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Mid Cheshire Football 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 Division, Divisions One and Two, and a Reserve Division. Founded in 1948, only one club (Knutsford) have maintained continuous membership since the formation of the league. Two other founder members have only recently left the league – Whitchurch Alport in 2012 and Barnton in the summer of 2014 . The Premier Division sits at step 7 of the National League Pyramid, level 11 in the English Football Pyramid. 2024–25 members Source: Premier Division *Altrincham (reserves) *Broadheath Central *Crewe *Denton Town * Garswood United *Golborne Sports *Eagle Sports *Lostock Gralam * Middlewich Town *Parklands *Poynton *St. Michael’s DHFC *Vulcan *Whaley Bridge Athletic *Whalley Range *Winstanley Warriors League One *Billinge New Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshire FA
The Cheshire Football Association, also simply known as Cheshire FA, is the Sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in the county of Cheshire, England. They are responsible for the governance and development of football at all levels in the county. About The Cheshire Football Association is the not-for-profit governing body for all football in Cheshire and is responsible for the governance, organisation, education and development of grassroots football. Cheshire FA works in conjunction with the National Football Association and is an enterprising and dynamic SME based in the heart of the county. They have approximately 3500 teams playing various formats of affiliated football with over 60,000 weekly participants. The game is supported by over 1,000 referees and upwards of 10,000 volunteers running the game. Cheshire FA works towards a strategic framework that looks to inwardly invest into key aspects of the game. Over £24 million has been invest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wythenshawe Amateurs F
Wythenshawe () is an area of Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a large housing estate there in the 1920s. With an area of approximately , Wythenshawe became the largest council estate in Europe. Wythenshawe includes the areas of Baguley, Benchill, Peel Hall, Newall Green, Woodhouse Park, Moss Nook, Northern Moor, Northenden and Sharston. History The name Wythenshawe seems to come from the Old English ''wiðign'' = " withy tree" and ''sceaga'' = "wood" (compare dialectal word shaw). The three ancient townships of Northenden, Baguley, and Northen Etchells formally became the present-day Wythenshawe when they were merged with Manchester in 1931. Until then, the name was only used to refer to Wythenshawe Hall and its grounds. Due to spending cuts, the hall was temporarily closed to the public in 2010. One proposition was that Manchester City Council could sell the build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linotype Cheadle Heath Nomads F
Linotype may refer to: * Linotype machine, a typesetting machine, once commonly used for newspapers * Mergenthaler Linotype Company (later, Linotype GmbH), a type foundry that produced the first linotype machines * Linotype (alloy) Linotype or eutectic alloy is a broad name applied to five categories of lead alloys used in manufacture of type, especially for the Linotype machine The Linotype machine ( ) is a "line casting" machine used in printing which is manufactured and ..., a group of lead alloys, used in linotype machines {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stalybridge Celtic F
Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 26,830. Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester and north-west of Glossop. When a water-powered cotton mill was constructed in 1776, Stalybridge became one of the first centres of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. The wealth created in the 19th century from the factory-based cotton industry transformed an area of scattered farms and homesteads into a self-confident town. History Early history The earliest evidence of human activity in Stalybridge is a flint scraper from the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age.Nevell (1992), p. 38. Also bearing testament to the presence of man in prehistory are the Stalybridge cairns. The two monuments are on the summit of Hollingworthall Moor apart. One of the round cairns is the best-preserved Bronze Age monument in Tameside,Nevell (1992), pp. 39–41. and is pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trafford F
Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of in . It covers and includes the area of Old Trafford and the towns of Altrincham, Stretford, Urmston, Partington and Sale. The borough was formed in 1974 as a merger of six former districts and part of a seventh. The River Mersey flows through the borough, separating North Trafford from South Trafford, and the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. Trafford is the seventh-most populous district in Greater Manchester. There is evidence of Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Roman activity in the area, two castles – one of them a Scheduled Ancient Monument – and over 200 listed buildings. In the late 19th century, the population rapidly expanded with the arrival of the railway. Trafford is the home of Manchester United F.C. and Lancashire County Cricket Club, as well as Altrincham F.C. and Trafford F.C.. The Imperial War Museum North, opened in 2002, is located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garswood United F
