With New Mills going out of the FA Vase last weekend, our league is without a representative in the quarter finals of the competition for only the second time since 1999.
In response to a number of enquiries, here's a list of our best performers in the FA Vase over the past ten years.
1999-2000 - Mossley lost 3-1 to eventual winners Deal Town in the quarter final.
2000-01 - Clitheroe lost 8-4 on aggregate to eventual winners Taunton Town in the semi final. After winning 4-3 home, Clitheroe lost 5-0 in the second leg down in Somerset.
2001-02 - Clitheroe lost 2-1 at home to eventual winners Whitley Bay in the quarter final.
2002-03 - Mossley lost 2-0 at home to eventual losing finalists AFC Sudbury in the quarter final.
2003-04 - Colne lost 4-3 on aggregate to AFC Sudbury in the semi final. After a 3-2 defeat down in Suffolk in the first leg, Colne were held 1-1 at the Holt House Stadium in the second leg, and AFC Sudbury went on to lose in the final for second year in a row.
2004-05 - Colne lost 3-2 at home to eventual winners Didcot Town in the Fifth Round. Didcot inflicted a third successive final defeat on AFC Sudbury.
2005-06 - Nantwich Town lifted the Vase with a 3-1 win over Hillingdon Borough at Birmingham City's St Andrews ground. This was a particularly good year for our league, with Cammell Laird reaching the semi final (losing 5-0 on aggregate to Nantwich in an all-NWCFL semi final), and Squires Gate reached the quarter final, where they lost 2-0 at Hillingdon Borough.
2006-07 - Curzon Ashton lost 3-2 on aggregate to Truro City in the semi final. After winning 1-0 at the Tameside Stadium in the first leg, Curzon lost 3-1 in the second leg down in Cornwall.
2007-08 - Kirkham & Wesham lifted the trophy with a 2-1 win over Lowestoft Town in the final at Wembley.
2008-09 - Glossop North End fail to make it two in a row for the Vodkat League, going down 2-0 to Whitley Bay in the final at Wembley.
2009-10 - New Mills are the last Vodkat League representatives to go out of the competition, losing 2-0 to Norton & Stockton Ancients in the Fifth Round.
