Prestwich Heys A.F.C.

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Prestwich Heys (previously Heys Old Boys)
Full namePrestwich Heys Amateur Football Club
Nickname(s)The Heys
Founded1938 (Heys Old Boys) 1964 (Prestwich Heys)
GroundAdie Moran Park, Prestwich
ChairmanJonathan Lyons
ManagerRyan Hutchinson
LeagueNorth West Counties League Premier Division
2023–24North West Counties League Premier Division, 8th of 24
Prestwich Heys match action 2008–09 season
Former skipper Lee Connell in action for Heys in 2006

Prestwich Heys A.F.C. is a semi-professional football club based in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England.

Heys run one senior side competing in the North West Counties League Premier Division. Heys now have a Youth Team formed in the 2020–21 season ran by Nick Simister.

League history

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Records

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League Positions:
1st in the Lancashire Combination 1970–71
4th in the North West Counties League Division Three 1982–83
1st in the Manchester Football League Premier Division 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2015–16

FA Cup:
Second round qualifying v Mossley 1973–74 (lost 3–2)
Second round qualifying v Stalybridge Celtic 1978–79 (lost 4–1)
Second round qualifying v Southport, 1983–84 (lost 1–0)

FA Amateur Cup:
Quarter-final v Enfield 1969–70 (lost 2–0)

FA Trophy
Second round qualifying v Leeds & Carnegie College 1974–75 (lost 2–1)

FA Vase
Preliminary round (on 7 occasions)

LWC Drinks Cup (Inter league cup)

Winners 2017-18 v Cammel Laird (won 2–1)

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