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2 1889-90 Bootle Football Club - Founder members of the Football Alliance 1889, The Football League Div2* Bucks Under 10’s Score draw with Foxes 1892 & The Northwest Counties Football League Bootle Bucks under 10’s had their impressive run halted on Sunday 1982 Awarded FA Charter by conceding two goals in five minutes to draw 2-2 with Netherton Standard Status in Foxes. November 2011 An associated committee The Bucks played some scintillating football at times but it was consisting of elected members: proving difficult to breakthrough a stubborn defence. Harrison Beesley, Michael Bowness and Jack Whorton all going close. Frank Doran Jnr Eventually a quick break after Jack Miley broke up the play at the back, he played a great pass in field to Jack Whorton. Whorton Frank Doran Snr turned and played Michael Bowness down the right. Bowness beat Joe Benton MP two players before cutting inside and playing Harrison Beesley who Dave Ruth, Geoff Frasier, jinxed then played a sneaky pass into Jack Reardon. Reardon took Dave Miley Snr one touvh then rifled a fantastic drive from outside the box into the roof of the net. Joseph Doran

After half time the Bucks seemed to switch off and within 5 minutes Bobby Capstick found themselves two goals down. Credit to Netherton Foxes who looked dangerous going forward. Neil Prince Neil Black Soon the Bucks got back on the front foot and from a free kick fired in by Jack Reardon, Harrison Beesley was on hand to prod home. Neil Murphy Soon after Joseph Harold turned and fired low into the box. Then Richie Boswarva Sean Miller played a great ball into Bowness but he couldn’t find the Darren Carr net. At the back Ryan Beesley broke up a counter with a great tackle, Carla Yew before calmly playing the ball back to keeper Luke Bennett. Bennett himself tipped a good effort over the bar to keep the score 2-2. Dave Miley Jnr, [email protected]

26 3 *Original Club folded in 1893 The original Bootle F.C. were formed in 1880 and played at Hawthorne Road. They were in fact Everton FC’s biggest rivals. In 1889–90 Bootle became founder members of the Football Alliance, narrowly missing out on the football league to the blues. That season was the most successful as we finished league runners-up, reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where we lost to Blackburn Rovers (0-7). When the Alliance merged with the Football League in 1892, Bootle became founder members of the new Second Division. However, despite a respectable 8th place final position, the club dropped out after one season (and were replaced by neighbours Liverpool) and seemingly disappeared due to financial problems.

Football returned to Hawthorne Road when a new club, Bootle Athletic. was later formed with the new team initially playing in the Liverpool Leagues. In 1948 when the club were elected to the 2, which was won at the first attempt. However, Bootle struggled in the top-flight and after several tough seasons withdrew and folded during the 1953–54 campaign.

In 1953, the current club was formed as Langton and played in the local leagues. After a very successful spell in the Liverpool County Combination (which we won on numerous occasions) the club reverted back to it’s It’s better known identity of Bootle F.C. in 1973; and a year later joined the Lancashire Combination, which we won in 1976 and 1977. Bootle then joined the Second Division of the County League, which was won in our first season, and we were promoted to the First Division. In 1982 the Cheshire County League was one of the leagues that merged to form the North West Counties League, which Bootle duly joined, becoming a member of the First Division. The club spent most of their time in the First Division until 2000 when we unfortunately dropped into the Second Division. However, despite finishing 6th in 2002, the club dropped into the Liverpool County Combination. In 2006 the club, with a new ground, were elected back into Division 2 of the North West Counties League. In 2009 Bootle won promotion to the NWCL Premier Division and also won the Championship. In 2009/10, our first season back in the NWCFL Premier Division Bootle finished a NWCFL highest placing of 3rd. In 2010/11 finished 6th place. They equalled the 3rd place again in 2012.

2013 saw Bootle come so close to promotion, narrowly missing out with three games to go, and eventually finishing 3rd again. However they put that disappointment aside to win the for the first time in 124 years.

