Nickname(s) The Ammies Founded 1946 | Chairman Basil Kabbani Manager Wayne Dux | |
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Full name Wythenshawe Amateurs Football Club 2015–16 Manchester League Premier Division, 10th League Manchester League Premier Division Grounds Manchester Health Academy, Baguley | ||
Wythenshawe Amateurs Football Club are a football club from Wythenshawe, in Manchester, England. The club plays in the Manchester League Premier Division. They temporarily play their home games at the Manchester Health Academy on Moor Road in Baguley.
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History
Wythenshawe Amateurs was established in 1946 in the Wythenshawe area. In the 1950s they played against Manchester United and drew 2–2. The club joined the Manchester Football League Premier Division for the 1988–89 season and became champions in their second season (1989–90). After finishing runners-up in the 1991–92 season, they regained the title the following season. In the 1993–94 season they were runners-up. Between 2000 and 2003 the club were runners-up in three consecutive seasons, and in 2005–06 also finished as runners-up, this time on goal difference. The club were also finished in second place in the 2008–09 season.
The club competed regularly in the FA Vase from 1974–75 to 1996–97, achieving their best result in 1984–85 by reaching the Fifth Round.
Clubs
The club have three senior men's teams, a ladies' team playing in the Manchester and Cheshire league and have a full junior age group set up for both boys and girls. The junior teams play in the Timperly and District Junior Football League and the South Manchester Girls' League. The juniors play at Holly Hedge Park, Stancliffe Road, Wythenshawe.
Honours
Lancashire Amateur Cup - Winners 1976, 1990, 1996
Altrincham & District FA Whittaker Cup Joint winners with Manchester United 1956
Lancashire & Cheshire Football League: Premier Division Champions 1962,
Division One Champions 1957, Division Two Champions 1955, Rhodes Cup Winners 1958, 1961, 1972