Middleton & Overton Sports FC history

A recorded timeline of names, grounds and honours for football in Middleton and Overton — from Overton FC and earlier Middleton sides, through TIC Dynamos, to today’s club at Middleton Park in Morecambe.

Overview

The club lineage has moved from Overton-based sides through shared Middleton & Overton setups, the TIC Dynamos era, to today’s Middleton & Overton Sports FC, a grassroots football club based at Middleton Park, Morecambe. About the club covers who we are now; this page keeps the historical record as it was written down.

Name evolution

Overton FC → Overton + Middleton FC → TIC Dynamos of O+M → TIC Dynamos of M+O → Middleton & Overton Sports FC

Re-started

2006/07 — B Doyle & K Riley

Ground history

Where teams trained and played by season (youth / club notes as recorded).

Season	Ground & notes
2006/07	Heysham High / King George’s — Overton FC (1 team)
2007/08	Heysham High / King George — Overton FC (2 teams)
2008/09	Heysham High / King George’s — Overton FC (2 teams)
2009/10	Pitch unavailable (Overton — Lancaster Road pitch unfit); moved temporarily to Middleton
2010/11	Middleton & Overton FC — 2 teams
2011/12	Expansion across Middleton & King George (Lancaster) — TIC Dynamos (3 teams)
2012/13	Continued expansion — 3 teams
2013/14	Middleton & King George — TIC Dynamos — 3 teams
2014/15	Played out of Middleton — TIC Dynamos — 2 teams
2015/16	Same setup — 2 teams
2016/17	Same setup — 2 teams
2017/18	Attempted move to Salt Ayre (did not proceed immediately)
2018/19	Folded 1st team; restarted with 2 teams
2019/20	Middleton & Overton Sports FC — 1 team
2020/21	Middleton & Overton Sports FC — 2 teams
2021/22	Middleton & Overton Sports FC — 2 teams
2022/23	M&O Sports FC
2023/24	M&O Sports FC
2024/25	M&O Sports FC
2025/26	M&O Sports FC

North Lancs team numbers

Number of teams in the North Lancashire league by season (as recorded).

Season	Teams
2006/07	62
2007/08	64
2008/09	64
2009/10	64
2010/11	65
2011/12	63
2012/13	59
2013/14	58
2014/15	57
2015/16	54
2016/17	50
2017/18	46
2018/19	42
2019/20	37
2020/21	32
2021/22	24
2022/23	16
2023/24	13

Honours & competition history

1970s & 1980s

Season	Team	Competition	Result
1971/72	Middleton & District	North Lancs Div 4	Winners
1975/76	Middleton & District	North Lancs Div 3	Winners
1976/77	Middleton & District	North Lancs Div 2	Winners
1976/77	Middleton & District Res	North Lancs Div 3	Winners
1978/79	Middleton	Senior Cup	Winners
1978/79	Middleton	Premier Division Cup	Winners
1978/79	Middleton	North Lancs Prem	Winners
1979/80	Middleton	North Lancs Prem	Winners
1979/80	Middleton	Premier Division Cup	Winners

1980s

Season	Team	Competition	Result
1981/82	Middleton	West Lancs Div 2	4th
1982/83	Middleton	West Lancs Div 2	2nd (promoted)
1983/84	Middleton	West Lancs Div 1	9th
1983/84	Middleton Res	North Lancs Div 1	Winners
1984/85	Middleton	West Lancs Div 1	14th
1984/85	Overton Nomads	North Lancs Div 2	Winners
1984/85	Overton Nomads	Division 2 Cup	Winners
1985/86	Middleton	West Lancs Div 1	17th
1985/86	Overton Nomads	North Lancs Div 1	Winners
1988/89	Middleton	North Lancs Div 3	Winners

1990s

Season	Team	Competition	Result
1994/95	Middleton FC	Cunningham Challenge Cup	Winners
1995/96	Middleton FC	North Lancs Div 3	Winners
1996/97	Middleton FC	Division 2 Cup	Winners
1996/97	Middleton FC Res	Cunningham Challenge Cup	Winners

2000s & 2010s

Season	Team	Competition	Result
2006/07	Overton FC	North Lancs Div 4	4th (promoted)
2007/08	Overton FC	North Lancs Div 3	3rd (promoted)
2008/09	Overton FC	North Lancs Div 2	3rd (promoted)

TIC Dynamos era

Season	Team	Competition	Result
2011/12	TIC Dynamos	North Lancs Div 1	Winners
2011/12	TIC Dynamos	Holden Solicitors Gibson Cup	Winners
2011/12	TIC Dynamos	North Lancs Div 2	2nd (promoted)
2011/12	TIC Dynamos Res	Whiteside Challenge Cup	Runner-up
2012/13	TIC Dynamos	North Lancs Prem	Winners
2012/13	TIC Dynamos ‘A’	Cunningham Challenge Cup	Winners

Recent years

Season	Team	Competition	Result
2016/17	TIC Dynamos	North Lancs Div 1	2nd (promoted)
2016/17	TIC Dynamos	Holden Solicitors Cup	Runner-up
2019/20	Middleton & Overton Sports FC	North Lancs Div 2	4th (promoted)
2021/22	Middleton & Overton Sports FC	North Lancs Div 1	Runner-up

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