25-05-2021, 17:46
Celtic Away 17/7/2021 5.30pm
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Friendlies 2021
26-05-2021, 14:16
Bolton at teh Countyu Ground Leyland 17/7/21
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28-05-2021, 15:03
St Johnstone away 13/7/21 7 pm
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28-05-2021, 17:06
Bamber Bridge a 10/7/21 3 pm
Wigan a 30/7/21 7 pm
Wigan a 30/7/21 7 pm
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08-07-2021, 19:40
Bamber Bridge v Preston North End 10/7/2021
Venue Irongate
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A Bamber Bridge club played in the late 19th century, but the modern club was established in 1952.[2] The new club joined the Preston & District League, progressing to the Senior Division.[2] In 1974 they merged with Walton-le-Dale, continuing in the Preston & District League. They went on to win the league's Guildhall Cup in 1978–79, before completing a Premier Division and cup double in 1980–81. After winning the Lancashire FA Amateur Shield in 1981–82 and another Guildhall Cup win in 1984–85, they won back-to-back Premier Division titles in the next two seasons, before winning a league and cup double in 1989–90.[4]
In 1990 Bamber Bridge moved up to Division Two of the North West Counties League.[5] Their second season in the league saw them win the division, resulting in promotion to Division One; they also reached the semi-finals of the FA Vase, where they lost 2–0 to Wimborne Town.[5] After finishing as runners-up in Division One in the following season (1992–93), a second successive promotion was achieved when the club moved up to Division One of the Northern Premier League.[5]
In 1994–95, a second-place finish saw Bamber Bridge promoted to the Premier Division, with the club also winning the league's Challenge Cup in their first season in the league and victory in the final of the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy. The following season they won the Premier Division, which would have usually resulted in promotion to the Football Conference. However, Irongate was not deemed up to standard for the fifth tier, and the club remained in the Northern Premier League,[6]
In 1999–2000 Bamber Bridge reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time. After beating St Albans City 2–0, they lost 1–0 at Cambridge United in the second round.[5] The club remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 2001–02 season, in which they finished bottom; although they beat Radcliffe Borough 3–2 in the promotion/relegation play-off semi-final, they were beaten 2–1 by Ashton United in the final.[5]
Although Bamber Bridge returned to the Premier Division as a result of league restructuring following the creation of the Conference North and South, their stay was short-lived as they were relegated to Division One at the end of the 2004–05 season.[5] However, the season did see them win the President's Cup. When the league added a third division in 2007, the club were placed in Division One North.[5]
A fourth-place finish in 2013–14 saw Bamber Bridge qualify for the promotion play-offs. After beating Warrington Town 1–0 in the semi-finals, they lost 3–2 to Ramsbottom United in the final.[5] In the following season they finished third, again qualifying for the play-offs, this time losing 2–0 to Darlington 1883 in the final after beating Northwich Victoria 2–1 in the semi-final.[5] A fourth-place finish in 2017–18 saw the club reach the play-offs, in which they defeated Tadcaster Albion 2–1 in the semi-finals and Prescot Cables 1–0 in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division.
Ground
Following the 1974 merger, the club played at the King George's Playing Field.[2] In 1983 they purchased a plot of derelict land to build their own ground, with the name Irongate taken from the local area.[2] The first game was played in August 1987.[7] The ground was officially named the Sir Tom Finney Stadium after Finney's death in 2014.[8] It currently has a capacity of 3,000, of which 554 is seated and 800 covered.[1]
The record attendance of 2,300 was set for a friendly match against the Czech Republic national team shortly before Euro 96, as the Czechs were using Irongate as a training ground;[7] the result was a 9–1 win for the Czechs.[6] The ground has also hosted the home games of the Preston North End women's team and is currently the home of Blackburn Rovers Ladies.[9]
Macs view
Football may be coming home on football but the real stuff is four weeks away, the Whites head down the A6 to Bamber Bridge for the traditional curtain raiser. Usually a good work out in recent years we have split the squad the first selected eleven usually play for 60 mimnutes then teh rest complete the game.
Whether Frankie will stick to this we'll soon find out.
Been to the ground loads of times, nightmare for parking, decent bar and you can watch trains if teh game is boring.
Forecast is possibly for thunder and lightning on Saturday take a brolley if you are going and don't forget to have a negative Covid test.
If you are thre buy a programme, have a brew, a pire or a pint, buy a lottery tickets, the extra cash is a life blood for clubs like this they deserve support given the last 18 months.
