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Chorley v Preston North End

Victory Park

Chorley Football Club is a football club based in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The club competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football.

The club was founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to 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-finals.

The club's home colours are black and white stripes, hence the nickname The Magpies.[1]

Chorley v Preston North End Match Preview

The Lilywhites return to Victory Park on Tuesday evening for the first time in three seasons, as they face the recently promoted Magpies.

It’s the second game against National League opposition in the space of a three days, after defeating AFC Fylde 4-0 at Mill Farm at the weekend, Sean Maguire on hand with a hat-trick and Billy Bodin grabbing the other goal.

It’s a 7pm kick-off for the game, as Alex Neil is expected to give 60 minutes to those that played 30 minutes against the Coasters and vice versa, with Maguire set for his second run out of pre-season.


The manager revealed on Saturday that Brad Potts should be fit to return to action for this coming weekend’s clash with Southampton at Deepdale after an injection, whilst Darnell Fisher is closing in on a return to training after dealing with a groin issue.

For the hosts, they had a good win at Longridge Town on Saturday, also 4-0, with former North End striker Chris Holroyd making his debut for Jamie Vermiglio’s side.

Tickets for trip to PR7 are priced at £7.50 for adults, £5 for those aged 12 to 16, and free for U12s. Tickets will be available on the night at Victory Park.



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Longridge Town v Preston North End XI



Mike Riding Ground

The club was established in 1996 by a merger of Longridge St Wilfred's and Longridge United.[2] They started in the Preston & District League and were Division Three champions in 2003–04. Subsequent promotions saw the club reach the Premier Division, and a third-place finish in 2007–08 led to them joining Division Two of the West Lancashire League in 2008.[2][3] They finished as runners-up in their first season in the division, earning promotion to Division One.[3] The 2011–12 season saw the club win the Division One title, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division.[3] In 2016–17 they were Premier Division champions. Following a third-place finish the following season, the club moved up to Division One North of the North West Counties League. The clubs first season in Division One North of the North West Counties League saw them go on to win the league on the last day of the season ahead of Avro F.C.. With becoming league champions, the club also got promotion to North West Counties League Premier Division at the first attempt.


MACS VIEW

Two games at the same time the one at Longridge is a developmental side probably full of youngsters, the Chorley game will be first teamers. Having spent many years freezing to death at Victory Park will give it a miss.
Have seen a couple of epic games at Victory Park, a 5-4 win over Wigan in an NPL cup match circa 1968 plus a three game epic against Wimbledon which ended with Chorley winning the third game 2-0 at Fellows Park, Walsall both the aforementioned games attracted gates of 6000.
Never been on Longridge