Garswood is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of St. Helens, Merseyside, England. The village is within the civil parish of Seneley Green. The parish was part of Ashton-in-Makerfield until the 1974 boundary changes. History In the historic county of Lancashire, Garswood is from Old English gyr “fir” and ''wudu'' "wood", the fir wood. The name was recorded as ''Gratiswode'' (undated). Along with extensive farming, Garswood has seen much coal mining activity in its past, due to strata running up to an adjacent fault causing much outcropping of coal seams. Local mines included Garswood Park (which operated 1868–1880), Seneley Green (1869–1880), Birchenheds (1880–1925) and Park (1869–1960). Mining has taken place using (comparatively) shallow shafts and many drifts. The last drift mine in the Garswood area (in neighbouring Golborne), Quaker House Colliery, closed in 1992. Extensive opencast mining has taken place in more recent times and still continues in the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leek Town F
A leek is a vegetable, a cultivar of '' Allium ampeloprasum'', the broadleaf wild leek ( syn. ''Allium porrum''). The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes erroneously called a "stem" or "stalk". The genus ''Allium'' also contains the onion, garlic, shallot, scallion, chives, and Chinese onion. Three closely related vegetables— elephant garlic, kurrat and Persian leek or ''tareh''—are also cultivars of ''A. ampeloprasum'', although different in their culinary uses. Etymology Historically, many scientific names were used for leeks, but they are now all treated as cultivars of ''A. ampeloprasum''. The name ''leek'' developed from the Old English word , from which the modern English name for garlic also derives. means 'onion' in Old English and has cognates in other Germanic languages: Danish ' 'onion', Icelandic ' 'onion', Norwegian ' 'onion', Swedish ' 'onion', German ' 'leek', Dutch ' '''Allium'' (any plant of this genus)'. Culti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidsgrove Athletic F
Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, on the Cheshire border. It is part of the Potteries Urban Area, along with Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. It has a population of 26,276 (2019 census). Most of the town is in the Kidsgrove ward, whilst the western part is in Ravenscliffe. History From the 18th century, Kidsgrove grew around coal mining, although the pits have now closed. Clough Hall Mansion in the town is now demolished. The engineer James Brindley cut the first Harecastle Tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal near the town; Thomas Telford cut the second. Kidsgrove also marks the southern extremity of the Macclesfield Canal. There is a legend regarding a headless ghost that is said to haunt the Harecastle Tunnel. The ghost is said to be that of a young woman who was murdered inside the tunnel. She is referred to as the ''"Kidsgrove Boggart"''. R.J. Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire fighter aircraft, was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Town F
Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in New South Wales, Australia, named after Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle, New Castle or New Cassel may also refer to: Places Australia *City of Newcastle, a local government area in New South Wales * County of Newcastle, a cadastral unit in South Australia *Division of Newcastle, a federal electoral division in New South Wales *Electoral district of Newcastle, an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Electoral district of Newcastle (South Australia) 1884–1902, 1915–1956 in the South Australian House of Assembly *Newcastle, New South Wales, a city in New South Wales * Newcastle Waters, a town and locality in the Northern Territory *Newcastle West, New South Wales, inner suburb of the city *Toodyay, Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanley Town F
Hanley is one of the six towns that, along with Burslem, Longton, Fenton, Tunstall and Stoke-upon-Trent, amalgamated to form the City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. The town is the main business, commercial and cultural hub of the wider Potteries area. History Etymology The name Hanley comes from either "haer lea", meaning "high meadow", or "heah lea" meaning "rock meadow". Municipal origins Hanley was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1857 and became a county borough with the passage of the Local Government Act 1888. It was based at Hanley Town Hall. In 1910, along with Burslem, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent it was federated into the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent. Hanley was the only one of the six towns to be a county borough before the merger; its status was transferred to the enlarged borough. In 1925, following the granting of city status, it became one of the six towns that constitute the City of Stoke-on-Trent. Coal mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rylands F
Rylands is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Dadie Rylands (1902–1999), real name George Rylands, British literary scholar and theatre director *Dave Rylands (born 1953), English footballer *Enriqueta Augustina Rylands (1843–1908), English philanthropist *John Rylands (1801–1888), English textile merchant and philanthropist *John Paul Rylands (1846–1923), English lawyer, genealogist and topographer *L. Gordon Rylands (1862–1942), British criminologist and writer *Mark Rylands (born 1961), Church of England bishop *Patrick Rylands (born 1943), English designer *Peter Rylands (1820–1887), English wire manufacturer and politician *Sir Peter Rylands, 1st Baronet (1868–1948), British businessman, son of Peter Rylands *Sir William Rylands (1868–1948), British businessman See also *John Rylands Library in Manchester *John Rylands University Library in Manchester *Rylands, hamlet in St Breward parish, Cornwall, England *Rylands, southern part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
