The nickname ‘Shiners’ derives from the mid-1750s when South Normanton was at the heart of the ribbed stocking industry. The people involved in this craft worked long hours sitting at their windows on wooden stools, so much so that the backsides of their trousers became very shiny making them instantly recognisable as coming from the South Normanton area; since then local people have been referred to as ‘Shiners’.
The club was originally known as South Normanton Miners Welfare and played under that name until 1990. Under the new name South Normanton Athletic joined the Central Midlands League in the 1990–91 season. The club's first major success came in the 1993–94 season when they finished runners up in the Premier Division. This gained them promotion to the Supreme Division. The club made their first entry into the FA Vase in the 1994–95 season.
In the 1996–97 season the old changing rooms were destroyed by fire. The club's future lay in the balance and with limited time available members of the committee virtually worked round the clock to convert a derelict building into suitable changing rooms, which at the time were intended to be for a temporary period only the leagues deadline for completion was accomplished with little time to spare.
At the end of the 1996–97 season, the club was relegated due to the 3-year flood light installation rule not being met; funds set aside to complete this project had been spent in establishing new changing rooms. The floodlights were completed in 1998 and the club was reinstated back into the supreme division.
The team's best position being 3rd which was a promotion place. The club was promoted to the NCEL for the start of the 2003–04 season where they played till the club decided to fold at the end of the 2007–08 season due to an ageing committee and no new blood coming to the club.
The club reformed with a new committee under the chairmanship of Phil Bailey, with new management and players. Despite 5 seasons of promise, the dream of promotion could not be realised despite numerous top 3 finishes.
2013 brought the summer appointment of former Borrowash Vics manager Mark Wilson to the club. The team started strongly with 10 victories and 2 draws from the first twelve games, before a winter of weather postponements brought an abrupt end to the form. Victories became harder to come by in the New Year, and a run of one win in eight threatened to derail the promotion dream. However, Wilson steered the team to a strong run in and a runners-up finish. This was enough to guarantee a promotion to Step 6 East Midlands Counties League for the first time since the club's re-formation.
After finishing 2nd in the 2016–17 season they were promoted to the Midland League Premier Division after champions West Bridgford refused promotion.
On 6 April 2020, South Normanton Athletic announced that they had resigned from the Midland Football League.[1]
For the 2020/2021 season, SNAFC successfully applied and resumed their status at Step 7 football in the Central Midlands Premier League and reinstated a reserves team playing the Central Midlands Division 1.
Backroom staffEdit
The first team manager is Daniel Hatfield, with Dean Bland as his assistant. The reserves side is managed by Jermaine Judson.
Current squadEdit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources South Normanton Athletic F C news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message South Normanton Athletic Football Club is a football club based in South Normanton near Alfreton Derbyshire England They play at Lees Lane South Normanton AthleticFull nameSouth Normanton Athletic Football ClubNickname s The ShinersFounded1926GroundLees Lane South NormantonCapacity3 000 300 seated 2022 23Central Midlands League South Division 13th of 17Home coloursAway colours Contents 1 History 2 Backroom staff 3 Current squad 4 Honours 5 Records 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThe nickname Shiners derives from the mid 1750s when South Normanton was at the heart of the ribbed stocking industry The people involved in this craft worked long hours sitting at their windows on wooden stools so much so that the backsides of their trousers became very shiny making them instantly recognisable as coming from the South Normanton area since then local people have been referred to as Shiners The club was originally known as South Normanton Miners Welfare and played under that name until 1990 Under the new name South Normanton Athletic joined the Central Midlands League in the 1990 91 season The club s first major success came in the 1993 94 season when they finished runners up in the Premier Division This gained them promotion to the Supreme Division The club made their first entry into the FA Vase in the 1994 95 season In the 1996 97 season the old changing rooms were destroyed by fire The club s future lay in the balance and with limited time available members of the committee virtually worked round the clock to convert a derelict building into suitable changing rooms which at the time were intended to be for a temporary period only the leagues deadline for completion was accomplished with little time to spare At the end of the 1996 97 season the club was relegated due to the 3 year flood light installation rule not being met funds set aside to complete this project had been spent in establishing new changing rooms The floodlights were completed in 1998 and the club was reinstated back into the supreme division The team s best position being 3rd which was a promotion place The club was promoted to the NCEL for the start of the 2003 04 season where they played till the club decided to fold at the end of the 2007 08 season due to an ageing committee and no new blood coming to the club The club reformed with a new committee under the chairmanship of Phil Bailey with new management and players Despite 5 seasons of promise the dream of promotion could not be realised despite numerous top 3 finishes 2013 brought the summer appointment of former Borrowash Vics manager Mark Wilson to the club The team started strongly with 10 victories and 2 draws from the first twelve games before a winter of weather postponements brought an abrupt end to the form Victories became harder to come by in the New Year and a run of one win in eight threatened to derail the promotion dream However Wilson steered the team to a strong run in and a runners up finish This was enough to guarantee a promotion to Step 6 East Midlands Counties League for the first time since the club s re formation After finishing 2nd in the 2016 17 season they were promoted to the Midland League Premier Division after champions West Bridgford refused promotion On 6 April 2020 South Normanton Athletic announced that they had resigned from the Midland Football League 1 For the 2020 2021 season SNAFC successfully applied and resumed their status at Step 7 football in the Central Midlands Premier League and reinstated a reserves team playing the Central Midlands Division 1 Backroom staff EditThe first team manager is Daniel Hatfield with Dean Bland as his assistant The reserves side is managed by Jermaine Judson Current squad EditNote Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player GK nbsp ENG Matt Blake GK nbsp ENG Sam Burrows DF nbsp ENG Lee Carter DF nbsp ENG Luke Crosby DF nbsp ENG Cameron Davidson DF nbsp ENG Matthew Fowler DF nbsp ENG Daniel Hatfield DF nbsp ENG Jordan Jones DF nbsp ENG Ethan Knowles DF nbsp ENG Lee Naughton DF nbsp ENG Matthew Phillips DF nbsp ENG Connor Rawson MF nbsp ENG David Robinson MF nbsp ENG Luke Crosby MF nbsp ENG William Sherwood MF nbsp ENG Joshua Smith MF nbsp ENG Luke Smithson MF nbsp ENG James Taylor MF nbsp ENG Guy Wilding MF nbsp ENG Anthony Willey MF nbsp ENG Jack Naylor MF nbsp ENG James Fletcher MF nbsp ENG Ryan Newton MF nbsp ENG Lucas BrailsfordHonours EditEast Midlands Counties League League Cup Winners 2014 15 Runners up 2016 17 Promoted Central Midlands League Runners up South Division 2013 14 Premier Division 1993 94Records EditFA Cup First Qualifying Round 2005 06 2019 20 FA Vase Fourth Round 2019 20References Edit South Normanton Athletic resign from Midland League Non League Daily 6 April 2020 External links EditOfficial website53 6 22 5936 N 1 20 49 1022 W 53 106276000 N 1 346972833 W 53 106276000 1 346972833 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Normanton Athletic F C amp oldid 1158172816, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
