Glossop North End A.F.C.

Formation and early years

Glossop North End were founded in 1886, playing friendly amateur matches. They used several grounds in the town, including Cemetery Road, Pyegrove, Hall Street, Silk Street and Water Lane before, in 1898, settling at North Road. The club joined the North Cheshire League in 1890 and were league champions in the 1893–94 season. In 1894 they switched league to the Combination at which time they turned professional. In their first season in the Combination, 1894–95, they finished runners-up to Ashton North End by one point; the club won their last eight matches with an aggregate score of 23–3, and conceded only nineteen goals over their complete twenty match programme. The following season the team again were tight defensively, conceding thirteen goals in fourteen matches, but a relative lack of goalscoring (compared to the other leading teams) saw them finish the season third in the eight team division. After two seasons in the Combination the club moved on to the Midland League – in which they also played for two seasons: in the first of which they were runners-up to Doncaster Rovers in the 1896–97 season, and then ninth in the reduced twelve team division the next season. In the FA Cup competition of 1896–97 the club won through three qualifying rounds before being defeated in the first round proper 5–2 by Football League First Division club Stoke.

1898–1914: The Football League

In 1898, as a result of the expansion of the…

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Includes competitive league and cup matches to 22 Apr 2026(Ilkeston)

League

Second Division (level 2) 2nd place promotion: 1898–99 North Cheshire League Champions: 1893–94 Manchester League Champions: 1927–28 Cheshire County League Division 2 2nd place promotion: 1980–81 North West Counties League Premier Division (level 9) Champions: 2014–15

Cup

FA Vase Runners-up: 2008–09, 2014–15 North West Counties League League Challenge Cup Winners: 2014–15 North West Counties League Division Two Cup Winners: 1990–91 Gilgryst Cup Winners: 1922–23, 1929–30, 1934–35, 1948–49 Manchester FA Premier Cup Winners: 1996–97, 1997–98 Derbyshire Senior Cup Winners: 2000–01 Runners-up: 2013–14, 2025–26