Abbey Hulton United Football Club is a football club based in Abbey Hulton, in Stoke-on-Trent, England. They are currently members of the and play at Birches Head Road.
The club was established in 1947. They joined the Longton League, before transferring to the Burslem & Tunstall League. The club were Division Two runners-up in 1973âÂÂ74 and won the Division One title and the League Cup double in 1978âÂÂ79. They then moved into the Fenton & District League and were Division One runners-up in 1981âÂÂ82 before winning the Division One title, the League Cup and the Charity Cup in 1982âÂÂ83.
In 1985 Abbey Hulton joined the North Staffs Alliance League after moving to their Birches Head Road Ground. Two seasons later they moved up to the Staffordshire County League. After winning the Division One and League Cup double in 1997âÂÂ98, the club transferred to the Midland League. They were Midland League champions in 2003âÂÂ04. When the league merged with the Staffordshire County League to form the Staffordshire County Senior League, Abbey Hulton were placed in the Premier Division.
Abbey Hulton were Staffordshire County Senior League champions in 2016âÂÂ17, earning promotion to Division One of the North West Counties League. When the division was split in 2018 the club were placed in Division One South. In 2024âÂÂ25 they finished second in the division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Eccleshall 5âÂÂ0 in the semi-finals, the club defeated Stafford Town on penalties in the final, securing promotion to the Premier Division of the Midland League.
For the first 15 years of their existence the club played on a site owned by the council, with the changing rooms located over a mile away. In 1962 they moved to Bucknall Park, where they played for the next 23 years. In 1985 the club bought a 99-year lease on a piece of land on Birches Head Road, where they built a clubhouse and established their current ground.