goal, from Liam Shotton. The semi-finals were against Halifax Town. In front of a record crowd of 2,078 at the Weaver Stadium, Halifax won the first leg 4–2. The second leg at the Shay ended in a 2–2 draw, giving Halifax Town a 6–4 aggregate victory. The club finished in 8th place in the league, with 75 points. They also scored 94 league goals, the second highest total. Nantwich finished 5th in the Northern Premier League in 2016-17, qualifying for the play-offs for the first time in eight years. However, a 2–0 defeat to Spennymoor ended promotion hopes. An FA cup run to the 4th qualifying round saw wins over Ashton United, Marine and Halesowen Town but Stourbridge ran out 3–1 winners at the Weaver Stadium. In the Cheshire Senior Cup final, Nantwich lost 3-2 to neighbours Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road. At the end of the season, manager Phil Parkinson left the club for Altrincham, along with several of the team. The 2017-18 season saw Nantwich get to the first round of the FA cup for the second time. They beat City of Liverpool FC 2–1, Shepshed Dynamo 1–0, Nuneaton Town 3–1 and Kettering Town 1–0 in a replay. They lost 5–0 in the first round to Stevenage. After a 16th place finish in the league, Nantwich earned their second consecutive Cheshire Senior Cup final, winning 3–0 against Stockport Town to claim their fifth Senior Cup. In 2018–19, Nantwich finished fourth in the Northern Premier League table, their second-highest finish in the league, and missed out on promotion after losing to Warrington Town in the play-off semi-final. They also claimed their second consecutive Cheshire Senior Cup, beating North-West Counties Football League outfit Cammell Laird 5-2 in the final. Striker Joe Malkin won the league's Young Player of the Year award, while Sean Cooke was voted into the league's Team of the Season. Manager Dave Cooke also grabbed national headlines in January by bringing in former Premier League and Stoke City striker Ricardo Fuller to the club. In November 2019, Nantwich reached the First Round of the FA Cup for a third time, losing 1-0 to AFC Fylde at the Weaver Stadium. Stadium The club plays at the Weaver Stadium, also known, for sponsorship reasons, as the Swansway Stadium, at Kingsley Fields. The ground cost £4 million, and was opened in 2007 before the start of the 2007–08 season; previously