Thornton Cleveleys

FORMED
1995

MANAGER
Paul Gregory

GROUND
The Fox Group Sports Arena

TWITTER
@thorntonfc

Current Position: 4th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
15	9	3	3	38	27	30

Current Form: 3rd

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	4	1	1	18	12

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
31/10/26	Billingham Town (H)	W 4-2
24/10/26	Ashville (A)	D 4-4
17/10/26	Darwen FC (H)	L 1-2
10/10/26	Albion Sports (H)	WON
(0-0 after 90 mins, Thornton Cleveleys won 5-4 on pens)
07/10/26	Uppermill (A)	W 5-1
03/10/26	Flixton (A)	W 4-3

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
07/11/26	Halewood Apollo (A)	15:00
11/11/26	Woolton (A)	19:45
14/11/26	Fulwood Amateurs (H)	15:00
17/11/26	Euxton Villa (H)	19:45
21/11/26	Maine Road (H)	15:00
24/11/26	Daisy Hill (H)	19:45

Latest News:

	Lorraine Beavers Visits Thornton Cleveleys
	The local MP visited Gamble Road to find out more about developments at the club

	Thornton Cleveleys win Hereward Tri-Monthly Respect Award!
	The Division One North newcomers have won the award for the second third of the season

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 01/08/26	Cammell Laird 1907	H	15:00	W 3-2	Jackson Bateman (36) Daniel Stoney (41) Kyle Higham (86)
Wed 05/08/26	Garstang	H	19:45	W 2-1	Jordan Beavers (7) Jackson Bateman (78)
Sat 08/08/26	Ashton Town	A	15:00	W 3-2	Matthew Hughes (80) Joshua Winder (81) Luke Harris (85p)
Tue 11/08/26	Holker Old Boys	A	19:45	L 0-2
Sat 15/08/26	Halewood Apollo	H	15:00	L 2-4	Jacob Aspinall (13) Luke Harris (45)
Wed 19/08/26	Steeton	H	19:45	W 4-0	Jacob Aspinall (6) Benjamin Duffield (25) Jordan Beavers (30) Luke Harris (72)
Sat 22/08/26	Ashton Athletic	A	15:00	W 2-1	Jacob Aspinall (10) Jacob Aspinall (70)
Sat 29/08/26	Bacup Borough	H	15:00	D 2-2	Luke Harris (79p) Jackson Bateman (81)
Tue 01/09/26	Squires Gate	A	19:45	D 2-2	Kyle Higham (71) Joshua Winder (90)
Sat 05/09/26	Maghull	H	15:00	W 1-0	Benjamin Duffield (18)
Sat 12/09/26	Newcastle Benfield	A	15:00	W 1-0	Jackson Bateman (57)
	(The FA Vase 2Q)
Tue 15/09/26	Ramsbottom United	H	19:45	WON	Joseph Robinson (10) Daniel Stoney (14) Jordan Beavers (45) Jacob Aspinall (87)
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 1)
	(4-4 after 90 mins, Thornton Cleveleys won 5-4 on pens)
Sat 19/09/26	AFC Knowsley	H	15:00	W 5-0	Joshua Winder (2) Joshua Winder (55) Benjamin Duffield (74) Harry Williamson (84) Daniel Stoney (90)
Wed 23/09/26	AFC Blackpool	A	19:45	W 3-2	Joshua Winder (40) Benjamin Anderson (80) Joshua Winder (90)
Sat 26/09/26	Bacup Borough	A	15:00	L 0-3
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 03/10/26	Flixton	A	15:00	W 4-3	Jacob Aspinall (3) Joshua Winder (61) Joshua Winder (75) Jordan Beavers (84)
Wed 07/10/26	Uppermill	A	19:45	W 5-1	Jackson Bateman (10) Luke Harris (54) Jackson Bateman (82) Jacob Gregory (88) Jacob Gregory (90)
	(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)
Sat 10/10/26	Albion Sports	H	15:00	WON
	(The FA Vase 1)
	(0-0 after 90 mins, Thornton Cleveleys won 5-4 on pens)
Sat 17/10/26	Darwen FC	H	15:00	L 1-2	Joshua Winder (61)
Sat 24/10/26	Ashville	A	15:00	D 4-4	Joshua Winder (19) Jackson Bateman (25) Jacob Gregory (30) Joshua Winder (68)
Sat 31/10/26	Billingham Town	H	15:00	W 4-2	Benjamin Anderson (46) Joshua Winder (54) Luke Harris (75) Joshua Winder (90+4)
	(The FA Vase 2)
Sat 07/11/26	Halewood Apollo	A	15:00
Wed 11/11/26	Woolton	A	19:45
Sat 14/11/26	Fulwood Amateurs	H	15:00
	(The Edward Case Cup 2 N)
Tue 17/11/26	Euxton Villa	H	19:45
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
Sat 21/11/26	Maine Road	H	15:00
Tue 24/11/26	Daisy Hill	H	19:45
Sat 28/11/26	Yarm & Eaglescliffe	H	15:00
	(The FA Vase 3)
Sat 05/12/26	Garstang	A	15:00
Sat 12/12/26	Ashville	H	15:00
Sat 19/12/26	Colne	A	15:00
Sat 26/12/26	Fulwood Amateurs	H	15:00
Sat 02/01/27	Bacup Borough	A	15:00
Sat 09/01/27	Woolton	H	15:00
Sat 16/01/27	Ashton Athletic	H	15:00
Sat 23/01/27	Maine Road	A	15:00
Sat 30/01/27	Colne	H	15:00
Sat 06/02/27	AFC Knowsley	A	15:00
Sat 13/02/27	Maghull	A	15:00
Sat 20/02/27	Flixton	H	15:00
Fri 26/02/27	AFC Blackpool	H	19:45
Sat 06/03/27	Uppermill	A	15:00
Wed 10/03/27	Holker Old Boys	H	19:45
Sat 13/03/27	Daisy Hill	A	15:00
Sat 20/03/27	Ashton Town	H	15:00
Sat 27/03/27	Cammell Laird 1907	A	15:00
Mon 29/03/27	Fulwood Amateurs	A	15:00
Sat 03/04/27	Squires Gate	H	15:00
Sat 10/04/27	Darwen FC	A	15:00
Sat 17/04/27	Steeton	A	15:00
TBC	Uppermill	H

