Squires Gate

FORMED
1948

MANAGER
Luke Evans

GROUND
The Brian Addison Stadium

TWITTER
@squiresgatefc

Current Position: 23rd

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
46	12	6	28	74	119	42

Current Form: 17th

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	2	0	4	15	19

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
24/04/24	Longridge Town (A)	L 1-2
20/04/24	Wythenshawe (H)	L 0-3
12/04/24	Lower Breck (A)	L 3-5
03/04/24	Ramsbottom United (H)	W 3-2
24/03/24	AFC Liverpool (A)	W 5-3
19/03/24	Litherland REMYCA (H)	L 3-4

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
No Matches Found

Latest News:

	Nathan Cliffe Receives October Player of the Month Award
	The Squires Gate Player received his award from League Assistant Secretary Debbie Jessop

	Luke Evans wins FA Red Rose Award
	The Squires Gate Manager has had his recent efforts at the Club acknowledged by the Lancashire FA

	Luke Evans evaluates his first 110 days in charge at Squires Gate
	The Manchester United Academy scout is pleased with their recent form

	Squires Gate announce new manager
	Former AFC Darwen manager has been appointed manager of NWCFL Premier Division side Squires Gate

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 29/07/23	Pilkington	H	15:00	L 0-2
Tue 01/08/23	Charnock Richard	H	19:45	D 1-1	Kevin Spinelli (22)
Sat 05/08/23	Charnock Richard	A	15:00	L 0-7
	(The Emirates F.A Cup EP)
Wed 09/08/23	Litherland REMYCA	A	19:45	L 1-4	Kevin Spinelli (16)
Sat 12/08/23	Prestwich Heys	H	15:00	D 2-2	Ryan Riley (24) Kyle Campbell (64)
Tue 15/08/23	Colne	A	19:45	L 0-4
Sat 19/08/23	Wythenshawe Town	A	15:00	L 0-2
Tue 22/08/23	Barnoldswick Town	H	19:45	Postp
Sat 26/08/23	West Didsbury & Chorlton	H	15:00	L 1-5	Alfie Carmichael (1)
Mon 28/08/23	Irlam	A	15:00	L 2-4	James Hughes (38) Nathan Cliffe (88)
Sat 02/09/23	AFC Liverpool	H	15:00	L 3-4	Nathan Cliffe (22) Alfie Carmichael (54) James Boyd (90+2p)
Tue 05/09/23	Burscough	H	19:45	L 0-2
Sat 09/09/23	Padiham	A	15:00	W 1-0	James Hughes (33)
Tue 12/09/23	Barnoldswick Town	H	19:45	L 1-2	Nathan Cliffe (84)
Sat 16/09/23	FC Isle of Man	H	14:00	W 3-2	James Hughes (46) Nathan Cliffe (63) Alfie Carmichael (65)
Tue 19/09/23	Bury	H	19:45	L 0-2
Sat 23/09/23	Wythenshawe	A	15:00	L 0-7
Tue 26/09/23	Kendal Town	A	19:45	L 1-2	Joshua Few (90+3)
Sat 30/09/23	West Didsbury & Chorlton	A	15:00	D 1-1	Gary Pett (41)
Tue 03/10/23	Padiham	H	19:45	D 1-1	Kyle Campbell (37)
Sat 07/10/23	Colne	H	15:00	L 3-5	Nathan Cliffe (14) Joao Soares (31) Gary Pett (70)
Sat 14/10/23	Glossop North End	A	15:00	W 3-1	Nathan Cliffe (17) Nathan Cliffe (35) Nathan Cliffe (37)
Tue 17/10/23	Southport	A	19:30	L 1-3	James Boyd (27)