Venue Irongate
A Bamber Bridge club played in the late 19th century, but the modern club was established in 1952.[2] The new club joined the Preston & District League, progressing to the Senior Division.[2] In 1974 they merged with Walton-le-Dale, continuing in the Preston & District League. They went on to win the league's Guildhall Cup in 1978–79, before completing a Premier Division and cup double in 1980–81. After winning the Lancashire FA Amateur Shield in 1981–82 and another Guildhall Cup win in 1984–85, they won back-to-back Premier Division titles in the next two seasons, before winning a league and cup double in 1989–90.[4]
In 1990 Bamber Bridge moved up to Division Two of the North West Counties League.[5] Their second season in the league saw them win the division, resulting in promotion to Division One; they also reached the semi-finals of the FA Vase, where they lost 2–0 to Wimborne Town.[5] After finishing as runners-up in Division One in the following season (1992–93), a second successive promotion was achieved when the club moved up to Division One of the Northern Premier League.[5]
In 1994–95, a second-place finish saw Bamber Bridge promoted to the Premier Division, with the club also winning the league's Challenge Cup in their first season in the league and victory in the final of the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy. The following season they won the Premier Division, which would have usually resulted in promotion to the Football Conference. However, Irongate was not deemed up to standard for the fifth tier, and the club remained in the Northern Premier League,[6]
In 1999–2000 Bamber Bridge reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time. After beating St Albans City 2–0, they lost 1–0 at Cambridge United in the second round.[5] The club remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 2001–02 season, in which they finished bottom; although they beat Radcliffe Borough 3–2 in the promotion/relegation play-off semi-final, they were beaten 2–1 by Ashton United in the final.[5]
Although Bamber Bridge returned to the Premier Division as a result of league restructuring following the creation of the Conference North and South, their stay was short-lived as they were relegated to Division One at the end of the 2004–05 season.[5] However, the season did see them win the President's Cup. When the league added a third division in 2007, the club were placed in Division One North.[5]
A fourth-place finish in 2013–14 saw Bamber Bridge qualify for the promotion play-offs. After beating Warrington Town 1–0 in the semi-finals, they lost 3–2 to Ramsbottom United in the final.[5] In the following season they finished third, again qualifying for the play-offs, this time losing 2–0 to Darlington 1883 in the final after beating Northwich Victoria 2–1 in the semi-final.[5] A fourth-place finish in 2017–18 saw the club reach the play-offs, in which they defeated Tadcaster Albion 2–1 in the semi-finals and Prescot Cables 1–0 in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division.
Ground
Following the 1974 merger, the club played at the King George's Playing Field.[2] In 1983 they purchased a plot of derelict land to build their own ground, with the name Irongate taken from the local area.[2] The first game was played in August 1987.[7] The ground was officially named the Sir Tom Finney Stadium after Finney's death in 2014.[8] It currently has a capacity of 3,000, of which 554 is seated and 800 covered.[1]
The record attendance of 2,300 was set for a friendly match against the Czech Republic national team shortly before Euro 96, as the Czechs were using Irongate as a training ground;[7] the result was a 9–1 win for the Czechs.[6] The ground has also hosted the home games of the Preston North End women's team and is currently the home of Blackburn Rovers Ladies.[9]
Macs view
Football may be coming home on football but the real stuff is four weeks away, the Whites head down the A6 to Bamber Bridge for the traditional curtain raiser. Usually a good work out in recent years we have split the squad the first selected eleven usually play for 60 mimnutes then teh rest complete the game.
Whether Frankie will stick to this we'll soon find out.
Been to the ground loads of times, nightmare for parking, decent bar and you can watch trains if teh game is boring.
Forecast is possibly for thunder and lightning on Saturday take a brolley if you are going and don't forget to have a negative Covid test.
If you are thre buy a programme, have a brew, a pire or a pint, buy a lottery tickets, the extra cash is a life blood for clubs like this they deserve support given the last 18 months.
Why should a man go to work, if he has the health and strength to stay in bed?
09-07-2021, 14:38
Preston North End will begin their pre-season campaign this weekend as they make the short trip to face Bamber Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
The game, which kicks off at 3pm, will no doubt be a special occasion for many as it will be the first time since March 2020 that North End supporters can attend a first team fixture.
1,300 spectators will be in attendance* for what is a sell-out at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium and the PNE fans among them will get their first opportunity to cast their eyes over some of the club's newer players.
Summers signings Izzy Brown and Matthew Olosunde could make their non-competitive debuts for the club, while January signings – the likes of Ben Whiteman and Ched Evans – will finally get the chance to introduce themselves to the Lilywhites' supporters.
Declan Rudd and Patrick Bauer, who both missed the second half of last season with injury, will also be hoping to feature in this one following months of hard work in recovery.
In terms of the opposition, PNE have faced Brig fairly regularly in recent pre-season campaigns, although the two didn’t get chance to meet last summer.
July 2019 was the last meeting between the two sides, with Louis Moult and Tom Clarke getting the goals in a 2-0 victory.
Winning margins have been much more convincing in the past, too, with North End having won 7-0 in both 2017 and 2018.
