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.
![Fleetwood Town V Main Road in the final of the NW League at Fleetwood Town FC. Fleetwood players in celebration after winning the Championship trophy. Lee Pryers throws his shirt into the crowd of supporters.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/9/55/onecms_8198649a-ffb1-4428-8ba2-03cce3fd358e.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
13. Footballing Memories
Fleetwood Town V Main Road in the final of the NW League at Fleetwood Town FC. Fleetwood players in celebration after winning the Championship trophy. Lee Pryers throws his shirt into the crowd of supporters. | National World
![Fleetwood Town FC... all our yesterdays](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/05/onecms_abcb0db6-855b-4b0f-85eb-a3f1704dc3ad.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Jim's Sports Bar at Fleetwood Town Football Club, Highbury Stadium](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/06/onecms_b6f36608-5894-48cc-b7d6-1f63f825634e.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
15. Footballing Memories
Jim's Sports Bar at Fleetwood Town Football Club, Highbury Stadium | National World
![This was the crowd scene back in 1965 when Fleetwood Town FC played Rochdale](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/45/onecms_b5c7c78c-934c-4527-8e6d-7ed43da0a2a0.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
16. Footballing Memories
This was the crowd scene back in 1965 when Fleetwood Town FC played Rochdale | National World
![The £1m redevelopment of Fleetwood Town 's Highbury Stadium is under way](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/59/onecms_d52cb5a7-04fc-485c-8df8-d2d9d0c3e66f.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
17. Footballing Memories
The £1m redevelopment of Fleetwood Town 's Highbury Stadium is under way | National World
![Billy Ronson, Blackpool's midfield player and his father Percy, the former Fleetwood winger, pay a visit from their Fleetwood home to the now deserted and derelict Fleetwood Ground at Highbury Stadium-with a ball of course
1977](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/33/onecms_c6d29b11-c18f-4b04-a43e-3dbbd3605f8c.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
18. Footballing Memories
Billy Ronson, Blackpool's midfield player and his father Percy, the former Fleetwood winger, pay a visit from their Fleetwood home to the now deserted and derelict Fleetwood Ground at Highbury Stadium-with a ball of course 1977 | National World