"Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, the team adopted their name in 1890 after the County Borough of Stockport. They have played at Edgeley Park since 1902, traditionally in blue and white, and are nicknamed The Hatters after the town's former hat-making industry. Stockport County joined the Football League in 1900 and competed in it continuously from 1905 to 2011. The team spent most of their history in the lower reaches of the Football League, but the 1990s were more successful with"
"are as follows: Robert Clare, Michael Rose, Ashley Williams, Gareth Owen, Stephen Gleeson, Jason Taylor, Adam Griffin, David Poole, Damien Allen, Anthony Pilkington, Tony Dinning, Dominic Blizzard, Liam Dickinson, Adam Proudlock, Tes Bramble and Anthony Elding. Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, the team adopted their name in 1890 after the County Borough of Stockport. They have played at Edgeley Park since 1902, traditionally in blue and white, and are nicknamed The Hatters after the town's former hat-making industry. Stockport County joined"
"Umbro strip in the 2013–14 season. For the start of the 2014–15 season, County again changed their kit manufacturer, this time from Umbro to Spanish-based manufacturer Joma which supplied County with a new Home, Away and Third kit along with training wear. Heaton Norris Rovers originally played home matches at the Heaton Norris Recreation Ground, then at various locations in Stockport until settling at a park on Green Lane, Heaton Norris, in 1889. The nearby Nursery Inn served as the team's home, with players using a barn as changing rooms. Green lane remained the clubs home for its first two"
"Heaton Norris Heaton Norris is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the Four Heatons, and neighbours Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey and Heaton Moor. Formerly a parish of Lancashire, in 1835 part of Heaton Norris was annexed to Stockport in Cheshire; Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor remained in Lancashire, but further territory was ceded in 1894 and the remnant in 1913. Historically part of Lancashire, Heaton Norris was part of the Manchester barony of the Grelley family, but between 1162 and 1180 it belonged to William le Norreys. In the early 13th"
"2018 FIFA World Cup. Cardiff City Burnley Individual Tom Heaton Thomas David Heaton (born 15 April 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Burnley and the English national team. He began his professional career with Manchester United but was unable to break into the first team and spent time on loan with Swindon Town, Royal Antwerp, Cardiff City, Queens Park Rangers, Rochdale and Wycombe Wanderers, before joining Cardiff permanently after his release by Manchester United in July 2010. He then joined Bristol City on a one-year deal with an option of a second"
"Tom Heaton Thomas David Heaton (born 15 April 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Burnley and the English national team. He began his professional career with Manchester United but was unable to break into the first team and spent time on loan with Swindon Town, Royal Antwerp, Cardiff City, Queens Park Rangers, Rochdale and Wycombe Wanderers, before joining Cardiff permanently after his release by Manchester United in July 2010. He then joined Bristol City on a one-year deal with an option of a second year but turned it down in May 2013"
"Blades Business Crew Blades Business Crew (BBC) is a football hooligan firm linked to the English Football League club, Sheffield United F.C. The term 'Blades' is taken from the football club's nickname, """"The Blades"""". A notable former member of the Blades Business Crew is former Housemartins and Beautiful South front man Paul Heaton. In March 1998, a member of the firm was imprisoned for knocking out the linesman during a Division One game against Portsmouth. Though now not as active as they were in the 1980s and 1990s, the BBC have been the subject of numerous incidents of fan trouble"
"nicknamed ""the Pitmen"", currently play in the National League North and won the FA Trophy in 2004. The town's most prominent sportsperson is that of former footballer Brian Horton, who played for the Pitmen in the late sixties and early seventies. After a long professional career, he went on to manage Manchester City, Macclesfield Town and Port Vale amongst others, and is currently assistant manager of Championship side Doncaster Rovers Hednesford Hednesford (pronounced ) is a small town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, within Cannock Chase District. It adjoins Cannock Chase to the north, and the town of Cannock"
