Wolverton Association Football Club, often known simply as Wolverton, was an
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football
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team representing the town of
Wolverton
Wolverton is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, England. It is located at the northern edge of Milton Keynes, beside the West Coast Main Line, the Grand Union Canal and the river Great Ouse. It is the administrative seat of Wolverton and Gre ...
(and, for a time,
Milton Keynes
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). The club's motto was "In Omnia Paratus" (lit: "In all things prepared"). The club was
wound up
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in 1992. Until 2007, its former home ground,
Wolverton Park had what was believed to be the oldest football stand in the United Kingdom. The ground and immediate area has since been redeveloped into a housing area
Wolverton Park housing development In November 2012, the football stand structure is still in place, but it has been stripped to act as an ornamental feature on the edge of the community park which has been built on top of the old football pitch.
Club names
The club has had a number of different names during its history, and at one time held the record for the longest club name in English football: "Newport Pagnell & Wolverton London & North Western Railway Amalgamated Association Football Club".
Achievements
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Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
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**Winners (1): 1892/93
**Runners-up (4): 1888/89, 1891/92, 1895/96, 1969/70
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Berks & Bucks Benevolent Cup:
**Winners (2): 1947/48, 1949/50
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Berks & Bucks Junior Cup:
**Winners (1): 1904/05
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FA Cup
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**4th Qualifying Round (1): 1957/58
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FA Vase
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**3rd Round (4): 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78
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Southern Football League
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**Division 2 Champions (1): 1895–96
**Division 2 (London Section) Runners-up (1): 1898–99
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Isthmian League
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Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
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**Division 2 North Runners-up (1): 1986/87
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South Midlands League
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**Premier Division Champions (2): 1938/39, 1945/46
**Premier Division Runners-up (1): 1990/91
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United Counties League
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**Champions (1): 1913/14
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Spartan League
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History
The Spartan League was establish ...
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**Premier Division Runners-up (1): 1951/52
**Western Division Runners-up (1): 1946/47
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Bucks & Contiguous Counties League:
**Division 1 Runners-up (1): 1898/99
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Athenian League Cup:
**Runners-up (1): 1983/84
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United Counties League Cup:
**Runners-up (1): 1966–67
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Kettering & District Charity Cup:
**Runners-up (2): 1892/93, 1893/94
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Luton & District Charity Cup:
**Winners (1): 1926/27
**Runners-up (1): 1893/94
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Wolverton & District Charity Cup:
**Winners (2): 1893/94, 1894/95
**Runners-up (2): 1895/96, 1896/97
Notable former players
1. Players that have played/managed in the Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.
*
George Henson went on to play for Northampton Town, Bradford Park Avenue, Sheffield United, Swansea Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers between 1932 and 1939.
See also
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Wolverton railway works
Wolverton railway works, known locally as Wolverton Works or just The Works, was established in Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, by the London and Birmingham Railway Company in 1838 at the midpoint of the route from London to Birmingham. The line w ...
where almost all the players worked.
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Milton Keynes City F.C.
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, which took over Wolverton Park when Wolves went bust.
References
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External links
Save Our Stand?BBC News
Wolverton Town FCThe website for the reformed (in 2004) Wolverton Town FC, based at The New Park, Greenleys following the closure and redevelopment of Wolverton Park for housing
Sport in Milton Keynes
Wolverton
Association football clubs established in 1887
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1887 establishments in England
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