Friday 8th
March 2019
654.Townfield
Barnton(12th) v Vauxhall Motors(4th)(7.45pm)
NWCL First Division South matchday 31
Barnton Football Club formed in 1946 in the village of
Barnton just outside Northwich
in Cheshire. The Villagers began life in the newly formed Mid-Cheshire League
in 1948, which became the Cheshire League in 2007.
Mid-Cheshire/Cheshire League 1948-2014
championships 11 times between 1979-80 and 2004-05 (including 7 in
succession)
NWCL 2014-present including a promotion to Premier
Division in 2015-16.
Townfield:
Townfield Lane, Barnton, Cheshire
CW8 4LH
The ground has a covered standing
enclosure and sheltered seating on each side of the pitch. The team dugouts are
on one side, with the turnstile entrance, clubhouse and all amenities behind
the goal.
Matchday Stats
BFC 0
VMFC 2(Webb 35pen Hassall 67)
Red card: Conley (Barnton) dissent
after final whistle.
Att.272
The visitors took the lead when
Dave Webb despatched the spot-kick after a handball in the box in the
35th minute. They eventually doubled their advantage when George Hassall was
sent through on goal and confidently beat the keeper to seal the three points.
Spondoolicks
Admission £5
Programme £2
Pin badge £3
Saturday
9th March 2019
655.New Bucks Park
Bootle(2nd) v Ashton Athletic(6th) (11.00am)
NWCL Premier Division matchday 31
Bootle St Johns AFC formed in 1879,
playing their first fixture in October 1880 against Everton in October 1880. They changed their name to Bootle F.C. later that year, then after a failed
application to become founder members of the Football League, they joined the
new Football Alliance in 1889. When the Alliance merged with the Football
League in 1892, Bootle became founder members of the new Second Division.
Despite a decent eighth place finish, the club resigned after one season,
replaced by neighbours Liverpool, before folding due to financial problems.
The club re-emerged in 1953,
originally as Langton FC, playing in local leagues before a successful spell in
the Liverpool Combination - champions nine times over 10 seasons, before
changing to their current name in 1973.
Lancashire Combination 1974-1978
(champions 1975-76, 1976-77)
Cheshire County League 1978-1982
(Division 2 champions 1978-79)
North West Counties League
1982-present, apart from a spell in the Liverpool Combination 2002-2006. (NWCL
Division One champions 2009-09)
TDP Solicitors
Stadium:
Vesty Road, off Bridle Road,
Bootle, Liverpool L30 1NY
The clubhouse runs down one side
which elevated decking standing at the front. At the far goal is two covered
stands, one with seats and the other with a mix of seats and standing steps.
The Dodge Kop is a covered enclosure behind the nearside goal with the team
dugouts at the far side.
Matchday Stats
BFC 4(Peers 11,19 Cox 72 Jones
90+1)
AAFC 2(Gilchrist 23 Munro 50)
Att.391
A great match to start the football
day off. Bootle raced into a two goal lead with a brace from Carl Peers,
nipping at the near post to score on 11th minutes followed by a rasper from a
good 25 yards to double the advantage with 19 minutes gone.
The visitors quickly responded with
Adam Gilchrist firing in from a left wing cross, before Charlie Munro made
things all square early in the second half.
The hosts finished the match
strongly with Ryan Cox firing home from close range on 72 minutes and Ste Jones
running onto a through ball to wrap it up in stoppage time.
Spondoolicks
Admission £5
Programme & badges sold out
(bought pin from Terrys Badges)
656.Litherland Sports Park
Litherland REMYCA(14th) v City of Liverpool(1st)
(1.30pm)
NWCL Premier Division matchday 31
The club was formed in 1959 as St Thomas Football
Club, before later being renamed Bootle Church Lads Brigade, based at Bootle
YMCA. In 1967 they became REM Social after the local working men's club and
then renamed REMYCA United the following year, the new name unites the social
club and the YMCA.The club joined Division Three of the I Zingari Alliance,
winning its Third Division at the first attempt in 1968-69.
I Zingari League 197os -2001 (Champions 1987–88,
1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96)
Liverpool County Premier League 2001-2014(Division Two
champions 2006–07)
Changed name by adding Litherland in 2013 before
joining North West Counties League the following year. Won promotion to Premier
Division after finishing Division One runners-up last season.
Litherland Sports
Park:
Boundary Road, Litherland,
Liverpool, L21 7LA
The club played at Moss Lane,
then Maghull High School before moving to the current ground. The Sports Park
has a running track around the pitch with a standing enclosure and a 50 seated
stand, installed in April 2014. The dugouts are on the opposite side, with the
changing rooms, clubhouse and refreshment found behind the goal, just along
from the main entrance.
