Lutterworth Athletic F.C.

Association football club in England

Football club

Lutterworth Athletic

Full name

Lutterworth Athletic Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Atho

Founded

1983

Ground

Hall Park, Lutterworth

Chairman

Mick English

Manager

Ross Blockley, Mitch Bevins & Nick Patrick-Ingram

League

United Counties League Division One

2022–23

Spartan South Midlands League Division One, 7th of 20 (transferred)

Home colours

Away colours

Lutterworth Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Hall Park.

History

The club was established in 1983 as a youth team under the name Lutterworth Juniors and Youth. In 1993 a senior team was formed when the oldest age group reached adult football age.^[1] They joined Division Two of the Leicester and District Football League, and won the division in their second season, earning promotion to Division One.^[2] A fourth-place finish in Division One in 1996–97 saw the club promoted to the Premier Division. However, they were relegated back to Division One after a single season in the Premier Division.^[2]

In 2000–01 Lutterworth were Division One runners-up and were promoted to the Premier Division.^[2] They were Premier Division champions in 2004–05, earning promotion to Division One of the Leicestershire Senior League.^[2] In 2008–09 the club finished second in Division One, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division.^[3] After finishing as runners-up in the Premier Division in 2011–12, they were promoted to the East Midlands Counties League. At the end of the 2012–13 season they were transferred to Division One of the United Counties League.^[3] They were later transferred to Division One of the Spartan South Midlands in 2021, and then back to Division One of the United Counties League the following year.

Ground

The club moved to Dunley Way in 2005, but were unable to use floodlights, despite installing them.^[4] In 2011 they moved to the floodlit Hall Park ground, displacing former tenants Lutterworth Town.^[5] Town later moved to Dunley Way.^[5]

Honours

Leicester & District League
- Premier Division champions 2004–05
- Division Two champions 1994–95
Lutterworth Charity Cup
- Winners 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11^[1]

Records

Best FA Vase performance: Second round, 2023–24

References

^ ^a ^b A brief history of the club Lutterworth Athletic F.C.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lutterworth Athletic Leics Football
^ ^a ^b Lutterworth Athletic at the Football Club History Database
^ Football club carries on with floodlights battle Harborough Mail, 31 December 2010
^ ^a ^b Football club gets ground switch nod Harborough Mail, 8 May 2012

External links

Official website

United Counties League

2023–24
clubs

Premier Division North	AFC Mansfield Ashby Ivanhoe Belper United Boston Town Deeping Rangers Eastwood Heanor Town Hucknall Town Kimberley Miners Welfare Lincoln United Loughborough University Melton Town Newark and Sherwood United Pinchbeck United Sherwood Colliery Skegness Town Sleaford Town Wisbech Town
Premier Division South	Aylestone Park Bugbrooke St Michaels Cogenhoe United Coventry United Daventry Town Desborough Town Easington Sports Eynesbury Rovers GNG Oadby Town Godmanchester Rovers Histon Leicester Nirvana Lutterworth Town March Town United Newport Pagnell Town Racing Club Warwick Rugby Borough St Neots Town Wellingborough Town Yaxley
Division One	Asfordby Birstall United Blackstones Bourne Town Clifton All Whites Clipstone Dunkirk Gedling Miners Welfare Grantham Town Academy Harrowby United Holwell Sports Kirby Muxloe Leicester St Andrews Lutterworth Athletic Newark Town Radford Rainworth Miners Welfare Saffron Dynamo Sandiacre Town Selston Southwell City West Bridgford

Seasons

as Northamptonshire League	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34
as United Counties League	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

as Northamptonshire League