Squires Gate

FORMED
1948

MANAGER
Luke Evans

GROUND
The Skiddle Community Stadium

TWITTER
@squiresgatefc

Current Position: 9th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
3	1	1	1	4	5	4

Current Form: 9th

P	W	D	L	F	A
3	1	1	1	4	5

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
09/08/25	Darwen FC (H)	W 2-1
02/08/25	Thornton Cleveleys (H)	L 0-2
26/07/25	Maghull (A)	D 2-2

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
16/08/25	Droylsden (A)	15:00
23/08/25	Tadcaster Albion (H)	15:00
30/08/25	Maine Road (H)	15:00
06/09/25	Ashton Town (A)	15:00
13/09/25	Colne (A)	15:00
27/09/25	Colne (H)	15:00

Latest News:

	New Club Partner at Squires Gate
	Featuring a new ground name...

	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

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 26/07/25	Maghull	A	15:00	D 2-2	Scott Harries (9) Dean Ing (27)
Sat 02/08/25	Thornton Cleveleys	H	15:00	L 0-2
Sat 09/08/25	Darwen FC	H	15:00	W 2-1	Saad Mekkaoui-Abouzaid (12) Dean Ing (70)
Sat 16/08/25	Droylsden	A	15:00
Sat 23/08/25	Tadcaster Albion	H	15:00
	(The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q)
Sat 30/08/25	Maine Road	H	15:00
Sat 06/09/25	Ashton Town	A	15:00
Sat 13/09/25	Colne	A	15:00
Sat 27/09/25	Colne	H	15:00
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 04/10/25	Holker Old Boys	H	15:00
Sat 18/10/25	Ashton Athletic	H	15:00
Sat 25/10/25	Fulwood Amateurs	A	15:00
Sat 01/11/25	Daisy Hill	A	15:00
Sat 08/11/25	MSB Woolton	H	15:00
Sat 15/11/25	Steeton	H	15:00
Sat 22/11/25	Bacup Borough	A	15:00
Sat 29/11/25	Holker Old Boys	A	15:00
Sat 06/12/25	Maghull	H	15:00
Sat 13/12/25	Maine Road	A	15:00
Fri 26/12/25	AFC Blackpool	H	15:00
Sat 03/01/26	Steeton	A	15:00
Sat 10/01/26	Fulwood Amateurs	H	15:00
Sat 17/01/26	Nelson	A	15:00
Sat 24/01/26	Garstang	H	15:00
Sat 31/01/26	Colne	H	15:00
Sat 07/02/26	Ashton Athletic	A	15:00
Sat 14/02/26	Ashton Town	H	15:00
Sat 21/02/26	Garstang	A	15:00
Sat 28/02/26	Nelson	H	17:00
Sat 07/03/26	MSB Woolton	A	15:00
Sat 14/03/26	Daisy Hill	H	15:00
Sat 21/03/26	Thornton Cleveleys	A	15:00
Sat 28/03/26	Droylsden	H	15:00
Mon 06/04/26	AFC Blackpool	A	15:00
Sat 11/04/26	Bacup Borough	H	15:00
TBC	Maghull	H
	(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
Sat 26/07/25	Maghull (A)	D 2-2
Sat 02/08/25	Thornton Cleveleys (H)	L 0-2
Sat 09/08/25	Darwen FC (H)	W 2-1
Sat 16/08/25	Droylsden (A)	15:00
Sat 23/08/25	Tadcaster Albion (H)	15:00
(The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q)
Sat 30/08/25	Maine Road (H)	15:00
Sat 06/09/25	Ashton Town (A)	15:00
Sat 13/09/25	Colne (A)	15:00
Sat 27/09/25	Colne (H)	15:00
(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 04/10/25	Holker Old Boys (H)	15:00
Sat 18/10/25	Ashton Athletic (H)	15:00
Sat 25/10/25	Fulwood Amateurs (A)	15:00
Sat 01/11/25	Daisy Hill (A)	15:00
Sat 08/11/25	MSB Woolton (H)	15:00
Sat 15/11/25	Steeton (H)	15:00
Sat 22/11/25	Bacup Borough (A)	15:00
Sat 29/11/25	Holker Old Boys (A)	15:00
Sat 06/12/25	Maghull (H)	15:00
Sat 13/12/25	Maine Road (A)	15:00
Fri 26/12/25	AFC Blackpool (H)	15:00
Sat 03/01/26	Steeton (A)	15:00
Sat 10/01/26	Fulwood Amateurs (H)	15:00
Sat 17/01/26	Nelson (A)	15:00
Sat 24/01/26	Garstang (H)	15:00
Sat 31/01/26	Colne (H)	15:00
Sat 07/02/26	Ashton Athletic (A)	15:00
Sat 14/02/26	Ashton Town (H)	15:00
Sat 21/02/26	Garstang (A)	15:00
Sat 28/02/26	Nelson (H)	17:00
Sat 07/03/26	MSB Woolton (A)	15:00
Sat 14/03/26	Daisy Hill (H)	15:00
Sat 21/03/26	Thornton Cleveleys (A)	15:00
Sat 28/03/26	Droylsden (H)	15:00
Mon 06/04/26	AFC Blackpool (A)	15:00
Sat 11/04/26	Bacup Borough (H)	15:00
TBC	Maghull (H)
(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Rowan Chambers	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Cheetham	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Chippendale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Croskell-Robinson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Regan Crossley	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Edwards	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Forshaw	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fin Gallagher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liam Geraghty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Harries	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Luke Harris	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Ing	3	0	2	0	0	1	0
Jacob Lever	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saad Mekkaoui-Abouzaid	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Page	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan Riley	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Sargeant (GK)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Sherra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Will Squires	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Welsh	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Zokou	3	0	0	0	0	1	1

