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Hanley Town F.C.

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The modern Hanley Town initially played on a pitch on Victoria Road which was leased from the Copestick & Farrell engineering company. Changing rooms were built at the site once the club joined the Staffordshire County League. However, the club was forced to leave the Victoria Road ground in 1971
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Hanley were Premier Division runners-up again in 2010–11, before winning back-to-back titles in 2011–12 and 2012–13, after which they were promoted to Division One of the North West Counties League; the 2012–13 season also saw them win the League Cup, the Staffordshire FA Vase and the Leek Cup. In
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Hanley were Premier Division runners-up in their first three seasons in the division, also winning the Premier Cup in 1969–70. They won the league title in 1972–73 and again in 1975–76, after which they joined Division Two of the
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in the final, and a third-place finish the following season saw them promoted to Division One. They were Division One champions in 1982–83, but after several seasons of mid-table finishes and being refused entry to the
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pub team named the Trumpet. The new club joined the Longton League for the 1966–67 season, winning it at the first attempt. They then moved up to the
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in 1988 due to failure to meet the ground grading requirements, they finished bottom of Division One in 1993–94 and dropped into junior football.
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in 1894, but left the league after a single season and subsequently folded in 1912. The modern club was established in 1966, based on an existing
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and in 2004–05 they were Midland League champions. At the end of the season the league merged with the Staffordshire County League to form the
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In 1996 Hanley returned to the Mid-Cheshire League, joining Division Two. However, after two seasons they switched to the
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The original Hanley Town were established in the 19th century, with their first recorded game being in 1882. They joined
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Trentmill Road ground. However, when Eastwood Hanley attempted to increase the rent in 1974, the club relocated to
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the club finished fourth and qualified for the promotion play-offs; after a 3–1 win over
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in the final. However, the club were Division One champions the
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Hanley were transferred to the Premier Division of the
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Premier Division champions 2005–06, 2011–12, 2012–13
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Stoke-on-Trent
Ryan Shotton
Northern Premier League
2023–24
Northern Premier League
Club website
Home colours
Away colours
football
Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent
Northern Premier League
the Combination
Sunday league
Staffordshire County League
Mid-Cheshire League
Knutsford
North West Counties League
Midland League
Staffordshire County Senior League
2014–15
Holker Old Boys
AFC Darwen
following season
2020–21 season
Midland League
2021–22
Northern Premier League
Eastwood Hanley's

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