First 50 years Formed in 1949 by Jimmy Drinkwater, the club was initially named Stockton Heath Albion and competed in the Warrington and District League until 1953, when they moved to the
Mid Cheshire League. Freddie Worrall became manager at the same time, and during a 13-year spell in charge, the club won the league in 1959–60, plus the League Cup in three consecutive seasons during the 1950s. During his thirteen years at the helm, Heath were one of the most feared sides in Cheshire football, winning a string of honours including the Mid Cheshire League Championship in 1959–60, the League Cup in 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56 and made several appearances in the Cheshire Amateur Cup Final. Several players from this successful period went on to join
Football League clubs, including Ian Weir,
John Green, Alan Foster and
Roger Hunt, later a
World Cup winner with
England in 1966. At the club's 1961 AGM, it was decided to change the name to Warrington Town. In 1978, the club were founder members of Division Two of the
Cheshire County League. When it merged into the
North West Counties Football League in 1982, the club were founder members of Division Three. They finished as runners-up in the
first season, earning promotion to Division Two. In 1985–86, Warrington reached the semi-finals of the
FA Vase, losing 6–3 to
Halesowen Town in a replay. After finishing as runners-up in Division Two in
1986–87, the club were promoted to Division One. In the second round they lost 0–2 at
Gateshead, televised live on
BT Sport. Later in the season the club lifted its first trophy in 14 years by defeating
Farsley Celtic on penalties in the final of the
Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, held at
Edgeley Park. In August 2014, the club unveiled its current club badge following a design competition, replacing the previous design based on the town's crest. During the
2015–16 season the club set many new club records including scoring over 100 league goals and also winning over 30 league games in one season. Attendances at the club increased with a seasons average of 418 per game, including two crowds of over 1,000 for the games against
Northwich Victoria and
Prescot Cables. The Club Chairman decided to part company with manager
Shaun Reid by mutual consent in February 2016, replacing him with Stuart Mellish and Lee Smith. Mellish and Smith led Town to the league title, finishing 15 points clear and setting division records of 106 points and 121 goals scored, and gaining promotion to Northern Premier League Premier Division. Team captain
Ciaran Kilheeney was the top scorer in all 3 NPL divisions with 37 league goals, and he,
James McCarten and goalkeeper Karl Wills were named in the NPL Division One North team of the season.
NPL Premier Division At level seven in the
English football league system, the Northern Premier League Premier Division was the highest level that Warrington had ever reached. After 16 games of the 2016–17 season, while sixth in the table, management duo of Stuart Mellish and Lee Smith left by mutual consent and Chairman Macornac brought in
Paul Carden. Carden lead the team to a tenth-place finish in their first season in the division. In the
2017–18 Northern Premier League season Warrington improved on the previous campaign and ended up with a highest ever finish of third in the NPL Premier Division qualifying them for the play-offs, where they lost in a home semi-final against
Grantham Town. They followed this up in 2018–19 with another third-placed finish, in a season made more complicated by the expulsion of
North Ferriby United who went out of business partway through the campaign. In the play-offs Warrington beat
Nantwich Town 4–1 in a home semi-final, and then won 2–1 against
South Shields in the final. Normally this would have resulted in promotion to
National League North. However, as a one-off for the 2018–19 season, Town had to play a "super playoff" game against the play-off winners of the newly-formed
Southern League Premier Central Division. In this game Warrington lost 3–2 to
King's Lynn Town after extra time, and they remained in the Northern Premier League Premier Division for the 2019–20 season. As a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019–20 season was formally abandoned in March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged. After another abandoned season in 2020–21 and a play-off final defeat in 2021–22, it took more investment from the chairman which ensured Warrington finished the 2022–23 season as runners-up and were promoted to the
National League North for the first time in club history, beating
Bamber Bridge 1–0 in the play-off final at Cantilever Park. ==Current squad==