The club
Witton Albion as the club described itself, 2007–09
A snapshot of Witton Albion from its own website in 2007–09: the people who ran the club, the sponsors on the shirts and stands, how to find Wincham Park and what it cost to get in, with a note on the club today.
"About The Club" was the first item in the old Witton Albion website's menu and the page every other part of the site linked back to. It was a practical page rather than a historical one: who was in charge, who to ring, how to get to the ground and what it cost. Read now, it is a record of a non-league club at a particular moment, the two seasons either side of the summer of 2008.
Everything below is taken from archived copies of that page and is long out of date. Nothing here should be used to contact the club or plan a visit; for that, see the section on the club today.
Officials and staff
The page was headed "Witton Albion FC Ltd. Established 1887". The copy archived in May 2008, at the end of the 2007–08 season, listed these officials:
| Role | May 2008 | April 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| President | Dave Leather | Dave Leather |
| Chairman | Mike Worthington | Mark Harris (acting) |
| Directors | Graham Edgeley, Paul Worthington, Mark Harris | Graham Edgeley, Paul Worthington, Mark Harris |
| Company secretary | Geoff Glover | Geoff Glover |
| Football secretary | Graham Edgeley | Graham Edgeley |
| Match secretary | Peter Riley | Peter Riley |
| First-team manager | Jim Vince | Nigel Deeley |
| Assistant manager | Nigel Deeley | Not listed |
| Reserve-team manager | Neil Gill | Not listed |
The page also named the ground safety officer, the club doctor, the physiotherapist, the kit manager and the managers of the social club and the club shop.
The two columns record the upheaval of May 2008. Within days of the play-off defeat by Buxton, Jim Vince resigned after a disagreement with the chairman, Mike Worthington, who then left the club himself. Mark Harris, already a director, took over as acting chairman. Vince was briefly reappointed and then stood down again on health grounds, and Nigel Deeley, his assistant, became manager on 28 May 2008.
The April 2009 column also shows that the page was not kept up to date. Deeley had been dismissed five months earlier, on 2 November 2008, and Gary Finley was managing the team, but the page still named Deeley.
Sponsors in 2007–08
| Sponsorship | Sponsor |
|---|---|
| First-team shirts | Jack Richards & Son |
| West Terrace | Town & Country Motors |
| Lostock Terrace | Turners Sandwich Shop |
| Matchday programme | PP Racing |
| Reserve-team shirts | Buxton Accounting |
The entries for the main stand sponsor and the stadium sponsor were blank. The packages the club offered to businesses, and the sponsors it listed a year later, are described on the sponsorship and commercial page.
Going to a match in 2007–08
Admission to league matches at Wincham Park in 2007–08 was:
| Category | Price |
|---|---|
| Adults | £9 |
| Over-65s and students | £5.50 |
| Youths aged 14 to 17 | £4 |
| Under-14s | Free |
There was no segregation of supporters and no extra charge for a seat in the stand. Cup ties could be priced differently. Midweek home matches were normally played on Tuesdays, with a 7.45pm kick-off according to the fixture lists.
The page gave road directions from junction 19 of the M6: along the A556 towards Northwich, then the A559, and finally into Wincham Lane, with the ground on the left just after the canal. Parking was free, at the Lostock end of the ground, although the turnstiles were at the Wincham end.
By way of comparison, the average crowd for a league match that season was 483; the figures for every game are in the fixtures and results archive.
The club today
Witton Albion are still at Wincham Park, at Chapel Street, Wincham, Northwich. The ground now carries a sponsor's name: the club's website and the Northern Premier League both give it as the Bedspace Trust Community Stadium. Its capacity is 4,813.
In 2026–27 the first team plays in the Northern Premier League's Division One West. The club remains a limited company and runs teams from under-9s upwards alongside the senior side. Adult admission, which was £9 in 2007–08, was listed at £12 on the club's website in 2026.
The club's own official website is at wittonalbionfc.co.uk, and that is the place to go for fixtures, tickets, contact details and news. This archive is not connected with the club and cannot answer questions on its behalf.
For how the club came to be at Wincham Park, see the club history; for its record on the pitch, see league history and honours and FA competitions.
Sources and notes
The 2008 and 2009 lists of officials are from the Internet Archive's copies of the page dated 19 May 2008 and 10 April 2009. The page also carried telephone numbers and an email address for individual members of staff; they are not reproduced here. The account of the changes of manager and chairman in May 2008 draws on the club's own news story of that month, summarised in the 2006–08 news digest, and on later published accounts.