1874 Northwich F.C.
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| Full name | 1874 Northwich Football Club |
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| Founded | 15 November 2012 |
| Ground | Barton Stadium, Winsford |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| Chairman | Paul Stockton |
| Manager | Paul Bowyer & Wayne Goodison |
| League | North West Counties League Premier Division |
| 2016–17 | North West Counties League Premier Division, 5/22 |
| Website | Club home page |
1874 Northwich Football Club is a football club based in Northwich, Cheshire, England. Established in 2012 by supporters of Northwich Victoria, they are currently members of the North West Counties League Premier Division. Home matches are played at Winsford United's Barton Stadium
The club is fully owned by its supporters, and is run by a democratically elected board.
The club was established on 15 November 2012 at a meeting at Lostock Social Club in , near Northwich, when Northwich Victoria Supporters' Trust members were given the opportunity to decide on creating a new football club. The vote ended with a 141–4 vote in favour of a new club. It had emerged on the day of the vote that the owner of Northwich Victoria had been declared bankrupt (later annulled) and therefore failed the FA Fit and Proper Persons test.
On 29 November 2012 fans attended an open meeting in Northwich, where they chose the name 1874 Northwich for the club. In order to avoid legal issues over the new club's name, none of the proposed options included the words Vics or Victoria. The date 1874 was chosen because it was the year in which the original Northwich Victoria was founded, or at least, when they played their first formal match. Alongside the naming of the club, fans were also given the chance to vote on a motto; the Cheshire Regiment motto 'Ever Glorious' was chosen due to their links with the Drill Field and the town of Northwich. One of the other options included the Latin translation, 'Semper Gloriosa'.
On 3 January 2013 it was confirmed that the club had been officially registered with the Cheshire County Football Association and had applied to join the North West Counties League in time for the 2013–14 season, and were accepted into Division One of the league on 23 May.
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