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Dark Times

02 Monday Mar 2015

Posted by laurencereade in R

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bankrupt, Cheshire League, Dark Lane, Fire, folded, Football, North West Counties League, Northern Premier League, NWCL, phoenix club, Rossendale United

Tuesday 12th February 2008 ko 19.45

Northern Premier League Division One North

ROSSENDALE UNITED 0

BAMBER BRIDGE 1 (Salmon 36)

Att 146

Entry £7

Programme £1.50

A week or two I told the sad story of Mile Oak Rovers & Youth and how gut-wrenching it was to be at their final ever game. This tale also ends with the club’s extinction but the reason for the club’s demise proved to be more complicated.

Rossendale is a borough in Lancashire, consisting of a clutch of mill villages in the Blackburn and Burnley area. In this quitessentially footballing hotbed the club played in Dark Lane, Newchurch, near Rawtenstall. They were formed in 1898 and worked their way through the Lancashire Combination, the Cheshire League, and into the North-West Counties League. Continue reading →

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Strip Lighting

07 Thursday Mar 2013

Posted by laurencereade in W

≈ 2 Comments

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Alex Cawser, Andy Edge, Cheshire League, Coley Maddocks, Commander Ethelston Charity Cup, Dan Biggins, Jamie Falmer, JB Joyce Ltd, Jordan Maclean, Mercia Regional League, Shifnal United 97, Shropshire Groundhop, Tom Wood, Tower Clock, Welsh Amateur Cup, Whitchurch Alport, Yockings Park

Wednesday 6th March 2013 ko 19.30

Mercian Regional League : Premier Division Cup Quarter-Final

WHITCHURCH ALPORT 0

SHIFNAL UNITED 97 4 (Biggins 22p 42p Falmer 70 Wood 87p)

Att 29 (h/c)

Entry £3

No Programme (old copy FREE)

Coffee 90p

There seem to be quite a few Whitchurchs in the UK, so for the avoidance of any doubt this one is in Shropshire! It’s also only a couple of miles from the Welsh border, and a few more from Cheshire. The town is home to JB Joyce Ltd. the oldest Tower Clock manufacturer in the world, having started trading in 1690, and is now a subsidiary of the Smiths Group. In 1849 the company copied the escapement in the clock in Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament. Continue reading →

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