"Luke Norris Luke Michael Norris (born 3 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Colchester United. He is a product of the Brentford academy. He was known as Luke Hacker until February 2012. Norris began his career in the youth system at Hitchin Town. He made an appearance for Hitchin Town Arena in a 2–0 Hertfordshire Senior County League Cup defeat to Baldock Town Letchworth on 18 October 2008. Norris joined League One side Brentford in the summer of 2010 on a two-year scholarship. Norris was awarded the number 35 shirt and received"
"play for the Republic of Ireland, through his mother, who has family in Kildare. Though he has never been selected to play for them, he was contacted by Steve Staunton (Ireland's former manager) about playing. Football League Trophy David Norris (footballer) David Martin Norris (born 22 February 1981) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Boston United. Born in Stamford, he has played in the Football League for Hull City, Plymouth Argyle, Ipswich Town, Portsmouth and Leeds United. Norris has made more than 400 Football League appearances. Having started his career at Southern League Midland Division"
"Swindon, Norris joined fellow League Two side Colchester United on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He scored on his club debut on 14 August in Colchester's 2–2 EFL Cup draw with Cheltenham Town. Luke Norris Luke Michael Norris (born 3 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Colchester United. He is a product of the Brentford academy. He was known as Luke Hacker until February 2012. Norris began his career in the youth system at Hitchin Town. He made an appearance for Hitchin Town Arena in a 2–0 Hertfordshire Senior County"
"local players into the senior side. Hinshelwood left his role in September 2017 and was taken over by Agutter. The club's nickname is officially ""the Arrows"", which reflects the story of King Harold taking an arrow to the eye in the Battle of Hastings. However the club is more commonly referred to as ""the U's"" by supporters. The traditional colours of Hastings United are claret and blue, though for the 2017-16 season the home kit is all white, with claret and blue trim. The club's earliest known colours as Rock-a-Nore were blue and white, with the nickname the ""Tanfrocks"" or"
"Highfield. This club, later renamed Highfield, struggled on near the bottom of the pro game: in 1995–1996 they gained just one point all season and changed their name to Prescot Panthers, before folding at the end of the 1997 season. (Huytonians still interested in supporting pro rugby league have the choice of either St. Helens or Widnes Vikings, both of whom are away from Huyton). In football, the town has produced two outstanding midfield England internationals: Peter Reid (Everton) and Steven Gerrard (Liverpool). Other footballers include Joey Barton, Craig Hignett, Tony Hibbert, David Nugent, Lee Molyneux, Leon Osman, John Relish,"
"in 1883, the club is a member of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division. It also has a youth team called Heanor Juniors. Famous ex-players include Nigel Clough, who went on to play for Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Manchester City. He is now the manager of Burton Albion; and Nigel Pearson, who after leaving Heanor captained Sheffield Wednesday to a League Cup win over Manchester United at Wembley, is formerly the manager at Leicester City. The Lions share grounds with Heanor Town Cricket Club. Heanor Clarion Cycling Club was founded in 1934. The nearest station is at Langley Mill"
"Hull F.C. took place in 1986. Steve Norton Stephen Norton (born 1951), also known by the nickname of ""Knocker"", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Fryston ARLFC, Castleford, Hull F.C. and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 1008), as a or , and coached at club level for Barrow. Norton was widely regarded as one of the greatest exponents of the game, with a distinctive side-step and ability to off-load the ball."
