Wolverton A.F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Wolverton


fullname = Wolverton Association Football Club
nickname = The Wolves, MK Wolves,
The Railwaymen
founded = 1887
dissolved = 1992
ground = Wolverton Park
capacity = "Unknown"
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Wolverton Association Football Club, often known simply as Wolverton, was an English football team representing the town of Wolverton (and, for a time, Milton Keynes). The club motto is "In Omnia Paratus" (lit: "In all things prepared"). The club was wound up in 1992. Until 2007, its former home ground, Wolverton Park had what was believed to be the oldest football stand in the United Kingdom.

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

* Berks & Bucks Senior Cup:
** Winners (1): 1892/93
** Runners-up (4): 1888/89, 1891/92, 1895/96, 1969/70

* Berks & Bucks Benevolent Cup:
** Winners (2): 1947/48, 1948/49

* Berks & Bucks Junior Cup:
** Winners (1): 1904/05

* FA Cup:
** 4th Qualifying Round (1): 1957/58

* FA Vase:
** 3rd Round (4): 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78

* Southern Football League:
** Division 2 Champions (1): 1895-96
** Division 2 (London Section) Runners-up (1): 1898-99

* Isthmian League:
** Division 2 North Runners-up (1): 1986/87

* South Midlands League:
** Premier Division Champions (2): 1938/39, 1945/46
** Premier Division Runners-up (1): 1990/91

* United Counties League:
** Champions (1): 1913/14

* Spartan League:
** Premier Division Runners-up (1): 1951/52
** Western Division Runners-up (1): 1946/47

* Bucks & Contiguous Counties League:
** Division 1 Runners-up (1): 1898/99

* Athenian League Cup:
** Runners-up (1): 1983/84

* United Counties League Cup:
** Runners-up (1): 1966-67

* Kettering & District Charity Cup:
** Runners-up (2): 1892/93, 1893/94

* Luton & District Charity Cup:
** Winners (1): 1926/27
** Runners-up (1): 1893/94

* Wolverton & District Charity Cup:
** Winners (2): 1893/94, 1894/95
** Runners-up (2): 1895/96, 1896/97

ee also

* Wolverton railway works where almost all the players worked.
* Milton Keynes City F.C., which took over Wolverton Park when Wolves went bust.
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External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2006/01/20/wolverton_stand_200106_feature.shtml BBC news item about the spectator stand at Wolverton football ground ]