| A Brief History |
| The club has been in existence since the early 1900’s although the exact year of its formation is not known. There are records, still in the club's possession, that stretch back to the 1930’s and these include minutes of meetings and accounts for the period up to the late 1950’s. The 50’s and 60’s were probably the most successful for the team and it was during this time that Morton FC swept all before them in various competitions when they were members of the Peterborough League. The 1970’s and early 80’s were a particularly hard time and had it not been for the efforts of Godfrey & Elsie Fisher the club would almost certainly have folded at this point. |
| An article recently found in a newspaper cutting, from the Stamford Mercury dated November 1973, relating to a former Captain of Morton football club Mr. George Fowler, of Hanthorpe Road, Morton and a founder member of the club in 1920. Remembering how the Club was formed by local men returning from the first world war, who went round the Village and collected £13 to start the Club. |
| The pitch and clubhouse are located on Haconby Lane, known as the Common Platts by some of the more senior residents of the village, and this has been the home ground since 1947 when the old prisoner of war cinema from Hanthorpe was dismantled, transported to site and re erected as the new club house. The cost of the building at that time was a handsome 16 shillings! |
| This was still in use as a store room until last summer when it was targeted by vandals and got burnt out and so unfortunately had to be demolished. The new clubhouse was built in the early 1990’s on the back of a major fundraising effort by both the Senior and Junior sections of the club which saw over £26,000 raised. Unfortunately, because of the isolated location and the cost, (£14,000), the building is still without mains electricity and is also the target for regular break ins and vandalism. About a dozen incidents in the last 5 years. (we have also been battling with an infestation of moles for a similar period so if anyone knows of a sure-fire way of getting rid of the little beasties we would be only too pleased to hear from them) |
| The mid 1990’s saw another period of success for the club when they won the Grantham Premier League and four other trophies in a single season 1994/95 with a side managed by Cliff Day and Andrew Seymour. |
| Today, with Cliff at the helm as Chairman, the team are still holding their own in the Grantham Premier League (Saturday) under the guidance of manager Darren Andrews but there is no reserve side and no Junior section. There is a squad of around 22 players and other committee members include:- Kevin Day (Secretary& Assistant Manager), Steve Bills (Treasurer). (New members welcome!) |
| For the future, we hope to finally raise the money for electricity and would also like to expand our membership but because we are a single sport and only have a senior section, the various local and national funding bodies don’t view our applications with any great enthusiasm. I hasten to add that this does not apply to the village itself where we have had considerable support from various individuals and charitable organisations. |
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