Witton Albion F.C.

Witton's current home, U Lock It Stadium (Wincham Park), holds in excess of 4,500 and is equipped with floodlights, segregation, a club shop and a museum.

It is thought that Northwich Victoria's decision to persuade other clubs not to allow their town rivals in was the deciding factor.

Witton hit the woodwork 3 times in the last 20 minutes, but were unable to score the goal that would have taken them into the Conference North as league champions.

Witton subsequently lost the play-off final against Telford United and were thus denied promotion into the Conference North division.

A substantial reduction in the playing budget led to the departure of most of the established squad members during the 2008 close season.

Manager Nigel Deeley and assistant Andy Nelson were fired on November 2, after an unprecedented sequence of nine consecutive defeats.

In May 2010, former long-serving Leek Town manager Paul Ogden was appointed to the managerial position, assisted by Brian Pritchard, who will remain on the playing staff, and Dave McPherson.

Mike Moseley, one of Albion's leading goalscorers became Assistant Player/Manager with former boss Nigel Deeley becoming First-Team Coach.

Sullivan moved quickly to bring in his management team appointing Kevin Hodgson and Andy Robertson to the coaching staff.

Needing only a point to guarantee league survival away at Stamford, Albion raced into a two-goal lead, however collapsed in the 2nd half eventually losing 3-2 and finding themselves finishing 22nd.

Carl Macauley who along with his assistant Gary Martindale were the management team at Conference North Vauxhall Motors until the club's resignation.

They thankfully succeeded in steadying the ship and despite the club, once again being forced to change regional divisions set about recruiting their own team, both on and off the field.

Their dedication certainly paid off in '16/17 when, in practically any other scenario picking up nigh on 100 points and scoring 100 goals along the way would secure automatic promotion, the team won their Play-off games against AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Spalding United to regain their place back in the NPL's top flight.

The first season back exceeded expectations as it was only in the final month that Albion missed out on a play-off position whilst in 1’8/19, playing catch-up, the team finished in the top ten.

Witton Albion were formed in the late 19th century by a group of Northwich Victoria players, officials and supporters who chose to break away from the Vics in protest of the clubs' decision to become a 'professional' side.

Former Premier League striker Geoff Horsfield played for Witton during the 1990s as well as former Derby County goalkeeper Andy Oakes.

Cardiff City forward Nicky Maynard spent a short spell on loan at the club during the 2005–06 season.

Alex Titchiner left the club after the 2011–12 season to join League Two side Fleetwood Town, rejoining in 2014.

Other players include Mike Whitlow, Dennis Viollet, Peter Mellor, Chris Nicholl and Samuel Challinor.