Padiham F.C.

Padiham

Full name

Padiham Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Storks

Founded

1878

Ground

Arbories Memorial Sports Ground, Padiham

Capacity

1,688

Chairman

Frank Heys

Manager

Steve Wilkes

League

North West Counties League Premier Division

2015–16

North West Counties League Premier Division, 11th

Home colours

Away colours

Padiham Football Club are an English football team based in Padiham, Lancashire. As of 2015–16, they play in the North West Counties League Premier Division.

History

When the club was formed in 1878 it was among the first football clubs in Lancashire and was well supported, attracting an attendance of 9,000 for a match against neighbours Burnley in 1884. At this time Padiham's ground was on the banks of the River Calder, hence the nickname, The Caldersiders.

Padiham was one of the first clubs to support the legalisation of professional football. However, this backfired as they were unable to compete with clubs in larger towns such as Blackburn, and the club folded in 1916. The club lost their ground during World War I and lay dormant until after the end of the Second World War.

Then in 1949 the club was resurrected with the opening of the Arbories Memorial Sports Ground. A crowd of 1,777 turned up to see their opening fixture of the season in the Lancashire Combination Football League.

They became founder members of the North West Counties Football League in 1982 but left the league in 1990. They returned in 2000 after spending £500,000 on upgrading the Arbories Memorial Sports Ground and finished in the top four of the second division in 2003 and 2005.

They gained promotion to the Northern Premier League Division One North for season 2013/14 after winning the North West Counties Football League Premier Division in season 2012/13, but returned to the North West Counties League after being relegated two seasons later.

Honours

Lancashire Amateur Cup
- Finalists 1965–66
North West Counties League Premier Division
- Champions 2012–13
North West Counties League Division One
- Runners-up 2008–09
North West Counties League Division Three
- Runners-up 1983–84
West Lancashire Football League
- Division One Winners 1999–2000
- Division Two Winners 1971–72, 1976–77
NHS Bird Cup
- Winners 2010–11

Records

FA Cup^[1]
- Third Round 1883–84
FA Vase
- Third Round 1981–82

References

↑ Padiham at the Football Club History Database

Match programme, F.C. United of Manchester v Padiham, 20 August 2005

Notes

^ This is the club's record attendance. They attracted an attendance of 1777 for their first match after reforming, against Chorley Reserves in August 1949, but have not recorded a higher attendance since then at the Arbories.

North West Counties Football League

Premier Division	1874 Northwich Abbey Hey AFC Darwen AFC Liverpool Ashton Athletic Atherton Collieries Barnoldswick Town Barnton Bootle Cammell Laird 1907 Congleton Town Hanley Town Irlam Maine Road Nelson New Mills Padiham Runcorn Linnets Runcorn Town Squires Gate West Didsbury & Chorlton Winsford United

First Division	AFC Blackpool Alsager Town Ashton Town Atherton Laburnum Rovers Bacup Borough Carlisle City Chadderton Charnock Richard Cheadle Town City of Liverpool Daisy Hill Eccleshall FC Oswestry Town Holker Old Boys Litherland REMYCA Prestwich Heys Sandbach United St. Helens Town Silsden Stockport Town Whitchurch Alport Widnes

Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Burnley

Transport

Burnley bus station East Lancashire Line The Witch Way Transdev in Burnley & Pendle Transdev Northern Blue

Railway stations	Burnley Barracks Burnley Central Burnley Manchester Road Hapton Rose Grove

Disused stations	Padiham Holme Towneley

Roads	A56 A671 A678 M65

Education

Sport

History

Media

Politics

Coordinates: 53°48′08.72″N 2°19′16.83″W / 53.8024222°N 2.3213417°W / 53.8024222; -2.3213417

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