Darwen FC

FORMED
Reformed 2009

MANAGER
Ben Langford/ Nathan Bond

GROUND
Multevo Group Anchor Ground

TWITTER
@DarwenFC

Current Position: 4th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
11	6	2	3	22	14	20

Current Form: 6th

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	4	0	2	18	7

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
01/11/25	Ashton Athletic (H)	W 3-1
29/10/25	Colne (H)	W 4-0
25/10/25	Garstang (H)	W 4-0
18/10/25	Ashton Town (A)	L 0-1
11/10/25	Daisy Hill (A)	L 2-3
04/10/25	Maghull (H)	W 5-2

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
08/11/25	Colne (A)	15:00
15/11/25	Ashton Town (A)	15:00
22/11/25	Maghull (A)	15:00
29/11/25	Ashton Town (H)	15:00
06/12/25	Ashton Athletic (A)	15:00
13/12/25	Holker Old Boys (H)	15:00

Latest News:

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 26/07/25	Thornton Cleveleys	H	15:00	D 0-0
Sat 02/08/25	MSB Woolton	H	15:00	W 2-1	Ryan Talbot (25) Connor Hughes (87)
Sat 09/08/25	Squires Gate	A	15:00	L 1-2	Ryan Talbot (58)
Sat 16/08/25	Holker Old Boys	A	15:00	W 2-1	Brandon Dawson (7) Joshua Abbott (38)
Sat 30/08/25	AFC Blackpool	H	15:00	L 0-2
Sat 06/09/25	Fulwood Amateurs	H	15:00	D 1-1	Joshua Abbott (41)
Sat 13/09/25	Steeton	A	15:00	W 2-1	Pawel Zuk (57) Akim Samms (86)
Sat 20/09/25	Armthorpe Welfare	A	15:00	W 6-2	Pawel Zuk (6) Kit Lloyd (40) Kit Lloyd (42) Gary Basterfield (71) Kit Lloyd (75p) Charlie Lloyd (84)
	(The Isuzu FA Vase 2Q)
Sat 27/09/25	Garstang	H	15:00	LOST
	(The Macron Cup 1)
	(0-0 AET, 0-0 after 90 mins, Garstang won 3-4 on pens)
Sat 04/10/25	Maghull	H	15:00	W 5-2	Joshua Abbott (9) Bruno De Almeida Severino (30) Joshua Abbott (60) Nathan Bond (62) Joshua Abbott (67)
Sat 11/10/25	Daisy Hill	A	15:00	L 2-3	Kit Lloyd (77) Joshua Abbott (85)
Sat 18/10/25	Ashton Town	A	15:00	L 0-1
	(The Isuzu FA Vase 1)
Sat 25/10/25	Garstang	H	15:00	W 4-0	Joshua Abbott (21) Joshua Abbott (62) Bobby Langford (84) Joshua Abbott (90p)
Wed 29/10/25	Colne	H	19:45	W 4-0	Akim Samms (29) Akim Samms (45) Joshua Abbott (58) Abdullah Zaffar (74)
	(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)
Sat 01/11/25	Ashton Athletic	H	15:00	W 3-1	Bruno De Almeida Severino (65) Abdullah Zaffar (67) Bobby Langford (89)
Sat 08/11/25	Colne	A	15:00
Sat 15/11/25	Ashton Town	A	15:00
	(The Edward Case Cup 2 N)
Sat 22/11/25	Maghull	A	15:00
Sat 29/11/25	Ashton Town	H	15:00
Sat 06/12/25	Ashton Athletic	A	15:00
Sat 13/12/25	Holker Old Boys	H	15:00
Fri 26/12/25	Nelson	H	15:00
Sat 03/01/26	Fulwood Amateurs	A	15:00
Sat 10/01/26	Droylsden	H	15:00
Sat 17/01/26	Ashton Town	A	15:00
Sat 24/01/26	Maine Road	H	15:00
Sat 31/01/26	Bacup Borough	A	15:00
Sat 07/02/26	Thornton Cleveleys	A	15:00
Sat 14/02/26	Daisy Hill	H	15:00
Sat 21/02/26	Maine Road	A	15:00
Fri 27/02/26	Colne	H	19:45
Sat 07/03/26	Garstang	A	15:00
Sat 14/03/26	Steeton	H	15:00
Sat 21/03/26	AFC Blackpool	A	15:00
Sat 28/03/26	MSB Woolton	A	15:00
Sat 04/04/26	Darwen FC	H	15:00
Mon 06/04/26	Nelson	A	15:00
Sat 11/04/26	Droylsden	A	15:00
TBC	Bacup Borough	H

