The club was established in 1946 as North Withington Amateur by attendees of St Crispin's Church in nearby Fallowfield.

[4] During a successful period in the second half of the 1970s, they won the Manchester Challenge Trophy in 1976–77, 1977–78 and 1979–80, and the Lancashire Amateur Cup in 1979–80.

They then moved to a new ground on Timpson Road in the Baguley area of Wythenshawe, where three prefab houses were converted into a clubhouse.

The ground was named Ericstan Park after founder members Eric Renard and Stan Hahn.

[2] The two are also remembered in the club badge, which includes a fox (Renard in French) and cockerel (Hänchen in German).