A breakaway club, 1874 Northwich F.C., was founded by the Northwich Victoria Supporters Trust on 15 November 2012, following a vote by its membership to break away from Northwich Victoria and form a new, community-owned team, initially playing in Winsford.[48][49] On the day of the vote, it emerged that the owner of Northwich Victoria had been declared bankrupt and therefore failed the FA's Fit and Proper Persons test.[50] The founders chose the name 1874 Northwich, retaining links to the past while creating a distinctive name for the future;[51] in order to avoid legal issues over the new club's name, none of the proposed options presented to supporters included the words Vics or Victoria.[52]