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
Sat 01/08/26	Cammell Laird 1907 (H)	W 3-2
Wed 05/08/26	Garstang (H)	W 2-1
Sat 08/08/26	Ashton Town (A)	W 3-2
Tue 11/08/26	Holker Old Boys (A)	L 0-2
Sat 15/08/26	Halewood Apollo (H)	L 2-4
Wed 19/08/26	Steeton (H)	W 4-0
Sat 22/08/26	Ashton Athletic (A)	W 2-1
Sat 29/08/26	Bacup Borough (H)	D 2-2
Tue 01/09/26	Squires Gate (A)	D 2-2
Sat 05/09/26	Maghull (H)	W 1-0
Sat 12/09/26	Newcastle Benfield (A)	W 1-0
(The FA Vase 2Q)
Tue 15/09/26	Ramsbottom United (H)	W
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 1)
(4-4 after 90 mins, Thornton Cleveleys won 5 4 on pens)
Sat 19/09/26	AFC Knowsley (H)	W 5-0
Wed 23/09/26	AFC Blackpool (A)	W 3-2
Sat 26/09/26	Bacup Borough (A)	L 0-3
(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 03/10/26	Flixton (A)	W 4-3
Wed 07/10/26	Uppermill (A)	W 5-1
(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)
Sat 10/10/26	Albion Sports (H)	W
(The FA Vase 1)
(0-0 after 90 mins, Thornton Cleveleys won 5 4 on pens)
Sat 17/10/26	Darwen FC (H)	L 1-2
Sat 24/10/26	Ashville (A)	D 4-4
Sat 31/10/26	Billingham Town (H)	W 4-2
(The FA Vase 2)
Sat 07/11/26	Halewood Apollo (A)	15:00
Wed 11/11/26	Woolton (A)	19:45
Sat 14/11/26	Fulwood Amateurs (H)	15:00
(The Edward Case Cup 2 N)
Tue 17/11/26	Euxton Villa (H)	19:45
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 2)
Sat 21/11/26	Maine Road (H)	15:00
Tue 24/11/26	Daisy Hill (H)	19:45
Sat 28/11/26	Yarm & Eaglescliffe (H)	15:00
(The FA Vase 3)
Sat 05/12/26	Garstang (A)	15:00
Sat 12/12/26	Ashville (H)	15:00
Sat 19/12/26	Colne (A)	15:00
Sat 26/12/26	Fulwood Amateurs (H)	15:00
Sat 02/01/27	Bacup Borough (A)	15:00
Sat 09/01/27	Woolton (H)	15:00
Sat 16/01/27	Ashton Athletic (H)	15:00
Sat 23/01/27	Maine Road (A)	15:00
Sat 30/01/27	Colne (H)	15:00
Sat 06/02/27	AFC Knowsley (A)	15:00
Sat 13/02/27	Maghull (A)	15:00
Sat 20/02/27	Flixton (H)	15:00
Fri 26/02/27	AFC Blackpool (H)	19:45
Sat 06/03/27	Uppermill (A)	15:00
Wed 10/03/27	Holker Old Boys (H)	19:45
Sat 13/03/27	Daisy Hill (A)	15:00
Sat 20/03/27	Ashton Town (H)	15:00
Sat 27/03/27	Cammell Laird 1907 (A)	15:00
Mon 29/03/27	Fulwood Amateurs (A)	15:00
Sat 03/04/27	Squires Gate (H)	15:00
Sat 10/04/27	Darwen FC (A)	15:00
Sat 17/04/27	Steeton (A)	15:00
TBC	Uppermill (H)

