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The Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur Football League is an English association football league founded in 1909. As of the 2024/25 season, the league consists of six divisions – Premier, One, Two and Three, then A and B. Historically the divisions named A-D were for Reserve sides of teams in the top four divisions, but 1st teams can now play at the lower levels.
The original Lancashire League was formed in 1889, and was established because of the success of the Football League, which had been established just one year earlier.. Prime movers in the formation of the league were the officials of Bury Football Club, who had ambitions to set up a regional competition which would be a stepping stone for them and other clubs to gain a place in the Football Le
The Lancashire Amateur Football League (more commonly known as the LAL) was founded in 1899. [1] Clubs are situated throughout the old boundaries of Lancashire and Cheshire; stretching from Preston in the north, Southport in the west, Rochdale and Oldham in the east and Lymm in the south.
The Lancashire FA are based at the County Ground, Thurston Road in Leyland.They moved their headquarters to the County Ground in 1998 from Blackburn. [9]The County Ground is the current home of Bolton Wanderers reserve team, who play in the Premier Reserve League and who, in the 2009–10 season, play in the North Division. [10]
At first it was a competition for minor non-league football clubs, but from the 1920s the membership changed with the league including several Football League club's 'A' teams. This continued through to the early 1950s. However, the creation of the Lancashire League meant that some of the Football League clubs changed their allegiance. The West ...
They left the league at the end of the 2008–09 season. [1] Burnley Belvedere later joined the East Lancashire League, and were Division One champions in 2016–17. [2] They retained the league title the following season, after which they moved up to the Premier Division of the Lancashire Amateur League. [3]
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the World War II. The club missed the first post-war Lancashire Combination season. 1946–47: Lancashire Combination: 42 18 7 17 78 72 +6 43 12th of 22: The Lancashire Combination expanded up to two divisions. The club remained in the top division. 1947–48: Lancashire ...
Following World War I, the club rejoined the league in 1920, by which time they had been renamed Bacup Borough. [5] They remained members of the now single-division Lancashire Combination until World War II, finishing in the bottom half of the table in most seasons, one of the exceptions being a third-place finish in 1929–30. [6]