Our pre-season fixtures are all now confirmed!
DC’s team prep games in the run up to the 2022-23 season are as follows:

Sat 9th July, Maine Road (Home) Won 3-0
Tue 12th July, Altrincham (Home) Lost 0-2
Sat 16th July, New Mills (Away) Won 4-2
Tue 19th July, Bury AFC (Home) Won 2-0
Sat 23rd July, Chadderton (Away) Drew 3-3
Tue 26th July, West Didsbury & Chorlton (Home) Drew 2-2
Sat 30th July, Spennymoor Town (Home) Won 4-2
Tue 2nd August, Stalybridge Celtic (Away) CANCELLED due to bad weather

The new NPL season will start on 13th August (see news article on fixtures elsewhere) however we have been drawn AT HOME in FA Cup qualifying the week prior to that – SATURDAY 6th AUGUST versus AFC Liverpool, kick off 3pm.

For more information, keep an eye on this website and our social media accounts, particularly Twitter @FCTrafford

TRAFFORD’S competitive season kicked off today with an away game in the suburbs of Huddersfield. Danny Caldecott’s team visited Northern Counties East Premier side Golcar United in the Emirates FA Cup, and lived to fight another day after a 0-0 draw in a game that was not easy on the eye. A full match report will be posted in the next few hours, so keep your eye on this website and our Twitter for that………

Manager Karl Marginson gained a reaction from last week’s heavy defeat, with Trafford playing much better overall, but it was still not enough to beat top-of-the-league Vauxhall Motors – who leave Shawe View this afternoon with a 2-0 victory.
Dave Law’s match report will be up later this evening, so reads the full details of the game when that is published……………..

A buoyant travelling support witnessed Trafford FC play in front of the biggest crowd in its 33-year history, as they travelled to Macclesfield FC.

A final gate of 4,034 was recorded at the Leasing.com stadium on Saturday 1 April 2023, some 2,000 more than what is understood to be the previous highest attendance for a Trafford match.

In an extraordinary twist of fate, captain Astley Mulholland also recorded his 100th appearance for the club.

The whites lost 3-1 to Macclesfield, a result that was enough to crown the Silkmen as champions of the Pitching In Northern Premier League (West Division).

But defeat did not deflate the loyal following of around 180, who were beaming with pride after their special day out.

Reacting after the match, Trafford’s Manager Danny Caldecott praised the “incredible turnout” of the travelling support.

He tweeted: “Congratulations to Macclesfield on winning the league. Very good side and brilliant set up. Not to be for us today, but what an incredible turnout from
@TraffordFCSC. Thank you so much for your support.”

Fans responded by saying they were “proud to support you and the lads.”

Speaking after the match Caldecott said: “As a team we weren’t at our best unfortunately. Making mistakes against Macclesfield is always going to cost you, and it did.”

Paying tribute to Astley Mulholland, the Manager said: “Ast has been first class since I brought him to the club, I’m delighted but not surprised he’s made 100 appearances so quickly. He’s everything you want in a captain.”

A huge thanks club secretary Graham Foxall for co-ordinating ticket sales over the past month.

Local photographer Tom Pickles (Twitter @urmstonslim) has taken some pics of our lovely little ground, the Home Estates Shawe View Stadium, over recent months using a Drone-mounted camera. To help alleviate the Lockdown boredom we’ve collected a few of them together in an album – if you go to the “Gallery” pages of this website you can check them out……..

Just prior to the home friendly with Salford City, Manchester FA’s Andy Baker and Sarah Cummings presented two of Trafford FC’s stalwarts, Graham Foxall and Dave Murray, with their Long Service awards.

Both of these Trafford FC Legends have clocked up over 25-years-service at the club (and still going strong) in massively important roles. It is absolutely right that the County Football Association should give recognition to people like Graham and Dave. Their unstinting voluntary service is what keeps clubs like ours afloat. Well done to both of them!

Graham Foxall was match secretary and groundsman at Flixton FC when in the summer of 1994 he was approached by Dave Law about moving to Trafford as football secretary and groundsman. Graham tells us: “I agonised over it for some time before deciding to take up Dave’s offer. It’s the best footballing decision I have ever made. Over my 25+ years at the club, it’s the friendship and camaraderie that has always stood out, whether it be committee, players, staff, volunteers and not least our fantastic supporters. It shows we’re truly a ‘family club’. I’ve been privileged to have witnessed some great cup final victories and promotions during my 1,350 or so matches! It’s an honour to have been recognised for my long service and to have been part of what the club has achieved both on and off the pitch these past 25+ years.”

Dave Murray joined the Irlam Town FC committee in 1978 when they joined the newly formed Cheshire League. Dave spent 14 years at Irlam including eight years as Football Secretary during which time the club played in the Northern Premier League. He moved to Curzon Ashton in 1992 joining their committee. However, he found the travelling to & from Tameside tough and in 1995 David Higgs (who’d been a player and manager at Irlam and was now coaching at Trafford) invited him to Shawe View. Dave says: “He arranged for me to meet Graham Foxall, Dave Law and John Williams and the rest is history! In over twenty-five years at Trafford I’ve met some fantastic people as fans, players, committee and been part of a real ‘family’ club winning many trophies. I look forward to many more seasons at Shawe View. I’ve had a great time at the club, we’ve had our ups and downs but we’ve come through it every time showing what a fabulous football club Trafford FC is. It’s amazing to have been given this award. Thank you everybody!” Dave is responsible for our matchday programme, Newsletter, History website AND is our matchday liaison officer.

Everyone at the club wishes Graham and Dave all the very best, and MASSIVE thanks for everything you do for our club – it would not be what it is without you two amazing guys! X

It is with overwhelming sadness that we announce the passing of Club President David Brown.
David was a well-known figure in non-league football and it was only last year that he received a long service award from the Football Association for fifty years in club administration.
David was a founder member of Trafford Football Club back in 1990 and was instrumental in the club’s rapid rise up the football pyramid to its’ current position in the Northern Premier League.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Joan, his children Matthew, Nick and Lucy, his other loving family members, and his many friends.

TRAFFORD suffered a narrow 0-1 defeat in an uninspiring final away game of the season, in a match that had the air of “end of season” about it in many ways. Both sides failed to really spark themselves up for this match, Newcastle were happy at the end with finishing off their home fixtures with a win – Trafford will hope to do the same when they entertain Runcorn Linnets for their final game at Shawe View next Saturday.
Dave Law’s match report will, as always, be up here in the next few hours so keep an eye open for that.