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New Brighton Association Football Club was a football club from the seaside resort of New Brighton, in Wallasey, Merseyside in England. They were members of the Football League from 1923 until 1951, playing 21 seasons in Division 3 North but were disbanded in 1983. In 1993, a club with the same name was formed and played in the West Cheshire League, until folding in 2012. ==History== The original New Brighton A.F.C. was formed in 1921 out of the ashes of the bankrupt South Liverpool. They played at Sandheys Park, situated on Rake Lane between Osbourne Avenue and Penkett Road. The club started life in the Lancashire Combination in 1921, assuming South Liverpool's membership. After two seasons, the club was elected to the Third Division North of the Football League when the division was expanded to 22 clubs. They also played Football League games at Tower Athletic Ground (formerly home to New Brighton Tower) especially after Sandheys Park was destroyed during the War. The club reached the fourth round of the FA Cup on three occasions; in the 1927–28 season when they lost to Port Vale, in the 1937–38 season under WJ Sawyer when they lost to Tottenham Hotspur in a replay, and in the 1956–57 season, when as a non-League club, they beat three League clubs before losing to 9-0 away to first division leaders, Burnley. The name of the street where Sandheys Park was located (Rake Lane) gave the club their nickname ("The Rakers"). With Sandheys Park badly damaged during a bombing raid in 1942, after World War II the club moved to the Tower Athletic Ground, the former home of New Brighton Tower. The club remained in the Third Division North until 1951, when they were voted out of the Football League after finishing bottom and replaced by Workington. The club dropped into the Lancashire Combination, before switching to the Cheshire County League in 1965. In 1981 the club finished bottom of the Cheshire County League second division, and were not re-elected. By then they had left the Tower Athletic Ground and were playing in Hoylake at Carr Lane, the club owed money to the Inland Revenue and were forced to leave their ground in Hoylake which had seen much vandalism to its clubhouse. Despite a ground share with Newton FC from the West Cheshire League they failed to keep their Cheshire County League place, and it was too late to gain admission back into the West Cheshire League in which the Reserve side had played. However the club were accepted rather late into the South Wirral Premier Division for 1981-1982. This would prove a difficult season for them, losing players and ending up being relegated to the South Wirral First Division for season 1982-1983. The club was refused permission to build a ground in Leasowe Road not far from their former grounds. In the club's final season (1982–83), it was run by Len Ainscow (Chairman), Gary Burns (Secretary and Press-Secretary) and Brian Oxton (Manager and Treasurer). Oxton resigned the club from the league, but this was quickly reversed by Gary Burns and a side was hastily put together that lost to Rake Social by 11-3, with Geoff Tolley in charge for one game. Oxton returned as Manager, but shortly afterwards New Brighton was heavily beaten by Rake Social and by the end of the season it was clear that the club could no longer function. Despite calls for more Committee/Directors, there was little response and the club was disbanded. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Brighton A.F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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