Bamber Bridge will be hoping their July preparations will be followed by a full season for the first time in a few years, given that their past two Northern Premier League campaigns have been curtailed early due to Covid-19.
PNE will be Brig’s second opponents of pre-season, having faced Barnoldswick Town last weekend in a 1-1 draw.
Supporters attending should be aware that there is no public car parking available on the day at the club.
For those supporters who have not managed to get tickets for this fixture, the game will be available to watch online, with full details to be confirmed prior to kick-off.
*Supporters are reminded that, as per rules set by Lancashire County Council, they will need to provide evidence of a negative lateral flow test in order to gain entry to this fixture. Click here for more details.
The game, which kicks off at 3pm, will no doubt be a special occasion for many as it will be the first time since March 2020 that North End supporters can attend a first team fixture.
1,300 spectators will be in attendance* for what is a sell-out at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium and the PNE fans among them will get their first opportunity to cast their eyes over some of the club's newer players.
Summers signings Izzy Brown and Matthew Olosunde could make their non-competitive debuts for the club, while January signings – the likes of Ben Whiteman and Ched Evans – will finally get the chance to introduce themselves to the Lilywhites' supporters.
Declan Rudd and Patrick Bauer, who both missed the second half of last season with injury, will also be hoping to feature in this one following months of hard work in recovery.
In terms of the opposition, PNE have faced Brig fairly regularly in recent pre-season campaigns, although the two didn’t get chance to meet last summer.
July 2019 was the last meeting between the two sides, with Louis Moult and Tom Clarke getting the goals in a 2-0 victory.
Winning margins have been much more convincing in the past, too, with North End having won 7-0 in both 2017 and 2018.
Bamber Bridge will be hoping their July preparations will be followed by a full season for the first time in a few years, given that their past two Northern Premier League campaigns have been curtailed early due to Covid-19.
PNE will be Brig’s second opponents of pre-season, having faced Barnoldswick Town last weekend in a 1-1 draw.
Supporters attending should be aware that there is no public car parking available on the day at the club.
For those supporters who have not managed to get tickets for this fixture, the game will be available to watch online, with full details to be confirmed prior to kick-off.
*Supporters are reminded that, as per rules set by Lancashire County Council, they will need to provide evidence of a negative lateral flow test in order to gain entry to this fixture. Click here for more details.
Why should a man go to work, if he has the health and strength to stay in bed?
10-07-2021, 15:01
Game off due to Saturday morning deluge
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10-07-2021, 16:54
They moved it to another venue an we are 4-1 up at HT
Why should a man go to work, if he has the health and strength to stay in bed?
10-07-2021, 18:52
Ended up being played at our traing ground we won 8-3
Why should a man go to work, if he has the health and strength to stay in bed?
10-07-2021, 21:23
Match Report: Bamber Bridge 3-8 Preston North End
Preston North End got their 2021/22 pre-season campaign underway with a 8-3 victory against Bamber Bridge.
Unfortunately, this fixture was unable to be played at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium in front of spectators as initially planned due to standing water on the pitch, despite the best efforts of ground staff and volunteers.
The teams instead faced off at PNE’s Euxton training ground and the Lilywhites got off to a great start, going into half-time with the score at 4-1 thanks to goals from Lewis Leigh, Brad Potts, Tom Barkhuizen and Noah Mawene.
Josh Harrop, Emil Riis and a double from Sean Maguire added to the scoreline in the second half to cap off a positive start to pre-season.
PNE played two different teams in the first and second half, with Declan Rudd, Joe Rafferty and Patrick Bauer making their returns from injury in the opening 45, while teenagers Leigh and Joe Rodwell-Grant also started the game.
The Lilywhites weren’t made to wait too long for the lead as second-year scholar Leigh calmly slotted home on 16 minutes after being found in space by Scott Sinclair.
Brad Potts then came close twice in quick succession for the Lilywhites, firstly curling the ball with the outside of his right foot towards the bottom corner, only for the goalkeeper to tip it round the post, while it was defender Macauley Wilson a couple of minutes later who cleared another of his efforts off the goal-line.
Potts did get himself on the scoresheet soon after as he took the ball in well from Mawene, who showed great feet to beat the defender, and Pottsy fired past the goalkeeper with his left foot.
Mawene was involved again just a minute later as North End got a third, with the 16-year old being slotted into the box by captain Ryan Ledson, and he found Barkhuizen on the edge of the area to curl the ball into the bottom right corner.
To top off a brilliant cameo appearance for the first-year scholar, Mawene got himself on the scoresheet on 39 minutes, as he diverted Josh Earl’s header past the goalkeeper.
Bamber Bridge got one back just before the break as Jamie Thomas beautifully curled the ball out of Rudd’s reach into the top right-hand corner.
North End came out with a completely different XI in the second half, with first-year scholar Josh Seary among those involved.
