Clifton All Whites F.C.

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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
LeagueUnited Counties League Division One
2022–23United Counties League Division One, 12th of 21
WebsiteClub website

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 United Counties League Division One.

History[edit]

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 continued to play in that division until 2015. 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[edit]

Senior[edit]

Year League Team Honours
2005/06 League Cup Senior Section Clifton FC Winners
2006/07 Notts Senior League Division 1 Clifton Reserves League Champions
2009/10 Notts Senior League Clifton FC League Champions
2011/12 Central Midlands League Cup Clifton FC Runners Up
2012/13 Central Midlands League Cup Clifton FC Winners
2013/14 Central Midlands League Clifton FC Winners
2016/17 Notts Senior League Clifton FC League Champions

Youth (11 a side)[edit]

Year League Honours
1964 Young Elizabethan League U12 League Champions, Cup Finalists
1964 Notts Church League U14 League Champions and Cup Finalists
1965 Young Elizabethan League U12 League Champions, Cup Finalists
1965 Notts Church League U14 League Champions and Cup Finalists
1966 Young Elizabethan League U12 Cup Winners
1966 Young Elizabethan League U14 League Champions and Cup Winners
1967 Young Elizabethan League U12 League Champions and Cup Winners
1967 Young Elizabethan League U14 League Champions and Cup Winners
1967 Young Elizabethan League U16 League Champions and Cup Winners
1967 Notts Church League U14 League Champions and Cup Winners
1967 Notts Youth League U14 League Champions and Cup Winners
1967 Notts Youth League U16 League Champions and Cup Winners
1968 Young Elizabethan League U12 League Champions and Cup Winners
1968 Young Elizabethan League U14 League Champions and Cup Winners
1968 Young Elizabethan League U16 League Champions and Cup Winners
1968 Notts Youth League U16 League Champions, Cup Winners and County Winners
1968 Notts Youth League U18 League Runners Up

Records[edit]

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

Personnel[edit]

Team management[edit]

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

Last updated: 6 Jan 2012
Source: Clifton FC

Club officials[edit]

Role Nat Name
President Scotland Steve Hardie
Chairman England Richard Hipkiss
Vice Chairman England Dave Wigley
Treasurer England Lee Maakings
Club Manager England Vacant
Secretary England Tony Bowles
Welfare Officer England Cassie Cragg
Groundsman England John Taylor
Committee England James Turner
Office Name
Committee Vacant

Last updated: 1 July 2012
Source: Clifton FC

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Football Club History Database
  2. ^ "Nottingham Post". Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

External links[edit]

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