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), Kelvin Mellor (Crewe Alexandra) and Ben Mills (Macclesfield Town).
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.
Statistics
Click on the seasons below to view player appearances and goalscorers over the past 5 seasons (pdf files):
2011/12 Evo-Stik NPL Premier Division
2010/11 Evo-Stik League Premier Division
2009/10 UniBond League Premier Division
2008/09 UniBond League Premier Division
2007/08 UniBond League Division One South
‘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.
Thank you for viewing : Number of visitors since 06/12/10
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.
Links
More and more indepedent websites are being developed for lower league and non-league clubs in the North West with excellent archives and databases of former players including
(Apr 2012) Former Nantwich centre-half and joint Manager Darren Tinson (pictured) has hung up his boots at the age of 42. ‘Tinno’ who made 99+3 appearances for the Dabbers (scoring twice) was playing for Leek Town before injury forced his retirement last month.
Meanwhile, Dabbers 2006 FA Vase winning captain Phil Parkinson has been featuring in the Cheshire League this season for Lostock Gralam. Fellow Vase winners Andy Taylor and Paul Taylor signed North West Counties League forms for First Division Norton United, as did Mark Beeston, to help the club in their promotion push. Lee Steele, who played a single game for the Dabbers in January, switched from Brackley Town to fellow Evo-Stik Southern Premier side Leamington whilst Dennis Sherriff, who also pulled on the number 9 shirt a couple of times this season, signed NWCL forms for Abbey Hey.
Another former loanee, Crewe Alexandra’s Jordan Connerton, went on loan to Blue Square Bet North strugglers Workington whilst another former Nantwich forward Marvin Robinson switched from Hednesford Town to Brackley Town. Closer to home, ex-centre half Matt Bradbury returned to Leek Town from Market Drayton Town whilst a former captain, Melford Knight, joined Salford City from Trafford.