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
Sat 26/07/25	Thornton Cleveleys (H)	D 0-0
Sat 02/08/25	MSB Woolton (H)	W 2-1
Sat 09/08/25	Squires Gate (A)	L 1-2
Sat 16/08/25	Holker Old Boys (A)	W 2-1
Sat 30/08/25	AFC Blackpool (H)	L 0-2
Sat 06/09/25	Fulwood Amateurs (H)	D 1-1
Sat 13/09/25	Steeton (A)	W 2-1
Sat 20/09/25	Armthorpe Welfare (A)	W 6-2
(The Isuzu FA Vase 2Q)
Sat 27/09/25	Garstang (H)	L
(The Macron Cup 1)
(0-0 AET, 0-0 after 90 mins, Garstang won 3-4 on pens)
Sat 04/10/25	Maghull (H)	W 5-2
Sat 11/10/25	Daisy Hill (A)	L 2-3
Sat 18/10/25	Ashton Town (A)	L 0-1
(The Isuzu FA Vase 1)
Sat 25/10/25	Garstang (H)	W 4-0
Wed 29/10/25	Colne (H)	W 4-0
(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)
Sat 01/11/25	Ashton Athletic (H)	W 3-1
Sat 08/11/25	Colne (A)	15:00
Sat 15/11/25	Ashton Town (A)	15:00
(The Edward Case Cup 2 N)
Sat 22/11/25	Maghull (A)	15:00
Sat 29/11/25	Ashton Town (H)	15:00
Sat 06/12/25	Ashton Athletic (A)	15:00
Sat 13/12/25	Holker Old Boys (H)	15:00
Fri 26/12/25	Nelson (H)	15:00
Sat 03/01/26	Fulwood Amateurs (A)	15:00
Sat 10/01/26	Droylsden (H)	15:00
Sat 17/01/26	Ashton Town (A)	15:00
Sat 24/01/26	Maine Road (H)	15:00
Sat 31/01/26	Bacup Borough (A)	15:00
Sat 07/02/26	Thornton Cleveleys (A)	15:00
Sat 14/02/26	Daisy Hill (H)	15:00
Sat 21/02/26	Maine Road (A)	15:00
Fri 27/02/26	Colne (H)	19:45
Sat 07/03/26	Garstang (A)	15:00
Sat 14/03/26	Steeton (H)	15:00
Sat 21/03/26	AFC Blackpool (A)	15:00
Sat 28/03/26	MSB Woolton (A)	15:00
Sat 04/04/26	Darwen FC (H)	15:00
Mon 06/04/26	Nelson (A)	15:00
Sat 11/04/26	Droylsden (A)	15:00
TBC	Bacup Borough (H)

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Joshua Abbott	13	1	10	0	0	1	2
Marcello Arhin	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Nario Baptista	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Basterfield	2	3	1	0	0	1	0
Nathan Bond	8	2	1	0	0	3	0
Kenan Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sami Butt	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bruno De Almeida Severino	13	0	2	0	1	2	1
Nathan Emery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jefferson Goncalves De Abreu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Gooden	11	1	0	0	0	2	0
Anthony Hodges	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Louis Hood (GK)	11	0	0	0	0	2	0
Josh Knowles (GK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Omar Lamouri	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Langford	0	4	2	0	0	1	0
Charlie Lloyd	15	0	1	0	0	2	0
Jake Lloyd	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kit Lloyd	8	6	4	0	0	0	0
Morgan Newns (GK)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samuel Ogundare	6	1	0	0	0	2	1
Daniel Price-Jordan	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Akim Samms	6	5	3	0	0	0	0
Bradley Sixsmith	8	1	0	0	2	0	1
Christopher Smalley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohamed Wassa	14	1	0	0	0	3	2
Jack Wright	8	0	0	0	0	1	1
Abdullah Zaffar	3	8	2	0	0	1	0
Pawel Zuk	11	1	2	0	1	0	1

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Ruben Abreu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yacin Amarzou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Aspinall (GK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Dawson	3	0	1	0	0	1	1
Jack Foster	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Connor Hughes	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
William Shawcross	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan Talbot	5	1	2	0	0	0	1

Staff Members

Name
Nathan Bond		Manager
Dexter Brierley		Coach
Chris Holland		Coach
Ben Langford		Manager
Kenneth Langford		Manager
James Nicol		Coach
Iain Worton		First Aider

Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Joshua Abbott	13+1	10	0	1	2
Marcello Arhin	0+3	0	0	0	0
Nario Baptista	4+4	0	0	0	0
Gary Basterfield	2+3	1	0	1	0
Nathan Bond	8+2	1	0	3	0
Kenan Bradley	0	0	0	0	0
Sami Butt	0+2	0	0	1	0
Bruno De Almeida Severino	13	2	1	2	1
Nathan Emery	0	0	0	0	0
Jefferson Goncalves De Abreu	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Gooden	11+1	0	0	2	0
Anthony Hodges	4	0	0	1	0
Louis Hood	11	0	0	2	0
Josh Knowles	0	0	0	0	0
Omar Lamouri	0+1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Langford	0+4	2	0	1	0
Charlie Lloyd	15	1	0	2	0
Jake Lloyd	0+1	0	0	0	0
Kit Lloyd	8+6	4	0	0	0
Morgan Newns	4	0	0	0	0
Samuel Ogundare	6+1	0	0	2	1
Daniel Price-Jordan	0+2	0	0	0	0
Akim Samms	6+5	3	0	0	0
Bradley Sixsmith	8+1	0	2	0	1
Christopher Smalley	2	0	0	0	0
Mohamed Wassa	14+1	0	0	3	2
Jack Wright	8	0	0	1	1
Abdullah Zaffar	3+8	2	0	1	0
Pawel Zuk	11+1	2	1	0	1

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Ruben Abreu	0	0	0	0	0
Yacin Amarzou	0	0	0	0	0
James Aspinall	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Dawson	3	1	0	1	1
Jack Foster	4+3	0	0	0	0
Connor Hughes	2	1	0	0	0
William Shawcross	0+2	0	0	1	0
Ryan Talbot	5+1	2	0	0	1

Staff Members

Name
Nathan Bond		Manager
Dexter Brierley		Coach
Chris Holland		Coach
Ben Langford		Manager
Kenneth Langford		Manager
James Nicol		Coach
Iain Worton		First Aider

Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Joshua Abbott	13+1	10
Marcello Arhin	0+3	0
Nario Baptista	4+4	0
Gary Basterfield	2+3	1
Nathan Bond	8+2	1
Kenan Bradley	0	0
Sami Butt	0+2	0
Bruno De Almeida Severino	13	2
Nathan Emery	0	0
Jefferson Goncalves De Abreu	0	0
Jack Gooden	11+1	0
Anthony Hodges	4	0
Louis Hood (GK)	11	0
Josh Knowles (GK)	0	0
Omar Lamouri	0+1	0
Bobby Langford	0+4	2
Charlie Lloyd	15	1
Jake Lloyd	0+1	0
Kit Lloyd	8+6	4
Morgan Newns (GK)	4	0
Samuel Ogundare	6+1	0
Daniel Price-Jordan	0+2	0
Akim Samms	6+5	3
Bradley Sixsmith	8+1	0
Christopher Smalley	2	0
Mohamed Wassa	14+1	0
Jack Wright	8	0
Abdullah Zaffar	3+8	2
Pawel Zuk	11+1	2

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Ruben Abreu	0	0
Yacin Amarzou	0	0
James Aspinall (GK)	0	0
Brandon Dawson	3	1
Jack Foster	4+3	0
Connor Hughes	2	1
William Shawcross	0+2	0
Ryan Talbot	5+1	2

Staff Members

Name
Nathan Bond		Manager
Dexter Brierley		Coach
Chris Holland		Coach
Ben Langford		Manager
Kenneth Langford		Manager
James Nicol		Coach
Iain Worton		First Aider

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	4-0	29/10/25 v Colne (The Edward Case Cup) 25/10/25 v Garstang (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	6-2	20/09/25 v Armthorpe Welfare (The Isuzu FA Vase)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-2	30/08/25 v AFC Blackpool (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	2-3	11/10/25 v Daisy Hill (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Home Game	1-1	06/09/25 v Fulwood Amateurs (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Away Game		No away draws at present
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	0	0-0 27/09/25 v Garstang (The Macron Cup) 0-0 26/07/25 v Thornton Cleveleys (First Division North) 0-0 27/09/25 v Garstang (The Macron Cup)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	8	6-2 20/09/25 v Armthorpe Welfare (The Isuzu FA Vase)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	9		6		15
Won	5	55.56%	3	50.00%	8	53.33%
Drawn	3	33.33%	0	0.00%	3	20.00%
Lost	1	11.11%	3	50.00%	4	26.67%
Scored	19	2.11	13	2.17	32	2.13
Conceded	7	0.78	10	1.67	17	1.13

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Isuzu FA Vase	1st Round	0-1	Ashton Town	(A)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	0-0	Garstang	(H)
	After Extra Time, 0-0 after 90 mins, 3-4 on penalties
The Edward Case Cup	2nd Round North	v	Ashton Town	(A)
	To be played on Sat 15/11/25

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	9 games	194

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	3 games
Goalless Draw	6 games
Score Draw	9 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	3 games
Clean Sheet	1 game

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	4	26.67%	4	26.67%
One	2	13.33%	6	40.00%
Two	4	26.67%	4	26.67%
Three	1	6.67%	1	6.67%
Four	2	13.33%	0	0.00%
Five or more	2	13.33%	0	0.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	3	9.38%	4	0.00%	3	6.12%
16-30	4	12.50%	1	5.88%	5	10.20%
31-45	5	15.63%	1	5.88%	6	12.24%
46-60	4	12.50%	2	11.76%	6	12.24%
61-75	8	25.00%	6	35.29%	14	28.57%
76-90	8	25.00%	2	11.76%	10	20.41%
90-105	0	0.00%	1	5.88%	1	2.04%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

History

THE FORMATION OF DARWEN F.C.