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Benjamin Anderson	10	1	1	0	0	3	0
Jacob Aspinall	11	5	6	0	0	1	2
Jackson Bateman	13	4	6	0	0	1	0
Jordan Beavers	6	7	4	0	0	0	0
Dominic Birch	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Benjamin Duffield	10	4	3	0	0	1	1
Joshua Edwards	8	6	0	0	0	0	1
John Fraser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron Graham (GK)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Gregory	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jordan Gregory	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Harris	9	7	5	0	0	0	0
Kyle Higham	9	2	2	0	0	1	2
Matthew Hughes	6	5	1	0	1	1	0
Oliver Leggett	13	5	0	0	0	1	0
Oliver Lombard (GK)	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo McGhee-Jordan	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
London Mielnik	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Noble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Benjamin Reader	8	2	0	0	0	1	2
Joseph Robinson	13	2	1	0	0	3	0
Kieran Shaw	11	1	0	0	0	4	0
Oliver Shepherd (GK)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Smith (GK)	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel Stoney	8	9	3	0	1	2	0
Adam Sumner	18	0	0	0	0	3	4
Lewis Walmsley	9	4	0	0	0	0	0
Oliver Wilkinson	9	5	0	0	1	0	0
Harry Williamson	2	4	1	0	0	0	0
Joshua Winder	15	3	9	0	0	1	1

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom

Staff Members

Name
Christopher Bond		Coach
Sean Danaher		Coach
John Fraser		Coach
Paul Gregory		Manager
Jonathan Hornsby		First Aider
Michael McGarvey		Coach

Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Benjamin Anderson	10+1	1	0	3	0
Jacob Aspinall	11+5	6	0	1	2
Jackson Bateman	13+4	6	0	1	0
Jordan Beavers	6+7	4	0	0	0
Dominic Birch	0+3	0	0	0	0
Benjamin Duffield	10+4	3	0	1	1
Joshua Edwards	8+6	0	0	0	1
John Fraser	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron Graham	1	0	0	0	0
Jacob Gregory	2+2	2	0	0	0
Jordan Gregory	0+1	0	0	0	0
Luke Harris	9+7	5	0	0	0
Kyle Higham	9+2	2	0	1	2
Matthew Hughes	6+5	1	1	1	0
Oliver Leggett	13+5	0	0	1	0
Oliver Lombard	12	0	0	0	0
Leo McGhee-Jordan	0+3	0	0	1	0
London Mielnik	1	0	0	0	0
Luke Noble	0	0	0	0	0
Benjamin Reader	8+2	0	0	1	2
Joseph Robinson	13+2	1	0	3	0
Kieran Shaw	11+1	0	0	4	0
Oliver Shepherd	1	0	0	0	0
Mark Smith	4	0	0	0	1
Daniel Stoney	8+9	3	1	2	0
Adam Sumner	18	0	0	3	4
Lewis Walmsley	9+4	0	0	0	0
Oliver Wilkinson	9+5	0	1	0	0
Harry Williamson	2+4	1	0	0	0
Joshua Winder	15+3	9	0	1	1

