Bacup Borough F.C.

Bacup Borough
Full name Bacup Borough Football Club
Nickname(s) The Borough
Founded 1875 (as Bacup)
Ground West View, Bacup
Ground Capacity 3,000
Manager Brent Peters
League North West Counties League Division One
2014–15 North West Counties League Premier Division, 21st (relegated)

Bacup Borough F.C. are an English football club based at West View in Bacup, Lancashire. They currently play in the North West Counties League Division One and are full members of the Lancashire County Football Association. They play at The Brian Boys West View Stadium. They were originally known as Bacup before changing their name to Bacup Borough in 1920.[1] The club adopted the name Bacup & Rossendale Borough in June 2013. The club later decided to change the name back to just Bacup Borough and this will take effect at the start of the 2015-16 season.

History

The club was founded in 1875 as Bacup Baldies. When Barrow resigned from the Lancashire League on 20 November 1893, Bacup replaced them and took over their fixtures in the 1893–94 season, finishing in last place. They briefly left the league in 1898 before re-joining in the 1901–02 season. They were founder members of the Lancashire Combination in 1903–04, playing in Division Two. However, they finished in last place in their first season in the league. After finishing in sixth place in 1910–11 they were promoted to Division One and they also won the Lancashire Junior Cup. However, they were relegated the following season, finishing bottom. After three more years struggling at the bottom of Division Two they left the league in 1915. They re-joined the league once more in 1920–21, changing their name to Bacup Borough, only to struggle again, finishing 16th out of eighteen clubs. The following season they finished seventh. [2] Results gradually improved, including a third-place finish in 1929–30.[3][4]

Logo of Bacup Borough & Rossendale Borough

In the first season after World War II, 1945–46, they finished fourth and the following season were crowned Lancashire Combination champions and losing finalists in the Lancashire Combination Cup. Two seasons later though they finished in last place and were relegated to Division Two, where they spent the next six seasons, during which they reached the Third qualifying round of the FA Cup in the 1950–51 season, before being promoted back to Division One after finishing sixth in 1954–55. The club remained in Division One throughout the 1960s, often struggling toward the bottom of the table. In 1972–73 they finished as runners-up, losing out on top spot by goal difference, despite scoring 101 goals. They followed that up with third in 1973–74 and fourth in 1974–75 when they were losing finalists in the Lancashire Junior Cup. In 1980–81 they were losing finalists in the last ever Lancashire Combination Cup, when they were beaten 3–1 in the final over two legs by Caernarfon Town.[3][4]

They were founder members of the North West Counties League in 1982 playing in Division Three in the 1982–83 season. In the 1987–88 season Division Three was absorbed into Division Two, with Bacup finishing 22nd. Two seasons later though they finished in second place and were promoted to Division One, where they spent five seasons, including reaching the third round of the FA Vase in 1993–94. before being relegated in 1994–95. The following season they finished bottom of Division Two.[3][4]

In 2000–01 Bacup reached the Division Two Cup final where they lost 2–0 to Squires Gate. Bacup were promoted to Division One in 2002–03 as Division Two champions, their first major success for 56 years. The following season the club finished 14th in Division One and won the North West Counties Football League Challenge Cup beating Newcastle Town 3–0 in the final held at Haig Avenue, Southport.[3]

In 2011–12 season, Bacup won the League Challenge Cup with a resounding 5–0 victory over Maine Road, staged at the Tameside Stadium[5]

Bacup finished the 2013–14 season in one of the relegation positions, but gained a reprieve as no team was relegated to the division.[6]

Non-playing staff

Name Role
England Frank Manning Club secretary
England Brent Peters Manager
England Andy Barlow & Ferre Edwards First-team Coach
England Joel Downings Press & Media Officer

Honours

League

Cup

Attendances

Records

Averages

The average league-game attendance at the Brian Boys West View Stadium for the 2014–15 season was 63, which places Bacup Borough 21st for the division, and is an increase of 26.6% from the previous season.

Past averages:

Source: Tony Kempster's site Non League Matters NW Counties Football League site

League Finishes

Season Pld W D L F A Pts GD Position
2014–15 40 6 6 28 42 98 24 −56 21st
2013–14 42 9 12 21 38 68 39 −30 21st
2012–13 42 13 8 21 51 71 47 −20 17th
2011–12 42 15 7 20 59 77 49 −18 17th
2010–11 42 17 10 15 69 56 61 +13 11th
2009–10 42 15 12 15 63 75 57 −12 12th

References

  1. ↑ Wigan Observer 14 September 1920 page 3 column 3. League Table showing Bacup Borough in 9th position
  2. ↑ "Bacup". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bacup Borough". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  4. 1 2 3 "A Brief History of Bacup Borough Football Club". Bacup Borough F.C. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  5. ↑ Edler, Dave (3 May 2012). "Challenge Cup 2011–12 final, Match Report". Bacup Borough FC. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  6. ↑ "Reprieve for Bacup". NWCFL. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  7. ↑ Due mostly to the visit of F.C. United of Manchester

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