"Heaton Norris station(on Georges Road),so the new station was named Heaton Chapel. The subsequent growth of the Heaton Moor area led to a temporary change of the railway station name, Heaton Chapel for Heaton Moor, then Heaton Chapel AND Heaton Moor - but it has again returned to Heaton Chapel. This line was electrified in 1959. A second line passes though Heaton Chapel but there is no station. In the inter-war years there was a tram service along Wellington Road operated jointly by Manchester and Stockport corporation. Stockport used 460v DC and Manchester 400 volts so the Manchester trams would"
"promotion to the Football Conference that season as Southern League Premier Division champions. Norris was transferred to Premier League club Bolton Wanderers for a fee in excess of £50,000 in January 2000, which was a record transfer fee received by Boston at the time. He returned to Boston on loan in December and scored four goals in five league appearances. In March 2002, Norris joined Football League Third Division club Hull City on loan, where he played in six matches and scored once. In two-and-a-half years with Bolton, he made one appearance in the FA Cup and four in the"
"following season, but lost on penalties to the eventually promoted Huddersfield Town in the semi final. In their early years, the club was nicknamed The Blades, a term used for any sporting team from the city of Sheffield, famous the world over for its cutlery and knives. That nickname has been retained by Wednesday's crosstown rivals, Sheffield United. Although it is widely assumed that the club's nickname changed to The Owls in 1899 after the club's move to Owlerton, it was not until 1912, when Wednesday player George Robertson presented the club with an owl mascot, that the name took"
"native Caroline Aherne, often refers to living in the area. Another comedy show, Early Doors, principally written by and starring her associate Craig Cash (also a former Heaton Norris resident), revolved around a failing pub which by inference and plentiful local references was also in Heaton Norris. Some of the scenes for the BBC1 comedy drama Sunshine, starring Steve Coogan, Bernard Hill, Craig Cash and Phil Mealey, were filmed in the Nursery Inn. Heaton Norris Heaton Norris is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the Four Heatons, and neighbours Heaton Chapel,"
"athletes including Andy Nixon. DASH Athletics Club are the newest club in Stockport based at both Hazel Grove Recreation Centre and the Manchester Regional Arena at Sportcity in Manchester. In 2006 DASH AC Coach Geoff Barratt was UK Athletics' Development Coach of the Year, and in 2007 the club won England Athletics North West Junior Club and North West Overall Club of the Year accolades. Stockport County F.C. play in the National League North. The club was formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, changing its name to Stockport County in 1890 reflecting the town's status as a county borough."
"in favour of a move to Burnley, whom he has represented in the Premier League, and captained for since 2015. Formerly an international from under-16 to under-21 level, Heaton has been involved in senior England squads since 2015, finally making his senior debut against Australia on 27 May 2016 in a UEFA Euro 2016 warm-up fixture. Born in Chester, Cheshire, Heaton began his football career with Wrexham, for whom he played both in goal and in midfield, but, after making 20 appearances for the Manchester United Under-17 team in the previous two seasons, he signed for United as a trainee"
"decision was prompted by complaints that the first station was a long way from the industrial parts of town and even farther from the residential districts on the south side. The second station opened on 15 February 1843 as Edgeley. By 1844, it was the town's principal station. Heaton Norris, at the north end of the viaduct, closed in 1959. The station was operated by the London and North Western Railway and became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. In 1948 British Railways ran the system. Lines into the station were electrified at 25 kV AC,"
"international Tommy Lawton played for the club; Jimmy Sirrel’s three spells as manager (1969–75, 1977–82, 1985–87), which saw the club promoted from the Fourth Division to the First; and the tenure of Neil Warnock (1989–93), who oversaw their first visits to Wembley and their last season in the top flight (1991–92). The club also attracted headlines in 2009 after a takeover by alleged Middle Eastern billionaires. Notts County are the oldest professional league club in the world having been formed in 1862. Notts pre-dated The Football Association and initially played a game of its own devising, rather than association football."