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
Sat 21/10/23	South Liverpool	H	15:00	L 1-4	Nathan Cliffe (5)
	(The Isuzu FA Vase 1)
Tue 24/10/23	Bury	A	19:45	L 0-1
Sat 28/10/23	Skelmersdale United	H	15:00	W 3-2	Nathan Cliffe (27) Nathan Cliffe (30) Nathan Cliffe (54)
Wed 01/11/23	Garstang	A	20:00	Postp
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 04/11/23	Chadderton	A	15:00	L 0-1
Wed 08/11/23	Garstang	N	20:00	L 0-4
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 11/11/23	Prestwich Heys	A	15:00	L 2-4	Gary Pett (65) James Hughes (73)
Sat 18/11/23	Charnock Richard	A	15:00	Postp
Tue 21/11/23	Kendal Town	H	19:45	Postp
Sat 25/11/23	Barnoldswick Town	A	15:00	D 2-2	James Hughes (51) James Boyd (89p)
Sat 02/12/23	FC Isle of Man	A	17:00	W 3-1	James Boyd (52p) James Boyd (78p) James Hughes (90+6)
Sat 09/12/23	Cheadle Town	H	15:00	Postp
Tue 12/12/23	Kendal Town	H	19:45	L 2-4	James Hughes (6) Nathan Cliffe (43)
Sat 16/12/23	Wythenshawe Town	H	15:00	D 2-2	Saad Mekkaoui-Abouzaid (80) Regan Crossley (90+1)
Sat 23/12/23	Ramsbottom United	A	15:00	W 2-1	Saad Mekkaoui-Abouzaid (41) James Hughes (43)
Tue 26/12/23	Longridge Town	H	15:00	W 2-1	James Hughes (46) James Boyd (90+4)
Sat 30/12/23	Chadderton	H	15:00	Postp
Sat 06/01/24	Skelmersdale United	A	15:00	L 0-1
Tue 16/01/24	Cheadle Town	H	19:45	Postp
Sat 20/01/24	Lower Breck	H	15:00	L 0-3
Sat 27/01/24	Glossop North End	H	15:00	L 3-5	Joshua Few (7) Joshua Few (17) James Boyd (40p)
Sat 03/02/24	Burscough	A	15:00	L 0-3
Tue 06/02/24	Chadderton	H	19:45	L 2-4	Regan Crossley (29) Dean Ing (35)
Sat 10/02/24	Cheadle Town	A	15:00	W 4-2	James Hughes (8) James Hughes (27) Ryan Riley (56) James Boyd (76)
Sat 17/02/24	Litherland REMYCA	H	15:00	Postp
Sat 24/02/24	Pilkington	A	15:00	W 4-1	Liam Birchall (19) Dean Ing (46) Dean Ing (63) James Hughes (74)
Tue 27/02/24	Cheadle Town	H	19:45	L 1-2	Nathan Cliffe (20)
Sat 02/03/24	Ramsbottom United	H	17:00	Postp
Sat 09/03/24	Charnock Richard	A	15:00	L 1-6	James Hughes (3)
Sat 16/03/24	Irlam	H	15:00	W 2-1	Dean Ing (66) James Hughes (79)
Tue 19/03/24	Litherland REMYCA	H	19:45	L 3-4	James Boyd (31p) Dean Ing (68) Dean Ing (90+3)
Sun 24/03/24	AFC Liverpool	A	15:00	W 5-3	James Hughes (40) Kyle Campbell (44) Dean Ing (54) Dean Ing (68) James Boyd (90+4)
Mon 01/04/24	Longridge Town	A	15:00	Postp
Wed 03/04/24	Ramsbottom United	H	19:45	W 3-2	James Hughes (37) James Hughes (55) Joshua Few (81)
Fri 12/04/24	Lower Breck	A	20:00	L 3-5	Alfie Carmichael (6) Jack Page (23) Dean Ing (78)
Tue 16/04/24	Longridge Town	A	19:45	Postp
Sat 20/04/24	Wythenshawe	H	15:00	L 0-3
Wed 24/04/24	Longridge Town	A	19:45	L 1-2	Dean Ing (66p)

