Matlock Town F.C.

Matlock Town Football Club is an English football club based in Matlock, Derbyshire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team, nicknamed "The Gladiators", plays their home games at Causeway Lane.HistoryThe club was established in the late 1870s and competed in the Central Alliance and the Midland Counties League before reaching the Northern Premier League.In the 1974–75 season, the club won the FA Trophy which caused a major celebration in the town. Their manager was Peter Swan, and the brothers Mick, Nick and Tom Fenoughty all played in the final. The coach and physiotherapist on that day was Harry Peck, who had played for Chesterfield as a professional.In the 1976–77 season, managed by Tom Fenoughty, Matlock reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup, their best performance in the competition. They beat Division Three leaders Mansfield Town and were featured in a book "Tividale to Wembley" during this cup run.In 1978 they won the Northern Premier League Cup for the first time and subsequently played in the Anglo-Italian Cup in the 1978–79 season.