Longridge Town

FORMED
1996

MANAGER
Lee Ashcroft

GROUND
Two10 Investment Services Ground

TWITTER
@longridgetownfc

Current Position: 15th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
9	2	1	6	17	29	7

Current Form: 14th

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	2	0	4	13	21

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
19/09/26	Abbey Hey (H)	W 6-1
15/09/26	Atherton LR (A)	L 2-3
12/09/26	AFC Liverpool (A)	W 2-1
05/09/26	Glossop North End (H)	L 1-7
01/09/26	Irlam (A)	L 2-4
29/08/26	FC St Helens (H)	L 0-5

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
26/09/26	Charnock Richard (A)	15:00
03/10/26	South Liverpool (A)	15:00
10/10/26	Droylsden (A)	15:00
17/10/26	Burscough (H)	15:00
31/10/26	Prestwich Heys (H)	15:00
07/11/26	FC Isle of Man (A)	18:00

Latest News:

	Longridge Supporters in MND Walk
	Five Supporters will be walking 50 miles over two days

	Longridge Town looking to establish themselves as a Premier Division Force
	League Journalist Jay Cooper speaks with Longridge Town's Lee Ashcroft about their desire to consolidate in the NWCFL Premier Divison

	Club Secretary Departs Town
	Longridge Town Club Secretary Dave Walker has handed in his resignation

	Longridge anticipating tough Vase task ahead
	Longridge Town Manager and Chairman reflect on their Vase draw

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 01/08/26	Trafford	A	15:00	L 0-3
Tue 04/08/26	Nelson	A	19:15	Postp
Sat 08/08/26	Keighley Town	A	15:00	W 1-0	Harry Williamson (51)
	(The Emirates F.A Cup EP)
Sat 15/08/26	Boldon CA	A	15:00	L 1-2	Oliver Hodgson (19)
	(The FA Vase 1Q)
Wed 19/08/26	Euxton Villa	H	19:45	D 2-2	Leighton Hewitt (39) Benjamin Fletcher (90+2)
Sat 22/08/26	South Liverpool	H	15:00	L 2-3	Francis Leather (63) Ethan Gough (75)
	(The Emirates F.A Cup P)
Wed 26/08/26	Nelson	H	19:45	L 2-3	Oliver Hodgson (50) Josh Ashe (86)
Sat 29/08/26	FC St Helens	H	15:00	L 0-5
Tue 01/09/26	Irlam	A	19:45	L 2-4	Josh Ashe (34) Oliver Hodgson (44)
Sat 05/09/26	Glossop North End	H	15:00	L 1-7	Oliver Hodgson (42)
Sat 12/09/26	AFC Liverpool	A	15:00	W 2-1	Oliver Hodgson (2) Oliver Hodgson (25)
Tue 15/09/26	Atherton LR	A	19:45	L 2-3	Oliver Hodgson (3) Oliver Hodgson (72p)
Sat 19/09/26	Abbey Hey	H	15:00	W 6-1	Oliver Hodgson (2) Jack Anderton (16) Joey Holden (29) Jackson Shorrocks (52) Oliver Hodgson (79) Oliver Hodgson (83p)
Sat 26/09/26	Charnock Richard	A	15:00
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 03/10/26	South Liverpool	A	15:00
Sat 10/10/26	Droylsden	A	15:00
Sat 17/10/26	Burscough	H	15:00
Sat 31/10/26	Prestwich Heys	H	15:00
Sat 07/11/26	FC Isle of Man	A	18:00
Sat 14/11/26	Abbey Hey	A	15:00
Sat 28/11/26	Chadderton	H	15:00
Tue 01/12/26	Barnoldswick Town	A	19:45
Sat 05/12/26	Burscough	A	15:00
Sat 12/12/26	Litherland REMYCA	H	15:00
Sat 19/12/26	Irlam	H	15:00
Sat 26/12/26	Ramsbottom United	A	15:00
Sat 02/01/27	FC Isle of Man	H	15:00
Sat 09/01/27	Prestwich Heys	A	15:00
Sat 16/01/27	South Liverpool	H	15:00
Sat 23/01/27	Atherton LR	H	15:00
Sat 30/01/27	Litherland REMYCA	A	15:00
Sat 06/02/27	Chadderton	A	15:00
Sat 13/02/27	Charnock Richard	H	15:00
Sat 20/02/27	Barnoldswick Town	H	15:00
Sat 27/02/27	Glossop North End	A	15:00
Sat 06/03/27	Droylsden	H	15:00
Sat 13/03/27	Nelson	A	15:00
Sat 20/03/27	Charnock Richard	A	15:00
Sat 27/03/27	Euxton Villa	A	15:00
Mon 29/03/27	Ramsbottom United	H	15:00
Sat 03/04/27	Trafford	H	15:00
Sat 10/04/27	FC St Helens	A	15:00
Sat 17/04/27	AFC Liverpool	H	15:00