Former Squad Members

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

Staff Members

Name
Dale Azzopardi		Coach
Daniel Bunce		Coach
Michael Carr		Physio
Luke Evans		Manager
Liam Platt		Coach

Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Rowan Chambers	3	0	0	0	0
Mitch Cheetham	0+1	0	0	0	0
Adam Chippendale	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Croskell-Robinson	1+1	0	0	0	0
Regan Crossley	1+1	0	0	0	0
Joshua Edwards	2	0	0	0	0
Jake Forshaw	1+1	0	0	0	0
Fin Gallagher	0	0	0	0	0
Liam Geraghty	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Harries	3	1	0	0	0
Luke Harris	2	0	0	0	0
Dean Ing	3	2	0	1	0
Jacob Lever	0	0	0	0	0
Saad Mekkaoui-Abouzaid	2+1	1	0	0	0
Jack Page	2+1	0	0	1	0
Ryan Riley	0+1	0	0	0	0
Joel Sargeant	3	0	0	0	0
James Sherra	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Smith	0	0	0	0	0
Will Squires	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Taylor	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Thomas	3	0	0	0	0
Alex Welsh	3	0	0	0	1
Kevin Zokou	3	0	0	1	1

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom

Staff Members

Name
Dale Azzopardi		Coach
Daniel Bunce		Coach
Michael Carr		Physio
Luke Evans		Manager
Liam Platt		Coach

Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Rowan Chambers	3	0
Mitch Cheetham	0+1	0
Adam Chippendale	0	0
Brandon Croskell-Robinson	1+1	0
Regan Crossley	1+1	0
Joshua Edwards	2	0
Jake Forshaw	1+1	0
Fin Gallagher	0	0
Liam Geraghty	0	0
Scott Harries	3	1
Luke Harris	2	0
Dean Ing	3	2
Jacob Lever	0	0
Saad Mekkaoui-Abouzaid	2+1	1
Jack Page	2+1	0
Ryan Riley	0+1	0
Joel Sargeant (GK)	3	0
James Sherra	0	0
Jay Smith	0	0
Will Squires	1	0
Josh Taylor	0	0
Ben Thomas	3	0
Alex Welsh	3	0
Kevin Zokou	3	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals

Staff Members

Name
Dale Azzopardi		Coach
Daniel Bunce		Coach
Michael Carr		Physio
Luke Evans		Manager
Liam Platt		Coach

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	2-1	09/08/25 v Darwen FC (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win		No away victories at present
Biggest Home Defeat	0-2	02/08/25 v Thornton Cleveleys (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat		No away defeats at present
Highest Drawn Home Game		No home draws at present
Highest Drawn Away Game	2-2	26/07/25 v Maghull (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	3	2-1 09/08/25 v Darwen FC (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	4	2-2 26/07/25 v Maghull (First Division North)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	2		1		3
Won	1	50.00%	0	0.00%	1	33.33%
Drawn	0	0.00%	1	100.00%	1	33.33%
Lost	1	50.00%	0	0.00%	1	33.33%
Scored	2	1.00	2	2.00	4	1.33
Conceded	3	1.50	2	2.00	5	1.67

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Isuzu FA Vase	1st Qualifying Round	v	Tadcaster Albion	(H)
	To be played on Sat 23/08/25
The Macron Cup	1st Round	v	Colne	(H)
	To be played on Sat 27/09/25
The Edward Case Cup	1st Round North	v	Maghull	(H)
	To be played on Mon 01/06/26

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	2 games	181

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	1 game
Goalless Draw	30 games
Score Draw	2 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	1 game
Clean Sheet	30 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	1	33.33%	0	0.00%
One	0	0.00%	1	33.33%
Two	2	66.67%	2	66.67%
Three	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Four	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Five or more	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	2	50.00%	1	0.00%	2	22.22%
16-30	1	25.00%	0	0.00%	1	11.11%
31-45	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
46-60	0	0.00%	3	60.00%	3	33.33%
61-75	1	25.00%	0	0.00%	1	11.11%
76-90	0	0.00%	1	20.00%	1	11.11%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
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 Skiddle Community Stadium

Address: School Road, Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire

Postcode: FY4 5DS

Telephone: 07776 123529

Midweek Night: Tuesday

2025/26 Admission Prices: £7 adult, £4 concession, £2 Under 16, Under 5's free

Programme Price: £3

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.

Additional Visitor Information:

Club Information

Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: The Skiddle Community 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: Red Shirt, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Alternative Colours: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Black Shirt with red/Yellow flash, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Secretary: Ian Moore

Chairman: John Maguire

Manager: Luke Evans

Programme Editor: James Ashton

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

County Affiliation: Lancashire FA

Year Formed: 1948

Record Attendance: 1,000 v Bury FC, NWCFL Premier Division 27 July 2024

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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