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Pre-season game #3: Abbey Hulton United

Pre-season game #3: Abbey Hulton United

Robin Grey26 Jun 2015 - 15:08

Kidsgrove Athletic will take on Abbey Hulton in our third pre-season friendly

Date: Saturday 18th July 2015
KO: 3pm
Where? Birches Head Road, Abbey Hulton, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 8DD.

Abbey Hulton United Football Club is a long established, well supported and successful club with four teams competing in four Staffordshire leagues.

Abbey Hulton Utd F.C. was founded in 1947 and is one of the oldest clubs in Staffordshire.

During its very early days the club played on Council land in the Abbey Hulton area. It continued to use this facility for the first 15 years, despite the fact that the changing facilities were more than a mile away from the actual pitch.

In 1962 it was decided that the team should move to the Parks facility at Bucknall Park, which was complete with its own changing rooms and showers adjacent to the pitch. What a luxury.

The team continued to use Bucknall Park for another 23 years, until 1985.

During the period from 1947 to 1985 the team played in many local junior leagues such as:

The Longton League
Fenton and District League
Burslem and Tunstall League
Newcastle and District League
They graced all the above leagues with great distinction.

Over the years the club became more financially stable and grew in ambition. Finally in 1985 they acquired a piece of land at Birches Head Road on which it was able to obtain a 99 year lease. This is the clubs current address.

Immediately, a clubhouse was built containing a bar and changing rooms for both teams and officials. At the same time an outside 5 a-side football facility was built, complete with floodlights.

Having moved to this new facility the club opted to join the North Staffs Alliance League. It completed in this league before seeking election to one of the top leagues in the area, The Staffs County League (North), in 1987

The team played in this league and finally had a momentous season in 1997-1998 by winning the league, the cup and also the fair play award all in one season.

Having achieved this feat the club applied to join what is the top junior league in North Staffordshire, the Staffordshire County Senior League, and that is where the club has been since 1997.

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