| Full name | Abbey Hey Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Red Rebels | |
| Founded | 1902 (as Abbey Hey W.M.C.) | |
| Ground | The Abbey Stadium, Goredale Avenue, Gorton, Manchester 53°27′17.19″N 2°10′00.54″W / 53.454775°N 2.1668167°WCoordinates: 53°27′17.19″N 2°10′00.54″W / 53.454775°N 2.1668167°W (Capacity: 1,000) |
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| Chairman | James Whittaker | |
| League | North West Counties League Premier Division |
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| 2008-09 | North West Counties League Premier Division, 21st |
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Abbey Hey F.C. are an English football club based in the Abbey Hey area of Gorton, Manchester. They have won the Manchester League on a number of occasions, They currently play in the North West Counties Football League Premier Division and are full members of the Manchester Football Association. They play their home games at the Abbey Stadium. They were founded in 1902 and were formerly known as Abbey Hey WMC.
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History
The club were formed as Abbey Hey WMC in 1902 and in the early years and between World War 1 and World War II they were disbanded and reformed a number of times. They played in various local leagues with some success and then in the 1960s with an influx of new players they improved further. In 1978 the club applied to join the Manchester Football League and the following year they started playing in the league's Second Division, winning promotion that same season. However, with promotion came the requirement to play matches in a suitable enclosed ground and the club rented a ground in Chorlton on St. Werburgh Road. The club were forced to look for a new ground though in 1980 when they moved to a ground named after a prominent local council luminary Godfrey Erman, Godfrey's Abbey in the Abbey Hey area of Gorton. However, a few years later the club were told that they could no longer use the ground and were so once again forced to look for a new home. They moved into the old English Steel Ground on a season-to-season basis. Their stay there though was short-lived and two years later the land was sold to a builder for redevelopment. The club had been in discussion to buy a disused ground in Goredale Avenue which they eventually bought, and so finally they owned their own ground. They won the Premier Division and were crowned Manchester League champions five times in the 1980s and 1990s.[1]
In 1997 the club applied to join the North West Counties Football League and following a ground inspection they were accepted into Division Two. In their first season, 1998-99 they finished as runners-up and so were promoted to Division One. With promotion though the club had to install floodlights, which was done within two months thus ensuring the club could be promoted.[1]
Abbey Hey entered the FA Cup for the first time in the 2000-01 season. So far however they have won just one tie - a victory over Bamber Bridge on penalties in 2002-03 to reach the First qualifying round for the first and only time. They have more success in matches in the FA Vase, with their best campaign being again in 2002-03 when they reached the third round where they lost to Fleetwood Town at Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood, 3-1.
Abbey Stadium
Abbey Stadium is located on Goredale Avenue in Gorton. The stadium is fully enclosed with a large clubhouse on one side of the pitch which has two bar areas. The first floor bar is used on matchdays to view games.[2]
Opposite the clubhouse is a small covered enclosure which has basic bench style seating at each end with a standing are in the middle.[3]
Honours
- Manchester Football League Premier Division champions: 198?-8?, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1994-95,
- Gilgryst Cup winners:
Attendances
Records
- Largest attendance: 1,461 vs FC United of Manchester 2006-07 season.
Averages
As of 9 March 2009, the average league-game attendance at the Abbey Stadium for the 2008–09 season is 45, which places Abbey Hey 20th for the division, and is a decrease of 5% from the previous season.[4]
Past averages:
Source: English football site
League history
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Source: Abbey Hey at the Football Club History Database
References
- ^ a b "Club History". Abbey Hey F.C.. August 2008. http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/abbeyheyfc01/history.pl. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
- ^ "Clubhouse at The Abbey Stadium". Abbey Hey F.C.. http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/abbeyheyfc01/club_bespoke.pl?page_select=2388. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- ^ "Abbey Hey FC". Pyramid Passion. http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html?abbey_hey.html. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- ^ "Attendances - North West Counties Premier Division". Tony's English football site. http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/nwc1att.htm. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ Due mostly to the visit of F.C. United of Manchester which saw an attendance of 981
External links
- Official Website
- Abbey Hey at the Football Club History Database
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