Padiham F.C.

Padiham F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Padiham


fullname = Padiham Football Club
nickname = The Caldersiders, The Storks
founded = 1878
ground = Arbories Memorial Ground
Padiham
Burnley
capacity = 1688
chairman = Fred Whalley
manager = Steve Wilkes
assistant=
league = North West Counties Football League
Division One
season = 2007-08
position = North West Counties Football League
Division Two, 12th
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Padiham Football Club are an English football team based in Padiham, Lancashire. As of 2008-09, they play in the First Division of the North West Counties Football League.

History

When the club was formed in 1878 it was among the first football clubs in Lancashire and was well supported, attracting an attendance of 9000 for a match against neighbours Burnley in 1884.ref|9k At this time Padiham's ground was on the banks of the River Calder, hence the nickname, The Caldersiders.

Padiham was one of the first clubs to support the legalisation of professional football. However, this backfired as they were unable to compete with clubs in larger towns such as Blackburn, and the club folded in 1916. The club lost their ground during World War I and lay dormant until after the end of the Second World War.

Then in 1949 the club was resurrected with the opening of the Arbories Memorial Sports Ground. A crowd of 1,777 turned up to see their opening fixture of the season in the Lancashire Combination Football League.

They became founder members of the North West Counties Football League in 1982 but left the league in 1990. They returned in 2001 after spending £300,000 on upgrading the Arbories Memorial Sports Ground and finished in the top four of the second division in 2003 and 2005.

Honours

Lancashire Amateur Cup

Finalists 1966

North West Counties League Division Three

Winners 1984

West Lancashire Football League

Division One Winners 2000
Division Two Winners 1972, 1977

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.


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