Darwen FC

FORMED
Reformed 2009

MANAGER
Ben Langford

GROUND
Multevo Group Anchor Ground

TWITTER
@DarwenFC

Current Position: 6th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
14	8	3	3	31	29	27

Current Form: 11th

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	3	1	2	14	13

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
17/10/26	Thornton Cleveleys (A)	W 2-1
10/10/26	Squires Gate (A)	D 2-2
06/10/26	Flixton (A)	L 3-5
03/10/26	Halewood Apollo (H)	W 4-1
19/09/26	Maine Road (A)	W 2-1
16/09/26	Cammell Laird 1907 (H)	L 1-3

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
24/10/26	Barnoldswick Town (A)	15:00
31/10/26	AFC Knowsley (H)	15:00
07/11/26	Ashton Town (A)	15:00
14/11/26	Daisy Hill (H)	15:00
18/11/26	West Didsbury & Chorlton (H)	19:45
21/11/26	Steeton (H)	15:00

Latest News:

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 01/08/26	Maghull	H	15:00	W 2-1	Charlie Lloyd (71) Samuel Holt (88)
Tue 04/08/26	Colne	A	19:45	Postp
Sat 08/08/26	Woolton	H	15:00	D 1-1	Bruno De Almeida Severino (27)
Wed 12/08/26	Uppermill	A	19:45	W 3-1	Charlie Lloyd (6) Bradley Sixsmith (45) Bruno De Almeida Severino (90+4)
Sat 15/08/26	Winterton Rangers	A	15:00	W 2-1	Own Goal (29) Samuel Iwegbu (58)
	(The FA Vase 1Q)
Wed 19/08/26	AFC Blackpool	H	19:45	W 3-2	Sean Elliott (45+3) Charlie Lloyd (51) Kalvin Morris (73)
Sat 22/08/26	Ashville	H	15:00	L 1-2	Nathan Bond (47)
Sat 29/08/26	Fulwood Amateurs	A	15:00	D 3-3	Kalvin Morris (20) Bruno De Almeida Severino (29) Gary Basterfield (38)
Tue 01/09/26	Steeton	A	19:45	W 4-3	Kalvin Morris (19) Kalvin Morris (55) Gary Basterfield (81) Kit Lloyd (87)
Sat 05/09/26	Garstang	H	15:00	W 3-2	Kalvin Morris (31) Kalvin Morris (46) Kit Lloyd (86)
Tue 08/09/26	Colne	A	19:45	L 0-6
Sat 12/09/26	Northwich Victoria	H	15:00	L 2-3	Sean Elliott (47) Bruno De Almeida Severino (62)
	(The FA Vase 2Q)
Wed 16/09/26	Cammell Laird 1907	H	19:45	L 1-3	Keane Joyce (68)
Sat 19/09/26	Maine Road	A	15:00	W 2-1	Kalvin Morris (50) Joshua Abbott (56)
Sat 03/10/26	Halewood Apollo	H	15:00	W 4-1	Kalvin Morris (3) Pawel Zuk (59) Joshua Abbott (63) Sean Elliott (77)
Tue 06/10/26	Flixton	A	19:45	L 3-5	Sean Elliott (1) Nathan Bond (26) Bradley Sixsmith (48)
	(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)
Sat 10/10/26	Squires Gate	A	15:00	D 2-2	Bruno De Almeida Severino (45+3) Bruno De Almeida Severino (51)
Sat 17/10/26	Thornton Cleveleys	A	15:00	W 2-1	Bruno De Almeida Severino (38) Kalvin Morris (52)
Sat 24/10/26	Barnoldswick Town	A	15:00
	(The Macron Cup 2)
Sat 31/10/26	AFC Knowsley	H	15:00
Sat 07/11/26	Ashton Town	A	15:00
Sat 14/11/26	Daisy Hill	H	15:00
Wed 18/11/26	West Didsbury & Chorlton	H	19:45
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
Sat 21/11/26	Steeton	H	15:00
Wed 25/11/26	Holker Old Boys	H	19:45
Sat 28/11/26	Maghull	A	15:00
Sat 05/12/26	Flixton	A	15:00
Sat 12/12/26	Squires Gate	H	15:00
Sat 19/12/26	Ashton Athletic	A	15:00
Sat 26/12/26	Bacup Borough	H	15:00
Sat 02/01/27	AFC Knowsley	A	15:00
Sat 09/01/27	Halewood Apollo	A	15:00
Sat 16/01/27	Maine Road	H	15:00
Sat 23/01/27	Cammell Laird 1907	A	15:00
Sat 30/01/27	Ashton Athletic	H	15:00
Sat 06/02/27	Ashton Town	H	15:00
Sat 13/02/27	Holker Old Boys	A	15:00
Sat 20/02/27	Uppermill	H	15:00
Sat 27/02/27	Fulwood Amateurs	H	15:00
Sat 06/03/27	AFC Blackpool	A	15:00
Mon 08/03/27	Daisy Hill	A	19:45
Sat 13/03/27	Flixton	H	15:00
Sat 20/03/27	Ashville	A	15:00
Sat 27/03/27	Colne	H	15:00
Mon 29/03/27	Bacup Borough	A	15:00
Sat 03/04/27	Woolton	A	15:00
Sat 10/04/27	Thornton Cleveleys	H	15:00
Sat 17/04/27	Garstang	A	15:00

