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.
![Former Fleetwood Town FC manager Alan Tinsley is hoisted aloft by some of the former players and officials , who attended a surprise party held in his honour, at the Highbury Sports and Social Club, Fleetwood](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/32/onecms_dbbb2700-d7a8-4f09-b9c1-f1655d49b029.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
19. Footballing Memories
Former Fleetwood Town FC manager Alan Tinsley is hoisted aloft by some of the former players and officials , who attended a surprise party held in his honour, at the Highbury Sports and Social Club, Fleetwood | National World
![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. Supporters cheers as Flettwood Town players parade the trophy](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/53/onecms_e9cac03c-a6b0-4ce9-9d20-e2d86a65c870.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
20. 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. Supporters cheers as Flettwood Town players parade the trophy | National World
![Fleetwood Town FC general manager Les Taylor in front of the club's new stand, which opens this Saturday](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/43/onecms_e50513ad-2c0f-4e13-a877-a7f67de8e5f3.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
21. Footballing Memories
Fleetwood Town FC general manager Les Taylor in front of the club's new stand, which opens this Saturday | National World
![Pupils from Shakespeare Primary School, Fleetwood, wishing Fleetwood Town FC good luck before their all-important match last Saturday](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/28/onecms_f049d603-46d7-4f4c-8048-7487ac4fc66e.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
22. Footballing Memories
Pupils from Shakespeare Primary School, Fleetwood, wishing Fleetwood Town FC good luck before their all-important match last Saturday | National World
![Louise Tripp, Fleetwood Library assistant with the display of memorabelia from Fleetwood town F.C](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/28/onecms_ff64f042-c678-4dbb-955e-5b8ee783def1.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
23. Footballing Memories
Louise Tripp, Fleetwood Library assistant with the display of memorabelia from Fleetwood town F.C | National World
![Work begins on Fleetwood Town's Parkside stand](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/31/10/36/onecms_9fbe0040-fc9e-494f-87bf-e3eb73044840.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)