Broughton United A.F.C.

Broughton United

Full name	Broughton United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Saints
Founded	2024
Ground	Northop Hall Pavilion
League	North East Wales Division One
2024–25	North East Wales Championship Division, 1st of 15 (promoted)

Broughton United Football Club are a Welsh football club from Broughton, Flintshire, Wales. They play in the North East Wales Division One.

History

The club shares it name with Broughton United F.C. who appeared in The Combination, an early league in English football and in five Welsh Cup competitions where they reached the quarter-finals three times.

The current Broughton United side has its own origins in the junior football scene, going as far back as 1976, and comes from the merger of the village’s junior sides, Broughton Super Saints and Broughton Park. ^[1] The junior teams run the full age range from under 5's to 17 years old. ^[2] . The club's home ground is at Brookes Avenue in Broughton.

A senior side was created in 2024 for youth players who had progressed through the junior system who were looking to play senior football. The club's debut season was 2024–25 in the tier five North East Wales Football League Championship. This was a successful season for the club where they finished as league champions, gaining promotion tier four. ^{[3] [4]} They finished their debut season with an 8-0 win over Skippy, meaning they had won 25 of their 28 matches, scoring 172 goals. ^[5]

For the 2025-26 season the club will be playing their home games in the village of Northop Hall, at the Northop Hall Pavilion.

The club's nickname owes it's lineage to the Broughton Super Saints.

Honours

• North East Wales Football League Championship – Winners: 2023–24

External links

• Club website
• Club Twitter account
• Club Facebook account
• Club Instagram account

References

1. "About Us". Broughton United FC. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
2. "Our teams". Broughton United FC. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
3. Jones, Dave (23 April 2025). "North East Wales League: Deeside United resign – Broughton are champions". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
4. "Broughton United make sure they're Championship champs". theleader. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
5. Jones, Dave (29 April 2025). "North East Wales League: Mynydd Isa complete title double, debutant champs Broughton win in style". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 3 August 2025.