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Norton United F.C.

Coordinates: 53°03′02.67″N 2°10′14.45″W / 53.0507417°N 2.1706806°W / 53.0507417; -2.1706806
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Norton United
Full nameNorton United Football Club
Founded1989
Dissolved2015
GroundNorton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute
Community Drive
Smallthorne
Stoke on Trent
Capacity1,500 (200 Seated)
LeagueNorthern Premier League
Division One South
2014–15Northern Premier League
Division One South, 11th
Current season

Norton United F.C. was a football club based in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. They were established in 1989 and joined the Staffordshire Senior League in the same year. They were the Midland League champions three times, North West Counties Football League champions in 2013–14, and were promoted to be members of the Northern 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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  1. ^ "Norton United - The Pitching In Northern Premier League". www.thenpl.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  2. ^ a b c Norton United at the Football Club History Database
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53°03′02.67″N 2°10′14.45″W / 53.0507417°N 2.1706806°W / 53.0507417; -2.1706806