Newcastle Town Football Club is a football club based in

Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme ( RP: , ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. The 2011 census population of the town was 75,082, whilst the wider borough had a population of ...

, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Lyme Valley Stadium.

History

The club was formed as a Sunday league team in 1964.A brief history
Newcastle Town F.C. They joined Division Two of the

Mid-Cheshire League The Cheshire Association Football League is a football competition based in Cheshire, England, which until 2007 was known as the Mid-Cheshire Association Football League. From season 2017–18, the league operates four divisions: the Premier ...

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. 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.Honours
Newcastle Town F.C. With the club in financial difficulties, they then merged with Parkway Clayton. After winning the Sentinel Shield and finishing as runners-up in the Mid-Cheshire League in 1986–87, the club were promoted to Division Two of the

North West Counties League The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the North West of England. Since 2019–20, the league has covered the Isle of Man, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria, northern Staffordshire, northern ...

. Newcastle Town were Division Two runners-up in 1991–92, earning promotion to Division One. The following season saw them win the league's Floodlit Cup. They won the

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in 1993–94 and retained it the following season, as well as winning the Sentinel Cup. the club were Division One runners-up as well as winning the Floodlit Cup for a second time in 1995–96. In 1996–97 they reached the first round of the

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for the first time, losing 2–0 at home to

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in front of a record crowd of 3,948 in a match played at Stoke City's

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. The season also saw them finish as runners-up in Division One and win the League Cup. The club went on to finish as runners-up in Division One again in 1999–2000, also reaching the

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semi-finals, where they lost 3–1 on aggregate to Deal Town. In 2004–05 Newcastle Town were Division One runners-up for a fourth time. 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

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; they also won the

Staffordshire Senior Cup The Staffordshire Senior Challenge Cup is a football cup tournament based in the county of Staffordshire in England first competed for in 1877–78. Organised by the Staffordshire Football Association, it is competed for by a mix of clubs from ...

, beating

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6–1 in the final.Senior Cup: History of previous winners
Staffordshire FA The club were Division One South runners-up the following season, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, but lost 3–0 to

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in the semi-finals. A third-place finish in 2014–15 was followed by a 3–1 defeat by Sutton Coldfield Town in the play-off semi-finals.

Ground

The club play at the Lyme Valley Stadium, next to the

Lyme Brook Lyme Brook is a tributary stream of the River Trent, which flows through Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the outlying areas of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. Course Prior to the 20th century the upper course of the brook could be traced ...

on Buckmaster Avenue. The ground doubles as a

velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate easement c ...

, with a cycling track around the pitch.Newcastle Town
Pyramid Passion The ground includes a seated stand on one side of the pitch and a covered standing terrace on the other. Both ends of the ground consist of uncovered standing areas. It currently has a capacity of 4,000, of which 300 is seated and 1,000 covered. The ground also currently hosts Stoke City Reserves.

Honours

*North West Counties League **Premier Division champions 2009–10 **League Cup winners 1996–97 **Floodlit Cup winners 1992–93, 1995–96 **Division Two Trophy winners 1991–92 *Mid-Cheshire League **Division One champions 1985–86 **Division Two champions 1982–83 **League Cup winners 1984–85 *Walsall Senior Cup **Winners 1993–94 1994–95 *Staffordshire Senior Cup **Winners 2009–10 *Staffordshire FA Sunday Cup **Winners 1979–80 *Sentinel Cup **Winners 1994–95 *Sentinel Shield **Winners 1986–87

Records

*Best

performance: First round, 1996–97 *Best

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performance: First qualifying round, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 *Best

performance: Semi-finals, 1999–2000 *Record attendance: 3,948 vs

, FA Cup first round, 1996 (at the

) *Most appearances: Dean Gillick, 632 *Most goals: Andy Bott, 149

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