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Clifton All Whites F.C.

Clifton All Whites

Full name	Clifton All Whites Football Club
Nickname(s)	CFC, All Whites, Whites
Founded	1963
Ground	Norman Archer Memorial, Clifton
Owner	Young Boys Clubs
Chairman	Richard Hipkiss
Manager	James Turner
League	United Counties League Division One
2023–24	United Counties League Division One, 13th of 21
Website	Club website
Home colours

Clifton All Whites Football Club is a football club based in Clifton, Nottingham. Formed in 1963 as a youth team, the club expanded to include a senior team in the 1970s. The first team are currently members of the United Counties League Division One.

History[edit]

Clifton All Whites was founded in 1963, originally under the name of Thistledown Rovers. The club's founder members included Dick Lambert and Bill Norwell. During the 1960s and 1970s Clifton All Whites dominated youth football in Nottinghamshire by attracting the best players from all over the county, now most players are local. In 1963 there were only four teams in the Young Elizabethan League, and as the club developed, more teams and clubs were founded, many with advice and help from Clifton All Whites. By 1966 plans were underway for Clifton All Whites to test their skills abroad in a tournament in the Netherlands, at a time when overseas tours were rare. In the early days when football clubs only usually supplied shirts for their players a new standard was set as Clifton All Whites supplied a full strip. Another first was when the under 12's played a top Scottish team before a crowd of over 20,000 before a First Division match between Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United.

Professional clubs attempted to persuade Clifton All Whites to become a nursery club, but still the club policy is not to become tied to any one club. David Staniforth was the first player to make a career as a professional footballer, with Sheffield United.

Clifton All Whites performed well in FA Youth Cup games and eventually gained their own ground. In 1973 the club ventured out of youth football to senior football and joined the Midland League.^[1] Mick Walker was the first club manager and coach. He later served as manager of Notts County. The club resigned from the Midland League partway the 1977–78 season.^[1] During the 1990s the club played in the Nottinghamshire Alliance and later joined the Nottinghamshire Senior League.^[1] In 2010 Clifton joined the Central Midlands League South Division and continued to play in that division until 2015. In 2013–14 Clifton won the South Division championship.^[2]

Clifton All Whites are still thriving with teams from Junior Soccer School and Under 7's to seniors and in 1999 the club introduced the first girls' team.

Honours[edit]

Senior[edit]

Youth (11 a side)[edit]

Records[edit]

• FA Trophy best performance:
  • First Qualifying Round, 1972–73
• FA Vase best performance:
  • Third Round, 1975–76

Personnel[edit]

Team management[edit]

Position	Staff
Manager	James Turner
Assistant Manager	Steve Hardie
Fitness coach	To Follow
Goalkeeping coach	To Follow
Physio	To Follow
1st Team Sec	Dave Wigley
Reserves manager	Roy Sharpe, Barry Turner

Club officials[edit]

Role	Nat	Name
President		Steve Hardie
Chairman		Richard Hipkiss
Vice Chairman		Dave Wigley
Treasurer		Lee Maakings
Club Manager		Vacant
Secretary		Tony Bowles
Welfare Officer		Cassie Cragg
Groundsman		John Taylor
Committee		James Turner

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website

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