1971 - 2009 A BRIEF HISTORY
17 Jun 2007

CMB Sports Club

The Club was initially part of the Metal Box Sports Club, formed in the early 1970s providing Cricket and Football.

Over the years the club slowly declined and eventually the works closed and the existing club moved to Lock Lane in 2000. The Cricket team and the 11 a side football teams were all that remained and played at the new ground.

Small sided football was introduced around 2003 and the club witnessed an explosion of numbers in 2006 as increasingly more younger players were allowed to play organised football on a scale more suited to their size and capability. The club has since grown and the need for a proper committee structure, rules and an ethos about what the club stands for is now in place.

CMB Football Club will provide organised football for the youth of Bolton and surrounding districts regardless of their ability.

We do not turn players away, instead, if we have too many for one team, when numbers allow we will create another team. We try and produce teams of equal ability encompassing skilled and less able players in the same team. Our age groups have different themes and their names are based on that, for example one of our age groups is named after Bolton Wanderers FC, CMB Wanderers and after Manchester United our new Under 7�s are CMB United.

Over the years we have had a couple of players move on to Academies and then play in top flight football with several others playing in a semi professional capacity. More recently many of our younger players are invited to attend the Academy at Bolton, Manchester United & Manchester City for trials.

Our club emblem is designed around the Brazilian national crest due to our links with Coritiba FC. Their club badge can be viewed above.

Aswell as 11 a side and small sided football, two seasons ago we introduced 9 v 9 football to our under 11�s teams.

We currently field 10 teams, which means we have in excess of 100 boys, girls and adults playing organised football every week.

We are a FA Charter Standard Club and have held this status since November 2002. We will soon be conducting after school training with local primary schools within our area. This ensures that children who, for whatever reason do not wish to join a club, can benefit from at least having the opportunity to have a go and be coached by our fully qualified FA Coaching Staff delivering structured training sessions to all.

We have 11 qualified and CRB checked managers, coaches and volunteers. We actively pursue and train young referees and will be encouraging our 14 years+ to join the Young Coaches Association.

Our teams regularly enter tournaments both at home and abroad and we regularly host clubs from around the country and arrange games with them.
As a result of all our efforts both on and off the field, we have gained respect for being a good quality, progressive football club. The teams have achieved a number of trophies and awards.

We are committed to developing our home ground at Lock Lane to allow all our teams to be accommodated and play on one site. At the moment we are developing plans which will result in the provision of new drainage, an all weather training pitch, a clubhouse and extra car parking facilities.

The vision is there for a brighter future