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Longridge Town

FORMED
1996

MANAGER
Lee Ashcroft

GROUND
The Mike Riding Ground

TWITTER
@longridgetownfc

Current Position: 1st

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
25	20	2	3	102	34	62

Current Form: 2nd

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	5	0	1	26	10

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
12/01/19	AFC Darwen (A)	W 6-2
09/01/19	Daisy Hill (H)	W 8-1
05/01/19	Shelley (A)	W 2-1
29/12/18	Cleator Moor Celtic (H)	W 4-0
26/12/18	Garstang (H)	L 0-3
01/12/18	Cleator Moor Celtic (A)	W 6-3

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
19/01/19	Chadderton (H)	15:00
26/01/19	AFC Blackpool (A)	15:00
02/02/19	Atherton LR (H)	15:00
09/02/19	Prestwich Heys (A)	15:00
23/02/19	Carlisle City (H)	15:00
09/03/19	AFC Liverpool (A)	15:00

Latest News:

	A great start to life in the League for Longridge Town
	Longridge Town Chairman Kevin Harrison says he is delighted at the progress the club has made in the past couple of years, both on and off the pitch.

	Macron Player of the Month presentation - Richie Allen
	Richie Allen of Longridge Town won the Macron Player of the Month award for the First Division North in October.

	Macron Club of the Month Award Presentation - Longridge Town
	Longridge Town won the Macron Club of the Month Award in Division One North for October.

	Emblematically Speaking - Longridge Town
	This week, Stewart Taylor looks at how local history has had an impact on the design of the Longridge Town logo.