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom

Staff Members

Name
Christopher Bond		Coach
Sean Danaher		Coach
John Fraser		Coach
Paul Gregory		Manager
Jonathan Hornsby		First Aider
Michael McGarvey		Coach

Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Benjamin Anderson	10+1	1
Jacob Aspinall	11+5	6
Jackson Bateman	13+4	6
Jordan Beavers	6+7	4
Dominic Birch	0+3	0
Benjamin Duffield	10+4	3
Joshua Edwards	8+6	0
John Fraser	0	0
Cameron Graham (GK)	1	0
Jacob Gregory	2+2	2
Jordan Gregory	0+1	0
Luke Harris	9+7	5
Kyle Higham	9+2	2
Matthew Hughes	6+5	1
Oliver Leggett	13+5	0
Oliver Lombard (GK)	12	0
Leo McGhee-Jordan	0+3	0
London Mielnik	1	0
Luke Noble	0	0
Benjamin Reader	8+2	0
Joseph Robinson	13+2	1
Kieran Shaw	11+1	0
Oliver Shepherd (GK)	1	0
Mark Smith (GK)	4	0
Daniel Stoney	8+9	3
Adam Sumner	18	0
Lewis Walmsley	9+4	0
Oliver Wilkinson	9+5	0
Harry Williamson	2+4	1
Joshua Winder	15+3	9

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals

Staff Members

Name
Christopher Bond		Coach
Sean Danaher		Coach
John Fraser		Coach
Paul Gregory		Manager
Jonathan Hornsby		First Aider
Michael McGarvey		Coach

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	5-0	19/09/26 v AFC Knowsley (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	5-1	07/10/26 v Uppermill (The Edward Case Cup)
Biggest Home Defeat	2-4	15/08/26 v Halewood Apollo (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-3	26/09/26 v Bacup Borough (The Macron Cup)
Highest Drawn Home Game	4-4	15/09/26 v Ramsbottom United (Lancashire Challenge Trophy)
Highest Drawn Away Game	4-4	24/10/26 v Ashville (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	8	4-4 15/09/26 v Ramsbottom United (Lancashire Challenge Trophy)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	8	4-4 24/10/26 v Ashville (First Division North)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	11		10		21
Won	6	54.55%	6	60.00%	12	57.14%
Drawn	3	27.27%	2	20.00%	5	23.81%
Lost	2	18.18%	2	20.00%	4	19.05%
Scored	28	2.55	24	2.40	52	2.48
Conceded	17	1.55	20	2.00	37	1.76

Progression in Cup Competitions
The FA Vase	3rd Round	v	Yarm & Eaglescliffe	(H)
	To be played on Sat 28/11/26
The Macron Cup	1st Round	0-3	Bacup Borough	(A)
The Edward Case Cup	2nd Round North	v	Fulwood Amateurs	(H)
	To be played on Sat 14/11/26
Lancashire Challenge Trophy	2nd Round	v	Euxton Villa	(H)
	To be played on Tue 17/11/26

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	11 games	216

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	2 games
Goalless Draw	3 games
Score Draw	1 game
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	3 games
Clean Sheet	3 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	3	14.29%	5	23.81%
One	3	14.29%	3	14.29%
Two	5	23.81%	8	38.10%
Three	3	14.29%	2	9.52%
Four	5	23.81%	3	14.29%
Five or more	2	9.52%	0	0.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	9	17.31%	7	0.00%	9	10.11%
16-30	6	11.54%	8	21.62%	14	15.73%
31-45	5	9.62%	6	16.22%	11	12.36%
46-60	5	9.62%	6	16.22%	11	12.36%
61-75	9	17.31%	7	18.92%	16	17.98%
76-90	18	34.62%	3	8.11%	21	23.60%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

