Fleetwood Town News

Fleetwood Town News

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Fleetwood Town History

Originally founded in 1908 as Fleetwood, the club reformed as Fleetwood Town in 1977. They are nicknamed ‘The Cod Army’ and play their home matches at Highbury Stadium – holding over 5,000 fans. Remember, you can discover the latest Fleetwood Town news here in just a few, simple clicks.

In the 2011/12 campaign, Fleetwood won the Conference and were promoted to the Football League for the first time in the club’s history. They have since established themselves as a Football League outfit and in May 2014 at Wembley Stadium, Fleetwood won the League Two play-off final to gain promotion to the third tier of English football.

The club have also been champions of the Northern Premier League Premier Division (2008) and the Northern Premier League First Division (1988). Fleetwood’s widest margin of victory came against Oldham Town in 1998, beating them 13-0 in the North West Counties League Division Two.

As for FA Cup performances, their best achievement was reaching the third round; doing so on four occasions (2011/12, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19). They have only reached the second round of the League Cup once though, which occurred recently in the 2018/19 campaign.

Nathan Pond has made the most appearances for Fleetwood, featuring 498 times between 2003 and 2018. Meanwhile, David Barnes sits top of the all-time goalscoring charts after netting 101 times for the club.