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Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 04/08/18	AFC Liverpool	H	15:00	W 5-3	Tom Ince (41) George Melling (57) Jay Hart (62) Jay Hart (67) Richie Allen (78)
Mon 06/08/18	Daisy Hill	A	19:45	D 3-3	Richard Allen (8) Daniel Wilkinson (34) Jordan Tucker (90+5)
Sat 11/08/18	Avro	A	15:00	L 2-3	James Sloan (20) Richard Allen (69)
Sat 18/08/18	Prestwich Heys	H	15:00	W 5-1	Paul Turner (22) Paul Turner (45+3) Richard Allen (70p) Joe Melling (81) Daniel Wilkinson (85)
Wed 22/08/18	Bacup Borough	H	19:45	W 5-0	Thomas Ince (35p) Michael Morrison (40) Thomas Ince (43p) Own Goal (54) Jason Hart (71)
Sat 25/08/18	Shelley	H	15:00	W 4-2	Thomas Ince (23) Daniel Wilkinson (30) Thomas Ince (33) Richard Allen (86)
Mon 27/08/18	Ashton Town	A	15:00	W 4-0	Richard Allen (7) Phil Doughty (14) Jason Hart (77) Mitchel Newsham (90)
Sat 01/09/18	Vauxhall Motors	H	15:00	L 1-3	Richard Allen (1)
	(The Buildbase FA Vase 1Q)
Sat 08/09/18	Steeton	A	15:00	W 3-1	Gary Basterfield (5) Jason Hart (23) Gary Basterfield (42)
Sat 15/09/18	Holker Old Boys	A	15:00	W 11-2	Bradley Wicks (2) Ryan McKenna (7) Jason Hart (32) Gareth Basterfield (34) Jason Hart (47) Bradley Wicks (54) Bradley Wicks (57) Paul Turner (64) Daniel Wilkinson (70) Jason Hart (74) Harvey Close (83)
Fri 21/09/18	AFC Blackpool	H	19:45	Postp
Sat 29/09/18	Chadderton	A	15:00	W 2-1	Harvey Close (76) Daniel Wilkinson (89)
Tue 02/10/18	Atherton LR	A	19:45	W 6-0	Jason Hart (3) Richard Allen (57) Daniel Wilkinson (63) Jason Hart (73) Richard Allen (82) Brad Wicks (90+3)
Sat 06/10/18	Garstang	H	15:00	LOST	Richard Allen (58)
	(The First Division Cup 2)
	(1-1 after 90 mins, Garstang won 2-4 on pens)
Sat 13/10/18	Bacup Borough	A	15:00	W 3-0	Richard Allen (33p) Richard Allen (60) Richard Allen (85)
Wed 17/10/18	Ashton Town	H	19:45	W 7-2	Thomas Ince (24) Richard Allen (26) Philip Doughty (51) Thomas Ince (68) Jason Hart (71) Paul Turner (79) Jason Hart (82)
Sat 20/10/18	Squires Gate	H	15:00	L 1-3	Jay Hart (34)
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Wed 24/10/18	AFC Blackpool	H	19:45	D 1-1	Daniel Wilkinson (39)
Sat 27/10/18	St Helens Town	H	15:00	W 5-1	Michael Morrison (7) Bradley Wicks (18) Paul Turner (42) Daniel Gardener (77) Daniel Gardener (83)
Tue 30/10/18	Carlisle City	A	20:00	W 2-0	Richard Allen (25) Thomas Ince (90+7)
Sat 03/11/18	Nelson	A	15:00	W 3-1	Paul Turner (46) Paul Turner (83) Paul Turner (90)
Wed 07/11/18	Colne	H	19:45	Postp
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
Wed 14/11/18	Colne	H	19:45	L 1-3	Paul Turner (8)
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
Sat 17/11/18	AFC Darwen	H	15:00	L 1-2	Paul Turner (42)
Sat 24/11/18	Lower Breck	H	15:00	W 4-1	Paul Turner (13) Richard Allen (36) Paul Turner (43) Thomas Ince (90+1p)
Sat 01/12/18	Cleator Moor Celtic	A	15:00	W 6-3	Paul Turner (14) Jay Hart (21) Paul Turner (32) Tom Ince (46) Jay Hart (61) Jay Hart (68)
Sat 08/12/18	Daisy Hill	H	15:00	Postp
Sat 15/12/18	Avro	H	15:00	Postp
Sat 22/12/18	Prestwich Heys	A	15:00	Postp
Wed 26/12/18	Garstang	H	15:00	L 0-3
Sat 29/12/18	Cleator Moor Celtic	H	15:00	W 4-0	Jay Hart (29) Joe Melling (31) Jay Hart (38) Richard Allen (43)
Sat 05/01/19	Shelley	A	15:00	W 2-1	Ryan McKenna (29) Thomas Ince (71)
Wed 09/01/19	Daisy Hill	H	19:45	W 8-1	Jay Hart (14) Jay Hart (21) Thomas Ince (23) Richard Allen (31) Jay Hart (45) Jay Hart (65) Richard Allen (85) Jay Hart (90+2)
Sat 12/01/19	AFC Darwen	A	15:00	W 6-2	Jason Hart (9) Jason Hart (24) Richard Allen (32p) Own Goal (65) Jason Hart (69) Richard Allen (79)
Wed 16/01/19	Avro	H	19:45	Postp
Sat 19/01/19	Chadderton	H	15:00
Sat 26/01/19	AFC Blackpool	A	15:00
Sat 02/02/19	Atherton LR	H	15:00
Sat 09/02/19	Prestwich Heys	A	15:00
Sat 23/02/19	Carlisle City	H	15:00
Sat 09/03/19	AFC Liverpool	A	15:00
Sat 16/03/19	St Helens Town	A	15:00
Sat 23/03/19	Steeton	H	15:00
Sat 13/04/19	Lower Breck	A	15:00
Sat 20/04/19	Nelson	H	15:00
Mon 22/04/19	Garstang	A	15:00
Sat 27/04/19	Holker Old Boys	H	15:00