History

Thornton Cleveleys Football Club
History
Library records indicate, ICI Ltd founded and sponsored a football team for their workers at the chlorine-production plant in the early 1900’s. Its unconfirmed how long these early beginnings and precursor to the current teams were maintained throughout the early 1900’s but the records show a team known as Thornton Jubilee Football Club in the 1930’s and Trunnah United in the 1950s.
The present seniors club, in its more familiar guise was formed in July 1980 when Ronnie Andrews brought the Thornton Catholic Club side to ICI Thornton and in August of 1981 the club joined the West Lancashire League with Mike Sillis as Manager.
The clubs Reserve side, managed by Ronnie Andrews played in the Premier Division of the Blackpool and Fylde Football Combination.
In 1982 the First team finished the season Division Two Champions.
By 1987 the Reserve side had moved to the West Lancashire League Reserve Division and in 1991 they won the league championship. Following the closure of the ICI Plant at Thornton the club renamed as Thornton International in 1992 and for the 1991/92 season the first team were once again West Lancashire Division Two Champions, and also runners-up in the Presidents Cup.
1995 Thornton-Cleveleys Junior Football Club merged with the open age teams of Thornton International FC, previously known as ICI, to form Thornton-Cleveleys Football Club.
In April of 2003, the first team won the Tavern Cup and the Reserves were double winners in the 2003/04 season being both Reserve Division 2 champions and winning the Houston Cup.In 2010 the first team were Division 1 winners seeing a return to the Premier Division and in 2014 lifted the Lancashire Amateur Shield for the first time.In 2021, after over 20 years at its home on Bourne Way the club spent a transient year while a new £1 million facility was built on their former ICI Football Club ground.
In 2022 Thornton Cleveleys won the West Lancashire Premier Division League and followed a year later in 2023 winning the Presidents Cup. In 2024 the club regained the West Lancashire League title winning in a dramatic ending to a season that was literally decided on the last minute of the campaign. Two weeks previously Thorntons Second team won the West Lancashire Reserve Division.
The Club was promoted to The North West Counties League Division One North in 2024.

Matchday Information

Ground: The Fox Group Sports Arena

Address: Gamble Road, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire

Postcode: FY5 4JH

Telephone: 07968975564

Midweek Night: Tuesday

2026/27 Admission Prices: £6.00 (£4.00 Concessions)

Programme Price: £2.00

Directions: From the M55 junction 3 take the 3rd exit sign posted Fleetwood onto the A585.
Continue on the A585 along the new bypass and onto The Amounderness Way through 2 roundabouts.
At the traffic lights with West Drive take the right hand lane and turn right onto West drive.
At the end of West Drive turn left onto Fleetwood Road and 2nd right (mini roundabout) onto Honey Moor Drive.
Continue on Honey Moor Drive onto Gamble Road. The Club is signposted on the right.

Nearest Railway: Poulton-Le-Fylde

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: Fleetwood Road stop and end of Honey Moor Drive to all local routes.

Parking Facilities: 140 spaces free parking including disabled parking.

Ground Facilities: Two Bars and reception rooms serving hot, cold and alcoholic beverages and hot and cold food.

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Club Information

Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: The Fox Group Sports Arena

Address: Gamble Road, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire

Postcode: FY5 4JH

Telephone: 07968975564

Website: https://thornton-cleveleysfc.co.uk/

Twitter: @thorntonfc

Registered Colours: Red Shirts, Red shorts, Red socks

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: Pink Shirt, Black shorts, Black socks

Alternative Colours: Blue shirts, Blue shorts, Blue socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Green shirt, Black shorts, Black socks

Secretary: Neil Walmsley

Chairman: Stephen Abbott

Manager: Paul Gregory

Programme Editor: Aaron Roskell

Committee / Directors: Stephen Abbott, Joanne Beavers, Neil Walmsley, Joanne Walmsley, Tracy Bailes, William Gardner, Lynsey Gardner, Terry Bullion, Nicole Andrews

County Affiliation: Lancashire FA

Year Formed: 1995

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West Lancashire League

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Current Position: 4th

Current Form: 3rd

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