The Club has existed in some form or other for over 100 years and, apart from World War 1 and a single season in the mid 70s when the pitch was renovated, has an unbroken & prominent history in local amateur football playing in the Buxton, New Mills, Manchester; Stockport and Hope Valley Leagues. (See also Arthur Jackson Remembers).

Currently riding high in the Hope Valley Premier League Whaley are rarely out of the top 3 and have a reputation as being a well managed club with a strong and dedicated backroom Committee (see 'Management') all of whom have specific responsibilities and leave the football to the managers.  The reserves remit is to develop youth from the juniors with a balanced team of youth and experience that can and does compete usually high up in the A Division. 

In 2002 our changing facilities at “Horwich Park” were upgraded thanks to a financial partnership between the Club; HPBC; Town Council and Sport England Lottery.  However that was then and this is now and the Committee continues to be very proactive and has ambitions to further improve its facilities, raise the standard of football and expand the organisation.

A Heritage Lottery Fund bid (HLF) has been put together by a consultant to HPBC, in partnership with the Town Council and various other local organisations to renovate and improve the Memorial Park which includes 'Horwich Park'.  WBFC is one of those partner organisations and has submitted its proposals to improve the playing surface, upgrade the Multi User Games Area and improve the infrastructure; these will form part of the global bid the success of which will be known by March 2009.

At their respective AGMs in 20007/08 under Chairmen Steve Rampley and Ralph Pettingell the Senior and Junior Club (formed in 1990) voted in principle to merge and create a revised organisation and constitution etc.  This was eventually ratified in June 2010; the proposed structure will comprise 2 senior teams and a full compliment of junior boys and some junior girls teams providing continuity and development from an early age through to the senior level and accordingly we are also now actively seeking global charter status with the help of the Derbyshire FA. 

Ultimately it is important that we attain the capacity to continually raise the bar for the seniors through the competitive football league pyramid structure and also to provide a level for the juniors to aspire to and in an environment that befits and can sustain an enterprise of this order; we hope that a successful HLF bid will help achieve those goals.

For those reasons our sponsors are also very important to us and accordingly we have appointed a Sponsor Liaison specifically to deal with matters relating to sponsorship.

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