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
Sat 29/07/23	Pilkington (H)	L 0-2
Tue 01/08/23	Charnock Richard (H)	D 1-1
Sat 05/08/23	Charnock Richard (A)	L 0-7
(The Emirates F.A Cup EP)
Wed 09/08/23	Litherland REMYCA (A)	L 1-4
Sat 12/08/23	Prestwich Heys (H)	D 2-2
Tue 15/08/23	Colne (A)	L 0-4
Sat 19/08/23	Wythenshawe Town (A)	L 0-2
Tue 22/08/23	Barnoldswick Town (H)	Postp
Sat 26/08/23	West Didsbury & Chorlton (H)	L 1-5
Mon 28/08/23	Irlam (A)	L 2-4
Sat 02/09/23	AFC Liverpool (H)	L 3-4
Tue 05/09/23	Burscough (H)	L 0-2
Sat 09/09/23	Padiham (A)	W 1-0
Tue 12/09/23	Barnoldswick Town (H)	L 1-2
Sat 16/09/23	FC Isle of Man (H)	W 3-2
Tue 19/09/23	Bury (H)	L 0-2
Sat 23/09/23	Wythenshawe (A)	L 0-7
Tue 26/09/23	Kendal Town (A)	L 1-2
Sat 30/09/23	West Didsbury & Chorlton (A)	D 1-1
Tue 03/10/23	Padiham (H)	D 1-1
Sat 07/10/23	Colne (H)	L 3-5
Sat 14/10/23	Glossop North End (A)	W 3-1
Tue 17/10/23	Southport (A)	L 1-3
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
Sat 21/10/23	South Liverpool (H)	L 1-4
(The Isuzu FA Vase 1)
Tue 24/10/23	Bury (A)	L 0-1
Sat 28/10/23	Skelmersdale United (H)	W 3-2
Wed 01/11/23	Garstang (A)	Postp
(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 04/11/23	Chadderton (A)	L 0-1
Wed 08/11/23	Garstang (A)	L 0-4
(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 11/11/23	Prestwich Heys (A)	L 2-4
Sat 18/11/23	Charnock Richard (A)	Postp
Tue 21/11/23	Kendal Town (H)	Postp
Sat 25/11/23	Barnoldswick Town (A)	D 2-2
Sat 02/12/23	FC Isle of Man (A)	W 3-1
Sat 09/12/23	Cheadle Town (H)	Postp
Tue 12/12/23	Kendal Town (H)	L 2-4
Sat 16/12/23	Wythenshawe Town (H)	D 2-2
Sat 23/12/23	Ramsbottom United (A)	W 2-1
Tue 26/12/23	Longridge Town (H)	W 2-1
Sat 30/12/23	Chadderton (H)	Postp
Sat 06/01/24	Skelmersdale United (A)	L 0-1
Tue 16/01/24	Cheadle Town (H)	Postp
Sat 20/01/24	Lower Breck (H)	L 0-3
Sat 27/01/24	Glossop North End (H)	L 3-5
Sat 03/02/24	Burscough (A)	L 0-3
Tue 06/02/24	Chadderton (H)	L 2-4
Sat 10/02/24	Cheadle Town (A)	W 4-2
Sat 17/02/24	Litherland REMYCA (H)	Postp
Sat 24/02/24	Pilkington (A)	W 4-1
Tue 27/02/24	Cheadle Town (H)	L 1-2
Sat 02/03/24	Ramsbottom United (H)	Postp
Sat 09/03/24	Charnock Richard (A)	L 1-6
Sat 16/03/24	Irlam (H)	W 2-1
Tue 19/03/24	Litherland REMYCA (H)	L 3-4
Sun 24/03/24	AFC Liverpool (A)	W 5-3
Mon 01/04/24	Longridge Town (A)	Postp
Wed 03/04/24	Ramsbottom United (H)	W 3-2
Fri 12/04/24	Lower Breck (A)	L 3-5
Tue 16/04/24	Longridge Town (A)	Postp
Sat 20/04/24	Wythenshawe (H)	L 0-3
Wed 24/04/24	Longridge Town (A)	L 1-2