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
Sat 01/08/26	Trafford (A)	L 0-3
Tue 04/08/26	Nelson (A)	Postp
Sat 08/08/26	Keighley Town (A)	W 1-0
(The Emirates F.A Cup EP)
Sat 15/08/26	Boldon CA (A)	L 1-2
(The FA Vase 1Q)
Wed 19/08/26	Euxton Villa (H)	D 2-2
Sat 22/08/26	South Liverpool (H)	L 2-3
(The Emirates F.A Cup P)
Wed 26/08/26	Nelson (H)	L 2-3
Sat 29/08/26	FC St Helens (H)	L 0-5
Tue 01/09/26	Irlam (A)	L 2-4
Sat 05/09/26	Glossop North End (H)	L 1-7
Sat 12/09/26	AFC Liverpool (A)	W 2-1
Tue 15/09/26	Atherton LR (A)	L 2-3
Sat 19/09/26	Abbey Hey (H)	W 6-1
Sat 26/09/26	Charnock Richard (A)	15:00
(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 03/10/26	South Liverpool (A)	15:00
Sat 10/10/26	Droylsden (A)	15:00
Sat 17/10/26	Burscough (H)	15:00
Sat 31/10/26	Prestwich Heys (H)	15:00
Sat 07/11/26	FC Isle of Man (A)	18:00
Sat 14/11/26	Abbey Hey (A)	15:00
Sat 28/11/26	Chadderton (H)	15:00
Tue 01/12/26	Barnoldswick Town (A)	19:45
Sat 05/12/26	Burscough (A)	15:00
Sat 12/12/26	Litherland REMYCA (H)	15:00
Sat 19/12/26	Irlam (H)	15:00
Sat 26/12/26	Ramsbottom United (A)	15:00
Sat 02/01/27	FC Isle of Man (H)	15:00
Sat 09/01/27	Prestwich Heys (A)	15:00
Sat 16/01/27	South Liverpool (H)	15:00
Sat 23/01/27	Atherton LR (H)	15:00
Sat 30/01/27	Litherland REMYCA (A)	15:00
Sat 06/02/27	Chadderton (A)	15:00
Sat 13/02/27	Charnock Richard (H)	15:00
Sat 20/02/27	Barnoldswick Town (H)	15:00
Sat 27/02/27	Glossop North End (A)	15:00
Sat 06/03/27	Droylsden (H)	15:00
Sat 13/03/27	Nelson (A)	15:00
Sat 20/03/27	Charnock Richard (A)	15:00
Sat 27/03/27	Euxton Villa (A)	15:00
Mon 29/03/27	Ramsbottom United (H)	15:00
Sat 03/04/27	Trafford (H)	15:00
Sat 10/04/27	FC St Helens (A)	15:00
Sat 17/04/27	AFC Liverpool (H)	15:00

