Egerton Football Club is a football club based in Knutsford,

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at Egerton Youth Club.

History

Egerton were formed in 2002 and was named after

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. In the 2017–18 season, Egerton received national media attention after the signings of former

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players

Jlloyd Samuel Jlloyd Tafari Samuel ( , 29 March 1981 – 15 May 2018) was a professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, he was raised in England and played for England up to under-21 level. He played two ful ...

Nathan Ellington Nathan Levi Fontaine Ellington (born 2 July 1981) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Ellington started his playing career with non-League side Tooting & Mitcham United. Having played once for the club, he sw ...

and

Dean Gorré Dean Roberto Gorré (born 10 September 1970) is a Dutch-Surinamese football coach and former player. He is currently the interim coach of the Curaçao national team. Playing career Gorré made his debut on 20 April 1988 for SVV. He also went ...

. In the same season, Egerton finished fourth in the Cheshire League One, being promoted to the Premier Division in the process. Egerton entered the

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for the first time in 2019–20. The club were later withdrawn from the FA Vase after failing a ground grading inspection.

Ground

The club play at Egerton Youth Club in Knutsford. In May 2016, chairman Tom O'Donnell announced plans to redevelop the site in order to be eligible for promotion to the North West Counties League.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Egerton F.C. Egerton family Association football clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in England Football clubs in England Football clubs in Cheshire Sport in the Borough of Cheshire East Knutsford Cheshire Association Football League