Runcorn Linnets F.C.
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| Full name | Runcorn Linnets Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Linnets |
| Founded | 28 April 2006 |
| Ground | Millbank Linnets Stadium |
| Capacity | 1,600 |
| Chairman | Derek Greenwood |
| Manager | Michael Ellison |
| League | North West Counties League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | North West Counties League Premier Division, 2nd |
Runcorn Linnets F.C. are an English football club based in Runcorn, Cheshire. The club currently plays in the North West Counties League Premier Division, the ninth tier of English football, and is a full member of the Cheshire County Football Association. The club is run by a trust, which is an Industrial and Provident Society, and is registered with the Financial Services Authority.
The club was formed on 28 April 2006 as a replacement for the town's previous club, Runcorn F.C. Halton, which had resigned from the Northern Premier League due to financial difficulties. The original Runcorn club's biggest success had been winning the 1981–82 Alliance Premier League title, although they failed to reach the Football League as the league's members had voted against them joining. The club is run by the Supporters Trust, which had been set up as "The Linnets Independent Supporters Trust", and the new club joined two levels further down the football pyramid, in the North West Counties Football League Division Two, having been accepted into the league on 17 June. A groundshare with Witton Albion was arranged at the start of the 2006–07 season, until a suitable ground could be found in Runcorn. This was achieved in 2010, when the club moved into a newly built ground on Murdishaw Avenue and named it the Millbank Linnets Stadium as part of a three-year sponsorship deal.
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