Chorley F.C.

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Chorley
Full name	Chorley Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Magpies
Founded	1883
Ground	Victory Park, Chorley (Capacity 4,100)
Chairman	Ken Wright
Manager	Tony Hesketh
League	NPL Division One North
2007-08	NPL Division One North, 14th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Chorley F.C. are a football club from Chorley, Lancashire, England. They were founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to association football in 1883. They have reached the FA Cup second round twice in 1986/87 and 1990/91. Their best performance in the FA Trophy was in 1995-96 when they reached the semi-final. They are currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One North for the 2007-08 season.

They play at Victory Park and are owned by Pontins owner Trevor Hemmings. Gerry Luczka succeeded ex-Everton, Bolton and England Schoolboys player Paul Lodge as manager in October 2006. Gerry Luczka was succeeded by Tony Hesketh in February 2008.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Squad 07/08 3 Notable former players 4 External links

[edit] Honours

• Northern Premier League
  • Champions 1987-88
  • Challenge Shield winners 1988
• Lancashire Combination
  • Champions 1919/20, 1922/23, 1927/28, 1928/29, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1939/40, 1945/46, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1963/64
  • Runners-up 1921/22, 1926/27, 1948/49, 1962/63, 1964/65, 1965/66
• Lancashire League
  • Champions 1896/97, 1898/99
• Lancashire FA Trophy
  • Winners 1894, 1909, 1924, 1940, 1946, 1958, 1959, 1961. 1964, 1965, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983

[edit] Squad 07/08

• Stephen Burke
• Martin Clark
• Peter Collinge
• Mick Eckersley
• David German
• Jordan Goodeve
• James Mullineux
• Danny Molan
• Ashley Parillon
• Lee Shillito
• Ian Bland
• Liam Coyne
• Luke Walker
• Russ Baxter
• Cabber Bagdagi
• Ian Taylor
• Mark Drew
• Gavin Lee-Ellison
• Daniel Dougles-Pringles

[edit] Notable former players

• Charlie Ashcroft
• Graham Barrow
• Gary Briggs
• Gary Buckley
• Stan Howard
• Tommy Lawrence
• Paul Mariner
• Shaun Teale
• Lee Trundle
• Geoff Twentyman Jr
• Mickey Walsh
• Frank Worthington
• Ian Bland

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Magpies In Space

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