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
04/08/18	AFC Liverpool (H)	W 5-3
06/08/18	Daisy Hill (A)	D 3-3
11/08/18	Avro (A)	L 2-3
18/08/18	Prestwich Heys (H)	W 5-1
22/08/18	Bacup Borough (H)	W 5-0
25/08/18	Shelley (H)	W 4-2
27/08/18	Ashton Town (A)	W 4-0
01/09/18	Vauxhall Mtrs (H)	L 1-3
(The Buildbase FA Vase 1Q)
08/09/18	Steeton (A)	W 3-1
15/09/18	Holker OB (A)	W 11-2
21/09/18	AFC Blackpool (H)	Postp
29/09/18	Chadderton (A)	W 2-1
02/10/18	Atherton LR (A)	W 6-0
06/10/18	Garstang (H)	L
(The First Division Cup 2)
(1-1 after 90 mins, Garstang won 2-4 on pens)
13/10/18	Bacup Borough (A)	W 3-0
17/10/18	Ashton Town (H)	W 7-2
20/10/18	Squires Gate (H)	L 1-3
(The Macron Cup 1)
24/10/18	AFC Blackpool (H)	D 1-1
27/10/18	St Helens Town (H)	W 5-1
30/10/18	Carlisle City (A)	W 2-0
03/11/18	Nelson (A)	W 3-1
07/11/18	Colne (H)	Postp
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
14/11/18	Colne (H)	L 1-3
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
17/11/18	AFC Darwen (H)	L 1-2
24/11/18	Lower Breck (H)	W 4-1
01/12/18	Cleator Moor (A)	W 6-3
08/12/18	Daisy Hill (H)	Postp
15/12/18	Avro (H)	Postp
22/12/18	Prestwich Heys (A)	Postp
26/12/18	Garstang (H)	L 0-3
29/12/18	Cleator Moor (H)	W 4-0
05/01/19	Shelley (A)	W 2-1
09/01/19	Daisy Hill (H)	W 8-1
12/01/19	AFC Darwen (A)	W 6-2
16/01/19	Avro (H)	Postp
19/01/19	Chadderton (H)	15:00
26/01/19	AFC Blackpool (A)	15:00
02/02/19	Atherton LR (H)	15:00
09/02/19	Prestwich Heys (A)	15:00
23/02/19	Carlisle City (H)	15:00
09/03/19	AFC Liverpool (A)	15:00
16/03/19	St Helens Town (A)	15:00
23/03/19	Steeton (H)	15:00
13/04/19	Lower Breck (A)	15:00
20/04/19	Nelson (H)	15:00
22/04/19	Garstang (A)	15:00
27/04/19	Holker OB (H)	15:00

Squad Details

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Richard Allen	21	1	20	1	1	2	3
Ben Ashcroft	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Gary Basterfield	10	7	3	0	1	2	2
Warren Beattie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Bennett *	2	6	0	0	0	1	0
Harvey Close	1	8	0	2	0	0	0
Phil Doughty	10	0	2	0	0	1	0
Lee Dovey	29	0	0	0	0	2	1
Charles Egan	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Benjamin Fletcher	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Gardener	14	2	2	0	0	0	2
Henry Harrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Hart	23	2	26	0	0	6	5
Thomas Ince	21	1	12	0	1	2	3
Adam Lawrence	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Leggett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Conor Linighan	24	0	0	0	0	5	1
Charlie Lyons *	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Mannering-Whyte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke McKenna	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan McKenna	23	2	2	0	0	2	1
Leon McLoughlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Melling	13	1	1	0	1	3	1
Joe Melling	17	5	1	1	0	3	0
Michael Morrison *	22	0	2	0	1	4	1
Alexander Murphy	17	1	0	0	0	1	0
Mitchell Newsham	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
David Parker	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Porter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Quereshi-Boland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Sinclair	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
James Sloane *	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Daniel Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerard Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenneth Taylor *	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gregory Timbrell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Tucker	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Paul Turner	17	10	13	1	0	1	3
Ben Turton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stuart Vasey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Wicks	9	13	4	1	0	5	1
Daniel Wilkinson	29	0	7	0	0	4	1
Jack Williams	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad

# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance

Staff Members

Name
Lee Ashcroft
Stephanie Barron
Laura Campbell
Simon Hurst
Keiran Walmsley

Squad Details

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Richard Allen	21	19	1	2	3
Ben Ashcroft	3	0	0	1	0
Gary Basterfield	16	3	1	2	2
Warren Beattie	1	0	0	0	0
Harvey Close	9	2	0	0	0
Phil Doughty	10	2	0	1	0
Lee Dovey	28	0	0	2	1
Charles Egan	3	0	0	1	0
Benjamin Fletcher	2	0	0	0	0
Daniel Gardener	15	2	0	0	2
Henry Harrison	0	0		0
Jason Hart	24	23	0	6	4
Thomas Ince	22	12	1	2	3
Adam Lawrence	0	0		0
Andrew Leggett	0	0		0
Conor Linighan	23	0	0	4	1
Robert Mannering-Whyte	0	0		0
Luke McKenna	2	0	0	0	0
Ryan McKenna	24	2	0	2	1
Leon McLoughlin	0	0		0
George Melling	13	1	1	3	1
Joe Melling	21	2	0	3	0
Alexander Murphy	18	0	0	1	0
Mitchell Newsham	2	1	0	0	0
David Parker	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Porter	0	0		0
Jacob Quereshi-Boland	0	0		0
Isaac Sinclair	4	0	0	0	0
Daniel Smith	0	0		0
Gerard Smith	0	0		0
Gregory Timbrell	3	0	0	0	0
Jordan Tucker	3	1	0	0	0
Paul Turner	26	14	0	1	3
Ben Turton	0	0		0
Stuart Vasey	0	0		0
Bradley Wicks	21	5	0	5	1
Daniel Wilkinson	28	7	0	4	1
Jack Williams	2	0	0	0	0

Squad Details

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Richard Allen	21	19
Ben Ashcroft	3	0
Gary Basterfield	16	3
Warren Beattie	1	0
Jack Bennett *	8	0
Harvey Close	9	2
Phil Doughty	10	2
Lee Dovey	28	0
Charles Egan	3	0
Benjamin Fletcher	2	0
Daniel Gardener	15	2
Henry Harrison	0	0
Jason Hart	24	23
Thomas Ince	22	12
Adam Lawrence	0	0
Andrew Leggett	0	0
Conor Linighan	23	0
Charlie Lyons *	0	0
Robert Mannering-Whyte	0	0
Luke McKenna	2	0
Ryan McKenna	24	2
Leon McLoughlin	0	0
George Melling	13	1
Joe Melling	21	2
Michael Morrison *	22	2
Alexander Murphy	18	0
Mitchell Newsham	2	1
David Parker	1	0
Josh Porter	0	0
Jacob Quereshi-Boland	0	0
Isaac Sinclair	4	0
James Sloane *	2	1
Daniel Smith	0	0
Gerard Smith	0	0
Kenneth Taylor *	1	0
Gregory Timbrell	3	0
Jordan Tucker	3	1
Paul Turner	26	14
Ben Turton	0	0
Stuart Vasey	0	0
Bradley Wicks	21	5
Daniel Wilkinson	28	7
Jack Williams	2	0

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	8-1	09/01/19 v Daisy Hill (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	11-2	15/09/18 v Holker Old Boys (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-3	26/12/18 v Garstang (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	2-3	11/08/18 v Avro (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Game	3-3	06/08/18 v Daisy Hill (A) (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	13	15/09/18 11-2 v Holker Old Boys (A) (First Division North)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	16		13		29
Won	9	56.25%	11	84.62%	20	68.97%
Drawn	2	12.50%	1	7.69%	3	10.34%
Lost	5	31.25%	1	7.69%	6	20.69%
Scored	53	3.31	53	4.08	106	3.66
Conceded	27	1.69	17	1.31	44	1.52

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Buildbase FA Vase	1st Qualifying Round	1-3	Vauxhall Motors	(H)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	1-3	Squires Gate	(H)
The First Division Cup	2nd Round	1-1	Garstang	(H)
Lancashire Challenge Trophy	2nd Round	1-3	Colne	(H)
First Division North		v	Holker Old Boys	(H)
	To be played on Sat 27/04/19

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	215	17/11/18 v AFC Darwen (First Division North)
Lowest Attendance	101	24/11/18 v Lower Breck (First Division North)
Average Attendance	15 games	158

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	4 games
Goalless Draw	0 games
Score Draw	12 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	4 games
Clean Sheet	3 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	1	3.45%	6	20.69%
One	6	20.69%	10	34.48%
Two	4	13.79%	5	17.24%
Three	4	13.79%	8	27.59%
Four	4	13.79%	0	0.00%
Five or more	10	34.48%	0	0.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	14	13.21%	5	11.36%	19	12.67%
16-30	15	14.15%	8	18.18%	23	15.33%
31-45	24	22.64%	10	22.73%	34	22.67%
46-60	11	10.38%	7	15.91%	18	12.00%
61-75	18	16.98%	4	9.09%	22	14.67%
76-90	24	22.64%	10	22.73%	34	22.67%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

History

LONGRIDGE TOWN football club was formed in 1996 when the two main clubs in the town, Longridge United and Longridge St. Wilfred’s amalgamated to give a single club with the ultimate aim of bringing a higher standard of football to the town (writes Bob Gornall).

