Burscough F.C.

Early days

The first Burscough Association Football Club was formed in 1880, playing in the Liverpool and District League before folding in 1900. In 1905, Burscough Rangers were founded and moved to the Victoria Park ground in 1908. They established many of the traditions carried on by the current club, playing in green and being known as the Linnets. In the 1920s, the club won the Liverpool County Combination championship three times. In 1926, Rangers purchased a grandstand from Everton and erected it on Victoria Park. The following year they joined the Lancashire Combination but never experienced the same level of success and began to run into financial difficulties, finally folding in 1935. Following World War II the present club was founded in 1946, starting life in the Liverpool County Combination. In their second season, 1947–48, they achieved a cup treble, winning the Lancashire Junior Cup, George Mahon Cup and the Liverpool Challenge Cup. Two years later they again claimed the Junior Cup and also won the County Combination title for the first time. In 1952, they won the Liverpool Challenge Cup for a second time. In 1953–54 they joined the Lancashire Combination, winning the Second Division in their first season and scoring 155 goals in the process, and won the First Division title in 1955–56. Another milestone was reached in 1959 when they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, before going down 3–1 to Crewe Alexandra in front of 4,200 at…

Northern Premier League Premier Division champions 2006–07 North West Counties League Champions 1982–83 League Cup winners 1992–93, 1995–96 Floodlit Trophy 1997–98 Lancashire Combination Champions 1955–56, 1969–70 Division Two champions 1953–54 Liverpool County Football Combination Champions 1949–50 FA Trophy Winners 2002–03 Liverpool Senior Cup Winners 2000–01 Cheshire Senior Cup Winners 1974–75 Lancashire Junior Cup Winners 1947–48, 1949–50, 1966–67, 2006–07