Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	7-1	27/10/20 v Whitchurch Alport (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Win	6-1	01/09/20 v 1874 Northwich (The Emirates F.A Cup)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-1	03/10/20 v York City (The Emirates F.A Cup)
Biggest Away Defeat		No away defeats at present
Highest Drawn Game	1-1	21/10/20 v Winsford United (A) (Premier Division)
		22/09/20 v Whitby Town (A) (The Emirates F.A Cup)
		12/12/20 v Jarrow FC (A) (The Buildbase FA Vase)
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	8	27/10/20 7-1 v Whitchurch Alport (H) (Premier Division)

 

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	6		8		14
Won	5	83.33%	5	62.50%	10	71.43%
Drawn	0	0.00%	3	37.50%	3	21.43%
Lost	1	16.67%	0	0.00%	1	7.14%
Scored	17	2.83	22	2.75	39	2.79
Conceded	2	0.33	9	1.13	11	0.79

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Emirates F.A Cup	2nd Qualifying Round	0-1	York City	(H)
The Buildbase FA Vase	3rd Round	2-1	Longridge Town	(A)

 

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	300	03/10/20 v York City (The Emirates F.A Cup)
Lowest Attendance	68	27/10/20 v Whitchurch Alport (Premier Division)
Average Attendance	6 games	164

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	9 games
Goalless Draw	48 games
Score Draw	1 game
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	9 games
Clean Sheet	2 games

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	1	7.14%	5	35.71%
One	5	35.71%	7	50.00%
Two	2	14.29%	2	14.29%
Three	2	14.29%	0	0.00%
Four	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Five or more	4	28.57%	0	0.00%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	3	7.69%	1	9.09%	4	8.00%
16-30	5	12.82%	1	9.09%	6	12.00%
31-45	6	15.38%	2	18.18%	8	16.00%
46-60	7	17.95%	2	18.18%	9	18.00%
61-75	9	23.08%	1	9.09%	10	20.00%
76-90	9	23.08%	3	27.27%	12	24.00%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

 

History

WARRINGTON RYLANDS 1906 FC HISTORY
Warrington Rylands 1906 Football Club was formed as a local works (wire manufacturer) team in 1906 as part of the Rylands Recreation Club whose clubhouse and grounds on the eastern side of Warrington at a site in between Gorsey Lane and Orford Road was opened by Rylands Brothers, owners of the famous Wireworks to provide sports and leisure facilities for their employees.

Over the years Rylands have played in several competitions including the Lancashire Combination, Warrington and District League, Mid Cheshire League, Cheshire League and now compete at the highest level in our history, the North West Counties Premier Division. During this time our trophy cabinet has seen success in, the Warrington Guardian Cup (5 times), Liverpool Challenge Cup, Lancashire Amateur Shield, Mid Cheshire League and Cup, North West counties Division 1 North, and North West Counties Champions of champions cup. The team also played in the Lancashire Combination’s war time Auxiliary Section during the 1918/19 season finishing 5th in the table.

Prior to joining the North West Counties League in 2018 Rylands played in the Warrington & District League, Liverpool County Combination and the Mid-Cheshire League. They were champions of each of these leagues winning the Warrington League in 1957/58 and 1958/59, 1957/58 was an especially good season for the club as they completed a treble in bringing back the Warrington League title, the Guardian Cup and Liverpool Cup and continued with success in the the Liverpool Combination in 1960/61.

Further success followed in the Mid-Cheshire League in 1980/81 and 1983/84. Losing just once when winning the Mid-Cheshire League in 1983/84 Rylands thought they were on their way to Wembley when they entered the last 32 of the FA Vase with wins over Blackpool Mechanics, Maghull, Atherton LR and Rainworth MW. But it was against the latter that saw an appeal against the length of the pitch, when it was found to be just over a yard short, a replay was ordered which Rainworth won 1-0.

A barren run of years followed which was ended when a newly formed youth team lifted the Warrington & District Youth Cup with an extra time win over local rivals Warrington Town. This provided the springboard for senior honours in 1993 with the Reserves winning the Mid Cheshire League Division Two Cup with an extra time win over Knutsford.
Prior to the start of the 1996/97 season the club formed a link with a local junior club – Beechfield – with these youth sides bringing trophies in to the club winning the Warrington & District Youth Cup in 1997, and in 1999 both the Warrington & District League and Cup. These young players rejuvenated the club and in 1999-00 the first team reached the Mid-Cheshire League Cup Final only to lose out to Knutsford in a penalty shoot-out after being reduced to nine men with twenty minutes of extra time left. Season 2001/02 would see a surprise end to the campaign. An undefeated run of nine games saw the first team snatch runners-up spot on goal difference.

The club then once more fell on hard times and in 2008 amalgamated with Crosfields FC to form a new club, Crosfields / Rylands FC. Under the new name both the first and reserve teams reached Mid-Cheshire League Cup Finals, unfortunately losing in both

Prior to the start of the 2012/13 season, the club resumed the name of Rylands FC with the backing of a new sponsor, Triple S Sports & Entertainment Group – led by former Rylands player Paul Stretford. The first team went on to win the Warrington Guardian Cup in 2015, whilst also being Mid-Cheshire League Cup runners up in 2013, 2014 and 2018.

After restoring stability to the first and reserve teams, the clubs executive agreed to change direction and grow a junior and youth section. In 2016 successful local junior club Fife Rangers joined bringing seventeen teams and over two hundred players under the Rylands Football Club banner, including two female teams. A little later the clubs elite development team was formed, Rylands U21’s who joined the NW Development league.

An ongoing ground development programme was launched with the aim of Gorsey Lane meeting ground grading criteria for promotion. Improvements included the installation of floodlights, hard standing, pitch side changing rooms, new covered stands and a refurbishment of the club house.
In the spring of 2018 the club was successfully admitted in to the North West Counties Football League Division One South for the 2018/19 season – the first season in its 112-year history that the club has competed at Step 6 of the football pyramid.

Rylands debut season in the NWCFL was a resounding success winning the first division south at the first time of asking, and made it a double success by lifting the division one champion of champion’s trophy, beating division 1 north champions, Longridge Town 3-0.

Rylands continued their good form into the Premier Division and at the time of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic during the 2019/20 season standing second in table with promotion to the Northern Premier League in sight. Due to the FA’s controversial decision to null and void the season, Rylands were denied the opportunity of a back to back promotion to the NPL North West Division.

Prior to the start of the 2020/21 season the club formally changed their name to Warrington Rylands 1906 Football Club, the re branding, whilst acknowledging their roots is designed to appeal to the wider Warrington community as the club expands and increases its profile throughout the town and further afield.

The 2020-21 season has seen the club break new records in the Emirates FA Cup beating Northwich 1874 6-1 away in the extra preliminary qualifying round and then beating Clitheroe FC in the Preliminary round 1-0 at home. Which meant the club reaching the first round qualifying for the first time in its history against Whitby Town away and despite conceding a late 93rd minute equaliser went on to win 4 -3 on penalties with Andy Scarisbrick scoring the winning penalty, which saw the club through to the Emirates FA Cup second round qualifying for the first time in its history with a home game against York City former FA Cup Semi Finalists and Football league members.