Nickname(s) The Snipes Manager Dean Short | Chairman Tim Naylor Founded 2007 | |
Full name Sutton Town Association Football Club Ground The Fieldings
Sutton-in-Ashfield 2013–14 East Midlands Counties League, 8th (resigned) League East Midlands Counties Football League | ||
Sutton Town A.F.C. is a football club based in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The previous club was a member of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division until 2007 when they resigned, but the new club joined the Central Midlands League Premier Division, three levels lower in the English football league system, and later played in the East Midlands Counties League.
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Previous club
A previous club called Sutton Town existed until 1997. They played in the Northern Counties East League. They also spent time in the Midland Football League and the Northern Premier League. They were regular competitors in the Nottinghamshire Senior Cup. They still hold the joint record for most cup wins, along with Nottingham Forest. They were based at Priestsic Road in Sutton-in-Ashfield. Following the loss of the ground for the building of a supermarket, they moved to Lowmoor Road in the neighbouring town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield. They changed their name to Ashfield United because of a sponsorship deal with Ashfield District Council, however the club folded in 1997. This club was also nicknamed The Snipes.
Another now defunct club (1996), Oakham United, based close to the King's Mill Hospital on the boundary between Sutton and Mansfield, applied to change their name to Sutton Town when the previous club became defunct but were denied permission by the Nottinghamshire FA.
Current club
The current incarnation of the club was formed in August 2007, to replace an older club, previously known as North Notts F.C., who disbanded. In 2013 they were promoted to the East Midlands Counties League as champions of the Central Midlands League South Division. In June 2014 the club resigned from the league after they were unable to come to a suitable agreement over a lease at home ground The Fieldings that would enable them to get promoted in the future, which is a league requirement. They now have the option of trying to join another league which would allow them to continue at the same ground, but the problem would remain that the Snipes would not be eligible for promotion under the terms of their current lease.
Honours
As reformed club
Central Midlands League Cup Winners 2008/09 (Manager – D. Bryant)
Central Midlands Floodlit Cup Runners-up 2008/09 (Manager – D. Bryant)