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Jack Anderton	7	1	1	0	1	1	1
Josh Ashe	11	0	2	0	1	4	2
Max Bamford	7	5	0	0	0	4	0
Lucas Brennand (GK)	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Burden (GK)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finlay Cross-Adair	4	2	0	0	0	1	0
Harrison Dougall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Fisher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Benjamin Fletcher	2	8	1	0	0	0	0
Jonas Gallagher-Allison	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan Gough	12	0	1	0	0	1	0
Muhammad Haji	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Hart	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Leighton Hewitt	9	0	1	0	0	5	1
Oliver Hodgson	11	0	11	0	0	0	1
Joey Holden	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
Benjamin Hoskin	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
Malik Marshall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Marshall	6	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jack Massey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan McLean	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
Henry McNulty	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Muir	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Rose (GK)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alessio Ruocco	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jackson Shorrocks	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
Luke Smith	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Turner	1	4	0	0	0	1	0
Tristan Walmsley	3	6	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel Wilkinson	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Thomas Wilkinson	8	1	0	0	0	3	0

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Liam Gould	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Francis Leather	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Alfie Leech	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Williamson	1	5	1	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
George Ashcroft		Coach
Lee Ashcroft		Manager
Libby Church		First Aider
Mark Goodchild		First Aider
Amy Hindle		First Aider
Levi Iddon		Coach
Charlie Russell		Coach

Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Jack Anderton	7+1	1	1	1	1
Josh Ashe	11	2	1	4	2
Max Bamford	7+5	0	0	4	0
Lucas Brennand	5	0	0	0	1
Josh Burden	3	0	0	0	0
Finlay Cross-Adair	4+2	0	0	1	0
Harrison Dougall	3	0	0	0	0
Max Fisher	1	0	0	0	0
Benjamin Fletcher	2+8	1	0	0	0
Jonas Gallagher-Allison	0+1	0	0	0	0
Ethan Gough	12	1	0	1	0
Muhammad Haji	2+3	0	0	0	0
Jason Hart	1	0	0	0	1
Leighton Hewitt	9	1	0	5	1
Oliver Hodgson	11	11	0	0	1
Joey Holden	4	1	0	1	0
Benjamin Hoskin	4+1	0	0	0	1
Malik Marshall	3	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Marshall	6	0	0	2	0
Jack Massey	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan McLean	3+1	0	0	1	0
Henry McNulty	1	0	0	0	0
Joshua Muir	3	0	0	0	0
Bradley Rose	3	0	0	0	0
Alessio Ruocco	0+1	0	0	0	0
Daniel Scott	1	0	0	0	0
Jackson Shorrocks	3	1	0	1	0
Luke Smith	5+3	0	0	0	0
Paul Turner	1+4	0	0	1	0
Tristan Walmsley	3+6	0	0	0	1
Daniel Wilkinson	2	0	0	1	0
Thomas Wilkinson	8+1	0	0	3	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Liam Gould	1+2	0	0	0	0
Francis Leather	2+1	1	0	0	0
Alfie Leech	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Williamson	1+5	1	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
George Ashcroft		Coach
Lee Ashcroft		Manager
Libby Church		First Aider
Mark Goodchild		First Aider
Amy Hindle		First Aider
Levi Iddon		Coach
Charlie Russell		Coach

Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Jack Anderton	7+1	1
Josh Ashe	11	2
Max Bamford	7+5	0
Lucas Brennand (GK)	5	0
Josh Burden (GK)	3	0
Finlay Cross-Adair	4+2	0
Harrison Dougall	3	0
Max Fisher	1	0
Benjamin Fletcher	2+8	1
Jonas Gallagher-Allison	0+1	0
Ethan Gough	12	1
Muhammad Haji	2+3	0
Jason Hart	1	0
Leighton Hewitt	9	1
Oliver Hodgson	11	11
Joey Holden	4	1
Benjamin Hoskin	4+1	0
Malik Marshall	3	0
Mitchell Marshall	6	0
Jack Massey	0	0
Ryan McLean	3+1	0
Henry McNulty	1	0
Joshua Muir	3	0
Bradley Rose (GK)	3	0
Alessio Ruocco	0+1	0
Daniel Scott	1	0
Jackson Shorrocks	3	1
Luke Smith	5+3	0
Paul Turner	1+4	0
Tristan Walmsley	3+6	0
Daniel Wilkinson	2	0
Thomas Wilkinson	8+1	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Liam Gould	1+2	0
Francis Leather	2+1	1
Alfie Leech	0	0
Harry Williamson	1+5	1

