Football in Fleetwood has a long and arguably chequered past but the last 20 years or so has seen the team rise the ranks, promotion after promotion, an incredible new stadium and a fan base to rival any other.
We are season ticket holders, my dad has supported Fleetwood all his life and despite his ageing years, he turns out to every home game, like thousands of others from our home town. It’s in the blood.
These pictures rewind the clock to earlier days, back in the 1960s and 70s and right up to the more recent past. They are an eclectic mix of photos from our archives.
These pictures rewind the clock to earlier days, back in the 1960s and 70s and right up to the more recent past. They are an eclectic mix of photos from our archives.
![Construction work underway to build the Percy Ronson stand](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/9/56/onecms_5be622a1-011b-4feb-9415-833a2ba75b9d.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
7. Footballing Memories
Construction work underway to build the Percy Ronson stand | National World
![Jim's Sports Bar](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/9/21/onecms_30e34684-2e73-4d3f-88e6-f35915d984cd.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![xx](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/9/34/onecms_51a56ec1-c28d-436a-b9d0-651d5a052cea.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
9. 30-05-2024. Picture Michael Gillen. FALKIRK. East Bridge Street. MSP Michael Matheson's office. Striking Forth Valley College lecturers, members of EIS FELA (Further Education Lecturers Association) union gather outside the constituency office of Michael Matheson MSP to draw attention to them not having had a pay rise since 2021. Pictured front right,  Anne-Marie Harley EIS-FELA Branch Convenor at Forth Valley College.
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![Old stands come down during demolition work at Fleetwood Town 's Highbury stadium](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/9/05/onecms_71c7a4b2-9266-405c-9262-8b892847cb09.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
10. Footballing Memories
Old stands come down during demolition work at Fleetwood Town 's Highbury stadium | National World
![The Percy Ronson stand as it opened](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/9/39/onecms_292a16c4-9ae8-4c7d-8997-4b7790538877.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Former Fleetwood Wanderers chairman Jim Betmead and President Brian Cartmell at the Highbury Ave stadium](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/9/09/onecms_0584c106-5bd6-4d5a-b472-633856e11427.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
12. Footballing Memories
Former Fleetwood Wanderers chairman Jim Betmead and President Brian Cartmell at the Highbury Ave stadium | National World