25 Good evening and welcome to the Delta Taxis Stadium for tonight’s MATCHDAY PRICES Northwest Counties Premier Division game and welcome to our opponents 1ST TEAM: £5 ADULTS Winsford United. Although it was only two weeks ago since £2 CONCESSIONS we had that great win over Runcorn Linnets it seems like a long time ago! UNDER 16’S FREE Again, as I’m writing about a disappointing result on Saturday, I can’t Game, help but think if we would have taken all out chances we would still have won the game. Our defensive play must improve though. It just isn’t us conceding 11 goals in three games and we must improve on this as it is not good enough. FREE ENTRY FOR ALL I’m still hopeful our form will improve and its a problem that as soon as we put our finger on I’m sure we will be back to our best. It’s important that you keep supporting the team and the club and keep RESERVE & YOUTH GAMES: the faith and we will turn the results around. LEAGUE GAMES: £1 ENTRY Please show your support and get behind the lads under the floodlights SELECTED GAMES FREE ENTRY and get the win.

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FA Vase Draw

Ties involving NWCFL clubs are as follows:

Whitley Bay v Runcorn Town;

Maine Road v Billingham Synthonia;

Norton United v Brighouse Town;

Staveley MW v Glossop North End;

Winsford United v Spennymoor Town;

Newcastle Benfield v Cheadle Town;

Borrowash Victoria v Congleton Town.

All ties will be played on Saturday 16 November 2013.

7 NEXT UP AT HOME Winsford FOR THE BUCKS

United NORTON UNITED SATURDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2013 3PM KO

Year Formed: 1883;Record Attendance: 8,000 v. Witton Albion, 1947 SILSDEN SATURDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2013 3pm ko Previous Leagues: Cheshire County League;

HWinsford United have a long and proud history, having been formed way back in 1883. In those early days, the club was called Over Wanderers and ABBEY HEY competed in the Welsh Combination Football League. After a few seasons, the club changed to its present name and its present ground - Barton Stadium - SATURDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2013 3PM KO although it was called Great Western Playing Field at the outset. The club brought on many good players during this period and after losing several players to Football League clubs, they experienced a somewhat unsuccessful spell that resulted in the club folding.

United reformed in 1913, thanks in the main to the then secretary, Mr W H Burning, but it was short lived as World War One broke out. After the cessation of hostilities, United regrouped with a new committee headed by Mr R G Barton (hence Barton Stadium) and the club became a founder member of the Cheshire League, winning the Championship in its second season. That was to be one of the few successes as the Blues struggled to survive both on and off the field. During the War, Barton Stadium was almost stripped bare to aid the war effort. After the war, United became a Limited company and the 1950s saw the Blues win the Cheshire League Cup three times and a Cheshire Senior Cup victory. In the 60s and early 70s the Blues returned to struggling ways with only a rare FA Cup First Round appearance at Peterborough to shout about. United lost the game 4-1. That match acted as a springboard and, under John Williams, Winsford United hit the glory trail.

Between 1976 and 1980, the Blues won the Cheshire League title in 1976/77, were runners-up in 1979/80 and set a new record (which still stands) by winning the League Cup four seasons out of five, including a hat-trick of wins (1977/79/80/81). They won the Cheshire Senior Cup in 1980 and made an appearance in the quarterfinals of the FA Trophy in 1978. It was in John Williams’ final season that the former Everton and Welsh International goalkeeper, , was sold to Bury for MATCH £6,000. A sell on clause later netted United a club record figure of around £30,000 when CENTRE he moved to Goodison Park. After that halcyon period, Uniteds fortunes again nose-dived. The Cheshire League changed its name to the North West Counties and the Northern Premier League formed a first division in 1987/8. The Blues were invited to join but they never really set the place on fire, seventh place being the best achieved. In January 1991, Winsford were bottom of the NPL First Division and facing a drop back down to the NWCFL. The club then pulled a masterstroke by appointing Mike McKenzie as team manager. The Blues lost only four more games and avoided the drop. A piece of silverware was added when they beat Northwich Vics in the local cup final. The following season, 1991/92, they gained promotion to the Premier Division, finishing as runners up and reaching the First Round of the FA Cup for only the third time in the club’s history. Season 1992/93 will go down in Uniteds folklore as ˜Maccaâs men won an astonishing five trophies - the NPL Challenge Cup, NPL President’s Cup, Cheshire Senior Cup, Mid-Cheshire Senior Cup and NPL Runners Up Cup. The Blues finished second to Southport and their points total is a record for the most points accrued without winning the title. Sadly the team then broke up in the summer of 1993 when Mike McKenzie was lured into Conference football. Three of the side joined pro clubs - Darren Sheridan (Barnsley), Wayne Collins (Crewe) and Jon Whitney (Huddersfield).