Staff Members

Name
George Ashcroft		Coach
Lee Ashcroft		Manager
Libby Church		First Aider
Mark Goodchild		First Aider
Amy Hindle		First Aider
Levi Iddon		Coach
Charlie Russell		Coach

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	6-1	19/09/26 v Abbey Hey (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Win	2-1	12/09/26 v AFC Liverpool (Premier Division)
Biggest Home Defeat	1-7	05/09/26 v Glossop North End (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-3	01/08/26 v Trafford (Premier Division)
Highest Drawn Home Game	2-2	19/08/26 v Euxton Villa (Premier Division)
Highest Drawn Away Game		No away draws at present
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	8	1-7 05/09/26 v Glossop North End (Premier Division)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	6	2-4 01/09/26 v Irlam (Premier Division)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	6		6		12
Won	1	16.67%	2	33.33%	3	25.00%
Drawn	1	16.67%	0	0.00%	1	8.33%
Lost	4	66.67%	4	66.67%	8	66.67%
Scored	13	2.17	8	1.33	21	1.75
Conceded	21	3.50	13	2.17	34	2.83

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Emirates F.A Cup	Preliminary Round	2-3	South Liverpool	(H)
The FA Vase	1st Qualifying Round	1-2	Boldon CA	(A)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	v	Charnock Richard	(A)
	To be played on Sat 26/09/26

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	6 games	153

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	1 game
Goalless Draw	72 games
Score Draw	8 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	5 games
Clean Sheet	10 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	2	16.67%	1	8.33%
One	3	25.00%	2	16.67%
Two	6	50.00%	2	16.67%
Three	0	0.00%	4	33.33%
Four	0	0.00%	1	8.33%
Five or more	1	8.33%	2	16.67%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	3	14.29%	6	0.00%	3	5.45%
16-30	4	19.05%	4	11.76%	8	14.55%
31-45	4	19.05%	3	8.82%	7	12.73%
46-60	3	14.29%	9	26.47%	12	21.82%
61-75	3	14.29%	7	20.59%	10	18.18%
76-90	4	19.05%	5	14.71%	9	16.36%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

History

Longridge Town were formed in 1996, an amalgamation of the two historical town Clubs, Longridge United and Longridge St Wilfrid’s.

Always an area with a strong footballing history it was felt that it would be beneficial to the market town of Longridge to focus on one football club.

Entering the Preston and District League, Town gradually progressed, winning the Division 3 title in 2003/04.

At this point the club made the ambitious step of moving to its own ground on Inglewhite Road, moving from the public pitches of Longridge Rec.

The move established the clubs ambitions and , after winning the District League Division One title in 2007/08, Longridge were promoted to the West Lancashire League.

Now under the Chairmanship of local businessman Brian Parkinson, and the management of Anthony Keefe, Town impressed immediately at the higher standard winning promotion from Division 2 at the first attempt.

More progress was to come as Longridge became 1st Division Champions just two years later and winning promotion the Premier Division.

The Club was growing in stature and, after Keefe stepped down due to the increasing demands on time and travel, Mr Parkinson made the ambitious move to secure the services of an experienced non League manager.

In 2014, former Kendal Town and Northwich Victoria manager Lee Ashcroft was appointed player Manager with a brief to challenge for the top honours at West Lancs level.

Ashcroft duly obliged, after overhauling the playing staff and playing an attractive brand of football, Town won the West Lancs League Premier Division title in 2016/17 and followed up with a Wilf Carr trophy win the following season.

