Vauxhall Motors F.C.
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| Full name | Vauxhall Motors Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Motormen |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Ground | Rivacre Park, Ellesmere Port |
| Capacity | 3,300 – 350 seated |
| Owner | Vauxhall Motors |
| Chairman | Alan Bartlam |
| Manager | Karl Bell |
| League | West Cheshire League Division One |
| 2015–16 | West Cheshire League Division One, 4th |
Vauxhall Motors Football Club is a football club based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. The club are currently members of the West Cheshire League Division One and play at Rivacre Park.
It was originally the works team of the Vauxhall Ellesmere Port Car Plant. It had a lot of success in its local leagues and fought its way up to semi-professional status. It was announced in March 2014 that the club had tendered its resignation from the Football Conference, with effect from the end of season 2013–14. The club took over their reserve team's place back in the West Cheshire League Division One for the 2014–15 season.
It is generally regarded as the local team of Ellesmere Port, although two other teams, Ellesmere Port and Ellesmere Port Town, play further down the pyramid in the Chester & District League.
Vauxhall Motors F.C. was founded in 1963, shortly after the opening of the new Vauxhall Motors Car Plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Early in its history, it played in the Ellesmere Port League and the Wirral Combination, but it soon grew too strong for those leagues. By 1970, the club had achieved several promotions and played on the company-owned Hooton Park. By 1987 however, it had opened its own ground, Rivacre Park, where the club plays today. The opening of the new ground was especially important as then England manager Bobby Robson brought a number of former international stars for the opening game.
On the pitch, the club also started finding some success, winning its first West Cheshire League championship in the 1985–86 season. Soon after, they reached their first Cheshire Amateur Cup and triumphed in the Wirral Senior Cup. These accomplishments did not go unnoticed, as the club successfully applied to join the North West Counties League for 1987–88. They easily won the league's Second Division in their second season at that level, and finished fourth in the First Division in 1989–90. Despite expectations to challenge for the league title the next season, the team only finished fifth, but won the North West Counties League Cup in the process, defeating Darwen 2–0.
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