Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	6-0	03/08/21 v St Martins (First Division South)
Biggest Away Win	8-0	05/03/22 v St Martins (First Division South)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-3	15/01/22 v New Mills (First Division South)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-4	13/11/21 v New Mills (First Division South)
Highest Drawn Game	3-3	18/09/21 v Cammell Laird 1907 (H) (First Division South)
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	8	05/03/22 8-0 v St Martins (A) (First Division South)
		19/10/21 5-3 v Cheadle Heath Nomads (A) (First Division South)
		18/12/21 5-3 v FC Isle of Man (A) (First Division South)

 

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	22		24		46
Won	11	50.00%	9	37.50%	20	43.48%
Drawn	5	22.73%	5	20.83%	10	21.74%
Lost	6	27.27%	10	41.67%	16	34.78%
Scored	48	2.18	49	2.04	97	2.11
Conceded	34	1.55	43	1.79	77	1.67

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Buildbase FA Vase	3rd Round	0-4	Loughborough University	(A)
The Macron Cup	2nd Round	1-2	Macclesfield	(A)
The First Division Cup	3rd Round	1-2	FC Isle of Man	(H)
Cheshire Senior Cup	1st Round	1-2	Crewe Alexandra	(A)
First Division South		0-0	Eccleshall	(A)

 

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	223	26/03/22 v Abbey Hulton United (First Division South)
Lowest Attendance	74	06/11/21 v Barnton (First Division South)
Average Attendance	22 games	140

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	1 game
Last Defeat	0 games
Goalless Draw	2 games
Score Draw	7 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	2 games
Clean Sheet	2 games

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	6	13.04%	8	17.39%
One	15	32.61%	15	32.61%
Two	13	28.26%	11	23.91%
Three	3	6.52%	8	17.39%
Four	3	6.52%	4	8.70%
Five or more	6	13.04%	0	0.00%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	0	0.00%	1	50.00%	1	33.33%
16-30	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
31-45	0	0.00%	1	50.00%	1	33.33%
46-60	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
61-75	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
76-90	1	100.00%	0	0.00%	1	33.33%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

 

History

Sandbach United Football Club was established in 2004 when Sandbach Albion and Sandbach Ramblers joined forces in their quest to improve the football facilities in Sandbach. Hence the R & A on the club badge.; In January 2004, the membership of Sandbach Albion and Sandbach Ramblers voted in favour of amalgamation, with the aim of playing as a single club from the start of the 2004/5 season.; Sandbach Albion was formerly known as Hays Junior Football Club and was founded in 1994, playing on the pitches of what was then Albion Chemicals.; As health and safety issues became more prevalent in the 90's they left that site and for 5 years the Senior home ground was at Sandbach cricket club.; The younger sides played their games at junior schools throughout Sandbach. Sandbach Ramblers Youth Football Club was formed in 1995 to provide access to schoolboy football for the youth of Sandbach.;
Of course there had been a Ramblers team in the town before, Sandbach Ramblers were initially formed over 100 years ago, playing in the Cheshire County League and winning the Cheshire FA Senior Cup in 1914, before folding in 1975 reforming in 1979 and disbanding in the late 1980s.


In 2006 Sandbach United formed the adult team, which initially competed in the Crewe and District League before moving to the Staffordshire Senior League First Division and then being promoted to the Premier Division for the 2008/9 season. In 2011, the club was awarded grants by the Football Foundation and the local council of over £2 million to build a 3G pitch and 9 grass pitches, together with changing rooms and an education facility. The Sandbach Community Football Centre was opened early in the 2011/12 season.;

United switched to the Cheshire League in 2011 and won promotion to the Premier Division for the 2013/14 season before moving to The North West Counties Division one league for the 2016/17 season. The clubs first season in the NWCFL D1 League was better than they could have dreamt, winning the Macron Club of the Month in December, finishing in 6th place and the playoffs in Division 1 as well as being Reusch First Division Challenge Cup Runners up. Their goal keeper, Ryan Moss also collected two Reusch Keeper of the Month awards. In another first for the club, the 2017/18 season saw the club enter The FA Vase with a home 2nd Qualifying Round fixture against AFC Emley.;

The 2018/19 season provided the club with its first trophy since joining The North West Counties Football League as they defeated Avro FC 4–2 to lift The First Division Challenge Cup.[7] The club also made their debut in the FA Cup, joining the competition in the extra preliminary round, but got knocked out by Parkgate in this round.[3]

The 2019/20 season was very different indeed, Sandbach United were unable to replicate the high league position for most of the season and struggled with many player changes which disrupted the team. However they did continue to impress in the challenge cup as holders it gave the team hope of some success. Sadly the season was curtailed and declared null and void due to COVID 19, this ironically was to be a blessing a it gave the team chance to regroup and when the league decided to play out the remaining rounds of the cup in September 2020 Sandbach took the chance and went on to retain the cup in an exciting game against AFC Liverpool. The game finished 2-2 with Sandbach coming from behind twice, the cup was ultimately decided on penalties with Sandbach the victors with a 4-3 shootout score. A further piece of luck sees Sandbach get another shot at promotion after the null and void season meant it was 4 to be promoted again in the 2020/21 season.

The 2020/21 season was once again badly affected by the COVID 19 pandemic and was curtailed with Sandbach holding one of the promotion places. However a change in how the FA decided to calculate the PPG meant that we missed out again on promotion.


The club has over 600 players and 40+ teams that operate from its Hind Heath Road base. United have teams playing in the Mid -Cheshire Youth League and the Cheshire Girls League among others and the age range covers adults and veterans teams right down to Soccer School for Reception and Year 1 children.