Vulcan Newton Football Club was an

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football club based in

Newton-le-Willows Newton-le-Willows is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. The population at the 2011 census was 22,114. Newton-le-Willows is on the eastern edge of St Helens, south of Wigan and north of Warrington. Th ...

, in the

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History

Vulcan Newton was a works team associated with the

Vulcan Foundry The Vulcan Foundry Limited was an English locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now Merseyside). History The Vulcan Foundry opened in 1832, as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches, crossi ...

, an English locomotive builder, in what was then

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. The early history of the club is now unclear but the team did play in the Warrington & District League winning the league title in 1923–24. The modern club was officially formed in 1955, funded by the company and its workers. A further title followed in 1970–71 with further success in the 1970s. For the 1979–80 season the club moved up to the

Lancashire Combination The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the North West of England in 1891–92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903. In 1968 the Combination lost five of its clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League. In 1982 it ...

and finished in the top ten in each of the three seasons in that league. For the 1982–83 season they became founding members of the

North West Counties Football 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 ...

as a Division Three club. They finished in the top half of the league for two seasons before dropping back down to the Warrington & District League. The club merged with another local club to become Vulcan Clock Face FC.

Stadium

The club played their home games at Sports Field, Wargrave Road in

. The area of the former ground has now been redeveloped.

References

{{reflist Defunct football clubs in Merseyside Lancashire Combination North West Counties Football League clubs Works association football teams Warrington & District Football League Newton-le-Willows Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens Defunct football clubs in England