Rothwell Corinthians FC

Rothwell Corinthians began to play competitive football in 1934 when they joined the Kettering and District Amateur League. The idea of the team was first put forward in a terrace house in Littlewood Street. At that time the league had three divisions and the Corinthians were placed in the Second Division.

When football resumed after the second World War, the Corinthians were playing at the old recreation ground. This venue was their headquarters for the majority of the next twenty years.

The Corinthians introduced their first reserve team into the league in 1950 and, nine years later, they brought the first league honours to the club when they became Champions of Division Three.

The following season the first team won the First Division Championship and they repeated this feat in 1964. However, the following season they were relegated and by the end of the decade they found themselves in the Third Division.

It was not until 1979 that they began to get themselves noticed again as they were promoted to the First Division and also managed to reach the N.F.A. Area Cup Final. The 1980-81 season marked the beginning of the emergence of the club as we know it today. With the move to Rothwell Town's Cricket Ground came a more professional approach to the organisation of the club. Coinciding with this the League had re-styled itself as the East Midlands Alliance and lifted its standards, a move much appreciated by the Corinthians. In 1984 the Corinthians gained promotion to the Premier Division. Meanwhile, behind the scenes the club had purchased the land on which the present facilities are located. These facilities were officially opened by Northampton Town in 1986.

Season 1989-90 saw the Corinthians lift their first Premier Division Championship. The season 1994-95 saw them secure their second Premier Championship, and after consultation with the United Counties league Management Committee, promotion was secured.

Subsequently there have been improvements in the Corinthians facilities, the biggest being the introduction of floodlights, all geared towards meeting the criteria for the United Counties Premier Division. This remains the Corinthians next objective.

Recent seasons have seen the club accepted into the F.A.Vase and two succesive appearances in the Northamptonshire Junior Cup Final. Last season saw the Reserves finsh as runners-up and gain promotion to UCL Reserve Division 1.

Recently the club seen the introduction of a Youth Team into the Northants Senior Youth League as part of the ongoing objective to produce good quality players for the senior teams.In their first season that team won the league cup. The season of 2005-2006 was again highly successful with the team finishing as runners-up in the league and progressing to the 3rd round of the FA Youth Cup