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Glossop North End Association Football Club is a
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club in
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,
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, England, which compete in the . Their home ground is Surrey Street, which has a capacity of 1,301 (200 seated, 1,101 standing). The club play in blue, and are nicknamed the Hillmen or the Peakites. Between 1899 and 1992 the club was officially known simply as Glossop. Glossop is one of the smallest
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s in England to have had a
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club, and it remains the smallest town whose team has played in the English top-flight. The club was founded in February 1886 and joined the North Cheshire League four years later. Glossop spent two seasons each in
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and the
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, before moving to North Road and being elected into the
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in 1898. Having been promoted in the 1898–99 season, they spent one season in the First Division. During this period the club was bankrolled by Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, who was later to become chairman of
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. The club retains some connections with Arsenal. Glossop were relegated in 1900 and spent the next fifteen seasons in the Second Division, before exiting the Football League during
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. Glossop North End spent 1920 to 1957 in the
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, being crowned champions in 1927–28. They moved from the
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back to the Manchester League in 1966, and then spent four seasons in the
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from 1978. Glossop were founder members of the
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in 1982 and won Premier Division title at the end of the 2014–15 campaign. They were beaten finalists in the
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in
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History


Early years

Glossop North End were founded in 1886, when they played friendly amateur matches. They played at various grounds in the town, including Pyegrove, Silk Street, Water Lane and Cemetery Road before settling at North Road. The club joined the North Cheshire League in 1890, before moving to
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in 1894 and turning professional. In their first season in the Combination, 1894–95, they finished as runners-up. After ending the following season, 1895–96, in third, the club moved to the
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and in the 1896–97 season finished as runners-up. After a second season in the Midland League, they were elected to the
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of
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in 1898–99 finishing as runners-up to Manchester City and winning promotion to the First Division. They then changed their name to Glossop (primarily to avoid any confusion with Preston North End) before spending their one and only season in the top flight, 1899–1900 when they finished in last place and were relegated back to the Second Division, having won only 4 matches, all at home, against
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. They then spent the next fifteen seasons in the Second Division, during which time they reached the quarter-finals of the
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in 1908–09 where they lost to 1–0 to eventual finalists
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in a replay on 10 March 1909. The club's chairman and benefactor at the time was Sir
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, who was later to become chairman of
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. However, the club became perennial strugglers in the Second Division. The 1913–14 season saw a club record attendance of 10,736 for an
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second round match against
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on 31 January 1914.Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) ''The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005'', Yore Publications, p93, However, the following season they finished bottom of the league and had to apply for re-election. This was curtailed when the start of
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meant the Football League closed down. Glossop were then re-formed toward the end of the war by
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, but failed to be re-elected back into the Football League. Glossop then joined the
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, playing just one season, 1919–20. Northern Nomads ground-shared with Glossop for several years during this time. The club then dropped out of the Lancashire Combination and into the
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. In the 1920s and 1930s they won the Gilcryst Cup three times and were crowned Manchester League champions in 1927–28. They won the Gilcryst Cup for a fourth time in 1947–48.


1950s onwards

During 1955, the club moved from its original home of North Road to their current ground Surrey Street, with the first game played at their new home on 17 September 1955. In 1957 Glossop rejoined the Lancashire Combination, finishing in eighth in 1957–58. They spent nine seasons in the league before dropping back down once more to the Manchester League after the 1965–66 season. They joined the
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as founder members of Division Two in the 1978–79 season, finishing in 17th. In 1980–81 they were Division Two runners-up, only losing out on the title on goal difference, but still winning promotion to Division One. After a sixth-place finish in 1981–82, the club became founder members of the newly formed North West Counties Football League in 1982 when the Cheshire County League merged with the Lancashire Combination. In 1986, the club marked their centenary season with a match with sister club
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. They joined Division One, however they struggled in the league for the next six seasons and after finishing bottom in 1987–88 were relegated to Division Two. The 1990–91 season saw the club reach the fourth round of the
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where they lost to
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2–1 in a replay. They also won the North West Counties Football League Division Two Cup, beating Cheadle Town 2–1 in the final. However, the club almost folded in 1990–91 when their then Chairman sold the ground to the local council and left the club with large debts. The present Board of Directors took over in January 1991. After a sixth-place finish in 1991–92 they were promoted back to Division One over higher-placed clubs and after the season the directors reverted the club's name to Glossop North End. In their first season under the club's original name, they reached the semi-finals of the North West Counties League Cup, before losing to
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5–2 over two legs. They reached the semi-finals of the League's floodlit Cup in 1994–95, losing to Penrith 3–1 over two legs. In the 1996–97 season they beat
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in the final of the
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at
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, before winning the competition again the following season, this time beating Radcliffe Borough in the final at
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. They also reached the semi-finals of the North West Counties League Cup, losing to
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3–1 over two legs.


