A.F.C. Darwen

Darwen

Full name

Association Football Club Darwen

Nickname(s)

The Salmoners^[1]

Founded

2009

Ground

Anchor Ground, Darwen

Capacity

4,000

Chairman

Wayne Wild

Manager

Adam Douglas

League

North West Counties League Premier Division

2015–16

North West Counties League Premier Division, 18th

Home colours

Away colours

A.F.C. Darwen is a football club from Darwen, Lancashire, England. The club was formed in 2009 as a successor to Darwen F.C., who had been wound up. AFC Darwen currently play in the North West Counties League Premier Division and are based at the Anchor Ground.

History

See also: Darwen F.C.

On 22 December 2003 Carlsberg Tetley tried to wind up Darwen Football and Social Club. Although the club, then playing in Division One of the North West Counties League, avoided liquidation on that occasion, another winding up petition was brought by The Bee radio station on 14 April 2008 in respect of £8,000 owed for advertising. Plans were made for Blackburn with Darwen Council to buy the Anchor Ground. However, following two further petitions for liquidation brought by Thwaites Brewery and ING Lease UK and their refusal of an offer of 25p in the pound, the 134-year old Darwen Football Club was wound up in the High Court on 14 May 2009.^[2]

Almost immediately, there were plans for a new Darwen football club to be formed. This was achieved before the start of the 2009–10 season, with AFC Darwen created, taking over the Anchor Ground from the dissolved club. However, the new club had to start at step 7 (Level 11) of the football pyramid. They successfully applied for admission to the West Lancashire League, and were placed in the Premier Division. After finishing eighth in their first season, they were promoted to Division One of the North West Counties League.^[3] In 2014–15 the club won the Division One Trophy with a 3–1 win over Atherton Collieries in the final, also finishing third in Division One and qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Chadderton 2–1 in the semi-finals, they defeated Hanley Town 5–3 in the final, earning promotion to the Premier Division.^[3]^[1]

Honours

North West Counties League
- Division One Trophy winners 2014–15
Martin Vizzard Memorial Trophy
- Winners 2016

References

1 2 BIG SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Chairman Wayne Wild reflects on AFC Darwen’s sensational season Lancashire Telegraph, 6 June 2015
↑ Final bid to save Darwen FC fails after High Court hearing Lancashire Telegraph, 14 May 2009
1 2 AFC Darwen at the Football Club History Database

External links

North West Counties Football League

Premier Division	1874 Northwich Abbey Hey AFC Darwen AFC Liverpool Ashton Athletic Atherton Collieries Barnoldswick Town Barnton Bootle Cammell Laird 1907 Congleton Town Hanley Town Irlam Maine Road Nelson New Mills Padiham Runcorn Linnets Runcorn Town Squires Gate West Didsbury & Chorlton Winsford United

First Division	AFC Blackpool Alsager Town Ashton Town Atherton Laburnum Rovers Bacup Borough Carlisle City Chadderton Charnock Richard Cheadle Town City of Liverpool Daisy Hill Eccleshall FC Oswestry Town Holker Old Boys Litherland REMYCA Prestwich Heys Sandbach United St. Helens Town Silsden Stockport Town Whitchurch Alport Widnes

Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Culture and infrastructure of Blackburn with Darwen

Transport

A678 road Blackburn Bus Company Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company Blackburn Boulevard bus station Blackburn Corporation Tramways Blackburn Railway Blackburn Transport East Lancashire Line Lancashire Union Railway Ribble Valley Line Ribble Valley Rail Witton Weavers Way

Railway stations	Blackburn Cherry Tree Darwen Entwistle Mill Hill (Lancashire) Pleasington Ramsgreave and Wilpshire

Disused stations	Blackburn Bolton Road Daisyfield Feniscowles Lower Darwen Spring Vale Turton and Edgworth Wilpshire

Sport

History

Media

Politics

Council Council elections 2004 06 07 08 14 15 For Darwen Party

Constituencies: Blackburn By-elections: 1869 1875 Darwen By-election: 1943 Rossendale and Darwen North East Lancashire By-election: 1880

Coordinates: 53°42′42.38″N 2°28′38.25″W / 53.7117722°N 2.4772917°W / 53.7117722; -2.4772917

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