Mossley A.F.C.
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| Full name | Mossley Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lilywhites |
| Founded | 1903 (as Park Villa) |
| Ground | Seel Park, Mossley |
| Capacity | 4,000 (200 seated & 1,500 covered) |
| Chairman | Harry Hulmes |
| Manager | Peter Band (Manager) Lloyd Morrison (Manager) |
| League | Northern Premier League Division One North |
| 2015–16 | Northern Premier League Division One North, 13th |
| Website | Club home page |
Mossley Association Football Club is a football club in Mossley, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the Northern Premier League Division One North. They were founded in 1903 and are nicknamed the Lilywhites after their colours (white shirts, black shorts and white stockings). They play at Seel Park. In The 2015/16 season they won the Frank Hannah Manchester County Cup.
Mossley were formed in 1903 as Park Villa and initially competed in local competitions. After just one season the club's name was changed to Mossley Juniors. In 1909 they became Mossley A.F.C. and moved to their present ground Seel Park in 1912 from their previous site at Luzley. The early years of Mossley A.F.C. were spent in the Ashton & District League culminating in a superb season in 1914–15 when Mossley won the League, Manchester Junior Cup and the Lady Aitken Cup, progressing to the South East Lancashire League in 1915, the Manchester Amateur League in 1916, the Lancashire Combination in 1918 and then were founder members of the Cheshire County League in 1919, finishing runners up in the first season in both League and League Cup and returning to win the League Cup the following season beating Sandbach Ramblers in the final.
Apart from many successes in the Ashton Challenge Cup and various Manchester Cup wins, Mossley had many lean years in the League and rarely finished in the top half of the table, although in 1961 they won the Cheshire League Cup for only the second time when they beat a strong Tranmere Rovers Reserve side 6–3 at Hyde United's ground under the guidance of former Blackburn Rovers star Eddie Quigley. Mossley's most successful season in their Cheshire League days was in 1969–70 when Don Wilson's side finished runners-up in the League, reached the 1st round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in 20 years losing narrowly in a replay to and made it to the quarter finals of the inaugural FA Trophy going out to Southern League club Barnet. After more than fifty years in the Cheshire League, the Lilywhites were elected to the Northern Premier League in 1972.
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