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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]
The FA Premier League was founded on 20 February 1992, following the decision of First Division (the top-tier league from 1888 until 1992) clubs to break away from the English Football League. As a result at the top is the single division of the Premier League (level 1, which is often referred to as the "top flight"), containing 20 clubs.
The league now covers the whole of modern Lancashire, plus areas of Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and even West Yorkshire. A fourth division operated for two seasons between 2016 and 2018. [1] In past seasons the league has included former Football League club Nelson and the forerunners of current Football League side Morecambe. [2]
Barrow Association Football Club is an English football club based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.Founded in 1901, the team began in that season's Lancashire League, joined the Lancashire Combination in its newly formed Second Division for the 1903–04 season, and were promoted to its First Division in 1905. [1]
The 1890–91 season saw Blackburn Rovers win the FA Cup for the fifth time against Notts County with a 3–1 victory. [17] During the 1897–98 season the club were relegated but were elected back into the first division at the Football League's AGM along with Newcastle United . [ 18 ]