Morpeth Town A.F.C.

Morpeth Town

Full name

Morpeth Town Association Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Highwaymen

Founded

1893

Ground

Craik Park
Morpeth

Capacity

1,000 (100 seated)

Chairman

Ken Beattie

Manager

Nick Gray/ Dave Malone

League

Northern League Division One

2015–16

Northern League Division One, 4th

Home colours

Away colours

Morpeth Town A.F.C. is a football club in Morpeth, Northumberland, England, which plays in the Northern League Division One. Their home ground is Craik Park. The club's traditional colours are amber and black stripes.^[1]

Club history

Morpeth Town were founded in 1893 following the amalgamation of Morpeth United and Morpeth F.C. They played their home matches at Stobhill Cricket Field.^[1] They joined the Northern Football Alliance in the 1936–37 season.^[2] The club moved to Storey Park in 1954. In the 1983–84 season they were the Northern Football Alliance champions.^[2] They won the Northern Alliance Challenge Cup in 1986 as well as the Benevolent Bowl.^[1]

In 1994 the club moved to Craik Park and again won the Northern Alliance title and with it promotion to the Northern League Division Two for the 1994–95 season. The following season they were promoted to Division One as champions. In the club's first season in Division One they finished in sixth place and were runners-up in the Northumberland Senior Cup. In 2007 Morpeth beat Blyth Spartans to win the Northumberland Senior Cup at St James' Park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.^[3] They beat Hereford 4–1 in the 2016 FA Vase final.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Karl Dryden
		GK	Jim Provett
		DF	Matias Fondato
		DF	Stephen Forster
		DF	Matthew Grieve
		DF	Michael Hall
		DF	David Hiftle
		DF	Paul Johnson
		DF	James Novak
		DF	Chris Reid
		DF	Chris Swailes
		DF	Michael Turner

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Jordan Fry
		MF	Keith Graydon
		MF	Mateusz Halambiec
		MF	Damen Mullen
		MF	Paul Robinson
		MF	Ben Sayer
		FW	Steven Anderson
		FW	Luke Carr
		FW	Michael Chilton
		FW	Liam Henderson
		FW	Flavio Pereira
		FW	Sean Taylor
		FW	Brandon Williams

Committee

Chairman: Ken Beattie
Club & Match Secretary: Andrew McDonnell
Commercial Manager: John Richardson

Stadium

Morpeth play at Craik Park, at Morpeth Common. It has 100 seats in a small stand and is surrounded by a 400-metre cinder track. The track was built in 1972 and is still used for training by Morpeth Harriers Athletics Club, but not competitions.^[4]

Morpeth Town moved to the stadium in 1994 and named the stadium Craik Park after father and son W and R Craik who had served as club secretary between 1920 and 1985.^[1]

Since then the club has built a covered stand, a new clubhouse, installed floodlights and erected a high fence around the ground.

Craik Park

Honours

League

Northern Alliance Champions (2): 1983–84, 1993–94
Northern Alliance Runners-up (5): 1937–38, 1965–66,1973–74, 1981–82, 1984–85
Northern League Division Two Champions (1): 1995–96

Cup

FA Vase Winners (1): 2015–16
Northern Alliance Challenge Cup Winners (3): 1938–39, 1985–86, 1993–94
Northern Alliance Challenge Cup Winners (4): 1936–37, 1962–63, 1973–74, 1985–86
Northumberland Benevolent Bowl Winners (1): 1978–79, 1985–86
Northumberland Senior Cup Winners (2): 1886 (shared with Shankhouse), 2006–07
Northumberland Senior Cup Runners-up (1): 1996–97, 2014–15
Aged Miners Cup Winners (4): 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1987–88

References

1 2 3 4 "Morpeth Town FC – Club History". Morpeth Town F.C. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
1 2 "The History of the League". Northern Football Alliance. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
↑ "Arngrove Northern League: Morpeth Town details". Northern League. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
↑ "Morpeth Craik Park". Run Track Directory. Retrieved 2008-03-15.

External links

Official website

Northern League

Division One	Ashington Bishop Auckland Chester-le-Street Town Consett Dunston UTS Guisborough Town Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association Marske United Morpeth Town Newcastle Benfield Newton Aycliffe North Shields Penrith Ryhope Colliery Welfare Seaham Red Star Shildon South Shields Sunderland Ryhope Community Association Washington West Allotment Celtic West Auckland Town Whitley Bay

Division Two	Alnwick Town Bedlington Terriers Billingham Synthonia Billingham Town Blyth Town Brandon United Crook Town Darlington Railway Athletic Durham City Easington Colliery Esh Winning Heaton Stannington Hebburn Town Northallerton Town Norton & Stockton Ancients Ryton & Crawcrook Albion Stockton Town Team Northumbria Thornaby Tow Law Town Whickham Willington

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Coordinates: 55°09′21.67″N 1°42′31.01″W / 55.1560194°N 1.7086139°W / 55.1560194; -1.7086139

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