Buxton Football Club is a football club based in

Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the no ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Silverlands.

History

The club was established in autumn 1877 as an offshoot of the local cricket club, playing their first match on 27 October 1877.Club History
Buxton F.C. In 1891 they joined

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. They finished bottom of the league in 1895–96 and left at the end of the 1898–99 season, when they switched to the

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.Manchester League 1893-1912
Non-League Matters They were runners-up in 1904–05 but spent most of the next seven seasons in lower mid-table, finishing second-from-bottom on three occasions, before the league was disbanded in 1912. Buxton rejoined the Manchester League when it was re-established in 1920, and considered applying to join the new

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when it was formed in 1921, although they did not submit a bid."Peak performers" ''When Saturday Comes'', No. 358, December 2016 They were Manchester League runners-up in 1928–29 and 1929–30 and League Cup winners in 1925–26 and 1926–27.Club Honours
Buxton F.C. After winning the league in 1931–32,
Non-League Matters they joined the

Cheshire County League The Cheshire County League was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1919, drawing its teams largely from Cheshire, surrounding English counties and North Wales. Initially the league was dominated by the reserve teams of Footb ...

.Cheshire County League 1919-1940
Non-League Matters After

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they were runners-up in 1946–47, and in 1951–52 they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time. They beat Rawmarsh Welfare 4–1 in the first round and overcame

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side

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4–3 at Silverlands in the second, before losing 2–0 at Second Division

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in the third round. In 1958–59 Buxton reached the first round of the FA Cup again, and after beating

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4–1 in the first round, they lost 6–1 at

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in the second. Another first-round appearance in 1962–63 resulted in a 3–1 defeat at Barrow in a replay. The season also saw them finish as runners-up in the Cheshire County League, and they went on to win the league title in 1972–73, earning promotion to the

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. When the league gained a second division in 1987, Buxton were placed in the Premier Division, where they remained until finishing bottom in 1996–97, resulting in relegation to Division One. After finishing bottom of Division One the following season, they were relegated to the Premier Division of the

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. In 2005–06 Buxton won the Northern Counties East League Premier Division, earning promotion back to Division One of the Northern Premier League. The following season saw them crowned champions again, resulting in promotion to the Northern Premier League's Premier Division. They finished fifth in their first season back in the division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which they beat

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6–5 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the semi-finals, before losing the final 2–0 to Gateshead. In 2021–22 the club defeated

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1–0 in the first round of the

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before losing 1–0 at home to

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of EFL League One. They finished the league season as champions of the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League and were promoted to the

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Ground

Buxton originally played at the Park, a ground shared with the cricket club, and later played at Cote Lane, London Road and Green Lane before moving to the Silverlands in 1884.Buxton
Pyramid Passion The site was originally a field owned by the club's first captain, Frank Drewry. The opening match was held on 1 November 1884, a Derbyshire Cup match against Bakewell, which Buxton won 2–0. Cover was provided for spectators in 1890 (proposals to build a separate pavilion for working-class supporters were not taken forward), at the same time as dressing rooms were built. A wooden stand was erected on one side of the pitch and replaced by the current main stand in 1965, which later had seats from

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added to it. On the opposite side of the pitch is the Popular Side covered terrace. The end behind one goal has a covered terrace, with the other end empty. The ground currently has a capacity of 4,000, of which 490 is seated and 2,500 covered. The Silverlands is the highest football ground in England, at above sea level.

Non-playing staff

Honours

*Northern Premier League **Premier Division champions 2021–22 **Division One champions 2006–07 **

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winners 1981–82, 2006–07 *Northern Counties East League **Champions 2005–06 **President's Cup winners 2004–05, 2005–06 *Cheshire County League **Champions 1972–73 **League Cup winners 1956–57, 1957–58, 1968–69 *Manchester League **Champions 1931–32 **League Cup winners 1925–26, 1926–27 *Derbyshire Senior Cup **Winners 1938–39, 1945–46, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1971–72, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2008–09, 2011–12

Records

*Record attendance: 6,000 vs Barrow, FA Cup first round, 1962–63 *Most appearances: David Bainbridge, 642 *Most goals: Mark Reed, 251 in 469 games *Record transfer fee paid: £5,000 to

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for Gary Walker, 1989 *Record transfer fee received: £16,500 from

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for

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, 1989 *Best

performance: Third round, 1951–52 *Best

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performance: Quarter finals, 1970–71, 1971–72 *Best

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performance: Fifth round, 2005–06

History

Ground

Non-playing staff

Honours

Records

See also