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Glossop North End A.F.C. are an England Association football club based in Glossop, Derbyshire. Former members of the Football League, they are currently in the North West Counties Football League and are members of the Derbyshire County Football Association. They play their home matches at Surrey Street, which has a capacity of 2,374 (209 seated, 2,165 standing). Glossop play in blue, and are known as
the Hillmen. Between 1899 and 1992 Glossop were known as Glossop.
Glossop is often cited as the smallest town in England to have had a Football League club, and the smallest town to play in the English top flight. During the turn of the 20th century, Glossop played in Division One, bankrolled by Samuel Hill-Wood, who was later to become chairman of Arsenal F.C., with whom Glossop retains connections to this day. They then changed their name to Glossop before spending their one and only season in the top flight, 1899–00 in English football when they finished in last place and were relegated back to the Second Division. They then spent the next fifteen seasons in the Second Division, during which time they reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in FA Cup 1908–09 where they lost to 1-0 to Bristol City F.C. in a replay on 10 March 1909. The club's chairman and benefactor at the time was Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, who was later to become chairman of Arsenal F.C.. However, Glossop struggled for several seasons in the Second Division.
The 1913–14 in English football saw a club record attendance of 10,736 for an FA Cup 1913–14 second round match against Preston North End F.C. on 31 January 1914. However, the 1914–15 in English football they finished bottom of the league and they failed to be re-elected. The start of World War I meant the Football League closed down. Glossop were re-formed toward the end of the war by Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale. Glossop then joined the Lancashire Combination, playing just one season, 1919-20. However, Glossop almost folded in 1990-91 when their then Chairman sold the ground to the local council and left Glossop with large debts. The present Board of Directors took over in January 1991. After a sixth place finish in 1991-92 they were promoted back to Division One over higher-placed clubs and after the season the directors reverted Glossop's name back to Glossop North End. They reached the semi-finals of the league's loodlit Cup in 1994-95 losing to Penrith F.C. 3-1 over two legs. In the 1996-97 season they beat Trafford F.C. in the final of the Manchester Premier Cup at Old Trafford, before winning the competition again the following season, this time beating Radcliffe Borough F.C. in the final at Maine Road. They also reached the semi-finals of the North West Counties League Cup losing to Vauxhall Motors F.C. 4-1 over two legs. Due to this achievement, Arsenal F.C., with whom they retain connections due to Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood's grandfather Samuel Hill-Wood having owned and bankrolled Glossop during their run in the Football League, invited them to their state-of-the-art London Colney training ground during their stay in London, to prepare for the FA Vase final.
Past averages:
- 2007-08 in English football: 135
- 2006-07 in English football: 150
- 2005-06 in English football: 97
- 2004-05 in English football: 115
- 2003-04 in English football: 124
Source: Ladies and youth teams
Glossop have a ladies team, Glossop North End Ladies F.C. which was established in 1998 and Glossop North End AFC Juniors which was established in 1989, with teams in age groups from Under-7 to Under-19.
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