NWCFL | Darwen FC Club Information Page

Current Position: 6th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
34	14	10	10	59	50	52

Current Form: 5th

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	3	1	2	9	7

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
No Matches Found

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
15/08/26	Winterton Rangers (A)	15:00

Latest News:

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 15/08/26	Winterton Rangers	A	15:00
	(The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q)

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
Sat 15/08/26	Winterton Rangers (A)	15:00
(The Isuzu FA Vase 1Q)

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Joshua Abbott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Basterfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Bond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Bridges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Buck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Cattermole	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finley Cooney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruno De Almeida Severino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oliver Denker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Elliott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Calvin Harper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Hodges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samuel Holt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louis Hood (GK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ellis Hoole	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keane Joyce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Lloyd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kalvin Morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samuel Ogundare	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Sixsmith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pawel Zuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Bobby Langford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Paul Coote		Coach
Chris Holland		Coach
Ben Langford		Manager

Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Joshua Abbott	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Basterfield	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Bond	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Bridges	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Buck	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Cattermole	0	0	0	0	0
Finley Cooney	0	0	0	0	0
Bruno De Almeida Severino	0	0	0	0	0
Oliver Denker	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Elliott	0	0	0	0	0
Calvin Harper	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Hodges	0	0	0	0	0
Samuel Holt	0	0	0	0	0
Louis Hood	0	0	0	0	0
Ellis Hoole	0	0	0	0	0
Keane Joyce	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Lloyd	0	0	0	0	0
Kalvin Morris	0	0	0	0	0
Samuel Ogundare	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Sixsmith	0	0	0	0	0
Pawel Zuk	0	0	0	0	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Bobby Langford	0	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Paul Coote		Coach
Chris Holland		Coach
Ben Langford		Manager

Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Joshua Abbott	0	0
Gary Basterfield	0	0
Nathan Bond	0	0
Jacob Bridges	0	0
Joseph Buck	0	0
Ryan Cattermole	0	0
Finley Cooney	0	0
Bruno De Almeida Severino	0	0
Oliver Denker	0	0
Sean Elliott	0	0
Calvin Harper	0	0
Anthony Hodges	0	0
Samuel Holt	0	0
Louis Hood (GK)	0	0
Ellis Hoole	0	0
Keane Joyce	0	0
Charlie Lloyd	0	0
Kalvin Morris	0	0
Samuel Ogundare	0	0
Bradley Sixsmith	0	0
Pawel Zuk	0	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Bobby Langford	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Paul Coote		Coach
Chris Holland		Coach
Ben Langford		Manager

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	7-3	07/02/26 v Thornton Cleveleys (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-2	30/08/25 v AFC Blackpool (First Division North) 26/12/25 v Nelson (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	1-4	08/11/25 v Colne (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Home Game	3-3	13/12/25 v Holker Old Boys (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Away Game	2-2	06/12/25 v Ashton Athletic (First Division North) 18/04/26 v Droylsden (First Division North) 30/01/26 v Barnton (The Edward Case Cup) 20/01/26 v Fulwood Amateurs (First Division North)
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 27/02/26 v Colne (First Division North) 0-0 27/09/25 v Garstang (The Macron Cup)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	10	7-3 07/02/26 v Thornton Cleveleys (First Division North)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	21		21		42
Won	11	52.38%	7	33.33%	18	42.86%
Drawn	6	28.57%	6	28.57%	12	28.57%
Lost	4	19.05%	8	38.10%	12	28.57%
Scored	38	1.81	39	1.86	77	1.83
Conceded	23	1.10	37	1.76	60	1.43

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	Final	2-3	Runcorn Town	(H)

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	21 games	253

Number of Games Since
Last Win	3 games
Last Defeat	0 games
Goalless Draw	9 games
Score Draw	1 game
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	2 games
Clean Sheet	5 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	8	19.05%	9	21.43%
One	11	26.19%	13	30.95%
Two	14	33.33%	14	33.33%
Three	4	9.52%	5	11.90%
Four	2	4.76%	1	2.38%
Five or more	3	7.14%	0	0.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	10	12.99%	13	0.00%	10	7.30%
16-30	9	11.69%	8	13.33%	17	12.41%
31-45	11	14.29%	4	6.67%	15	10.95%
46-60	13	16.88%	9	15.00%	22	16.06%
61-75	11	14.29%	11	18.33%	22	16.06%
76-90	23	29.87%	13	21.67%	36	26.28%
90-105	0	0.00%	2	3.33%	2	1.46%
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

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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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Current Position: 6th

Current Form: 5th

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