Also back in a PNE shirt was Josh Harrop after a loan spell at Ipswich Town last season and it took him just eight minutes to get on the scoresheet, curling the ball in from a 20-yard free-kick.
Mathew Hudson did well to keep out an effort from Matthew Thomson, while a Bamber Bridge defender frustrated Sean Maguire on the goal-line at the other end, but Seani got his goal less than 60 seconds later, with his deflected effort from 20 yards wrong footing the ‘keeper.
Thomas was on target again for the visitors a few minutes on as he hit another wonderful strike, this time from 30 yards, with the ball bouncing just in front of Hudson on its way into the net.
North End had a couple of chances to extend their lead again, with Emil Riis and Adam O’Reilly both denied from close range by goalkeeper Danny Roccia, before Maguire got his second by chipping the ball over Roccia one-on-one.
The scoring wasn’t quite finished there, with Mark Yeates’ free-kick finding the back of the net via the crossbar, and Emil Riis found time with the last kick of the game to make it 8-3, keeping calm after taking on the goalkeeper to slot home.
First half XI: Rudd, van den Berg, Bauer, Earl, Rafferty, Barkhuizen, Ledson, Leigh, Potts, Sinclair, Rodwell-Grant (Mawene, 28).
Second half XI: Hudson, Seary (Coulton, 76), Storey, Lindsay, Cunningham, Whiteman, Bayliss, O’Reilly, Harrop, Maguire, Riis.
Preston North End got their 2021/22 pre-season campaign underway with a 8-3 victory against Bamber Bridge.
Unfortunately, this fixture was unable to be played at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium in front of spectators as initially planned due to standing water on the pitch, despite the best efforts of ground staff and volunteers.
The teams instead faced off at PNE’s Euxton training ground and the Lilywhites got off to a great start, going into half-time with the score at 4-1 thanks to goals from Lewis Leigh, Brad Potts, Tom Barkhuizen and Noah Mawene.
Josh Harrop, Emil Riis and a double from Sean Maguire added to the scoreline in the second half to cap off a positive start to pre-season.
PNE played two different teams in the first and second half, with Declan Rudd, Joe Rafferty and Patrick Bauer making their returns from injury in the opening 45, while teenagers Leigh and Joe Rodwell-Grant also started the game.
The Lilywhites weren’t made to wait too long for the lead as second-year scholar Leigh calmly slotted home on 16 minutes after being found in space by Scott Sinclair.
Brad Potts then came close twice in quick succession for the Lilywhites, firstly curling the ball with the outside of his right foot towards the bottom corner, only for the goalkeeper to tip it round the post, while it was defender Macauley Wilson a couple of minutes later who cleared another of his efforts off the goal-line.
Potts did get himself on the scoresheet soon after as he took the ball in well from Mawene, who showed great feet to beat the defender, and Pottsy fired past the goalkeeper with his left foot.
Mawene was involved again just a minute later as North End got a third, with the 16-year old being slotted into the box by captain Ryan Ledson, and he found Barkhuizen on the edge of the area to curl the ball into the bottom right corner.
To top off a brilliant cameo appearance for the first-year scholar, Mawene got himself on the scoresheet on 39 minutes, as he diverted Josh Earl’s header past the goalkeeper.
Bamber Bridge got one back just before the break as Jamie Thomas beautifully curled the ball out of Rudd’s reach into the top right-hand corner.
North End came out with a completely different XI in the second half, with first-year scholar Josh Seary among those involved.
Also back in a PNE shirt was Josh Harrop after a loan spell at Ipswich Town last season and it took him just eight minutes to get on the scoresheet, curling the ball in from a 20-yard free-kick.
Mathew Hudson did well to keep out an effort from Matthew Thomson, while a Bamber Bridge defender frustrated Sean Maguire on the goal-line at the other end, but Seani got his goal less than 60 seconds later, with his deflected effort from 20 yards wrong footing the ‘keeper.
Thomas was on target again for the visitors a few minutes on as he hit another wonderful strike, this time from 30 yards, with the ball bouncing just in front of Hudson on its way into the net.
North End had a couple of chances to extend their lead again, with Emil Riis and Adam O’Reilly both denied from close range by goalkeeper Danny Roccia, before Maguire got his second by chipping the ball over Roccia one-on-one.
The scoring wasn’t quite finished there, with Mark Yeates’ free-kick finding the back of the net via the crossbar, and Emil Riis found time with the last kick of the game to make it 8-3, keeping calm after taking on the goalkeeper to slot home.
First half XI: Rudd, van den Berg, Bauer, Earl, Rafferty, Barkhuizen, Ledson, Leigh, Potts, Sinclair, Rodwell-Grant (Mawene, 28).
Second half XI: Hudson, Seary (Coulton, 76), Storey, Lindsay, Cunningham, Whiteman, Bayliss, O’Reilly, Harrop, Maguire, Riis.
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