Denton Town FC formally known as Bradford Parish est1920

Denton Town Football Club a History in Brief

Formally Bradford Parish established in 1920,by the Rev J.T.Can ton MA who was the rector of the parish of Christ Church, Bradford, Manchester, the players were obliged to attend Sunday School in order to be eligible to play for the team. The team played on the David Lewis Recreation Ground, Bradford better known as "The Donkey Common" and on promotion to the higher league for Lancashire & Cheshire they acquired a ground on Cemetery Road, surrounded by the gas works, the railway line, and the Cemetery, and was given the nick name of the "The Graveyard" by many of the teams that was defeated there. In 1936 saw the move to a new ground at Ashton Moss Colliery, which the team could boast to having a fully enclosed ground. Unfortunately with the second world war the club had to move to the playing fields in Gorton known still to this day as Melland playing fields. The club grew from strength to strength and in 1953 the club won the Lancashire amateur Cup, the Wray Cup and the Subsidiary Cup. Over the next three decades the club continued to flourish and By the end of the 1994/95 season our 75th year in existence we had totaled no more that 63 trophies an outstanding feat for such a small club

The club moved to it's present grounds at Whittles Farm, Denton in 1994, and with the change of venue came not only a change in name to Denton Town FC but also change in leadership and many of the old committee members making way for the next generation, with Geoff Gable a long serving member since the early sixties as chairperson, Neil Worswick became vice-chairperson, and Steve Dunn as secretary before moving into the Treasury roll.

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The facilities at the ground have been much improved over the last ten years, as the pitch had not been used for a long time and the club house had been severally damaged by arsonists. Denton Town Football Club recruited it's dedicated members and volunteer's to restore the pitch and the club house into the set-up that many clubs would be proud of today. The pitch is widely recognized as one of the best in the league, with it's fully enclosed pitch and a club house that has been partially rebuilt from the inside, which includes a player lounge, home and away changing rooms, separate official changing and shower facilities, making a great club to play football for.

2003 - Saw the introduction into junior football with age groups ranging from under 8's year old's to under 14's boys and under 10's to under 15's girls, we also achieved FA Charter Standard junior club award in this year. 2007.

During the many years Denton Town Football Club has been formed it has won many trophies but 2007 is a special year with the men's first team winning the league by 20 plus points, and on target for winning another three trophies. The women's team have done the double winning both their league and the cup, and for the junior teams both the under 10's girls and the under 12's girls became runners up in the Tameside and District league and the under 13's Girls winning the South Manchester Girls league nine points clear of their nearest rivals. Denton Town Football Club is always looking for new players of all ages and ability's to come and join us. We are always in need of volunteers to help run the junior football teams's. All our coaches are police checked (CRB) and all attend courses run by the FA to gain the level 1 certificate required by the Football association, and Charter Standards when running any junior Football teams. for all enquire's please weather you want to become a PLAYER or as a VOLUNTEER click on the link and fill in the form.