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The Famous Shed

05 Friday Dec 2025

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Football, groundhoppers, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, Lostock, Martin Benson, Non League, Rossendale, Rossendale United, soccer, Sport, Tempest Road, Tempest United, The Famous Shed, travel, West Lancashire League

Monday 25th August 2025 ko 14:00

West Lancashire League Premier Division

TEMPEST UNITED 3 (Firth 19secs Pendlebury 29 Monson 86)

ROSSENDALE 2 (Wylie 9 Foster 21)

Att 470

Entry £3

Programme £2

From CMB it was both unusual and gratifying to see so many people walk the quarter-of-a-mile through Lostock to Tempest United. The is named after the road the ground is in but with there being little or no parking at The Famous Shed, it solved what could have been an logistical nightmare. That said we did walk past a pub on the way; it was closed and would undoubtedly done a roaring trade if they’d have known who was walking past. Still, their loss was the football club’s gain…

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