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Nantwich Town pre-season campaign takes shape

Nantwich Town pre-season campaign takes shape

Nantwich Town have lined up seven pre-season fixtures as new boss Dave Cooke looks to build ahead of the 2017-18 season.

Cooke and assistant player-manager Steve Jones will use the games to shape the team ahead of their 10th season in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier Division.

May 31, 2017
Nantwich Town secures new shirt sponsor deal as three key players depart

Nantwich Town secures new shirt sponsor deal as three key players depart

Nantwich Town have secured a new shirt sponsor deal with local firm County Insurance – as another key player departs.

The financial company will sponsor the Dabbers tops next season after a two-year deal with Fairerpower came to an end.

May 22, 2017
Record entries compete in UK Triathlon in Nantwich

Record entries compete in UK Triathlon in Nantwich

Jonathan White
A record 1,000 adults and 370 youngsters took part in the popular Nantwich Triathlon and Duathlon events at the weekend.

Competitors in the adult race entered either the Sprint, Super Sprint or Fun race distance, or the Team Relay.

May 22, 2017
Premier Division Champions Railway Hotel scoop double with cup victory

Premier Division Champions Railway Hotel scoop double with cup victory

Premier Division Champions Railway Hotel won the double after beating Betley FC 3-1 in the Presidents Cup Final.

Jon Stone gave Railway the lead after 16 minutes, before Asher Moat doubled the advantage just before half time with a lob over the keeper.

May 16, 2017
Crewe & Nantwich RUFC beat Macclesfield 20-19 in Sevens Final

Crewe & Nantwich RUFC beat Macclesfield 20-19 in Sevens Final

Crewe & Nantwich notched a fine 20-19 victory over favourites Macclesfield to win the Sandbach 7s rugby tournament.

Crewe made it to the final by defeating all four of their opponents in the group stages.

May 15, 2017
David Cooke and Steve Jones take over in Nantwich Town manager roles

David Cooke and Steve Jones take over in Nantwich Town manager roles

David Cooke has been appointed the new manager of Nantwich Town, with current player Steve Jones as his assistant.

The club has moved swiftly to replace Phil Parkinson and Neil Sorvel, who announced their departure to Altrincham just over a week ago.

May 10, 2017
Square One win Premier Division Cup Final on penalties

Square One win Premier Division Cup Final on penalties

Square One won an exciting Premier Division Cup Final after a penalty shoot-out against Crewe Ath.

The sides were level at 3-3 after extra time.

May 7, 2017
Nantwich Town players celebrate at annual end of season awards

Nantwich Town players celebrate at annual end of season awards

Nantwich Town players, staff and fans celebrated at the club’s annual end of season awards.

The evening, presented by chairman Tony Davison, was attended by fans, officials, players and departing managers Phil Parkinson and Neil Sorvel.

May 6, 2017
Railway Hotel champions as Betley FC win Division One Cup Final

Railway Hotel champions as Betley FC win Division One Cup Final

Betley FC won an excellent Division One Cup Final beating Talbot 3-2 after extra time.

The sides were level at 2-2 after 90 minutes but an unfortunate own goal gave victory to Betley.

May 1, 2017
Parkinson and Sorvel quit Nantwich Town to join Altrincham

Parkinson and Sorvel quit Nantwich Town to join Altrincham

Nantwich Town boss Phil Parkinson has left the club to join fellow Evo-Stik Premier Division side Altrincham.

The move comes less than 72 hours after Nantwich narrowly lost out in the Evo-Stik play offs against Spennymoor.

April 28, 2017
Square One keep Premier Division title on hold again for Railway Hotel

Square One keep Premier Division title on hold again for Railway Hotel

Square One spoiled Railway Hotel’s Premier Division title celebrations with a late winner.

A second half goal from Danny Griggs was enough to see Square One beat Wistaston Ath 1-0, and keep Railway Hotel from lifting the crown.

April 27, 2017
Nantwich Town promotion hopes ended in play-off defeat by Spennymoor

Nantwich Town promotion hopes ended in play-off defeat by Spennymoor

Nantwich Town’s bid for promotion came to a disappointing end with a 2-0 play-off defeat away at Spennymoor.

The Dabbers made the play-offs for the first time in eight years and were aiming to earn promotion to Conference North.

April 26, 2017
Crewe & Nantwich athletes excel in national sportshall finals

Crewe & Nantwich athletes excel in national sportshall finals

Young Crewe and Nantwich athletes excelled at the UK Sportshall national finals at SportCity in Manchester.

Under 13 boys and Under 15 girls teams from Cheshire, which won their regional finals, competed against the UK’s best.

April 24, 2017