Kidsgrove Athletic F.C.

is an English football club based in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One West.

[1] Football was played in the town of Kidsgrove before the outbreak of World War II, which led to the disbandment of the team.

The club joined the North West Counties Football League in 1990 and were promoted to the Premier Division in 1991–92 due to ground grading.

Peter Ward re-joined the club in the summer of 2006 which saw Kidsgrove begin to mount a promotion challenge and they reached the play-offs in 2009–10 but lost out to Glapwell.

In 2011–12 Kidsgrove reached the fourth-qualifying round of the FA Cup where they lost 2–0 to Bradford Park Avenue.

Grove had a poor 2013–14 season finishing bottom of the table which saw Ant Buckle replaced by Neil Gill in May 2014.