Nickname(s) The Millers Chairman Michael Golding Date founded 1989 | Ground The Mill Lane Ground Manager Ant Lynam Capacity 500 | |
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League Central Midlands League North Division | ||
Clay Cross Town Football Club is an English football club based in Clay Cross, Derbyshire. The club plays in the Central Midlands League North Division.
History
Formed in 1989 as Parkhouse F.C., the club joined the Central Midlands Football League in 2007. They won promotion from the Premier Division to the Supreme Division in 2010, and upon the league's restructuring a year later were placed in the North Division.
In the summer of 2012 the club was renamed Clay Cross Town F.C., meaning they would be the third club to take such a name - the first and second had both played in the FA Cup over a century earlier.
NICKNAME
The club adopted the nickname 'The Millers' in 2012 to link their Mill Lane location with the club.
THE MILL LANE GROUND
The ground was purchased from a local landowner by four club trustees in 1993 for the sum of £8,000. Those trustees were Dave Clark, Michael Golding, Wayne Watson and Ronald Lunn. The money was used by the aforesaid landowner to complete the refurbishment of the local hotel that would be known thereinafter as The Bateman's Mill Hotel. In 2012 the ground name was offered as a raffle prize to the local businesses of Clay Cross for a £10 ticket. The resultant draw saw a tattoo shop on the town high street win the rights and for the season the ground was known as 'The Devil Made Me Do It Tattoo Studio Ground' allegedly one of the longest ground names at that time. The news of this bizarre name spread around the globe and the Norwegian television company TV2 travelled to the UK to film a documentary about the draw. In 2013 and 2014 The ground name was purchased by another town business and it was then known as 'The I Want Pet Foods Ground.' In 2015 it became known as 'The ATB Civil Engineering Ground' and for the 2016/2017 simply the Mill Lane Ground.
In 2016, the club made its debut in the FA Vase. On 8 November 2016 the newly formed club reached the third round of the Derbyshire Senior Cup Competition for the first time after beating Pinxton FC at Mill Lane 5-2. The third-round tie played on 6 December 2016 saw them host Evo-Stik club Buxton FC. Before a crowd of 150 the Millers lost 2-1 to the Bucks.