2000s onwards

In the 2000–01 season they won the
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Senior Challenge Cup beating
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in a two-legged final, drawing 3–3 away and 2–2 at home before winning 4–2 on penalties. In the league the club struggled to avoid relegation from Division One throughout much of the early 2000s, before finishing ninth in 2006–07, the highest position attained by manager Chris Nicholson in his six seasons at the club. Nicholson announced in March 2007 that he was to step down at the end of the season. As a result, his assistant Steve Young was eventually appointed manager for 2007–08. In the 2008–09 season they reached the final of the
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where they lost 2–0 to Northern League First Division side
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, on 10 May 2009. Due to this achievement,
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, with whom they retain connections due to Arsenal chairman
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's grandfather Sir Samuel Hill-Wood having owned and bankrolled Glossop during their run in the Football League, invited them to their state-of-the-art
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training ground during their stay in London, to prepare for the FA Vase final. In May 2013 the club appointed Chris Wilcock as first team manager. In his first season the team finished third in the North West Counties League. During the season Glossop produced an unbeaten run in the league of 22 games, with only 5 draws, stretching from November 2013 until they were beaten by Bootle in April 2014. On 19 April 2015 Glossop beat
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to win the North West Counties League Premier Division, earning promotion to Division One North of the
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. They also reached two cup finals; the North West Counties League Cup, where they faced Atherton Collieries winning 2–0, and the FA Vase final, in which they played North Shields at Wembley Stadium. In a repeat of the 2009 final, Glossop were beaten 2–1 after extra time. Glossop began the 2015–16 season in the Northern Premier League Division One North. They also competed in the
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for the first time since 1986. The club finished fourth and qualified for the playoffs but lost 2–1 to Northwich Victoria in the semi final. At the end of the 2016–17 season Chris Wilcock resigned as manager, leaving the position after 4 seasons and as the winningest manager in recorded history. On 19 May 2017 the club announced that the joint team of Steve Halford and Paul Phillips would take the reins at Surrey Street On 12 March 2018 the management team left Glossop to join Buxton. Goalkeeper coach Mark Canning took over as caretaker manager, assisted by
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. This was made a permanent position at the end of the 2017–18 season. However, after a poor run of results, culminating in a loss to Widnes in mid October, Canning and Bishop were sacked. After a short search the board appointed ex-Mossley duo Peter Band and Lloyd Morrison as joint managers on 14 October 2018. In an unprecedented move the majority of football activities were ceased mid March 2020 due to the coronavirus, and by the end of March the NPL took the decision along with all step 4 and lower divisions to end the season early and expunge all results with no promotion or relegation taking place. The coronavirus took centre stage again in the 20/21 season, with only a handful of games being played before the season was cancelled in Feb 2021. This was followed in March 2021 by the resignation of manager Pete Band who left to join up with his hometown team Macclesfield FC. The new manager, Stuart Mellish, took charge at the beginning of May ready to start the 2021–22 season in the newly realigned NPL Division One West Division.


Historical kits

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Grounds

Glossop played at a variety of grounds, including Pyegrove, Silk Street, Water Lane and Cemetery Road before settling at North Road. The ground was originally used for cricket, but became home to Glossop North End in 1898 when the club were elected to the Second Division of the Football League. The football ground was located in the south-east corner of the site, with a seated stand was constructed on the northern side of the pitch and raised earth embankment on a triangular space in the south-east corner and eastern sides. During the football season a temporary wooden seated stand was erected behind the western goal, but removed for the cricket season. The first League match played at North Road was on 3 September 1898, with Glossop defeating Blackburn Rovers 4–1 in front of 4,000 spectators. The last Football League match at North Road was played on 17 April 1915, with just 500 spectators watching a 1–1 draw with Stockport County. During 1955, the club moved from its original home to the club's home ground Surrey Street. The first game was played on Saturday 17th September 1955 against Radcliffe Borough FC. Floodlights were installed in 1992. During the off-season of 2010 the Supporters' Club funded and helped build the new team benches, replacing the aged and basic ones with new spacious dugouts. In the summer of 2011 the club upgraded more of the facilities at Surrey Street. The new clubhouse, dressing rooms, refreshment bar and hospitality room were completed in a relatively short amount of time being ready for the first pre-season game of 2011–12. By March 2012 the ground had achieved the FA Ground Grading grade of E which is required for football clubs to participate at step 4 of the
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. During the off season of 2014 season Glossop were approved a grant from the
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to replace the aged pitch perimeter fence with a new sports rail with mesh panel infill. With that and a few other improvements they achieved the FA Ground Grade of D which was required to remain at step 4 of the
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. In the summer of 2018 new floodlights were installed.


