1874 Northwich Football Club
A breakaway club, 1874 Northwich FC, was founded by the Northwich Victoria Supporters Trust following a vote by its membership on 15 November 2012. The members voted by 141 to 0 in favour of breaking away from the club they supported and forming a new community owned team in their town. It emerged, on the day of the vote, that the owner of Northwich Victoria had been declared bankrupt and therefore failed the FA Fit and Proper Persons test. On 29 November 2012 fans attended an open meeting in Northwich, where they chose the name 1874 Northwich for the club. In order to avoid legal issues over the new clubs name, none of the proposed options presented to fans included the words Vics or Victoria.
On 3 January 2013 it was confirmed that the club was officially registered with the Cheshire FA and had applied to join the league in time for the 2013–14 season.
On 25 April 2013 it was announced that former Winsford United and Ashton Athletic boss Ian Street would be the club's very first manager. On 28 April 2013 Lee Duckworth was named as Street's assistant.
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