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
Sat 01/08/26	Maghull (H)	W 2-1
Tue 04/08/26	Colne (A)	Postp
Sat 08/08/26	Woolton (H)	D 1-1
Wed 12/08/26	Uppermill (A)	W 3-1
Sat 15/08/26	Winterton Rangers (A)	W 2-1
(The FA Vase 1Q)
Wed 19/08/26	AFC Blackpool (H)	W 3-2
Sat 22/08/26	Ashville (H)	L 1-2
Sat 29/08/26	Fulwood Amateurs (A)	D 3-3
Tue 01/09/26	Steeton (A)	W 4-3
Sat 05/09/26	Garstang (H)	W 3-2
Tue 08/09/26	Colne (A)	L 0-6
Sat 12/09/26	Northwich Victoria (H)	L 2-3
(The FA Vase 2Q)
Wed 16/09/26	Cammell Laird 1907 (H)	L 1-3
Sat 19/09/26	Maine Road (A)	W 2-1
Sat 03/10/26	Halewood Apollo (H)	W 4-1
Tue 06/10/26	Flixton (A)	L 3-5
(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)
Sat 10/10/26	Squires Gate (A)	D 2-2
Sat 17/10/26	Thornton Cleveleys (A)	W 2-1
Sat 24/10/26	Barnoldswick Town (A)	15:00
(The Macron Cup 2)
Sat 31/10/26	AFC Knowsley (H)	15:00
Sat 07/11/26	Ashton Town (A)	15:00
Sat 14/11/26	Daisy Hill (H)	15:00
Wed 18/11/26	West Didsbury & Chorlton (H)	19:45
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
Sat 21/11/26	Steeton (H)	15:00
Wed 25/11/26	Holker Old Boys (H)	19:45
Sat 28/11/26	Maghull (A)	15:00
Sat 05/12/26	Flixton (A)	15:00
Sat 12/12/26	Squires Gate (H)	15:00
Sat 19/12/26	Ashton Athletic (A)	15:00
Sat 26/12/26	Bacup Borough (H)	15:00
Sat 02/01/27	AFC Knowsley (A)	15:00
Sat 09/01/27	Halewood Apollo (A)	15:00
Sat 16/01/27	Maine Road (H)	15:00
Sat 23/01/27	Cammell Laird 1907 (A)	15:00
Sat 30/01/27	Ashton Athletic (H)	15:00
Sat 06/02/27	Ashton Town (H)	15:00
Sat 13/02/27	Holker Old Boys (A)	15:00
Sat 20/02/27	Uppermill (H)	15:00
Sat 27/02/27	Fulwood Amateurs (H)	15:00
Sat 06/03/27	AFC Blackpool (A)	15:00
Mon 08/03/27	Daisy Hill (A)	19:45
Sat 13/03/27	Flixton (H)	15:00
Sat 20/03/27	Ashville (A)	15:00
Sat 27/03/27	Colne (H)	15:00
Mon 29/03/27	Bacup Borough (A)	15:00
Sat 03/04/27	Woolton (A)	15:00
Sat 10/04/27	Thornton Cleveleys (H)	15:00
Sat 17/04/27	Garstang (A)	15:00

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Joshua Abbott	7	3	2	0	0	0	0
Gary Basterfield	11	1	2	0	1	3	0
Nathan Bond	9	5	2	0	0	2	1
Jacob Bridges	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
Tre Broomes	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Buck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finley Cooney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruno De Almeida Severino	12	2	7	0	0	2	2
Oliver Denker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Edokpayi	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Elliott	9	4	4	0	1	4	1
Anthony Hodges	9	0	0	0	0	2	0
Samuel Holt	11	1	0	0	0	3	0
Louis Hood (GK)	17	0	0	0	0	1	2
Ellis Hoole	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samuel Iwegbu	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
Keane Joyce	11	0	1	0	0	1	1
Ben Langford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Langford	5	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Lloyd	15	0	3	0	0	0	1
Kit Lloyd	6	7	2	0	0	0	0
Kalvin Morris	13	1	9	0	0	3	1
Samuel Ogundare	13	1	0	0	0	4	2
Kurtis Rathbone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Sixsmith	9	3	2	0	0	1	1
Daniel Taylor	0	3	0	0	1	0	0
Pawel Zuk	15	0	2	0	0	0	1

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Isaac Adelaja	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Cattermole	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Calvin Harper	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Paul Coote		Coach
Chris Holland		Coach
Ben Langford		Manager
Mark McKay		First Aider

Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Joshua Abbott	7+3	2	0	0	0
Gary Basterfield	11+1	2	1	3	0
Nathan Bond	9+5	2	0	2	1
Jacob Bridges	3	0	0	1	1
Tre Broomes	0+4	0	0	0	0
Joseph Buck	0	0	0	0	0
Finley Cooney	0	0	0	0	0
Bruno De Almeida Severino	12+2	7	0	2	2
Oliver Denker	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Edokpayi	0+2	0	0	0	0
Sean Elliott	9+4	4	1	4	1
Anthony Hodges	9	0	0	2	0
Samuel Holt	11+1	0	0	3	0
Louis Hood	17	0	0	1	2
Ellis Hoole	0	0	0	0	0
Samuel Iwegbu	2+2	1	0	1	0
Keane Joyce	11	1	0	1	1
Ben Langford	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Langford	5+4	0	0	0	0
Charlie Lloyd	15	3	0	0	1
Kit Lloyd	6+7	2	0	0	0
Kalvin Morris	13+1	9	0	3	1
Samuel Ogundare	13+1	0	0	4	2
Kurtis Rathbone	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Sixsmith	9+3	2	0	1	1
Daniel Taylor	0+3	0	1	0	0
Pawel Zuk	15	2	0	0	1

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Isaac Adelaja	6	0	0	0	0
Ryan Cattermole	3+1	0	0	0	0
Calvin Harper	1+2	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Paul Coote		Coach
Chris Holland		Coach
Ben Langford		Manager
Mark McKay		First Aider

Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Joshua Abbott	7+3	2
Gary Basterfield	11+1	2
Nathan Bond	9+5	2
Jacob Bridges	3	0
Tre Broomes	0+4	0
Joseph Buck	0	0
Finley Cooney	0	0
Bruno De Almeida Severino	12+2	7
Oliver Denker	0	0
Christian Edokpayi	0+2	0
Sean Elliott	9+4	4
Anthony Hodges	9	0
Samuel Holt	11+1	0
Louis Hood (GK)	17	0
Ellis Hoole	0	0
Samuel Iwegbu	2+2	1
Keane Joyce	11	1
Ben Langford	0	0
Bobby Langford	5+4	0
Charlie Lloyd	15	3
Kit Lloyd	6+7	2
Kalvin Morris	13+1	9
Samuel Ogundare	13+1	0
Kurtis Rathbone	0	0
Bradley Sixsmith	9+3	2
Daniel Taylor	0+3	0
Pawel Zuk	15	2

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Isaac Adelaja	6	0
Ryan Cattermole	3+1	0
Calvin Harper	1+2	0

Staff Members

Name
Paul Coote		Coach
Chris Holland		Coach
Ben Langford		Manager
Mark McKay		First Aider

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	4-1	03/10/26 v Halewood Apollo (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	3-1	12/08/26 v Uppermill (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	1-3	16/09/26 v Cammell Laird 1907 (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-6	08/09/26 v Colne (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Home Game	1-1	08/08/26 v Woolton (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Away Game	3-3	29/08/26 v Fulwood Amateurs (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	5	3-2 19/08/26 v AFC Blackpool (First Division North) 3-2 05/09/26 v Garstang (First Division North) 4-1 03/10/26 v Halewood Apollo (First Division North) 2-3 12/09/26 v Northwich Victoria (The FA Vase)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	8	3-5 06/10/26 v Flixton (The Edward Case Cup)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	8		9		17
Won	4	50.00%	5	55.56%	9	52.94%
Drawn	1	12.50%	2	22.22%	3	17.65%
Lost	3	37.50%	2	22.22%	5	29.41%
Scored	17	2.13	21	2.33	38	2.24
Conceded	15	1.88	23	2.56	38	2.24

Progression in Cup Competitions
The FA Vase	2nd Qualifying Round	2-3	Northwich Victoria	(H)
The Macron Cup	2nd Round	v	Barnoldswick Town	(A)
	To be played on Sat 24/10/26
The Edward Case Cup	1st Round North	3-5	Flixton	(A)

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	8 games	210

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	2 games
Goalless Draw	26 games
Score Draw	1 game
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	7 games
Clean Sheet	22 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	1	5.88%	0	0.00%
One	3	17.65%	7	41.18%
Two	6	35.29%	4	23.53%
Three	5	29.41%	4	23.53%
Four	2	11.76%	0	0.00%
Five or more	0	0.00%	2	11.76%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	3	7.89%	6	0.00%	3	3.95%
16-30	6	15.79%	5	13.16%	11	14.47%
31-45	6	15.79%	12	31.58%	18	23.68%
46-60	12	31.58%	7	18.42%	19	25.00%
61-75	5	13.16%	3	7.89%	8	10.53%
76-90	6	15.79%	5	13.16%	11	14.47%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
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

2026/27 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/Female and 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: Shirts: Red, Shorts: White, Socks: Red

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

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

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Shirt: Navy Blue, Shorts: Navy Blue, Socks: Navy Blue

Secretary: Gina Thompson

Chairman: Kenneth Langford

Manager: Ben Langford

Programme Editor: Neil Sears

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

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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