The club was given a boost during the summer of 1996 when they received nearly £90,000 from the sale of Wayne Collins to Sheffield Wednesday from Crewe Alexandra. Three seasons later under the management of Dalton Steele, (in only his first season at the club) United finished seventh in the league and lifted the Mid-Cheshire Senior Cup. Season 1998/1999 saw Dalton Steele leave for Chorley half way through the campaign, taking nearly all the team with him; Mark Came took over as stand-in Manager and finished the season off with a makeshift side. The club received another tremendous boost early in 1999 when goalkeeper Andy Oakes who had signed for Hull City for a modest fee but with a 25% sell-on clause was signed by Derby County for £480,000 giving Winsford a record amount for a Non-League sell-on clause. The board of directors were determined that this money was to be spent sensibly on improving the infrastructure This Season Ken Head has kindly of the club, the first move being to install Football League standard floodlights. sponsored both Daniel O’Connor & Jamie Hay. Mark Came was then appointed as manager for the 1999/2000 campaign but a run of Frank McCann has kindly sponsored Paul Byrne & Dean Porter poor results saw Kevin Tully put in the hot seat. What followed was the worst run of results in the clubs history and relegation for the first time. At the start of the 2000/2001 If you would like to find out what sponsorship is available please see our pdf season in UniBond Division One Mr Tully left, and Steve Shaughnessy was appointed Brochure on our website: www.bootlefc.co.uk Player/Manager. The team performed well throughout the season but administrative errors resulted in 6 points being deducted and instead of finishing in a mid-table spot they were relegated to The First Division of the North West Counties League. Alternatively, please e-mail for more information: They had a successful season in the North West Counties Football League, finishing

[email protected] 20 seventh. But Steve Shaughnessy left at the end of the season and Alan Walker and Nick Or Davis were appointed as joint managers. They brought together a squad of players that [email protected] was a combination of youth and experience. Ian Street remained in charge for the 2011-2012 season and Kevin Bircumshaw was appointed as his Assistant. The team made a great start to the season, spending several weeks at or near the top of the table and promotion looked a distinct possibility. However a series of suspensions and injuries saw the team have a bad run in the weeks leading up to Christmas gaining just two points from a possible twenty-four.

The form was recovered in the New Year but the gap had become too great and Winsford ended the season in seventh place.

There was a massive boost for the club when the local council not only became the club’s main sponsor but they revealed their “Neighbourhood Plan†which centred on developing the centre of the town next to the river with a purpose-built Conference Standard stadium for the Blues with the Barton Stadium being used for housing. Although it is early days it has given the club and its supporters a great deal of optimism.

The summer break saw Ian Street decide to take a post closer to home and he accepted the job of Manager at Ashton Athletic. The Managers position was advertised and although there were many creditable applicants the board had no hesitation in appointing former Flixton Manager Lloyd Morrison with Kevin Bircumshaw remaining as his Assistant.

The summer of 2013 saw great changes taking place at the stadium with the news that 1874 Northwich were to share the ground and their enthusiastic supporters helped to bring the ground up to a high standard, Also E.ON adopted the club for their 2013 Community Project and carried out a great refurbishment of the facilities including a new toilet block, a first aid suite and help in restoring the floodlights. They also supplied the materials for all the maintenance work that had to be carried out.

