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| Full name | Norton United Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 | ||
| Dissolved | 2015 | ||
| Ground | Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute Community Drive Smallthorne Stoke on Trent | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 (200 Seated) | ||
| League | Northern Premier League Division One South | ||
| 2014–15 | Northern Premier League Division One South, 11th | ||
Norton United F.C. was a football club based inSmallthorne,Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire,England. They were established in 1989 and joined theStaffordshire Senior League in the same year. They were theMidland League champions three times,North West Counties Football League champions in 2013–14, and were promoted to be members of theNorthern Premier League Division One South. On 9 April 2015 it was announced that Norton United would resign from the Northern Premier League at the end of the season and fold.[1]
The club's ground was the Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute; however' they left that ground mid season due to contractual issues with the owners and played their remaining fixtures at Lyme Valley Stadium, home of Newcastle Town.. They played in black and red striped shirts, black shorts and black socks.
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