Lutterworth Athletic Football Club is a
football club based in
Lutterworth
Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The town is located in southern Leicestershire, close to the borders with Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. It is located north of Rugby ...
,
Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Hall Park.
History
The club was established in 1983 as a youth team under the name Lutterworth Juniors and Youth. In 1993 a senior team was formed when the oldest age group reached adult football age.
[A brief history of the club]
Lutterworth Athletic F.C. They joined Division Two of the
Leicester and District Football League
The Leicester and District Football League is an association football competition based in England. The league has three divisions, of which the highest, the Premier Division, sits at level 12 of the English football league system
The Engli ...
, and won the division in their second season, earning promotion to Division One.
[Lutterworth Athletic]
Leics Football A fourth-place finish in Division One in 1996–97 saw the club promoted to the Premier Division. However, they were relegated back to Division One after a single season in the Premier Division.
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In 2000–01 Lutterworth were Division One runners-up and were promoted to the Premier Division.][ They were Premier Division champions in 2004–05, earning promotion to Division One of the Leicestershire Senior League.][ In 2008–09 the club finished second in Division One, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division.]East Midlands Counties League
The East Midlands Counties Football League was an English football league that operated from 2008 to 2021, covering the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands. The league had one division, which stood at ...
. At the end of the 2012–13 season they were transferred to Division One of the United Counties League
The United Counties League (also known after its sponsor as the ''Uhlsport United Counties League'') is an English football league covering Northamptonshire, Rutland and Bedfordshire and most of Leicestershire as well as parts of Buckingham ...
.[
]
Ground
The club moved to Dunley Way in 2005, but were unable to use floodlights, despite installing them.Football club carries on with floodlights battle
Harborough Mail, 31 December 2010 In 2011 they moved to the floodlit Hall Park ground, displacing former tenants Lutterworth Town.[Football club gets ground switch nod]
Harborough Mail, 8 May 2012 Town later moved to Dunley Way.[
]
Honours
*Leicester & District League
**Premier Division champions 2004–05
**Division Two champions 1994–95
*Lutterworth Charity Cup
**Winners 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11[
]
Records
*Best FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...
performance: First round, 2011–12
References
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Leicestershire
Association football clubs established in 1983
1983 establishments in England
Leicester and District Football League
Leicestershire Senior League
East Midlands Counties Football League
United Counties League
Lutterworth