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====Sutton Town AFC==== Sutton Town was a football club founded in 1923. Known as the Snipes, the team was a member of the Midland League from 1923 to 1927. The club was reborn in 1958 and was a member of the Midland League until 1982 when the club became a founding member of the Northern Counties East League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/SUTTONTA.HTM|title=Football Club History Database - Sutton Town [Ashfield]|website=www.fchd.info}}</ref> In 1992, the team name was changed to Ashfield United, but the team folded after the 1996β97 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/ASHFIELU.HTM|title=Football Club History Database - Ashfield United|website=www.fchd.info}}</ref> North Notts Football Club began operations in 2000 as a member of the Central Midlands League, changing its name to [[Sutton Town AFC]] for the 2001β03 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/N-NOTTS.HTM|title = Football Club History Database - North Notts}}</ref> The team finished runner up in 2002β03, winning promotion to the Northern Counties East League. In 2004-05 the club won promotion to the NCEL Premier Division. However, in 2007β08, the club resigned from the NCEL and moved down the football pyramid to the Central Midlands League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fchd.info/SUTTTXNN.HTM|title=Football Club History Database - Sutton Town 2002|website=www.fchd.info}}</ref> The club was promoted to the East Midlands Counties League in 2013 but in June 2014 the club resigned from the league after they were unable to come to a suitable agreement over a lease at home ground "The Fieldings" that would enable them to get promoted in the future, which was a league requirement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Snipes ponder future after resignation|url=http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/snipes-ponder-future-after-resignation-1-6695624|access-date=29 August 2014|publisher=chad.co.uk|date=26 June 2014}}</ref>
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