Irlam Football Club is a

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club based in

Irlam Irlam is a suburb in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, it had a population of 19,933. It lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, southwest of Salford ...

, within the city of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of the and play at Silver Street.

History

The club was established in October 1969 as Mitchell Shackleton Football Club by workers at the Mitchell, Shackleton and Company engineering firm in

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.History
Irlam F.C. They joined the Eccles & District Amateur Football League the following year, before transferring to the Manchester Amateur League in 1972. They were Division Three champions in 1973–74 and won the Division Two title the following season. League restructuring saw them placed in the Industrial 'B' Division. They were runners-up in 1979–80 and went on to finish second in the Industrial 'A' Division in 1983–84, also winning the Gosling Cup. Mitchell Shackleton were Industrial 'A' Division runners-up again in 1985–86, before switching to Division One of the

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in 1989.The Manchester League 1976–1994
Non-League Matters After finishing the 1990–91 season as Division One runners-up, they were promoted to the Premier Division. The club were subsequently Premier Division runners-up in 1994–95.
Non-League Matters In 2001 the club was renamed Irlam Mitchell Shackleton, and the 2002–03 season saw them win the Premier Division title. They won the Manchester Challenge Cup in 2003–04,Club information
North West Counties League and were Premier Division runners-up in 2004–05. After winning the Challenge Cup again in 2005–06, the club adopted its current name. Despite only finishing eighth in 2007–08, Irlam were promoted to Division One of the

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. The club won the Manchester Charter Standard Cup in 2009–10, defeating Wythenshawe Town 3–2 in the final. They were Division One runners-up in 2015–16, earning promotion to the Premier Division.

Season-by-season

Ground

The club was initially based at the Oddfellows Arms in Patricroft, but moved to St Michaels Community Centre in

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in 1973. In 2002 the club learnt that their Salteye Park was to be requisitioned to build

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' new stadium. As a result, they moved to Silver Street in Irlam, which had formerly been the home ground of Irlam Town. The ground was opened with a match against the Manchester United youth team.History
North West Counties League

Honours

*Manchester League **Premier Division champions 2002–03 *Manchester Amateur League **Division Two champions 1974–75 **Division Three champions 1973–74 **Gosling Cup winners 1983–84 *Manchester FA Challenge Cup **Winners 2005–04, 2005–06 **Charter Standard Cup winners 2009–10

Records

*Best

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performance: Second qualifying round, 2018–19, 2019–20 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

performance: Fifth round, 2018–19 *Record attendance: 950 vs

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XI, August 2003

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