With an ambitious young manager, and a growing reputation, Town applied for entry to the North West Counties League. The biggest issue was the ground grading that all Clubs must achieve but with the installation of a new stand and dugouts, along with outstanding efforts from club volunteers, Longridge were accepted into the League for the 2017/18 season.

It was to be Mr Parkinson’s legacy to the Club as he took a step back to support Town from the sidelines, continuing to follow the Club home and away.

Former Chair Kevin Harrison and manager Ashcroft decided to ‘go for it’ attracting established non League players such as Richard Allen, Jay Hart, Tom Ince and Michael Morrison.

These were eye catching signings at this level and Town won the NWCFL Division One title at the first attempt on the final day of the season, having scored 144 goals in 38 games.

After establishing themselves at Premier Division level, Covid struck with Longridge in 6th place after 28 games.

Like many Clubs this was a challenging time for Town and, by the time normality resumed, Ashcroft had reinvented his side as a place for young players to come to and improve their footballing ability.

George Thomason left to join Bolton Wanderers, where he was captain before joining Championship Wrexham. Brandon Lee was snapped up by Macclesfield after Town crushed them 4-2, Harvey McAdam made the step up and eventually joined Fleetwood Town whilst many others, often rejected by League clubs, progressed upwards in the football pyramid.

Lee Ashcroft celebrated his 10-year anniversary, and 500th game in charge and Longridge now average crowds of 250 upwards. It is far more than just a community club, with over 30 volunteers and a 25-man playing squad.

Matchday Information

Ground: Two10 Investment Services Ground

Address: Inglewhite Road, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire

Postcode: PR3 2DB

Telephone: 07966632082

Midweek Night: Tuesday

2026/27 Admission Prices: £8 Adults, Concessions £6, 12 to18 years £2 and U11's free

Programme Price: Free digital programme

Directions: From M6 South,exit at J31a and follow signs to Longridge. On entering Longridge take left fork at Old Oak pub. Continue to ground on lnglewhite Road.

From M6 North, exit at J32. Take A6 to Broughton,Turn Right onto B5269. Follow signs to Longridge. On Entering Longridge take left onto Halfpenny Lane. Ground is at end of the road.

Nearest Railway: Preston (7.7 miles)

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: Number 1 bus Preston to Berry Lane Longridge. Every 15/20 minutes. 30/45 minutes in evenings

Parking Facilities: Free car parking up to 90 cars

Ground Facilities: Bar, refreshments, toilets, TV, wifi.
The Wilfrid's Club is a 10 minute walk from the ground and away fans get members prices. It is the CAMRA North West Club of the year and shows all major sports. The Towneley Arms is also about a 10 minute walk to the ground, has an abundance of TV screens showing all sports.
There are a number of takeaways on route to ground. Sainsburys is 400 metres from ground. Aldi 3/4mile from ground.

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Club Information

Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: Two10 Investment Services Ground

Address: Inglewhite Road, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire

Postcode: PR3 2DB

Telephone: 07966632082

Website: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/longridgetown

Twitter: @longridgetownfc

Registered Colours: Red shirt, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: All Sky blue

Alternative Colours: Sky blue/grey, grey shorts, sky blue socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: All green

Secretary: Lorraine Harrison

Chairman: Jim Parker

Manager: Lee Ashcroft

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Committee / Directors:

County Affiliation: Lancashire FA

Year Formed: 1996

Record Attendance: 1,000 vs Bury (North West Counties Premier Division, 5th Oct 2024)

Previous Leagues:

West Lancashire League
Preston and District League

Honours:

North West Counties League Division One North Champions 2018/19
North West Counties League First Division Champions Cup Runners Up 2018/19
West Lancashire League Premier Division Champions 2016/17
West Lancashire League Division One Champions 2011/12
West Lancashire League Division Two Runners Up 2009/10
Preston and District League First Division Champions 2007/08
Preston and District League Third Division Champions 2003/04
Wilf Carr Trophy Winners 2017/18

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