Marc Purdy
England FW Kyle Shaw
England 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

Winners (1): 2010-11
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

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