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Scott Adamson	13	12	0	0	0	5	1
Harrison Aubrey-Williams	7	2	0	0	0	1	0
Nathan Bartram-Conway	7	0	0	0	0	2	1
James Boyd	29	6	10	0	1	1	3
Kyle Campbell	26	21	3	0	0	0	2
Alfie Carmichael	20	10	4	0	2	1	1
Rowan Chambers	42	3	0	0	0	5	1
Nathan Cliffe	26	13	14	0	0	9	7
Regan Crossley	35	5	2	0	2	1	0
Joshua Few	17	8	4	0	0	2	1
Dominik Gil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Holden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Hughes	44	3	17	0	0	4	9
Dean Ing	15	1	10	0	0	5	3
Lamin Jagne	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Pascal Jungo (GK)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Adrian Kandeke	32	8	0	0	2	7	1
Declan Lamb	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Addison Lomax	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saad Mekkaoui-Abouzaid	11	6	2	0	1	2	0
Samuel Ogundare	6	6	0	0	0	5	0
Adetunji Ogundeji	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Oliver Orr	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Page	3	15	1	0	0	1	0
Nathan Pennington (GK)	45	0	0	0	2	4	8
Dylan Petitcuenot	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Pett	28	9	3	0	0	6	0
Samuel Pickles	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mwirusi Ramadhan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Riley	30	6	2	0	0	2	0
Damola Sotona	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rhys Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Welsh	25	0	0	0	0	2	2
Callum Williams-Paroli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Niall Fallon	18	0	0	0	1	4	0
Savion Fernando	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron Gourley	14	0	0	0	0	0	2
Harry Lutakome	10	2	0	0	0	3	0
Joao Soares	9	6	1	0	1	3	0
Kevin Spinelli	7	0	2	0	0	0	1
Charlie Wallace	1	3	0	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Andrew Baker		Coach
David Biggs		Coach
Neil Crossley		Coach
Luke Evans		Manager
Shane Hudson		Coach
Helen Lambe		First Aider
John Maguire		Committee Member
Ryan Riley		Advisor

Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Scott Adamson	13+12	0	0	5	1
Harrison Aubrey-Williams	7+2	0	0	1	0
Nathan Bartram-Conway	7	0	0	2	1
James Boyd	29+6	10	1	1	3
Kyle Campbell	26+21	3	0	0	2
Alfie Carmichael	20+10	4	2	1	1
Rowan Chambers	42+3	0	0	5	1
Nathan Cliffe	26+13	14	0	9	7
Regan Crossley	35+5	2	2	1	0
Joshua Few	17+8	4	0	2	1
Dominik Gil	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Holden	0	0	0	0	0
James Hughes	44+3	17	0	4	9
Dean Ing	15+1	10	0	5	3
Lamin Jagne	0+1	0	0	1	0
Pascal Jungo	2	0	0	0	1
Adrian Kandeke	32+8	0	2	7	1
Declan Lamb	2+2	0	0	1	0
Addison Lomax	0	0	0	0	0
Saad Mekkaoui-Abouzaid	11+6	2	1	2	0
Samuel Ogundare	6+6	0	0	5	0
Adetunji Ogundeji	0+2	0	0	0	0
Oliver Orr	3+3	0	0	1	0
Jack Page	3+15	1	0	1	0
Nathan Pennington	45	0	2	4	8
Dylan Petitcuenot	1+2	0	0	0	0
Gary Pett	28+9	3	0	6	0
Samuel Pickles	0+4	0	0	0	0
Mwirusi Ramadhan	3	0	0	0	0
Ryan Riley	30+6	2	0	2	0
Damola Sotona	0+3	0	0	0	0
Rhys Turner	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Welsh	25	0	0	2	2
Callum Williams-Paroli	0	0	0	0	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Niall Fallon	18	0	1	4	0
Savion Fernando	0+1	0	0	0	0
Cameron Gourley	14	0	0	0	2
Harry Lutakome	10+2	0	0	3	0
Joao Soares	9+6	1	1	3	0
Kevin Spinelli	7	2	0	0	1
Charlie Wallace	1+3	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Andrew Baker		Coach
David Biggs		Coach
Neil Crossley		Coach
Luke Evans		Manager
Shane Hudson		Coach
Helen Lambe		First Aider
John Maguire		Committee Member
Ryan Riley		Advisor

Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Scott Adamson	13+12	0
Harrison Aubrey-Williams	7+2	0
Nathan Bartram-Conway	7	0
James Boyd	29+6	10
Kyle Campbell	26+21	3
Alfie Carmichael	20+10	4
Rowan Chambers	42+3	0
Nathan Cliffe	26+13	14
Regan Crossley	35+5	2
Joshua Few	17+8	4
Dominik Gil	0	0
Luke Holden	0	0
James Hughes	44+3	17
Dean Ing	15+1	10
Lamin Jagne	0+1	0
Pascal Jungo (GK)	2	0
Adrian Kandeke	32+8	0
Declan Lamb	2+2	0
Addison Lomax	0	0
Saad Mekkaoui-Abouzaid	11+6	2
Samuel Ogundare	6+6	0
Adetunji Ogundeji	0+2	0
Oliver Orr	3+3	0
Jack Page	3+15	1
Nathan Pennington (GK)	45	0
Dylan Petitcuenot	1+2	0
Gary Pett	28+9	3
Samuel Pickles	0+4	0
Mwirusi Ramadhan	3	0
Ryan Riley	30+6	2
Damola Sotona	0+3	0
Rhys Turner	0	0
Alex Welsh	25	0
Callum Williams-Paroli	0	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Niall Fallon	18	0
Savion Fernando	0+1	0
Cameron Gourley	14	0
Harry Lutakome	10+2	0
Joao Soares	9+6	1
Kevin Spinelli	7	2
Charlie Wallace	1+3	0

Staff Members

Name
Andrew Baker		Coach
David Biggs		Coach
Neil Crossley		Coach
Luke Evans		Manager
Shane Hudson		Coach
Helen Lambe		First Aider
John Maguire		Committee Member
Ryan Riley		Advisor

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	3-2	16/09/23 v FC Isle of Man (Premier Division) 28/10/23 v Skelmersdale United (Premier Division) 03/04/24 v Ramsbottom United (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Win	4-1	24/02/24 v Pilkington (Premier Division)
Biggest Home Defeat	1-5	26/08/23 v West Didsbury & Chorlton (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-7	05/08/23 v Charnock Richard (The Emirates F.A Cup) 23/09/23 v Wythenshawe (Premier Division)
Highest Drawn Home Game	2-2	12/08/23 v Prestwich Heys (Premier Division) 16/12/23 v Wythenshawe Town (Premier Division)
Highest Drawn Away Game	2-2	25/11/23 v Barnoldswick Town (Premier Division)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	8	3-5 07/10/23 v Colne (Premier Division) 3-5 27/01/24 v Glossop North End (Premier Division)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	8	5-3 24/03/24 v AFC Liverpool (Premier Division) 3-5 12/04/24 v Lower Breck (Premier Division)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	24		26		50
Won	5	20.83%	7	26.92%	12	24.00%
Drawn	4	16.67%	2	7.69%	6	12.00%
Lost	15	62.50%	17	65.38%	32	64.00%
Scored	39	1.63	37	1.42	76	1.52
Conceded	65	2.71	72	2.77	137	2.74

