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Padiham F.C.

Association football club in England

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chairman	Shaun Astin
manager	Michael Morrison
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Padiham Football Club are an English football team based in Padiham, Lancashire. As of the 2024–25 season, they play in the .

History

The club was founded in 1948 with the renovation of the Arbories Memorial Sports Ground. The new club was admitted to the second division of the Lancashire Combination for 1949–50 and a crowd of 1,777 turned up to see their opening fixture of the season in August with Chorley reserves.

They became founder members of the North West Counties Football League in 1982 but left the league in 1990. They returned in 2000 after spending £500,000 on upgrading the Arbories Memorial Sports Ground and finished in the top four of the second division in 2003 and 2005.

They gained promotion to the Northern Premier League Division One North for season 2013–14 after winning the North West Counties Football League Premier Division in season 2012–13, but returned to the North West Counties League after being relegated two seasons later.

Racial abuse

In October 2018, a game between Congleton Town and Padiham was called off after fans subjected Padiham players to racial abuse, and Padiham players' wallets were emptied in the changing rooms during the game.

Congleton were fined £160 for their supporters' abuse, while Padiham were fined £165 for leaving the field.

Current staff

Micky Morrison is the current Padiham FC manager being supported by former player Ben Hoskin (Assistant Manager) Cameron Foster (Coach) Jonathan Kyle (Goalkeeping Coach).

Honours

Lancashire Amateur Cup
- Finalists: 1965–66
North West Counties League Premier Division
- Champions: 2012–13
North West Counties League Division One
- Runners-up: 2008–09
North West Counties League Division Three
- Runners-up: 1983–84
West Lancashire Football League
- Division One Winners: 1999–2000
- Division Two Winners: 1971–72, 1976–77
NHS Bird Cup
- Winners: 2010–11

Records

FA Vase
- Third Round 1981–82

References

Match programme, F.C. United of Manchester v Padiham, 20 August 2005

Notes

This is the club's record attendance. They attracted an attendance of 1777 for their first match after reforming, against Chorley Reserves in August 1949, but have not recorded a higher attendance since then at the Arbories.

References

(15 May 1948). "Football pitch in the making". Burnley Express.
(10 June 1949). "Div. 2 enlarged". Ramsbottom Observer.
(2018-10-06). "Non-league game abandoned after 'racial abuse' and security breach". BBC Sport.
(8 April 2019). "Padiham FC fined for walking off the pitch in stand against alleged racist abuse".

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