Norton United F.C. was a football club based in

Smallthorne Smallthorne (population: 5,827 – 2011 Census) is an area in the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is in the north-east of the city, near Burslem. Smallthorne borders Bradeley and Chell, Staffordshire, Chell in the north, No ...

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. They were established in 1989 and joined the Staffordshire Senior League in the same year. They were the

Midland League The Midland Football League, officially known as the Capelli Sport Midland Football League since January 2025 for sponsorship reasons, is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midl ...

champions three times,

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champions in 2013–14, and were promoted to be members of the

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Division One South. On 9 April 2015 it was announced that Norton United would resign from the Northern Premier League at the end of the season and fold. The club's ground was the Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute; however' they left that ground mid season due to contractual issues with the owners and played their remaining fixtures at Lyme Valley Stadium, home of Newcastle Town.. They played in black and red striped shirts, black shorts and black socks.

Honours

Premier Division **Champions 2013–14 *

Division One **Runners-up 2011–12 * North West Counties Football League Division One Trophy **Winners 2011–12 * Midland League **Champions 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01 * Midland League Cup **Winners 1991–92, 1996–97, 2000–01 * Staffordshire FA Senior Vase **Winners 1998–99, 2003–04 **Runners-up 2011–12

Records

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**First round proper 2014–15 *

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**Fourth round 2011–12

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