Saltash United in Saltash, Cornwall, United Kingdom | Football

Welcome to Saltash United Football Club, United Kingdom. Football in Saltash was first played as long ago as 1893. Teams played under several names - Essa, Saltash Stars and Saltash Town among them. The team disbanded with the onset of the Second World War and Saltash United was then formed in the 1946/47 season. Playing in the Cornwall Senior League Eastern Section, their pitch was at Maunders Field - now the location of Broad Walk. In the 1950/51 season they won the 'Triple Crown' taking all three Cornish senior trophies - the Cornwall Senior Cup, The Durning Lawrence Charity Cup and the Herald Cup.  In 1960/61 the Saltash United Football Club became founder members of the East Cornwall Premier League when their reserve side joined and they were the League Champions and losing finalists in the League Cup that year. The following season saw Saltash United Football Reserves runners up to Torpoint in the League and winners of the League Cup after defeating St. Blazey Reserves in the final. The goal-scoring achievements of centre forward Mike Green, who notched up 73 goals in the season, still stands as a league record.

On gaining promotion from the South Western League to the Western League in 1976, they won the First Division Championship in their first season. The Ashes went on to become one of the 'great forces' in the Western League Premier Division during the 80's; barely a season went by without the team securing at least one piece of silverware.  By the end of the 1994/95 season the Saltash United,Football Club returned to the South Western League as the high travelling expense of competing in the Western League took its toll. The club found adjusting to life two divisions lower than they were used to difficult and only have the Durning Lawrence Charity Cup, won in 2000/01, to show for their efforts.