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 Glossop
North End was founded in 1886 and began by playing friendly
amateur matches. They entered the North Cheshire League
in 1890 and introduced professional players in 1894.
In 1898 on their third application they were admitted
to the Football League and won promotion in their first
season. They spent one year in the First Division, their
best victory being 3-0 against Nottingham Forest.
They
played in League Division II until the end of the 1914/15
season. Their Chairman and benefactor throughout this
period was local cotton magnatee Sir Samuel Hill-Wood
who later became Chairman of Arsenal FC. They ceased
playing during the latter part of the First World War
but were reformed by Oswald Partington MP who had been
a Captain in the 1890's. Between the Wars they played
in the Lancashire Combination and the Manchester League
of which they were champions in 1927/28 and they also
won the Gilgryst Cup on three occasions.
They
again ceased playing during the Second World War and
then rejoined the Manchester League. They won the Gilgryst
Cup for a fourth time in 1949.
In
1955 they moved from their original League ground at
North Road to the present ground at Surrey Street. Since
then they have played in the Lancashire Combination,
the Manchester League and the Cheshire League before
becoming founder Members of the Bass North West Counties
League.
 The
Club almost went out of business in the 1990/91 season
when their then Chairman sold the ground to the local
Council and left the Club with huge debts. The present
Board of Directors took over in January 1991 and have
reconstituted the Club, reverting to its original name
which had been abandoned back in 1898.
During
the 1992 close season, floodlights were erected by volunteer
supporters, with many of the materials being donated
in order that the Club could qualify for promotion to
Division I. Glossop North End AFC won the Manchester
Premier Cup in 1997 and retained the title this year
in a 1-0 victory against Radcliffe at Maine Road.
See
a club publicity
sticker from the 1960s, courtesy of Graham Hadfield.
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