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1874 Northwich Football Club is a supporter-owned English football club based in Northwich, Cheshire,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Club Info – 1874 Northwich F.C. )〕 who play in the North West Counties League Premier Division.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=www.nwcfl.com – League Tables )〕 The club was founded on 15 November 2012 following a vote by former Northwich Victoria supporters, who were members of the Northwich Victoria Supporters Trust. They voted almost unanimously, 141 to 4, in favour of breaking away from the club they supported and forming a new team in their town. The club is fully owned by its supporters, and is run by a democratically-elected board. On 23 May 2013 the club were accepted into their first league, the North West Counties League First Division, for the 2013–14 season.〔 They are affiliated to the Cheshire Football Association and play their home games at the Barton Stadium, the home of nearby team Winsford United.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Directions – 1874 Northwich F.C. )〕 ==History== The club was founded on 15 November 2012 at a meeting at Lostock Social Club in Lostock Gralam, near Northwich. Northwich Victoria Supporters' Trust members were given the opportunity to decide on creating a new football club. It had emerged on the day of the vote that the owner of Northwich Victoria had been declared bankrupt (later annulled) and therefore failed the FA Fit and Proper Persons test. On 29 November 2012 fans attended an open meeting in Northwich, where they chose the name 1874 Northwich for the club. In order to avoid legal issues over the new club's name, none of the proposed options presented to fans included the words Vics or Victoria. The date 1874 was chosen because that is the year in which Northwich Victoria Football Club (known until 1875 as The Northwich Hare and Hounds and Football Club) was founded, or at least, when they played their first formal match against Sandicroft College at Comberbach.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=History – 1874 Northwich F.C. )〕 Northwich won the match 1–0, in what was described as a 'not very scientific struggle'. The name of the club emulates the style of combining an associated date and a town/city, such as German sides 1860 Munich and 1899 Hoffenheim. As with the naming of the club, fans were also given the chance to vote on a motto; the Cheshire Regiment motto 'Ever Glorious' was chosen due to their links with the Drill Field and the town of Northwich. One of the other options included the Latin translation, 'Semper Gloriosa'. On 3 January 2013 it was confirmed that the club had been officially registered with the Cheshire FA and had applied to join the North West Counties Football League in time for the 2013–14 season. On 25 April 2013 it was announced that former Winsford United and Ashton Athletic boss Ian Street would be the club's very first manager.〔http://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/sport/1874northwich/10385187.New_boss_has_sights_set_on_success/〕 On 28 April 2013 Lee Duckworth was named as his assistant.〔http://1874northwich.com/assistant〕 The team played their first match on 10 July 2013 against local team Lostock Gralam FC, winning 3–1.〔http://www.1874northwich.com/fixtures-2013-14 – ''1874 Northwich. ''13 July 2013.〕 Their first honours came three days later in the Supporters Direct Shield, when they defeated AFC Rushden and Diamonds 3–0 in Widnes at the Halton Stadium.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=1874 Northwich FC win SD Shield )〕 Their first league game was played on 3 August 2013 against Oldham Boro, where 490 fans attended the game which finished 1–1..〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Fixtures & Results )〕 In their first season, the club initially missed out on promotion to the North West Counties League Premier Division due to goal difference. However, following the resignation of Formby in May, Northwich were promoted in their place. In their second season, the club finished third in the Premier Division. In the 2014–15 season, the club entered the FA Cup for the first time, becoming the first team to enter the competition with a name beginning with a number since the 4th Royal Tank Regiment in the 1937–38 season, 77 years earlier. 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「1874 Northwich F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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