NWCFL | Darwen FC Club Information Page

Current Position: 6th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
34	20	1	13	78	54	61

Current Form: 2nd

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	5	0	1	16	6

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
No Matches Found

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
01/06/26	Garstang (H)	15:00
01/06/26	Colne (H)	15:00

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Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A
TBC	Garstang	H
	(The Macron Cup 1)
TBC	Colne	H
	(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
TBC	Garstang (H)
(The Macron Cup 1)
TBC	Colne (H)
(The Edward Case Cup 1 N)

Squad Members

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Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
No Players Found

Former Squad Members

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No Players Found

Staff Members

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Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
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Former Squad Members

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Staff Members

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Squad Members

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Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	4-0	18/01/25 v Route One Rovers (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	6-1	02/11/24 v Skelmersdale United (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	2-4	07/09/24 v Holker Old Boys (First Division North) 16/10/24 v Nelson (The Macron Cup)
Biggest Away Defeat	1-6	09/11/24 v Winsford United (The Isuzu FA Vase)
Highest Drawn Home Game		No home draws at present
Highest Drawn Away Game	1-1	08/02/25 v Holker Old Boys (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	7	5-2 31/07/24 v Skelmersdale United (First Division North) 3-4 07/08/24 v Thornton Cleveleys (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	7	6-1 02/11/24 v Skelmersdale United (First Division North) 1-6 09/11/24 v Winsford United (The Isuzu FA Vase)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	20		20		40
Won	14	70.00%	9	45.00%	23	57.50%
Drawn	0	0.00%	1	5.00%	1	2.50%
Lost	6	30.00%	10	50.00%	16	40.00%
Scored	51	2.55	37	1.85	88	2.20
Conceded	29	1.45	37	1.85	66	1.65

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Isuzu FA Vase	2nd Round	1-6	Winsford United	(A)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	2-4	Nelson	(H)
The Edward Case Cup	1st Round	0-1	Holker Old Boys	(A)

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	20 games	197

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	5 games
Goalless Draw	46 games
Score Draw	7 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	8 games
Clean Sheet	1 game

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	4	10.00%	10	25.00%
One	9	22.50%	14	35.00%
Two	13	32.50%	4	10.00%
Three	7	17.50%	7	17.50%
Four	4	10.00%	3	7.50%
Five or more	3	7.50%	2	5.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	6	6.82%	11	0.00%	6	3.90%
16-30	10	11.36%	5	7.58%	15	9.74%
31-45	20	22.73%	14	21.21%	34	22.08%
46-60	12	13.64%	13	19.70%	25	16.23%
61-75	16	18.18%	8	12.12%	24	15.58%
76-90	24	27.27%	15	22.73%	39	25.32%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
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

2025/26 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 and Female Officials Changing rooms, Home and Away Team Changing rooms, Club House, Café area, Stand, Office, Football Pitch, Turnstiles

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Club Information

Legal Entity: Darwen FC 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: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: Lime Green/Yellow Shirt, Lime Green/Yellow/Shorts, Green/Yellow Socks

Alternative Colours: Pink Shirts, Navy Shorts with Pink Stripe, Pink Socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Navy Blue Shirts, Shorts and Socks

Secretary: Neil Sears

Chairman: Kenneth Langford

Manager: Leighton Mills

Programme Editor: Matt Murphy

Committee / Directors: Kenneth Langford, Sarah Hindle. Gary Hoole, David Ainsworth, Neil Sears, Sinead Garvin, Jon Taylor, Matt Pilkington, Matt Bellusci, Tom Steele, Matt Murphy, Gary McGurk, Kieran Wood, Joost Van Spengler, Gary Brown, Ben Hunter

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 Form: 2nd

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