Sutton Town A.F.C.

A previous club called Sutton Town existed until 1997. They played in the Northern Counties East League. They also spent time in the Midland Football League and the Northern Premier League. They were regular competitors in the Nottinghamshire Senior Cup. They still hold the joint record for most cup wins, along with Nottingham Forest. They were based at Priestsic Road in Sutton-in-Ashfield. Following the loss of the ground for the building of a supermarket, they moved to Lowmoor Road in the neighbouring town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield. They changed their name to Ashfield United because of a sponsorship deal with Ashfield District Council, however the club folded in 1997. This club was also nicknamed The Snipes.

Another now defunct club (1996), Oakham United, based close to the King's Mill Hospital on the boundary between Sutton and Mansfield, applied to change their name to Sutton Town when the previous club became defunct but were denied permission by the Nottinghamshire FA.

This incarnation of the club was formed in August 2007, to replace an older club, previously known as North Notts F.C., who disbanded. In 2013 they were promoted to the East Midlands Counties League as champions of the Central Midlands League South Division. In June 2014 the club resigned from the league after they were unable to come to a suitable agreement over a lease at home ground The Fieldings that would enable them to be promoted in the future, which is a league requirement. They now had the option of trying to join another league which would allow them to continue at the same ground, but the problem remained that the Snipes would not be eligible for promotion under the terms of their current lease.[2]

• North Notts at the Football Club History Database
• Ashfield United at the Football Club History Database
• Sutton Town (original) at the Football Club History Database
• Oakham United at the Football Club History Database