Thornton Cleveleys

FORMED
1995

MANAGER
Paul Gregory

GROUND
Gamble Road

TWITTER
@thorntonfc

Current Position: 3rd

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
8	5	1	2	18	14	16

Current Form: 6th

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	3	1	2	13	11

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
29/08/26	Bacup Borough (H)	D 2-2
22/08/26	Ashton Athletic (A)	W 2-1
19/08/26	Steeton (H)	W 4-0
15/08/26	Halewood Apollo (H)	L 2-4
11/08/26	Holker Old Boys (A)	L 0-2
08/08/26	Ashton Town (A)	W 3-2

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
01/09/26	Squires Gate (A)	19:45
05/09/26	Maghull (H)	15:00
12/09/26	Newcastle Benfield (A)	15:00
15/09/26	Ramsbottom United (H)	19:45
19/09/26	AFC Knowsley (H)	15:00
26/09/26	Bacup Borough (A)	15:00

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
Sat 05/09/26	Maghull	H	15:00
Sat 12/09/26	Newcastle Benfield	A	15:00
	(The Isuzu FA Vase 2Q)
Tue 15/09/26	Ramsbottom United	H	19:45
	(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 1)
Sat 19/09/26	AFC Knowsley	H	15:00
Sat 26/09/26	Bacup Borough	A	15:00
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 03/10/26	Flixton	A	15:00
Tue 06/10/26	Uppermill	A	19:45
	(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)
Sat 10/10/26	Ashville	A	15:00
Sat 17/10/26	Darwen FC	H	15:00
Sat 31/10/26	Daisy Hill	H	15:00
Sat 07/11/26	Halewood Apollo	A	15:00
Sat 14/11/26	Woolton	A	15:00
Sat 21/11/26	Maine Road	H	15:00
Sat 28/11/26	Uppermill	H	15:00
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	AFC Blackpool	A

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)	19:45
Sat 05/09/26	Maghull (H)	15:00
Sat 12/09/26	Newcastle Benfield (A)	15:00
(The Isuzu FA Vase 2Q)
Tue 15/09/26	Ramsbottom United (H)	19:45
(Lancashire Challenge Trophy 1)
Sat 19/09/26	AFC Knowsley (H)	15:00
Sat 26/09/26	Bacup Borough (A)	15:00
(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 03/10/26	Flixton (A)	15:00
Tue 06/10/26	Uppermill (A)	19:45
(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)
Sat 10/10/26	Ashville (A)	15:00
Sat 17/10/26	Darwen FC (H)	15:00
Sat 31/10/26	Daisy Hill (H)	15:00
Sat 07/11/26	Halewood Apollo (A)	15:00
Sat 14/11/26	Woolton (A)	15:00
Sat 21/11/26	Maine Road (H)	15:00
Sat 28/11/26	Uppermill (H)	15:00
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	AFC Blackpool (A)

Squad Members

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

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	4-0	19/08/26 v Steeton (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	3-2	08/08/26 v Ashton Town (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	2-4	15/08/26 v Halewood Apollo (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-2	11/08/26 v Holker Old Boys (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Home Game	2-2	29/08/26 v Bacup Borough (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Away Game		No away draws at present
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	6	2-4 15/08/26 v Halewood Apollo (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	5	3-2 08/08/26 v Ashton Town (First Division North)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	5		3		8
Won	3	60.00%	2	66.67%	5	62.50%
Drawn	1	20.00%	0	0.00%	1	12.50%
Lost	1	20.00%	1	33.33%	2	25.00%
Scored	13	2.60	5	1.67	18	2.25
Conceded	9	1.80	5	1.67	14	1.75

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Isuzu FA Vase	2nd Qualifying Round	v	Newcastle Benfield	(A)
	To be played on Sat 12/09/26
The Macron Cup	1st Round	v	Bacup Borough	(A)
	To be played on Sat 26/09/26
The Edward Case Cup	1st Round North	v	Uppermill	(A)
	To be played on Tue 06/10/26
Lancashire Challenge Trophy	1st Round	v	Ramsbottom United	(H)
	To be played on Tue 15/09/26

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	5 games	204

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	2 games
Goalless Draw	8 games
Score Draw	0 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	3 games
Clean Sheet	1 game

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	1	12.50%	1	12.50%
One	0	0.00%	2	25.00%
Two	4	50.00%	4	50.00%
Three	2	25.00%	0	0.00%
Four	1	12.50%	1	12.50%
Five or more	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	4	22.22%	4	0.00%	4	12.50%
16-30	2	11.11%	4	28.57%	6	18.75%
31-45	3	16.67%	2	14.29%	5	15.63%
46-60	0	0.00%	2	14.29%	2	6.25%
61-75	2	11.11%	2	14.29%	4	12.50%
76-90	7	38.89%	0	0.00%	7	21.88%
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: Gamble Road

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: Gamble Road

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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Previous Leagues:

West Lancashire League

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Current Position: 3rd

Current Form: 6th

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