Fixtures for opening month of the season revealed

by Robert Lee · 29/06/2022

Our men's team now know what the first month of their NWCFL Premier Division season looks like, after the league published its initial set of fixtures.

Sat 30 Jul, 15:00	A	Ashton Athletic	1 - 1
Tue 02 Aug, 19:45	H	Prestwich Heys	2 - 1
Tue 09 Aug, 19:45	A	Congleton Town	1 - 1
Sat 13 Aug, 15:00	H	Barnoldswick Town	5 - 2
Tue 16 Aug, 19:45	A	Vauxhall Motors	2 - 0
Tue 23 Aug, 19:45	H	Irlam	1 - 1
Mon 29 Aug, 15:00	A	Winsford United	0 - 2
Wed 14 Sep, 19:45	A	Northwich Victoria	2 - 1
Sat 17 Sep, 15:00	A	Longridge Town	0 - 8
Tue 27 Sep, 19:45	A	Burscough	1 - 6
Sat 01 Oct, 15:00	A	Padiham	2 - 3
Tue 04 Oct, 19:45	H	Lower Breck	1 - 4
Sat 08 Oct, 15:00	H	Congleton Town	3 - 2
Tue 11 Oct, 19:45	H	FC Isle of Man	2 - 1
Tue 25 Oct, 19:45	H	Bury AFC	0 - 3
Sat 05 Nov, 15:00	A	Avro	3 - 0
Tue 08 Nov, 19:45	A	Barnoldswick Town	2 - 1
Sat 19 Nov, 15:00	H	Padiham	3 - 0
Tue 22 Nov, 19:45	H	Litherland REMYCA	2 - 1
Sat 26 Nov, 15:00	H	Squires Gate	1 - 1
Tue 20 Dec, 19:45	H	Ashton Athletic	4 - 1
Mon 26 Dec, 13:00	H	Charnock Richard	2 - 2
Sat 07 Jan, 15:00	A	AFC Liverpool	5 - 3
Sat 28 Jan, 15:00	A	Irlam	1 - 1
Tue 31 Jan, 19:45	A	Wythenshawe Town	0 - 3
Sat 04 Feb, 15:00	H	Burscough	3 - 1
Tue 14 Feb, 19:45	H	Northwich Victoria	1 - 1
Sat 18 Feb, 15:00	H	AFC Liverpool	3 - 0
Tue 21 Feb, 19:45	A	Bury AFC	0 - 0
Sat 25 Feb, 15:00	H	Wythenshawe Town	0 - 2
Tue 28 Feb, 20:00	H	Kendal Town	3 - 2
Sat 04 Mar, 15:00	A	Squires Gate	1 - 3
Sat 18 Mar, 15:00	H	Winsford United	1 - 1
Sat 25 Mar, 18:00	A	FC Isle of Man	2 - 2
Tue 28 Mar, 19:45	A	Prestwich Heys	P - P
Sat 01 Apr, 15:00	A	Kendal Town	0 - 2
Tue 04 Apr, 19:45	H	Avro
Mon 10 Apr, 15:00	A	Charnock Richard
Thu 13 Apr, 20:00	A	Lower Breck
Sat 15 Apr, 15:00	H	Longridge Town
Wed 19 Apr, 19:45	A	Litherland REMYCA
Sat 22 Apr, 15:00	H	Vauxhall Motors

Following last season's First Division South title-winning campaign, we return to Step 5 of the non-league system for the first time since 2019. Coincidentally, our first opponents are the same side that helped confirm our relegation three years ago - Ashton Athletic.

The opening week of the campaign has a familiar look, as we meet two sides that we faced in last season's Lancashire Challenge Trophy run. Ashton's Brocstedes Park is the opening-day destination, before Prestwich Heys visit Brookburn Road three days later in the season's first 0161 clash. It will be a new-look Heys that travel along the M60, with manager Matt Barnes replaced by ex-Avro duo Lee O'Brien and James Hampson in the close season.

There is then a break for the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round, before we take on two of the Premier Division's stalwarts - with 26 years' unbroken service between them. We travel to Congleton Town's Ivy Gardens on Tuesday 9th August, before welcoming Barnoldswick Town to M21 the following Saturday.

Recent First Division South and Macron Cup foes Vauxhall Motors are our hosts on Tuesday 16th August. Seven days later, near-neighbours Irlam navigate the Trafford Centre traffic for the resumption of a fixture that has so far provided 33 goals in eight matches.

We then break again for another FA competition, as the FA Vase gets underway, before our August concludes with a Bank Holiday Monday visit to Winsford United.

All fixtures are subject to postponements and alterations, while we expect news of our FA Cup and FA Vase opponents on Friday 8th July.

View the August fixtures in full, across all three NWCFL divisions, on the league website.