Clifton All Whites F.C.

Clifton All Whites Football Club is a football club based in Clifton, Nottingham. Formed in 1963 as a youth team, the club expanded to include a senior team in the 1970s. The first team are currently members of the East Midlands Counties League.

This article is about the football team from Nottingham. For the former team from Bristol, see Clifton Association F.C.

Clifton All Whites
Full nameClifton All Whites Football Club
Nickname(s)CFC, All Whites, Whites
Founded1963
GroundNorman Archer Memorial, Clifton
OwnerYoung Boys Clubs
ChairmanRichard Hipkiss
ManagerJames Turner
LeagueEast Midlands Counties League
2019–20East Midlands Counties League (season abandoned)
WebsiteClub website

History

Clifton All Whites was founded in 1963, originally under the name of Thistledown Rovers. The club's founder members included Dick Lambert and Bill Norwell. During the 1960s and 1970s Clifton All Whites dominated youth football in Nottinghamshire by attracting the best players from all over the county, now most players are local. In 1963 there were only four teams in the Young Elizabethan League, and as the club developed, more teams and clubs were founded, many with advice and help from Clifton All Whites. By 1966 plans were underway for Clifton All Whites to test their skills abroad in a tournament in the Netherlands, at a time when overseas tours were rare. In the early days when football clubs only usually supplied shirts for their players a new standard was set as Clifton All Whites supplied a full strip. Another first was when the under 12's played a top Scottish team before a crowd of over 20,000 before a First Division match between Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United.

Professional clubs attempted to persuade Clifton All Whites to become a nursery club, but still the club policy is not to become tied to any one club. David Staniforth was the first player to make a career as a professional footballer, with Sheffield United.

Clifton All Whites performed well in FA Youth Cup games and eventually gained their own ground. In 1973 the club ventured out of youth football to senior football and joined the Midland League.[1] Mick Walker was the first club manager and coach. He later served as manager of Notts County. The club resigned from the Midland League partway the 1977–78 season.[1] During the 1990s the club played in the Nottinghamshire Alliance and later joined the Nottinghamshire Senior League.[1] In 2010 Clifton joined the Central Midlands League South Division and continues to play in that division. In 2013–14 Clifton won the South Division championship.[2]

Clifton All Whites are still thriving with teams from Junior Soccer School and Under 7's to seniors and in 1999 the club introduced the first girls' team.

Honours

Senior
YearLeagueTeamHonours
2005/06League Cup Senior SectionClifton FCWinners
2006/07Notts Senior League Division 1Clifton ReservesLeague Champions
2009/10Notts Senior LeagueClifton FCLeague Champions
2011/12Central Midlands League CupClifton FCRunners Up
2012/13Central Midlands League CupClifton FCWinners
2013/14Central Midlands LeagueClifton FCWinners
2016/17Notts Senior LeagueClifton FCLeague Champions

Youth (11 a side)
YearLeagueHonours
1964Young Elizabethan League U12League Champions, Cup Finalists
1964Notts Church League U14League Champions and Cup Finalists
1965Young Elizabethan League U12League Champions, Cup Finalists
1965Notts Church League U14League Champions and Cup Finalists
1966Young Elizabethan League U12Cup Winners
1966Young Elizabethan League U14League Champions and Cup Winners
1967Young Elizabethan League U12League Champions and Cup Winners
1967Young Elizabethan League U14League Champions and Cup Winners
1967Young Elizabethan League U16League Champions and Cup Winners
1967Notts Church League U14League Champions and Cup Winners
1967Notts Youth League U14League Champions and Cup Winners
1967Notts Youth League U16League Champions and Cup Winners
1968Young Elizabethan League U12League Champions and Cup Winners
1968Young Elizabethan League U14League Champions and Cup Winners
1968Young Elizabethan League U16League Champions and Cup Winners
1968Notts Youth League U16League Champions, Cup Winners and County Winners
1968Notts Youth League U18League Runners Up

Records
  • FA Trophy best performance:
    • First Qualifying Round, 1972–73
  • FA Vase best performance:
    • Third Round, 1975–76

Personnel

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ENG Jake Want
— GK  ENG Oliver Mason
— DF  ENG David Hawkes (captain)
— DF  ENG Andrew Davis
— DF  ENG Ashley Miles
— DF  ENG Stuart Robinson
— DF  ENG Craig Anderson
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ENG Sam Leggitt
— MF  ENG Connor Hardy
— MF  ENG Jake Richardson
— MF  ENG Will Heath
— MF  ENG Vaughan Harvey
— FW  ENG Robert Gill
— FW  ENG Phil Massingham

Team Management
Position Staff
Manager James Turner
Assistant Manager Steve Hardie
Fitness coach To Follow
Goalkeeping coach To Follow
Physio To Follow
1st Team Sec Dave Wigley
Reserves manager Roy Sharpe, Barry Turner

Last updated: 6 Jan 2012
Source: Clifton FC

Club Officials
Role Nat Name
PresidentJohn Taylor
ChairmanMark Woodford
Vice ChairmanMartyn Cheatle
TreasurerVicky Woodford
SecretaryMandy Cheatle
Welfare OfficerCassie Cragg
GroundsmanSteve Walker
CommitteeJames Turner
Office Name
Committee Chris Driffil
Committee Phil Bamford
Committee Dave Wigley

Last updated: 1 July 2012
Source: Clifton FC

References
  1. Football Club History Database
  2. "Nottingham Post". Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

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