Newcastle Town Football Club is a football club based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One West and play at the Lyme Valley Stadium.
History
The club was formed as a Sunday league team in 1964.[2] They joined Division Two of the Mid-Cheshire League in 1982 and went on to win the division at the first attempt, losing only one game all season and scoring 102 goals in 30 games.[3] The league was then reduced to a single division and the club went on to win the League Cup in 1984–85 and the league title in 1985–86.[4][3] With the club in financial difficulties, they then merged with Parkway Clayton.[2] After winning the Sentinel Shield and finishing as runners-up in the Mid-Cheshire League in 1986–87,[4] the club were promoted to Division Two of the North West Counties League.[3]
Newcastle Town were Division Two runners-up in 1991–92, earning promotion to Division One.[3] The following season saw them win the league's Floodlit Cup.[4] They won the Walsall Senior Cup in 1993–94 and retained it the following season, as well as winning the Sentinel Cup.[4] the club were Division One runners-up as well as winning the Floodlit Cup for a second time in 1995–96.[4] In 1996–97 they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 2–0 at home to Notts County in front of a record crowd of 3,948 in a match played at Stoke City'sVictoria Ground.[1][3] The season also saw them finish as runners-up in Division One and win the League Cup.[4] The club went on to finish as runners-up in Division One again in 1999–2000, also reaching the FA Vase semi-finals, where they lost 3–1 on aggregate to Deal Town.[3]
In 2004–05 Newcastle Town were Division One runners-up for a fourth time.[3] Division One was renamed the Premier Division in 2008 and the club were Premier Division champions in 2009–10, earning promotion to Division One South of the Northern Premier League;[3] they also won the Staffordshire Senior Cup, beating Port Vale 6–1 in the final.[5] The club were Division One South runners-up the following season, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, but lost 3–0 to Grantham Town in the semi-finals.[3] A third-place finish in 2014–15 was followed by a 3–1 defeat by Sutton Coldfield Town in the play-off semi-finals.[3]
Ground
The club play at the Lyme Valley Stadium, next to the Lyme Brook on Buckmaster Avenue. The ground doubles as a velodrome, with a cycling track around the pitch.[6] The ground includes a seated stand on one side of the pitch and a covered standing terrace on the other.[6] Both ends of the ground consist of uncovered standing areas.[6] It currently has a capacity of 4,000, of which 300 is seated and 1,000 covered.[1]
