Morpeth Town A.F.C.

Morpeth Town

Full name

Morpeth Town Association Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Highwaymen

Founded

1909

Ground

Craik Park
Morpeth

Capacity

1,000 (100 seated)

Chairman

John Stewart

Manager

Nick Gray

League

Northern League
Division One

2014–15

Northern Football League
Division One, 8th

Home colours

Away colours

Morpeth Town A.F.C. is a football club based in Morpeth in Northumberland, England. Their home ground is Craik Park in Morpeth. The stadium has a small stand with 100 seats. The clubs traditional colours are amber and black stripes,^[1] however in the 2007–08 season Morpeth wore yellow shirts with black trim. They are currently members of the Northern League Division One.

Club history

Morpeth Town were founded in 1894 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]

Committee

President: Ken Beattie
Chairman: John Stewart
Club & Match Secretary: David McMeekan
Commercial Manager: Luke Donkin

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

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
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

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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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