Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win		No home victories at present
Biggest Away Win		No away victories at present
Biggest Home Defeat		No home defeats at present
Biggest Away Defeat		No away defeats at present
Highest Drawn Game		No draws at present
Highest Aggregate Scoreline		No games played at present

 

League Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	0		0		0
Won	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Drawn	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Lost	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Scored	0	0	0	0	0	0
Conceded	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
No cup fixtures known at present

 

Home Attendance Summary
No home matches played at present

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	1 game
Goalless Draw	14 games
Score Draw	4 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Clean Sheet	0 games

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	0	0%	0	0%
One	0	0%	0	0%
Two	0	0%	0	0%
Three	0	0%	0	0%
Four	0	0%	0	0%
Five or more	0	0%	0	0%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	13	13.40%	10	11.90%	23	12.71%
16-30	9	9.28%	7	8.33%	16	8.84%
31-45	17	17.53%	15	17.86%	32	17.68%
46-60	18	18.56%	17	20.24%	35	19.34%
61-75	16	16.49%	18	21.43%	34	18.78%
76-90	23	23.71%	17	20.24%	40	22.10%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	1	1.03%	0	0.00%	1	0.55%

 

History

It might be hard to imagine today but in the immediate years following the establishment of Padiham Football Club in November 1878 the `Caldersiders` as they were then known were considered one of Lancashire`s soccer pioneers and one of the better Club sides in England.

The Padiham Club were in at the birth of the Lancashire Football Associations Senior Cup competition in 1879, reached the third round proper of the F.A. Cup in season 1883 - 84 and beat Burnley F.C. 6-0, 7-0, 9-1 and 4-2 in their first four encounters. Gates of over 2,000 were not uncommon for the visits of teams like Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End, Burnley and other local rivals to Padiham F.C.`s ground which was originally situated on the banks of the River Calder at the end of Wyre Street in Padiham and initially leased from the Shuttleworth family of Gawthorpe Hall.

At present the site is occupied by the Potterton Myson Limited Main Gas factory and nothing remains of the Clubs original ground which witnessed many encounters with Clubs that later achieved Football League status. In fact it was the setting up of the Football League and the ensuing loss of fixtures with the leading Clubs, as well as the legalisation of professionalism within football that ended Padiham`s initial decade of success.

Being an ardent stalwart of the fight waged from Lancashire for the legalisation of professionalism in football, Padiham`s progressive outlook at the time ironically helped fashion the stranglehold football finance came to have on small town Clubs, in hindsight it condemned Padiham to an ongoing fight for survival. Unable to secure the services of players able to compete with the bigger surrounding towns and cities, gates dropped and as a result reduced income meant Padiham had to restrict its activities to playing in the Lancashire Combination Football League and at times the local minor leagues.

The outbreak of World War One curtailed Padiham Football Club`s involvement in active football altogether at the end of the 1915 - 1916 season, and the loss of their ground during the War meant that Padiham Football Club lay dormant until after the end of World War Two when they were reformed.

The rebirth of Padiham Football Club came about in 1949 with the opening of the `Arbories` Memorial Sports Ground in Padiham on August 20th 1949 when 1,777 spectators turned up to see the Club`s opening Lancashire Combination fixture of the 1949 - 50 football season.

In 1982, Padiham Football Club became founder members of the North West Counties Football League, however in 1990 they left the league and joined the West Lancashire Football League where they played their football for ten seasons.

Padiham returned to the North West Counties Football League for the 2000/2001 season, winning the Premier Division Title in 2012/13 to gain promotion to the Northern Premier League, where they spent two seasons before being relegated back to the North West Counties Football League for the 2015/16 season. Since 1999 the club has spent in the region of £600,000 upgrading their ground.