Lutterworth Town A.F.C.

Lutterworth Town
Full name Lutterworth Town Association Football Club
Nickname(s) The Swifts
Ground Dunley Way, Lutterworth
Chairman Wayne Clarke
Manager Josh Dixon (1st Team) Greg Taylor (Reserves)
League Leicestershire Senior League Division One

Lutterworth Town Association Football Club is an English football club based in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. The club are members of Division One of the Leicestershire Senior League and play at Dunley Way.

History

The club joined Division Two of the Leicestershire Senior League in 1955.[1] In 1966–67 they finished second and were promoted to Division One. The club was relegated to Division Two at the end of the 1971–72 season, but were immediately promoted back to Division One as Division Two runners-up. However, the club continued to yo yo, being relegated in 1974–75, promoted in 1977–78, relegated in 1979–80, promoted in 1980–81 (as Division Two champions), relegated in 1982–83 and promoted in 1985–86.

The club won the Premier Division (as Division One had been renamed in 1983) in 1990–91, after which they moved from their Dunley Way ground to Coventry Road. The club were relegated again at the end of the 1994–95 season. Despite only finishing eleventh in 1996–97 they were promoted to the Premier Division. They returned to Division One after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1999–2000

The club returned to Dunley Way, their original home for the 2012/2013 season.

Honours

Records

References

  1. Lutterworth Town at the Football Club History Database

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Coordinates: 52°28′48.61″N 1°12′03.92″W / 52.4801694°N 1.2010889°W