Salford City F.C.

The Ammies in amateur football (1940–1982)

The club was founded in 1940 as Salford Central, named after a Salford church where the club was founded. The club competed in local leagues until 1963, when they were promoted to the Manchester Football League and changed the club name to Salford Amateurs. Now nicknamed "The Ammies", Salford won the Lancashire County Football Association (LFA) Amateur Cup for the first time in 1971, beating Aintree Villa 4–0 at Old Trafford, with all four goals arriving in extra time. They won a second LFA Amateur Cup in 1973, defeating Langton 3–1 at Old Trafford. and won a third in 1975 by beating Waterloo Dock 2–1 at Maine Road. Salford came close to a fourth cup success in 1977, reaching the semi-finals before losing to Blackpool Rangers. Further success arrived for Salford later in the decade in the form of the Manchester Premier Cup, which the club lifted in 1978 and 1979. The club changed their name once more, dropping the Amateurs moniker to become known simply as Salford, and moved into their current home Moor Lane in 1978. In the 1980–81 season, Salford reached the fourth round of the FA Vase, losing 2–0 to eventual winners Whickham. Following restoration of the ground and a merger with Anson Villa, Salford entered the Cheshire County League in the same season, finishing 15th and 16th in Division 2, before the league amalgamated with the Lancashire Combination to form the North West Counties Football League (NWCFL).

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National League (level 5) Play-off winners: 2019 National League North (level 6) Champions: 2017–18 Northern Premier League (level 7) Play-off winners: 2016 Northern Premier League Division One North (level 8) Champions: 2014–15 North West Counties League Premier Division (level 9) Runners-up: 2007–08 Cup

EFL Trophy Winners: 2019–20 Manchester Premier Cup Winners: 1977–78, 1978–79 North West Counties League League Challenge Cup Winners: 2005–06 Lancashire Amateur Cup Winners: 1971, 1973, 1975