Although Longridge Town football club has only been in existence since 1996, the two clubs from which it was formed have histories which can be traced back to the 19th century when two clubs Longridge St. Wilfred’s and Longridge St. Lawrence were first formed.

Both of these clubs were based on sectarian grounds and played in their respective religious leagues. This situation existed until 1929 when Longridge St. Lawrence became a non-sectarian club and changed its name to Longridge United.

In 1996 Longridge United and Longridge St. Wilfred’s amalgamated to give a single club which is still the situation today. The club initially played in the preston & District League, winning the Third Division title in 2003-4, en route to their rise to the Premier Division.

Following a third placed finish in 2007-08, the club’s application to join the West Lancashire Second Division was successful. In only their second season in the league, the club were promoted to the First Division at the end of the 2009-10 season, as runners-up to BAC/EE Springfields.

And in 2011-12 the club enjoyed their most successful season so far when they won the First Division title from Crooklands Casuals and scored 91 goals in the process to be crowned champions.

Since then the club third in 2012-13 and repeated this last season which was enough to secure promotion to the North West Counties League.

Matchday Information

Ground: The Mike Riding Ground

Address: Inglewhite Road, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire

Postcode: PR3 2NA

Telephone: 01772 786365 / 07710 514767

Midweek Night: Wednesday

2018/19 Admission Prices: £5 Adults, £4 Concessions, Under 16`s FREE

Programme Price: Free with Entry

Directions: From M6 South,exit at J31a and follow signs to Longridge. On entering Longridge take left fork at Old Oak pub. Continue to ground on lnglewhite Road.

From M6 North, exit at J32. Take A6 to Broughton,Turn Right onto B5269. Follow signs to Longridge. On Entering Longridge take left onto Halfpenny Lane. Ground is at end on road.

Please click here to obtain step by step directions from any UK postcode

Nearest Railway: Preston (7.7 miles)

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: Number 1 bus Preston to Berry Lane Longridge. Every 15/20 minutes. 30/45 minutes in evenings

Parking Facilities: Free car parking up to 80 cars

Ground Facilities: Bar, refreshments, toilets, TV, free matchday WiFi.

The Alston next to the ground is a Pub Restaurant. There are a number of takeaways on route to ground. Sainsburys is 400 metres from ground.

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Club Information

Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: The Mike Riding Ground

Address: Inglewhite Road, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire

Postcode: PR3 2NA

Telephone: 01772 786365 / 07710 514767

Website: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/longridgetown

Twitter: @longridgetownfc

Registered Colours: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: Green Shirt, Green Shorts, Green Socks

Alternative Colours: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Silver Shirts, Silver Shorts, Silver Socks

Secretary: David Walker

Chairman: Kevin Harrison

Manager: Lee Ashcroft

Programme Editor: David Barton

Committee / Directors: David Walker, Kevin Harrison, Mike Riding, Vic Rooking, Steve Hardacre, Vicki Hardacre, Bob Gornall, Kenny Brookfield, Rob Hamilton, Steve Southworth, Chris Rhodes, Duncan Crosbie, Stuart Hardacre, Lee Ashcroft

County Affiliation: Lancashire FA

Year Formed: 1996

Record Attendance: 570 v Preston North End Legends, 17th July 2016

Previous Leagues:

West Lancashire League
Preston & District League

Honours:

West Lancashire League
Premier Division Champions 2016/17
Division One Champions 2011/12
Division Two Runners Up 2009/10
Preston & District League
First Division Champions 2007/08
Third Division Champions 2003/04
Other
Wilf Carr Trophy Winners 2017/18

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Current Form: 2nd

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