Trafford FC President David Brown has been presented with a 50 Years’ Service Award by the Football Association for his amazing contribution to non-league football.
David began his journey in grassroots football back in the early 1970s with Old Urmstonians in the Lancashire and Cheshire League both as a player and member of the committee.
He then moved to Flixton Football Club in 1985 before becoming a founder member of Trafford Football Club, formerly known as North Trafford, in 1990.
Initially, David was Vice-Chairman and Football Secretary at the Urmston based club but he then became Chairman and was a driving force in the club’s development of their Shawe View ground and their subsequent meteoric rise up the non-league pyramid.
In 2000 David moved house to the North Lancashire area and relinquished his Chairman’s position but still made the journey down to Urmston several times each week.
And for his magnificent contribution towards the development of the club he was made President.
The photograph above shows David receiving his 50 Year Service Award from John McLellan-Grant, Chairman of the Manchester Football Association.

TRAFFORD registered a 4-2 win today (Saturday 30th July) in their final home pre-season fixture against National League side Spennymoor Town. Dave Law’s match report will be up on this website in the next few hours, so keep clicked on for that…….
Our final pre-season game is this Tuesday away at Stalybridge Celtic , kick off 7.45pm

TRAFFORD’S NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE fixtures have been released this evening (Thursday 18th July).

Playing in the League’s West Division, Karl Marginson’s team kick off their league campaign with a visit to newly promoted Congleton Town on Saturday August 10th.

The first home fixture is on Tuesday August 13th when Bootle are the visitors to the AwayDayCare Shawe View.

The August Bank Holiday sees us entertain Widnes on Saturday 24th, followed two days later by a trip to Stalybridge Celtic (Monday 26th August).

On November 16th we make the long trip to visit a team we haven’t played since we were in the NPL Premier Division ten years ago – Stafford Rangers.

The Christmas / New Year period lines up as follows:
21st December – Congleton Town (Home)
Boxing Day – Avro (Away)
New Year’s Day – Stalybridge Celtic (Home)
January 4th – Bootle (Away)

The Easter weekend sees the team travel to Hanley Town on Saturday 19th April, then on Easter Bank Holiday Monday we host Avro at Shawe View.

The League season concludes on Saturday 26th April away at Widnes.

The FULL list of league fixtures can be seen by following this link: https://www.traffordfc.com/teams/229443/fixtures-results

Don’t forget we have some cup games coming up too – we’ll publicise them separately. And don’t forget ALSO that our pre-season friendly programme continues this Saturday 20th July with a home game versus Bury FC kick off 3pm.

Trafford FC is proud to be working with Trafford Veterans CIC, and we were really pleased to see a recent article about the group, and our links with them, on the website “Terraces and Troops”. Below is a link to the article so you can read it for yourself.

https://www.terracesandtroops.co.uk/trafford-football-club/

Claire and Chris, the two ex-service personnel who founded Trafford Veterans in 2015, can often be seen at Trafford home games. We as a club are massively proud to have the flags of the three armed forces hanging up at our stadium. Long may this continue!

If you’d like to contact Trafford Veterans, their website is www.traffordveterans.org

TRAFFORD FC has a long-standing and close relationship with Trafford Veterans CIC. We were very proud to host their leaders Claire Wright and Chris Squires, together with some of their veteran colleagues, last Saturday for our home game with Macclesfield FC.
The football club asks the League each season for a home game on remembrance weekend so we can do just this – honour those who have served our country, and pay our respects with a minute’s silence before the game.
Prio to kick off v. Macclesfield, wreaths were placed on the centre circle, and the two teams plus match officials stood with our Veterans guests and the entire 1034 crowd, for an impeccably observed 60 seconds. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them……

With a sensational away victory against Gateshead FC’s Youth Team, our Under-18’s have reached the 1st round proper of the FA Youth cup for the first time in the history of the club!
Jeff Crewe’s Teenage Warriors had already won away at Lancaster City, Marine, and Southport, when they set off at 2pm on Monday 14th October to make the long journey to the North East.
The final score, a 3-2 victory for Trafford, the scorers being Terry Benson-Brewer, James Marsh, and Josh Rouse!
Let’s hope the 1st round draw favours US for once, and gives us a home tie at last!!

TRAFFORD breathed a huge sigh of relief this evening (Tuesday 8th August) following their narrow 1-0 win over Golcar United in the Emirates FA Cup preliminary round replay. Ally Brown’s 11th minute goal was enough to secure passage to the next round and a game away at Widnes on August 19th, who won their own replay at Longridge Town 5-1.
Dave Law’s match report will be published soon……

We know it’s early doors, but after five games of the NPL West season, Trafford have gone top with 4 wins this evening, following a 2-1 home win over Hanley Town – even more magnificent after Rio Clegg’s red card in the 28th minutes. Lawman’s full match report will be published later, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

Sadly, today’s game versus Stalybridge Celtic has fallen foul of the heavy rain overnight. A pitch inspection by one of the match officials at 10am this morning has confirmed the playing surface is unplayable due to approximately 25% of it being under water. In addition, one entire side of the stadium is out of action for spectators due to being under about two inches of water. So to be clear – today’s game is OFF. A new date will be announced in the near future.
Our next game is this coming Saturday 4th January away at Bootle; Our next home game is 18th January when Witton Albion are the visitors.