Wolverton A.F.C.
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| Full name | Wolverton Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Wolves, MK Wolves, The Railwaymen or Highwaymen, Locos |
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| Founded | 1887 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | TBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Andrew Gray |
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| Manager | TBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | TBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990-91 | South Midlands League Premier Division, 2nd |
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Wolverton Association Football Club, often known simply as Wolverton, is an English football team representing the Town of Wolverton (and, for a time,) Milton Keynes. The club motto is "In Omnia Paratus" (lit: "In all things prepared"). The club was wound up in 1992 but there is a current attempt to revive it. Until recently, it had the oldest (and almost certainly the first) football stand in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Club Names
The club has had a number of different names during its history, and at one time held the record for the longest club name in English football: "Newport Pagnell & Wolverton London & North Western Railway Amalgamated Association Football Club". The name did not prove popular.
| 1887-1888 | - Wolverton A.F.C. |
| 1888-1889 | - Wolverton (L.N.W.R.) A.F.C. |
| 1889-1890 | - Newport Pagnell & Wolverton (L.N.W.R.) A.F.C. |
| 1890-1902 | - Wolverton (L.N.W.R.) A.F.C. |
| 1902-1948 | - Wolverton Town F.C. |
| 1948-1981 | - Wolverton Town & B.R. F.C. |
| 1981-1987 | - Wolverton Town F.C. |
| 1987-1988 | - Wolverton Town (M.K.) F.C. |
| 1988-1990 | - Milton Keynes Wolverton Town F.C. (aka Milton Keynes Wolves) |
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[edit] Achievements
- Berks & Bucks Senior Cup:
- Winners (1): 1892/93
- Runners-up (4): 1888/89, 1891/92, 1895/96, 1969/70
- Berks & Bucks Benevolent Cup:
- Winners (2): 1947/48, 1948/49
- Berks & Bucks Junior Cup:
- Winners (1): 1904/05
- FA Cup:
- 4th Qualifying Round (1): 1957/58
- FA Vase:
- 3rd Round (4): 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78
- Southern Football League:
- Division 2 Champions (1): 1895-96
- Division 2 (London Section) Runners-up (1): 1898-99
- Isthmian League:
- Division 2 North Runners-up (1): 1986/87
- South Midlands League:
- Premier Division Champions (2): 1938/39, 1945/46
- Premier Division Runners-up (1): 1990/91
- United Counties League:
- Champions (1): 1913/14
- Spartan League:
- Premier Division Runners-up (1): 1951/52
- Western Division Runners-up (1): 1946/47
- Bucks & Contiguous Counties League:
- Division 1 Runners-up (1): 1898/99
- Athenian League Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 1983/84
- United Counties League Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 1966-67
- Kettering & District Charity Cup:
- Runners-up (2): 1892/93, 1893/94
- Luton & District Charity Cup:
- Winners (1): 1926/27
- Runners-up (1): 1893/94
- Wolverton & District Charity Cup:
- Winners (2): 1893/94, 1894/95
- Runners-up (2): 1895/96, 1896/97
[edit] See also
- Wolverton railway works where almost all the players worked.
- Milton Keynes City F.C., which took over Wolverton Park when Wolves went bust.