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Emirates F.A Cup	Extra Preliminary Round	0-7	Charnock Richard	(A)
The Isuzu FA Vase	1st Round	1-4	South Liverpool	(H)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	0-4	Garstang	(A)
Lancashire Challenge Trophy	2nd Round	1-3	Southport	(A)

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	24 games	120

Number of Games Since
Last Win	3 games
Last Defeat	0 games
Goalless Draw	113 games
Score Draw	18 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	1 game
Clean Sheet	38 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	14	28.00%	1	2.00%
One	13	26.00%	12	24.00%
Two	10	20.00%	15	30.00%
Three	10	20.00%	5	10.00%
Four	2	4.00%	10	20.00%
Five or more	1	2.00%	7	14.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	8	10.67%	14	0.00%	8	3.81%
16-30	14	18.67%	23	17.04%	37	17.62%
31-45	16	21.33%	22	16.30%	38	18.10%
46-60	10	13.33%	21	15.56%	31	14.76%
61-75	12	16.00%	24	17.78%	36	17.14%
76-90	15	20.00%	30	22.22%	45	21.43%
90-105	0	0.00%	1	0.74%	1	0.48%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

History

Squires Gate were formed in 1948 as Squires Gate British Legion FC and competed in the Blackpool & District Amateur League. They won the leagues Rawling Shield in their first season. The name of the club was changed to Squires Gate FC in 1953. They won the leagues First Division in 1955-56 and 1956-57; also the Blackwell Cup in 1958-59 and 1959-60. They spent the 1960-61 in the Fylde District League, winning the Fylde Cup and losing finalists in the Bannister Cup.

The following season they moved up to the West Lancashire League where they spent the next thirty years. From 1961 until 1980 they were in Division Two and were promoted in 1981 as champions. In the 1986-87 season they won the Richardson Cup.

They were elected into the North West Counties Football League for the 1991-92 season, joining Division Two for the 1991-92 season. They won the 2001-02 season Division Two Trophy and then the following season they missed the runner-up spot on goal difference but were still promoted to Division One following the demise of Stand Athletic who had originally been promoted as Division Two champions. They reached their highest league placing in the 2005-06 season also reaching the quarter finals of the FA Vase.

To cap a very impressive 2007-08 season, Squires Gate were delighted that no less than nine of their members were honoured with long service awards: Albert Hamer, George Diggle, Roy Westhead, Brian Hugill and Brian Addison all collected Football Association Order of Merit mementos for 50 years service; and Steve Bellamy, Mick Farrer, John Maguire and Tony Hornby received 30 years awards from the Lancashire FA.
Groundsman Brian Addison was judged the best at our level in the Northern Region, and a magnificent third nationally at the FA Groundsman of the Year presentations in London last September, and his pitch is clear evidence of his commitment.

Due to an indifferent start in the 2015/16 season, club captain Danny Penswick took over as player manager and ensured survival with a memorable last game victory at Ashton Athletic. Danny also ensured Premier Division status in 2016/17 thanks to a late surge including a victory at home to Runcorn Linnets. Andy Clarkson took over in October 2017 and guided the club to a creditable 8th place finish and improved again in 2018/19 season with another 8th place finish.

After a difficult start to the 2019/2020 season Luke Evans was appointed manager by Chairman Tony Jo, assisted by Shane Hudson. Evans led the club up the table, with Gate sat in 9th place before COVID-19 struck the nation, cutting the season short in March.

The time away allowed the committee to look at how to move the club forward off the pitch, with much needed improvements made across the board. New changing rooms were implemented, with various other improvements made around the stadium.

A new media team was also appointed, with James Ashton, Dan Hayden and Jay Hayden heading up a new look social media, programme and graphic design, with Ian Moore coming in as the new Club Photographer, taking over from the irreplaceable legend Albert Cooper. Andy Baker also came in as the new Assistant Manager.
The 2020/21 season only saw nine league matches take place for Gate, before COVID struck once again to cut the season short after December. Again though this allowed time for Luke Evans to keep moving the club forward, as strong partnerships with Talented Player Development and Global Football Network were made. Meanwhile, a new Under 23’s team was formed, led by Liam Robinson of Talented Player Development.

