Whitehaven A.F.C.

Whitehaven Amateur Football Club is a football club in Whitehaven, Cumbria. The club are currently members of the West Lancashire League Premier Division and play at the County Ground.

Whitehaven
Full nameWhitehaven Amateur Football Club
Nickname(s)Lions
Founded1994
GroundCounty Ground, Whitehaven
Capacity2,000
ChairmanLuke Johnston
ManagerBilly Redden
LeagueWest Lancashire League Premier Division
2019–20West Lancashire League Premier Division (season abandoned)

History

The club was formed in 1994 from the ashes of Marchon A.F.C. and went on to win the Wearside League Division Two that season. After winning the Wearside League in the 2005–06 and coming second in 2006–07 they were finally promoted to the Northern League Division Two, their highest position in the National League System, following the 2007–08 season, after they finished third.

Other honours include the Monkwearmouth Charity Cup in the 2006–07 season and runners-up places in the Wearside League Cup (1994–95) and twice in the Shipowners Cup (2006–07 and 2007–08). In 2014 the club hosted Whitley Bay Football Club in the semi final of the Northern League League Cup, for a place in the final played at St James' Park of Newcastle United. Unfortunately, having taken the lead, Whitehaven were beaten 3–2 on the night.

The club has moved from football club to social enterprise and is now a company limited by guarantee.

Ground

A new ground for the club has been in the planning stages for some time, however it has been beset with problems. It was envisaged that a £6 million sports stadium (sharing with Whitehaven R.L.F.C.) would be designed with an 8,000-capacity, though it is believed the final price tag could be higher. This is now mothballed, and upgraded individual facilities will instead be installed, including new clubhouse.

The new facility, was hoped to be part of a sports village for the site, and was hoped that it would become a centrepiece of the £20 million Pow Beck regeneration, in which Copeland Council and West Lakes Renaissance are the most significant players.[1][2][3]

Honours
  • Wearside League[4]
    • Champions 2005–06
    • Runners-up 2006–07
  • Wearside League Division Two
    • Champions 1995–96

Records
  • FA Cup[5]
    • Preliminary Round 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
  • FA Vase
    • Second Qualifying Round 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

References
  1. http://www.hurdrolland.co.uk/1795i.html
  2. http://www.westlakesrenaissance.co.uk/WESTCUMBRIA%20PROJECTS/Whitehaven/Whitehavenregen/wr_powbeckvalley.html
  3. http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/haven/1.501120
  4. Whitehaven Amateurs at the Football Club History Database
  5. Whitehaven at the Football Club History Database

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