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Chorley F.C
Chorley Football Club is a Semi-professional sports, semi-professional Association football, football club based in Chorley, Lancashire, England. They currently compete in and play their home matches at Victory Park (Chorley), Victory Park. The club was founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to association football, football in 1883. Their best performance in the FA Cup was in 2020–21 FA Cup, 2020–21 when they reached the fourth round after a 2–0 win against Derby County F.C., Derby County in the third round, having previously reached the second round twice in 1986–87 FA Cup, 1986–87 and 1990–91 FA Cup, 1990–91. Their best performance in the FA Trophy was in 1995–96 FA Trophy, 1995–96 when they reached the semi-finals. The club's home colours are black and white stripes, hence the nickname ''the Magpies''. History 19th century Chorley Football Club was formed in 1883 after switching from Rugby union, rugby to Association football, football.http: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victory Park (Chorley)
Victory Park is a football ground in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The home ground of Chorley F.C., it opened in 1920. History Chorley originally played at Dole Lane (now the Coronation recreation ground), but moved to Rangletts recreation ground in September 1901. Victory Park was built adjacent to the recreation ground in 1919 and was opened in 1920. It was named Victory Park to commemorate the end of the First World War. The original grandstand was gutted by fire on 17 November 1945, just hours after an FA Cup tie against Accrington Stanley, with a new stand being built in May 1947 at a cost of £5,500. Chorley's record attendance for a game at Victory Park is 9,679 for a FA Cup tie against Darwen on 15 November 1932. Rugby league Springfield Borough moved to Victory Park in 1988 and became ''Chorley Borough RLFC''. They played there for one season before moving to Moss Lane, Altrincham and adopting the name ''Trafford Borough RLFC'' for the 1989–90 season. This caused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