Attendances

*Largest home attendance: 10,736 vs
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,
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31 January 1914. Average league attendances:


Players


Current squad

As of 8 November 2022


Notable former players

Players who have international playing experience or top division experience who have played for Glossop include: * Thomas Bartley 1897–1899 * Thomas Clifford 1898-1899 * John Goodall 1900–1903 * George Badenoch 1901–1903 *
Bob Jack Robert "Bob" Jack (4 April 1876 – 6 May 1943) was a Scottish football player and manager. Born in Alloa, Jack played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End and Glossop, and the Southern League for Plymouth Argyle and ...
1902–1903 * Edwin Bardsley 1903 * Fred Spiksley 1904–? *
Archie Goodall Archibald Lee Goodall (3 January 1865 – 20 November 1929) was an Irish footballer who made 429 appearances in the Football League for Preston North End, Aston Villa, Derby County, Glossop and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He won 10 caps at full i ...
1904–1905 * David Copeland 1907–? *
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1907–1909 *
Leslie Hofton Leslie Brown Hofton (3 March 1888 – January 1971) was an English footballer who played as a full-back for Manchester United in two spells in the 1910s. Born in Sheffield, Hofton began his career at Kiveton Park, before moving to Glossop via ...
1908-1910 * Thomas Fitchie 1909–1911 *
Billy Herbert William Edward Herbert (1888–1928) was an English footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers, Glossop, Stoke and Wigan Borough. Career Herbert was born in Canning Town and began his career with Walthamstow Grange, Barnet Alston and an ...
1910–1911 *
Harry Bamford Henry Charles Bamford (8 February 1920 – 31 October 1958) was a professional footballer, who played for Bristol Rovers for his entire professional career. A local man, born and raised in St. Philip's Marsh, he played chiefly as a right-b ...
1912-1914 *
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1909–1914 * James Montgomery 1915 * Albert John 'Jack' Allen 1914-1915 * Billy Fitchford 1923–? *
Joe Frail Martin Joseph Frail (29 March 1869 – 4 September 1939) was an English footballer who lived a traditional Romani lifestyle. A goalkeeper, he played for Port Vale, Glossop North End, Derby County, Chatham, Middlesbrough, Luton Town, Brentfor ...
* Bert Maddlethwaite *
Irvine Thornley Irvine Thornley (11 October 1883 – 24 April 1955) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. After playing for local amateur clubs, he made his professional debut for Glossop in 1901. He moved to Manchester City in ...
* Frank Booth * Lee Martin 1998–1999 * Ben Chapman 2016 * Zephaniah Thomas 2017


Ladies' team

The club have a ladies team, Glossop North End Ladies, which was established in 1998. In 2014–15 the team reached the final of the Derbyshire Girls & Ladies League Challenge Cup, losing 2–1 to Mackworth St Francis. The following season saw them the Challenge Cup, defeating Castle Donnington Ladies 4–1. On 11 May they won the Derbyshire Girls & Ladies League Division One title.
They retained the league title the following season, after which they transferred to Division One of the Cheshire WFL.


Honours

Derbyshire Girls & Ladies League *Division One: 2015–16, 2016–17 Derbyshire Ladies Challenge Cup *Winners: 2015–16


Youth teams

Glossop North End AFC Juniors was established in 1989. They have teams of both boys in age groups from 6 years old right to Under-21, and girls in age groups from Under-9 to Under-16. They were accredited to the FA Charter standard Award in 2004, and in 2015 were awarded Derbyshire FA Charter Standard Community club of the year.


Club management


Coaching positions


Managerial history

''Based on win % in all competitive matches'' ''Italic'' - denotes Caretaker Manager *Stats correct as of 18 September 2022


Honours and achievements

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(2nd tier) *2nd place promotion: 1898–99
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Premier Division (9th tier) *Champions: 2014–15
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*Champions: 1927–28
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League Challenge Cup *Winners: 2014–15
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Division Two Cup *Winners: 1990–91 Gilcryst Cup *Winners: 1922–23, 1929–30, 1934–35, 1948–49 Manchester FA Premier Cup *Winners: 1996–97, 1997–98 Derbyshire County FA Senior Challenge Cup *Winners: 2000–01; runners-up: 2013–14
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*Runners-up: 2008–09, 2014–15 Manchester FA Fair play Award *Winners: 2014–15


References


External links


Glossop North End website

Glossop North End Juniors website
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Glossop results and players in the English National Football Archive
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