Nickname(s) The Swans Chairman Ian Ford Founded 1963 | Ground Capacity 1,500 Manager Darren Lynch | |
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Full name Newport Pagnell Town
Football Club Ground Willen Road
Newport Pagnell League United Counties Football League Premier Division | ||
Newport Pagnell Town F.C. is a football club based at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire in England. The club plays in the United Counties League Premier Division, and is led by manager Darren Lynch.
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History
Newport Pagnell Town Football Club was founded in 1963, initially as Newport Pagnell Wanderers, playing on a pitch on Bury Field Common. In 1964 they entered the North Bucks League and won Division 3 in their first season. Soon after that they won the North Bucks Division 2 and Division 1 titles in consecutive years. In the 1971-72 season the Wanderers joined the South Midlands League, using facilities at the Youth Club in Wolverton Road. In 1972 they moved to the new facilities at the Willen Road Sports Ground and the club changed its name to Newport Pagnell Town. The 1973-74 season saw Newport Pagnell Town join Division 2 of the United Counties League. Two years later they were promoted to Division 1, where they stayed until they won the Division 1 Championship in 1981-82 and were promoted to the Premier Division. A few ups and downs followed during the next two decades: relegated to Division 1 after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1985-86, promoted back to the Premier Division as Division 1 runners-up in 1991-92, and then relegated again in 1996-97. After winning the Division 1 Championship in 2001-02, Newport Pagnell Town were back in the Premier Division again and have remained there ever since.
The most consistent spell saw five consecutive top six finishes in the UCL Premier Division from 2008-09 to 2012-13, with third place achieved in 2008-09 and again in 2010-11. In 2009-10 and again in 2010-11 the club won the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy.
The best FA Cup achievement was reaching the Second Qualifying Round in 2008-09. They reached the First Qualifying Round in 2010-11 and again in 2012-13, when they memorably scored 6 goals in both the Extra Preliminary Round and the Preliminary Round. In 2015-16 the club was third in the UCL Premier Division and runners-up in the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy. The 2016-17 season brought the club's best ever cup run, reaching the last 8 of the FA Vase before losing to a strong South Shields team in front of more than 3000 spectators on Tyneside. The dramatic 3-2 fifth round win over Sunderland RCA at Willen Road was watched by a club record crowd of 764.
In addition to the first team and reserves team Newport Pagnell Town now has an extensive and successful youth section.
From small beginnings in 1963, it has now become the highest placed non-league club in the Milton Keynes area.