Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	5-1	05/10/24 v Squires Gate (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Win	5-0	05/11/24 v Dronfield Town (Derbyshire Senior Cup)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-4	28/09/24 v Lower Breck (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-5	16/11/24 v Lower Breck (Premier Division)
Highest Drawn Home Game	2-2	12/10/24 v Longridge Town (Premier Division) 01/10/24 v Abbey Hulton United (The Macron Cup)
Highest Drawn Away Game	2-2	08/10/24 v Bury (Premier Division) 18/01/25 v Colne (Premier Division) 03/12/24 v Belper Town (Derbyshire Senior Cup)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	7	2-5 22/03/25 v AFC Liverpool (Premier Division)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	7	3-4 20/08/24 v Padiham (Premier Division)

 

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	26		29		55
Won	7	26.92%	12	41.38%	19	34.55%
Drawn	4	15.38%	7	24.14%	11	20.00%
Lost	15	57.69%	10	34.48%	25	45.45%
Scored	37	1.42	45	1.55	82	1.49
Conceded	46	1.77	47	1.62	93	1.69

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Emirates F.A Cup	Preliminary Round	1-2	West Didsbury & Chorlton	(H)
The Isuzu FA Vase	1st Round	1-2	Sandbach United	(H)
The Macron Cup	2nd Round	0-4	Winsford United	(A)
Derbyshire Senior Cup	3rd Round	2-2	Belper Town	(A)
	3-4 on penalties
Manchester Premier Cup	1st Round	0-3	Irlam	(A)

 

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	26 games	301

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	1 game
Goalless Draw	29 games
Score Draw	8 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	4 games
Clean Sheet	0 games

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	12	21.82%	14	25.45%
One	19	34.55%	12	21.82%
Two	15	27.27%	17	30.91%
Three	5	9.09%	3	5.45%
Four	2	3.64%	7	12.73%
Five or more	2	3.64%	2	3.64%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	10	12.20%	9	0.00%	10	5.75%
16-30	18	21.95%	14	15.22%	32	18.39%
31-45	10	12.20%	12	13.04%	22	12.64%
46-60	8	9.76%	21	22.83%	29	16.67%
61-75	15	18.29%	14	15.22%	29	16.67%
76-90	21	25.61%	21	22.83%	42	24.14%
90-105	0	0.00%	1	1.09%	1	0.57%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

 

History

It�s a classic quiz question � which is the smallest town in England to have been the home of a top division football club? The answer � Glossop.

Of course, it's a long time since that 1899/1900 season but the Hillmen (or Hillsmen, as they were known back then, in honour of owner Sir Samuel Hill-Wood) supporters never forget the proud history of the club. However more recently they were given some more moments that they will talk about in the town for years to come and are hopeful of providing a few more.

Founded in 1886, Glossop North End began by playing friendly amateur matches. They entered the North Cheshire League in 1890 and introduced professional players in 1894. Their Chairman and benefactor was local cotton magnate Sir Samuel Hill-Wood who later left to become Chairman of Woolwich Arsenal. In 1898, on their third application, they were admitted to the Football League.

In their first season, by finishing runners-up to Manchester City, they won promotion to the Football League Division 1. Unfortunately, they spent just one year in the division, the best victory being a 3-0 result against Nottingham Forest.

Glossop played in League Division 2 until the end of the 1914/15 season, In 1908/09 reaching the quarter finals of the FA Cup where they lost to Bristol City in a replay. They ceased playing during the latter part of the First World War but were reformed by Oswald Partington MP, who had been club captain in the 1890�s.

Between the wars the club played in the Lancashire Combination and the Manchester League, of which they were champions in 1927/28. They also won the Gilgryst Cup on three occasions.

Matches again ceased during the Second World War, Glossop rejoining the Manchester League afterwards. They won the Gilgryst Cup for a fourth time in 1949.

In 1955 they moved from their original ground at North Road to the present home at Surrey Street. Since then they have played in the Lancashire Combination, the Manchester and the Cheshire Leagues before becoming founder members of the North West Counties League in 1982.

