Offerton Green football Club
Founded 1968

SDSFL Champions 07/08

Honours

1962 - 69 Div 6 Champions
1970 - 71 Div 6 Runners up (Res)
1976 - 77 Div 4 Runners up (Res)
1976 - 77 Paul Bailey/Graham Wright Memorial Trophy Winners
1980 - 81 Div 2 Champions
1992 - 93 Paul Bailey/Graham Wright Memorial Trophy Winners
1992 - 93 Div 3 Champions
1993 - 94 Paul Bailey/Graham Wright Memorial Trophy Winners
1993 - 94 Div 2 Runners up
1994 - 95 League Secretary of the year Dave Higginbotham
1995 - 96 Div 1 Runners up
1996 - 97 Harold English Memorial Trophy runners up
1997 - 98 Harold English Memorial Trophy Semi Finalists
2001 - 02 Harold English Memorial Trophy Semi Finalists
2001 - 02 Div 1 Runners up
2004 - 05 Div 1 Runners up
2005 - 06 Harold English Memorial Trophy runners up (Res)
2006 - 07 Paul Bailey / Graham Wright Memorial Trophy
Semi Finalists (Res)
2006 - 07 Stockport FA Cup Semi Finalists

2007 -2008 Stockport Premier Division Champions

Long Serving Members (10 years unbroken Service)

Dave Higginbotham (30 years +)
Andrew Turner
Craig Turner
Nathan Mayo
Andrew Booth
Frank Sanders
Steve Jones

The Begining

Offerton Green F.C. traces its routes back to the Wrights Arms pub in Offerton.
The first Offerton Green match was arranged in 1968, when Bob Higginbotham Jnr
and Wrights Arms regular Colin Fletcher (Mr Spock) decided to put together a team
from the pub to play against a team from the Adswood Hotel (later becoming Cale Green).
The game was a success and they decided to enter the team in the Stockport Sunday league, the team would be named Offerton Green.

The Committee

A committee was formed to look after the club and in their 1st Season they won the Division 6 Championship. The committee was made up of Bob Higginbotham snr, Arthur ‘Pard’ Seaton,
Colin ‘Spock’ Fletcher, Bill Egan, Mick Kelly, Bill and Derek Watts and Paul Greeney,
later joined by Neville Booth. Some of the players from the original team were: Ted Taylor,
Jimmy Reid, Gary Rider, Frank Wilde, John Seaton, Micky Spratt, Ken Foulks, Colin Reid,
Jack Bowden, Alex Gill, John Burton, John Marriott (apologies for any omissions).

8 years after the league win they picked up the Paul Bailey/Graham Wright Trophy
for the 1st time. Around this time the club were fielding a strong reserve side
that who were successful in their own right.

The 70's & 80's

During the mid seventies the club lost its home pitch at Offey House and were moved to
St Tommys Rec, the spiritual home of the club. Offerton Green still play on The Rec to this day.

In the early 80s the team were slightly more successful, they had a record breaking season in 81, winning Div 2 and conceding the least ever goals. The following season the team
finished 3rd in Div 1, failing to gain promotion by 1 point. Following the disappointment many
players left and the club was in a state of turmoil as they were relegated to Div 3.

In the late 80 the club were languishing in the 3rd Division and it was decided that Bob Higgy
would step aside for his young brother to have a crack. Acting as a manager, player and secretary, Dave assembled a great team and took the team on to one of their most successful periods. Players like Neil Clegg, Paul Burton, Craig Turner, Ray Davies, Colin Derbyshire, Wayne Harrison, Andrew Turner, Dave Corbott, Dave and Steve McGreal were brought in.

The 90's

In 1993 the club did the double by winning div 3 and the Paul Bailey/Graham Wright trophy
which they retained the following year. The next 4 season were the most successful ever,
The Green marched through Divisions towards the Premier. In 1996 the club reached the
Premier for the 1st time.

The club found it hard at first in the Premier; injuries to key players at this time did not help.
For a few years the club yo-yoed between the top 2 divisions. In the late 90s the club changed yet again, for the 1st time in the history of the club a 3rd Team was conceived.

The New Millenium

Andrew Turner also stepped up form captain to 1st team manager; he guided the club back
to the Prem at the first attempt in 2005. Dave Higginbotham also carried his success through to the reserves as they moved up to Div 2 and reaching a cup final on the way, the first ever reserve side to playing the Harold English cup Final. In 2007 Dave Higgy decided he to have another crack at the Prem and with his new partner in crime Asa Crowe, they recruited some of the best players in Stockport. These new players mixed with the current squad had a great season and went on to secure the Prem title, but with the pleasure came the pain, Smailey and Craig had a disastorous spell in charge of the reserves who ended up getting relegated. The year 2008 will hopefully bring success, the first team will try their look in the Champions of Champions competition, The B Team will hopefully bring their fine end of season form through to the current campaign and the Reserves have a new management team of Terry Ashworth and former 1st team player Woody.

The Base

During the life time of Offerton green FC, we have had several bases. Originating from the Wrights Arms and moving to the Midway Hotel on Newbridge Lane, following landlord and co-club founder Bob Higginbotham. After Bob’s retirement we had 2 new homes in the coming years both on Newbridge Lane: - Newbridge Con club and the Park Hotel. We had a couple of good years in The Park (ran by Gordon Fatwallet), sadly after Gordon’s death we moved again. A large amount of the lads drank in Offerton at this time and were regulars in
the White House, Landlord Dave Maloney invited to run from there (also home to Meadowk and White Villa). We stayed in the White House for a good number of years this coincided with our best years on the pitch. As the strongest club from the white house it became known as the home of Offerton Green. When Dave Maloney packed his bags so did we, we had a brief spell in Sam’s Bar on the Market before moving to the Bus Club, our current home.

2005 - 06 Harold English Memorial Trophy runners up (Res)

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We will also be adding more pictures.