However, with everything in place for a serious assault on the league title and over £20,000 spent on improving the facilities and pitch, the club was rocked when two weeks before the start of the season Lloyd Morrison announced he was going to Mossley AFC as Joint Manager and not only that, he expected to take sixteen registered players with him. This led to an acrimonious situation between the two clubs that at the time of writing is still not yet resolved with Mossley unable to register the players and Winsford refusing to allow their dual registration.

The board acted quickly to appoint Eddy Haslam as Manager with Rob Byrne as his Assistant and Kevin Bircumshaw remaining as coach. With only a couple of weeks to put a team together Eddy worked hard to bring in a squad of quality players to begin the campaign.

1010 19 Merseyrail Bootle Ladies FC made it four wins from four in their debut season in the Liverpool County FA Ladies Premier League, and became the only team in the division with a 100% record, this time with a 2-0 win away at Liverpool Feds County. Goals from Lauren Williams and Chelsea Penny on a cold and windy Childwall college gave them a victory which was comfortable from start to finish.

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Latest League Tables This season the reserves are participating in two leagues. The West Cheshire League and also the Galaxy Lancashire league. Below are the tables for both leagues:

West Cheshire League Div 3

Galaxy Lancashire League

16 BOOTLE FOOTBALL CLUB FIXTURES 2013/14 SEASON Fixtures are subject to change from the Nothwest Counties League Management Committee

Sat 05/10/13 Wigan Robin Park H Won 5-0 Attendance: 104 Tue 08/10/13 Runcorn Linnets H Won 2-1 Attendance: 207 Sat 12/10/13 Stockport Sports A Drew 5-5 Tue 15/10/13 Congleton Town A Lost 1-2 Sat 04/01/14 Squires Gate A Sat 03/08/13 Colne H Tue 22/10/13 Winsford United H 15:00 Won 4-0 Attendance:92 19:45 Sat 11/01/14 Glossop North End H Tue 06/08/13 Runcorn Linnets A Sat 26/10/13 Norton United H 15:00 Lost 1-3 15:00 (League Challenge Cup 2) Sat 18/01/14 Ashton Athletic H Sat 10/08/13 West Didsbury & Chorlton H Tue 29/10/13 AFC Blackpool A 15:00 Won 5-0 Attendance: 130 19:45 Tue 13/08/13 Congleton Town H Won 2-0 Attendance:115 Sat 01/02/14 Maine Road H Sat 17/08/13 Squires Gate H Sat 02/11/13 Silsden H 15:00 Won 2-1 (F.A. Challenge Cup EP) Att:123 15:00 Sat 15/02/14 Barnoldswick Town A Tue 20/08/13 Winsford United A Sat 09/11/13 West Didsbury & Chorlton A 15:00 Drew 1-1 15:00 Sat 24/08/13 Alsager Town A Sat 16/11/13 Abbey Hey H Won 4-1 15:00 Tue 27/08/13 AFC Blackpool H Sat 08/03/14 Runcorn Town H Tue 19/11/13 Wigan Robin Park A Won 2-1 Attendance: 93 15:00 19:45 Sat 22/03/14 Norton United A Sat 23/11/13 Barnoldswick Town H 15:00 15:00 Sat 07/09/13 Silsden A Tue 26/11/13 St Helens Town A Won 2-0 19:45 Mon 09/09/13 Runcorn Town A Sat 05/04/14 Abbey Hey A Lost 1-4 15:00 Tue 17/09/13 Worksop Town H Sat 07/12/13 Alsager Town H Sat 12/04/14 Bacup & Rossendale Borough H Lost 0-4 Attendance: 193 15:00 15:00 Sat 21/09/13 Maine Road A Sat 14/12/13 Bacup & Rossendale Borough A Sat 19/04/14 Colne A Drew 0-0 15:00 15:00 Tue 24/09/13 St Helens Town H Sat 21/12/13 Glossop North End A Mon 21/04/14 AFC Liverpool A Lost 1-2 Attendance: 106 15:00 15:00 Sat 28/09/13 Squires Gate H Thu 26/12/13 AFC Liverpool H Sat 26/04/14 Stockport Sports H Lost 2-4 Attendance: 121 15:00 15:00

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