Glossop have spent most of the time in the First (now Premier) division, although much of it was spent at the lower end fighting against relegation, whilst the club itself fought for survival, victim of a criminally corrupt owner in the 1980s. It was only the hard work of board members and supporters kept the club afloat after the disgraced regime. There was a little success � the club was Manchester Premier Cup winners in 1997 and 1998, and Derbyshire Cup winners in 2000-01.

More recently though, things have improved for the Hillmen. 2008/09 saw the biggest day in the history of the club after Steve Young & Terry Hincks� side embarked on a terrific FA Vase run which saw North End reach the final at Wembley. They played in every single round of the competition leaving some fantastic memories for supporters along the way... none more dramatic than the 123rd minute equalizer in the semi-final against Chalfont St. Peter. This led to a penalty shootout where the Hillman seized the opportunity to head down Wembley Way.

Whilst the final saw a disappointing result � losing 2-0 to Whitley Bay � the run awakened interest in the Hillmen throughout the town. There is now a thriving Supporters Club, which has funded makeovers to the ground and helped generate interest in the club home and away.

This forms part of a more dramatic overhaul that has seen a refurbishment of changing rooms, a new clubhouse, a new covered standing area and new perimeter fencing. Ground grading for the league above has been achieved too and the club feels it is ready to progress up the pyramid.

Manager Chris Willcock is the man appointed to the task, and he had a very exciting first season in charge in 2013-14, taking the club to a 3rd place finish � it�s highest in the NWCFL � and a Derbyshire Senior Cup Final. Optimism is high for 2014-15 and everyone at the club is hopeful that Glossop North End can now realise plans for an exciting future as a club at the heart of the community.

2015/16 – Hello Step 4
In their first season the Evo-Stik Northern First Division they reached the playoffs but were beaten by Northwich Victoria.

2016/17
Finished 8th in the league after stuttering end to the season. Manager Chris Willcock resigned shortly after the end of the season and the board replaced him with Paul Phillips and Steve Halford.

2017/18
Glossop started well under the new management duo. Starting with almost a new squad they maintained a solid payoff position through until mid season. Unfortunately with the team suffering multiple injuries, including Keeper/manager Philips, the management had to play almost 60 players throughout the year. With a result the team's position started to slip into mid table. On 12th March the management pair left the club to join local rivals Buxton FC, leaving the club managerless for the remaining half dozen games. The board acted quickly to appoint Mark Canning, former GNE player and latterly goalkeeper coach under Halford/Philips, as caretaker manager until the end of the season. Mark was assisted by Andy Bishop, of Bury FC fame, in the role of Joint Manager/Player. The team finished a respectable 11th when the final table was drawn up.

2018/19
Andy and Mark's role was made a permanent position at the start of the 2018-19 season. The start of the season saw a very young squad attempt to play at the NPL level with a few highlights of recording the first win of the season after beating Radcliffe at Stainton Park. Few other highlights on the pitch saw Mark and Andy's reign come to an end after a Widnes match on 13th Oct 2018. After a short search the board appointed ex Mossley due Peter Band and Lloyd Morrison as joint managers a couple of days later. The duo's task was to keep the club in the NPL and with wins against relegation rivals this was achieved with a few weeks to go in the season.

2019/20
After another change in league boundaries, set by the league, Glossop found themselves in the new season in a South Eastern division. In an unprecedented move the majority of football activities were ceased mid March 2020 due to the coronavirus, and by the end of March the NPL took the decision along with all step 4 and lower divisions to end the season early and expunge all results with no promotion or relegation taking place.

2020/21
Due to the Null and Void end to the previous season Glossop found themselves still in the South East Division rather than the re-aligned league which should have been introduced in the 20/21 season.

In April 2023 GNE were relegated from step 4 after a period of 8 years, ending manager Stuart Mellish's two year stint at the helm. Michael Worthington was appointed as manager in the summer of 2023 as the Hillmen head into their first season back in the NWCFL.