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Wikipedia - Colne F.C.
Colne Football Club is a football club based in Colne, Lancashire, England. Affiliated with the Lancashire County Football Association, they are currently members of the North West Counties League Premier Division and play at Holt House.
History
The club was established in January 1996, six years after Colne Dynamoes folded after being refused promotion to the Football Conference. They joined Division Two of the North West Counties League, with their first league match being a 1–0 defeat by Middlewich Athletic. They went on to finish bottom of the division in their first season. The club finished in the bottom half of the table every season until 2003–04, when they won the division, earning promotion to Division One; the season also saw them win the Division Two Cup with a 1–0 win against Great Harwood Town in the final, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the FA Vase, eventually losing 4–3 on aggregate to AFC Sudbury.
Division One was renamed the Premier Division in 2008. In 2015–16 Colne were Premier Division champions, earning promotion to Division One North of the Northern Premier League. They finished fifth in the division in 2016–17, qualifying the promotion playoffs. However, they lost 4–0 to Farsley Celtic in the semi-finals. As a result of league reorganisation, the club were placed in Division One West for the 2018–19 season. They went on to finish fourth in the division and qualified for the play-offs, losing 2–1 to Leek Town in the semi-finals. In 2022–23 the club finished second-from-bottom of Division One West and were relegated back to the Premier Division of the North West Counties League.
O Colne FC conquistou vários títulos ao longo de sua história, incluindo o Campeonato da Primeira Divisão do Noroeste em 1981-82 e 1982-83, o Campeonato da Primeira Divisão do Noroeste em 1985-86 e 1986-87, o Campeonato da Divisão Um do Noroeste em 1995-96 e o Campeonato da Divisão Dois do Noroeste em 1994-95. O clube também conquistou a Copa Sênior de Lancashire em 1896-97, 1904-05, 1906-07 e 1920-21.
O Colne FC disputou várias competições nacionais, incluindo a FA Cup, a FA Trophy e a FA Vase. O melhor desempenho do clube na FA Cup foi a quarta rodada em 1893-94, quando perdeu para o Sunderland por 6 a 1. O melhor desempenho do clube na FA Trophy foi a segunda rodada em 1984-85, quando perdeu para o Chorley por 2 a 1. O melhor desempenho do clube na FA Vase foi a terceira rodada em 1997-98, quando perdeu para o Skelmersdale United por 3 a 1.
O Colne FC é um clube de futebol com uma longa e rica história. O clube é um membro fundador da North West Counties Football League e conquistou vários títulos ao longo de sua história. O clube também disputou várias competições nacionais, incluindo a FA Cup, a FA Trophy e a FA Vase.