Norton & Stockton Ancients F.C.

Norton & Stockton Ancients Football Club were an English football club based in Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, England. They were members of the until their resignation in December and played at the Norton Sports Complex.HistoryThe club was established in 1959 as Norton Cricket Club Trust by members of Norton Cricket Club seeking a winter pastime, and joined the Teesside League. They won the Durham Minor Cup in 1967–68, and went on to win the North Riding Amateur Cup three times and the Teesside League Cup once.In 1980 Stockton were wound up. As their remaining assets were transferred to Norton, the two clubs merged, taking their current name. They joined Division Two of the Northern League in 1982 when the division was re-established. They remained in Division Two until 2008–09, when they finished as runners-up and were promoted to Division One.In 2010, the club achieved its record attendance when a crowd of 1,526 watched them take on F.C. United of Manchester in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup.RecordsBest FA Cup performance: Third qualifying round, 2010–11Best FA Vase performance: Quarter-finals, 2009–10Attendance: 1,526 vs F.C. United of Manchester, FA Cup third qualifying round, 2010–11