Nantwich Town Football Club was founded in 1884 and has a long and proud tradition. Although it has enjoyed relative success in recent seasons, the club has always had its roots in the local community, nurturing local youngsters to progress to play ‘the beautiful game’ at a higher level.
Over 50 players have gone on to play in the Football League after adorning Nantwich’s colours - amongst them Walter Cartwright (Manchester United), Freddie Worrall (Portsmouth & England), Jimmy Quinn (Blackburn Rovers & Northern Ireland) and, most recently, Ritchie Sutton (Port Vale) and Kelvin Mellor (Crewe Alexandra).
Nicknamed ‘The Dabbers’, Nantwich played at their London Road ground for 123 years, prior to moving to the smart new Weaver Stadium in time for the 2007/08 season.
This website is an on-line celebration of the club’s history and former players - and highlights the book ‘Proud to be the Dabbers’ which was published to commemorate the club’s 125th anniversary.
‘Proud to be The Dabbers’ is a 128 page full colour book published to commemorate the history of Nantwich Town FC. The development of the club is traced from its origins in 1884 through to its 125th anniversary in 2009. Please click the link below for ordering details.
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After featuring in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy, ‘Suts’ got a taste of the real thing as a substitute in the 2-0 win at Bradford on 4th September 2010.
More and more indepedent websites are being developed for non-league clubs in the North West with excellent archives and databases of former players including
(Dec 2011) Belated congratulations to Steve Davis, Nantwich’s former player-manager who was named as Manager of Crewe Alexandra last month.
Dabber fans will be eternally grateful to Steve for guiding Nantwich to FA Vase glory in 2006, followed by two successive promotions and only narrowly being denied a third in the 2009 Northern Premier League Premier Divison Play-Off Final at Ilkeston Town.
Steve left Nantwich shortly after that match to become Assistant manager to then Alex boss Gudjon Thordason who later gave way to returning legendary Alex Manager Dario Gradi.
On the eve of Nantwich’s big FA Cup tie at MK Dons, it was announced that Steve had been placed in charge of first team affairs at the Alexandra Stadium with Dario stepping aside to look after the club’s Academy.