Formed in 1870, fully concentrating on Association Football in 1875, Darwen FC would become early pioneers of Professional Football in Northern England.
In October 1878, Darwen became the first club in Lancashire to stage a game under floodlights at our old Barley Bank Ground against a Blackburn and District’ side. This game was a huge success, not only as the club won the game 3-0 but the experiment of staging a game under floodlights was not repeated again in this era of football in the area.
Darwen were the first working class, Northern ‘Mill Town’ club to have any success in the FA Cup, reaching the Quarter Finals of the competition in 1879. Darwen’s run in the tournament would cause controversy by signing two players, Fergus Suter a Jimmy Love who were paid for their services becoming the first two professional footballers in the English Game. Paying players was strictly forbidden at this time and the club were threatened with expulsion from all Football Association compe

Matchday Information

Ground: Multevo Group Anchor Ground

Address: Anchor Road, Darwen, Lancashire

Postcode: BB3 0BB

Telephone: 07778191788

Midweek Night: Wednesday

2025/26 Admission Prices: £7.00 Adults, £4.00 Concessions, £2.00 Children

Programme Price: £2.50

Directions: M65 to junction 4. At traffic lights turn left onto A666 (signposted Darwen). After approx 1/2 mile turn left between Anchor Car sales and the Anchor Pub. Bear right and ground is on the left.

Nearest Railway: Darwen

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: BLACKBURN Town Centre to BOLTON Bus Route via Ewood ask for Anchor stop, Darwen

Parking Facilities: Crown Paints Car Park is a large car park which is adjacent to the ground

Ground Facilities: Male and Female Officials Changing rooms, Home and Away Team Changing rooms, Club House, Café area, Stand, Office, Football Pitch, Turnstiles

Additional Visitor Information:

Club Information

Legal Entity: Limited by Guarantees C/N 05388225

Ground: Multevo Group Anchor Ground

Address: Anchor Road, Darwen, Lancashire

Postcode: BB3 0BB

Telephone: 07778191788

Website: http://darwenfc.co.uk

Twitter: @DarwenFC

Registered Colours: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: Lime Green/Yellow Shirt, Lime Green/Yellow/Shorts, Green/Yellow Socks

Alternative Colours: Pink Shirts, Navy Shorts with Pink Stripe, Pink Socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Navy Blue Shirts, Shorts and Socks

Secretary: Neil Sears

Chairman: Kenneth Langford

Manager: Ben Langford/ Nathan Bond

Programme Editor: Matt Murphy

Committee / Directors: Kenneth Langford, Gary Hoole, David Ainsworth, Tony Hartley, Sinead Garvin, Jon Taylor, Matt Pilkington, Matt Bellusci, Tom Steele, Matt Murphy, Kieran Wood, Joost Van Spengler, Gary Brown,

County Affiliation: Lancashire

Year Formed: Reformed 2009

Record Attendance: 982 Bury FC 2021

Previous Leagues:

West Lancashire Football League Football Alliance Football League Division 1 Lancashire Combination Cheshire League

Honours:

Marsden Cup Winners 1880
East Lancs Cup 1884
Promotion to Division 1 Football League 1893
F.A. Cup Semi Finalists 1881
Lancashire League Champions 1902
Lancashire Combination Champions 1931, 1932,1973, 1975
Lancashire Combination Cup Winners 1930,1931, 1975
Lancashire Junior Cup Winners 1973
George Watson Trophy Winners 1973
LFA Youth Cup Winners 1975
NWCFL Challenge Cup Winners 1983
Lancashire Floodlight Trophy Winners 1990
NWCFL Reserve Division Cup 1993-94
Blackburn &
Dist. Youth League Winners 1993-94, 1994-95, 1996-97
Blackburn &
Dist. Youth League Cup Winners 1993-94, 1994-95, 1996-97
ATS Trophy Winners 1933
Runners-Up 1930, 1948,1999
North West Alliance Cup Winners 1996
NWCFL Reserve Division Runners-Up 2000
NWCFL Reserve Challenge Cup Winners 2013/14
The Reusch First Division Cup Winners 2014/15
First Division Play Off Final Winners 2014-15.

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