Honours
League
Northern Alliance
Champions : 1983-84,
1993-94
Northern Alliance
Runners-up : 1937-38,
1965-66,1973-74,
1981-82, 1984-85
Northern League Division
Two Champions 1995
Cup
Northern Alliance
Challenge Cup Winners :
1938-39, 1985-86,
1993-94
Northern Alliance
Challenge Cup Winners :
1936-37, 1962-63,
1973-74, 1985-86
Northumberland
Benevolent Bowl Winners
: 1978-79, 1985-86
Northumberland Senior
Cup Winners : 1886
(shared with Shankhouse),
2006-07
Northumberland Senior
Cup Runners-up : 1996-97
Aged Miners Cup Winners
: 1935-36, 1936-37,
1937-38, 1987-88 |
| Full name |
Morpeth Town Association Football Club |
| Nickname |
The Highwaymen |
| Founded |
1909 |
| Ground |
Craik Park Morpeth |
| League |
Northern League Division Two |
| 2009–10 |
Northern League Division One, 21st |
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Morpeth Town A.F.C. is a football club based in Morpeth in
Northumberland, England. Their home ground is Craik Park in
Morpeth, which has a 400m cinder track running around the edge
of the pitch. The stadium has a small stand with 100 seats.[1]
The clubs traditional colours are amber and black stripes,
however in the 2007-08 season Morpeth have worn yellow shirts
with black trim. They are currently members of the Northern
League Division Two.
Morpeth Town were founded in 1894 following the amalgamation of
Morpeth United and Morpeth FC. They played their home matches at
Stobhill Cricket Field. They joined the Northern Football
Alliance in the 1936-37 season. The club moved to Storey Park in
1954. In the 1983-84 season they were the Northern Football
Alliance champions. They won the Northern Alliance Challenge Cup
in 1986 as well as the Benevolent Bowl.
In 1994 the club moved to Craik Park and again won the Northern
Alliance title and with it promotion to the Northern League
Division Two for the 1994-95 season. The following season they
were promoted to Division One as champions. In the club's first
season in Division One they finished in sixth place and were
runners-up in the Northumberland Senior Cup.
The club are backed by Owner/Chairman Ken Beattie who ensures
the club remains financially solvent.
The manager is ex professional Jon King with Richie Pitt as his
assistant. Joe Taylor, Duncan Donnelly and Steven Shaw make up
the rest of the coaching/medical staff.
They reached the 4th round of the FA Vase in the 2002-03 season.
In 2007 Morpeth beat Blyth Spartans to win the Northumberland
Senior Cup at St James' Park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Stadium
Morpeth play at Craik Park, at Morpeth Common. It has 100 seats
in a small stand and is surrounded by a 400 metre cinder track.
The track was built in 1972 and is still used for training by
Morpeth Harriers Athletics Club, but not competitions.
Morpeth Town moved to the stadium in 1994 and named the stadium
Craik Park after father and son W and R Craik who had served as
club secretary between 1920 and 1985.
Since then the club has built a covered stand, a new clubhouse,
installed floodlights and erected a high fence around the
ground. |
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