Market Drayton Town F.C.
Market Drayton Town Football Club is a football club based in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One South East and play at the Greenfields Sports Ground.
Full name | Market Drayton Town Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Gingerbread Men | ||
Founded | 1969 | ||
Ground | Greenfields Sports Ground, Market Drayton | ||
Chairman | Mick Murphy | ||
League | Northern Premier League Division One South East | ||
2019–20 | Northern Premier League Division One East (season abandoned) | ||
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History
The club was established in 1969 as Little Drayton Rangers.[1] They became members of the Shropshire County League and were champions in 1991–92, also winning the Shropshire Premier Cup.[2] In 1998 they joined Division One North of the West Midlands (Regional) League. They were runners-up in their first season in the division, only missing out on the title after having three points deducted, and were promoted to the Premier Division.[3]
In 2000–01 Little Drayton won the Premier Cup again and went on to retain it the following season.[2] In 2003 the club was renamed Market Drayton Town,[3] the name of a former club that had won the Shropshire County League in 1955–56. They won the Premier Cup Cup again in 2003–04 and retained it in each of the next two seasons.[2] After finishing as runners-up in the Premier Division in 2004–05, the club were champions the following season, securing promotion to the Midland Alliance.[4]
The 2008–09 season saw Market Drayton win the Midland Alliance, resulting in promotion to Division One South of the Northern Premier League.[4] They won the Premier Cup again in 2010–11 and 2015–16.
Honours
- West Midlands (Regional) League
- Premier Division champions 2005–06
- Midland Alliance
- Champions 2008–09
- League Cup winners 2008–09
- Shropshire Premier Cup
- Winners 1991–92, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2015–16
Records
See also
- Market Drayton Town F.C. players
- Market Drayton Town F.C. managers
References
- Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p223 ISBN 978-1869833695
- Season 2014–2015 Handbook Shropshire FA
- Little Drayton Rangers at the Football Club History Database
- Market Drayton Town at the Football Club History Database
- Honours and Records Market Drayton Town F.C.