Forward to the start of the 2021/22 season, a decent start in the league coincided with Gate putting together a good run in the FA Cup, reaching the 2nd Qualifying Round - matching their best run in the club’s history. The highlight of this run came in the Preliminary Round, as Gate hosted newly formed Macclesfield FC at The Brian Addison Stadium. A record crowd of 738 watched an incredible match, as Gate came away 6-4 winners to progress into the next round. After knocking out North Shields, Gate were narrowly beaten 3-2 by Pontefract Collieries to end their run. Gate kept ticking in the league too, finishing 17th with safety confirmed comfortably by the start of March.

Unfortunately during the 21/22 season, the club had the devastating passing of beloved chairman Tony Jo. Luke Evans and the rest of the club committee now had the club in their hands. It made for a difficult summer in 2022, with the club only just surviving, but the committee and its volunteers pulled together to keep the club afloat and put together a new young and hungry squad for the 2022/23 season. While the previous season’s FA Cup achievement couldn’t be matched, an excellent run was put together in the FA Vase, with Gate reaching the Third Round.

The summer of 2023 saw more off the field changes, with club legend John Maguire stepping down from his role as Secretary, ending 48 years of stellar service. James Ashton and Alan Davis were elected onto the club committee, as well as Ian Moore who became the new secretary. Hayden Moore was appointed Head of Recruitment, while a new chairman was also appointed - head of Global Football Network, John Pladas.

Matchday Information

Ground: The Brian Addison Stadium

Address: School Road, Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire

Postcode: FY4 5DS

Telephone: 07776 123529

Midweek Night: Tuesday

2023/24 Admission Prices: £7 Adults, £4 Concessions & Under 16's Free

Programme Price: £2.50

Directions: M55 to junction 4, turn left onto the A583, at first set of traffic lights turn right (Whitehill Road) follow sign for airport, at round-a-bout thake Lytham St Annes exit. Ground approx. 11/2 on right.

Nearest Railway: Squires Gate (1.7 miles)

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: The number 14 bus stops outside the Shovels Pub, a 5 minute maximum walk from the club. This bus can be picked up from Blackpool Town Centre.

Parking Facilities: Large Car Park to the front of the club on School Road, Over flow Car Park on Common Edge which is the corner of School Road. Please note that the main car park is shared with Blackpool Wren Rovers so can fill up quickly on a Saturday afternoon.

Ground Facilities: Outside Toilets, Plenty of hard standing both covered and uncovered. A fully stocked bar and kitchen with hot food and drinks available on match days.

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Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: The Brian Addison Stadium

Address: School Road, Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire

Postcode: FY4 5DS

Telephone: 07776 123529

Website: https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/squiresgate

Twitter: @squiresgatefc

Registered Colours: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

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

Alternative Colours: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Orange Shirt, Orange Shorts, Orange Socks

Secretary: Ian Moore

Chairman: John Pladas

Manager: Luke Evans

Programme Editor: James Ashton

Committee / Directors: Committee : John Pladas, Ian Moore, Liam Robinson, John Maguire, Brian Addison, Steve Bellamy, Micky Farrar, James Ashton, Alan Davis,

County Affiliation: Lancashire FA

Year Formed: 1948

Record Attendance: 738 V's Macclesfield in FA Cup 2021

Previous Leagues:

West Lancashire League
Blackpool &
District Amateur League

Honours:

Blackpool &
District Amateur League First Division champions 1956, 1957
West Lancashire League Division Two champions 1981
Rawling Shield winners 1949
Blackwell Cup winners 1959, 1960
Fylde Cup winners 1961
Bannister Cup runners-up 1961
Richardson Cup winners 1987
NWCFL Division Two Trophy winners 2001
Runners-up 1998

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Current Form: 17th

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