"Heaton Stannington F.C. Heaton Stannington Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They are currently members of the and play at Grounsell Park. The current club was established in 1910, although an earlier version of the club was playing in the Newcastle and District Amateur League until resigning in December 1904. They did not join a league until 1913, when they entered the Tyneside Minor League. The following season the club switched to Division Two of the Northern Amateur League. After gaining promotion to Division One, the club won the league's Challenge"
"the Coast Road ground. In October 1935 they moved to their current ground, which was known as Newton Park until being renamed Grounsell Park in 2007 in honour of Bob Grounsell. The ground was built on a disused quarry. Heaton Stannington F.C. Heaton Stannington Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They are currently members of the and play at Grounsell Park. The current club was established in 1910, although an earlier version of the club was playing in the Newcastle and District Amateur League until resigning in December 1904. They did"
"Halton Spartans The Halton Spartans are an American Football team based in Widnes and Runcorn in Cheshire. They are named for the Borough of Halton. They were formed in 2014, and play in the BAFANL Division Two NFC South. Initially named the Runcorn Spartans, they were formed in early 2014. After contacting former members of the Halton Demons, a team that existed from the late 1980s to early 1990's, the first training sessions were organised in the local Heath Park. The organisation changed their name to their current guise, the Halton Spartans to better represent their recruitment area. They were"
"Northampton Town, Manchester City, West Ham United, Brann and Reading. Russell Slade has managed various Football League teams and is currently in charge of Grimsby Town. Mickey Walker played for Bradford City. Mark Hateley was capped 32 times for the English national team (including games in the 1986 World Cup), and played in top-level football leagues in England, Italy, France and Scotland. Jermaine Pennant played for his local side Notts County as a youngster. He earned promising reviews in the youth team at County and Arsenal signed him in 1999. He struggled to make much of an impact at the"
"Kelly, Dicky Jones and Lee Mills Paul Thomas (Prop), Dwayne Duffy(Prop), Alfie Abella(Prop), Wayne Hemson(Hooker), Matt McClurg(Back Row), Ryan Sheppard (Back Row) Dan McAllister (Lock), Warren Foskett(Lock), Connor Sibley (Lock/Back Row) Matt Yang(Back Row), Ali Kelly (Back Row), Andy Davey(Back Row), Ross Geraghty(Scrum Half), Ryan Foley(Scrum Half) Josh Butten (Fly Half) Chris Davies(Centre), Mark Fleckney(Centre) Tyrone Ashton(Wing), Shane Crawley(Wing) Phil Gouldie (Full Back), Dean Ashton (Full Back) The club held its first season in 1931/32. Luton Rugby Club Luton Rugby Football Club are a Bedfordshire-based English rugby union team who currently play their rugby in London 1 North following their"
"Norman Hunter (footballer) Norman Hunter (born 29 October 1943) is an English former footballer who played for Leeds United, Bristol City, Barnsley and England. He was part of the 1966 FIFA World Cup winning squad, receiving a winner's medal in 2007. He has since been included in the Football League 100 Legends. Known for his tackling, he was nicknamed ""Bites Yer Legs"" Hunter. The nickname originated from a banner held up by Leeds United fans at the 1972 FA Cup final against Arsenal; the banner simply read ""Norman bites yer legs"". Brian Clough effectively popularised the nickname by referring to"
"the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. On 21 May 2015, Heaton was called up to the England senior team for the first time ahead of a friendly against the Republic of Ireland and a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Slovenia. Heaton continued to be included in Roy Hodgson's squads before finally making his debut as an 87th-minute substitute in place of Fraser Forster in England's Euro 2016 warm-up match against Australia, played at Sunderland's Stadium of Light. On 16 May 2018, he was one of 5 players named on standby for the 23-man England national team squad for the"
"above a steep descent to the Mersey. Most of the townships are between 60 m and 70 m above sea level, and 30 m to 60 m above the river. Heaton Norris is about 7 km south of St Ann's Square, Manchester. The soil is clay on marl and red sandstone. The former Manchester to Buxton Roman road and the later turnpike, now the A6, pass through Heaton Norris, as does the London to Manchester railway. This is carried from Edgeley to Heaton Norris by the massive brick-built Stockport Viaduct. Along the north bank of the River Mersey ran the"
"in fact ""The Cutlers"" from 1889–1912. City rivals Wednesday held the nickname ""The Blades"" in their early years, however in 1907 Wednesday officially became ""The Owls"", in reference to their new ground in Owlerton, and United would later claim ""The Blades"" nickname for themselves. Within Sheffield fans of the club are also referred to as 'Unitedites'. When Sheffield United purchased Chinese club Chengdu Wuniu in 2006, they redesigned the club crest in the style of the Sheffield United badge and renamed the team ""Chengdu Blades"". Sheffield United have played in red and white stripes for most of their history, but"
"is a member of the Labour Party. Tottenham Hotspur Brentford Newcastle United Individual Chris Hughton Christopher William Gerard Hughton (born 11 December 1958) is a former professional footballer and current manager of Brighton & Hove Albion. In 1979, he became the first mixed race player to represent the Republic of Ireland national team. After making his professional debut aged 20, Hughton spent most of his playing career with Tottenham Hotspur as a left back, leaving in 1990 after 13 years. After relatively brief spells with West Ham United and Brentford, Hughton retired from playing in 1993 at age 34. He"