But dedicated fans are planning to celebrate the club's glory years by converting the Wincham Park gym into a museum.

A newly-formed supporters' association will oversee the project, which will also create a bigger souvenir shop.

"We've not had too much good publicity recently so we wanted to do something positive," explained Jim Powell, secretary of Witton Albion Supporters Association 2000.

"We see the museum as an extension of George Haspell's book Sons of Albion. When people read the book they might find it hard to visualise some of the events. The museum will help them do that."

The search for exhibits will be kick-started by the cardboard boxes full of memorabilia handed down to Jim by his grandfather, an ex Witton chairman.

He has trophies, dating back to the 1930's, right through to the shirts from Witton's last match at The Central Ground.

But he's still searching for other key items, including a medal from Albion's 3-1 defeat in the 1992 FA Trophy final at Wembley.

"I'm trying to get hold of Mike Lutkevitch who scored for Witton that day," said Jim.

"I've got an A4 sheet with both sides full of names of people I want to get hold of."

WASA 2000 hope to convert the gym, at no cost to the club, in time for the start of the next season.

In the meantime the association will make sure it's fully up and running for the start of the next millennium.

"There's a lot more confidence at the club at the moment thanks to the current board," added Jim. "This is a way for us to let the board know we have confidence in them. We've seen how hard they're working for the club and we're willing to work as hard for the supporters."

WASA 2000 elected its officials and a committee at a meeting on Thursday. They are: Paul Broadhurst (president), Len Holman (chairman), Tony Waterman (treasurer), Jim Powell (secretary), John Powell, Dennis Conneely, Adam Knight, Neil Wilson, Joanne Phillips and Alan Potts (committee members).

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