Matchday Stats
LREMYCA 1(Foy 45+2pen)
CoLFC 2(Dalton 59, Clair 72)
Att.574
COL turned around a halftime
deficit to claim the points. The hosts took the lead in first half injury time
when a handball in the box was punished by Paul Foy from the penalty spot. The
visitors equalised on the hour when a corner kick fell to Daniel Dalton in the
box to fire home, then Karl Clair raced in and goal and produces a cool finish
on 72 minutes to send the large away support home happy.
Spondoolicks
Admission £5
Pin badge £3
Tea £1
657.Anfield Sports Community Centre
Lower Breck(3rd) v Ashton Town(11th) (4.30pm)
NWCL First Division North matchday 31/30
Lower Breck Boys formed as a youth
team in 2010. After winning an array of honours in both league and cup they
joined forces with I Zingari League side Famous Grapes FC as an open age team
in 2012.
Liverpool County Premier League
2012-2018 (Division 2 champions 2012-13, Premier champions 2017-18)
Joined NWCL at the start of this
season.
Anfield Sports
Community Centre:
Breckside Park, Lower Breck Road,
Liverpool, L6 0AG
The ground is a 3G cage with a wee
seated stand and dugouts at the opposite side. There's standing along one side
and behind one goal. Admission is taking in the main building, which has
refreshment facilities, club shop and the team dressing rooms.
Matchday Stats
LBFC 6(Milne 18,60,90+2 Moore 31
Colback 44 Henders 55)
ATFC 1(Johnson 86)
Att.390
Lower Breck bagged the three points
by half time. Stephen Milne opened the scoring with a long range effort on 18
minutes, followed by Peter Moore latching onto a forward pass to double the
score just after the half hour mark. Jay Colback made it 3-0 before the
interval before Lower Beck added another three goals in the second half. Jamie
Henders tapped in on 55 minutes before Milne struck twice to complete his
hat-trick to bring up the half dozen. Matty Johnson added a late consolation
goal on a rare foray forward for the visitors.
Spondoolicks
Admission £4
Pin badge £1
Chili con carne/baked potato
£3
658.Ruskin Drive Sports Ground
St Helens Town(18th) v Garstang(10th) (7.45pm)
NWCL First Division North matchday 31
St Helens Town formed in 1901 and
are former winners of the FA Vase, beating near neighbours Warrington Town 3-2
in the 1987 final at Wembley.
Lancashire League 1901-1903
Lancashire Combination
1903-1929(folded)
Liverpool County
Combination(reformed) 1947-1949
Lancashire Combination 1949-1975
(Division 2 champions 1950-51, League champions 1971-72)
Cheshire County League 1975-1982
NWCL 1982-present
Arcoframe Stadium:
Ruskin Drive, Dentons Green, St
Helens, Merseyside, WA10 6RP
The club played at Hoghton Road
from 1946, but after it fell into disrepair it was sold for new housing in 2002
. The Saints joined forces with St Helens R.F.C. and ground shared at Knowsley
Road for 10 years, but the intended relocation to the new Langtree Park ground
fell through. This setback, coupled with financial problems saw the club having
to ground share at Ashton Town, then at their neighbours Ashton Athletic.
Construction work at the Council-owned multi-sports facility at Ruskin Drive
had been delayed, which meant matches also played at Prescot Cables until they
finally settled back in St Helens in 2017.
As far as 3G cages are concerned
this one is pretty good. There's a decent size stand central at one side with
the dugouts opposite. The fences are decorated with placards displaying
information on the club history. There is also standing available behind both
goals into the far corners.
Matchday Stats
StHAFC 1(Diggle 49)
GFC 3(Coar 12 Sailor 60 Horthersall
76pen)
Att.292
Garstang came away with the victory
with two second half goals. They took the lead on 12 minutes through Richard
Coar, with the Saints levelling early in the second half when Liam Diggle
nodded the ball home from a corner kick.
On the hour mark a good run and
finish by Shaun Sailor regained the visitors lead, before Jonathan Horthersall
made sure of the points on 76 minutes firing home from the spot after a foul in
the penalty area.
Spondoolicks
Admission £5
Pin badge £3
#HeedHopper
Current NWCL Grounds visited 24/60
Travelled with team KatLee in
Blossom.
Left home Friday morning on the
8.15 X1 bus to Houghton-le-Spring for lift and dropped back off at hyem at 0045
Sunday morning.
Our first port of call on
Merseyside was Huyton, arriving at lunch time so Lee & Katie could have an
afternoon session at the bingo, while I had a toby around and a session of my
own - on the beer. We had a drink together at the Barker’s Brewery before
paying 100FgC squad #137 Jeff Voller a surprise visit at his micropub in
Whiston, near Prescot. The Beer EnGin is in this year's Good Beer Guide, so
please try and check it out.
We dropped off our gear at the
hotel then headed into Cheshire, calling to Northwich to tick off the Spoons
and grab a bite to eat before the match at Barnton. Over the weekend we managed
a few more JDW’s and I was pleased to tick off a couple of GBG pubs before the
final match of our enjoyable weekend in St Helens.
509 Leeds Rd, 
