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Official account of Lancashire Football Association. Follow us and visit our website to keep up-to-date with grassroots football across Lancashire.
Joined July 2012
We strongly urge all clubs not to arrange any training sessions until we have further guidance on both risk assessment and public liability implications later this week. Please pass on to all coaches.
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Congratulations to the Interfit Senior Cup winners - Blackburn Rovers! 👏
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🙏🏻 Everyone’s thoughts tonight at Lancashire FA are with our colleague Eddie Wolstenholme, who collapsed in the tunnel at Turf Moor ahead of kick off in tonight’s Premier League match. Stay strong Eddie 💪🏻.
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🏆 County Cups 2024. Blackburn Rovers U18 are champions of the Professional Youth Cup 2024!. #CountyCups24 @Rovers
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Our sponsors John Harrison Sports and Samba Sports are giving away. x5 training footballs, x2 match balls & a mesh carry bag!🥳. For a chance to win:. - Like this post.- Comment your team name. You will only be contacted directly by our official account if you're successful
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UPDATE | Following the Prime Minister's announcement on 31 October, we're now working with The @FA and Government to better understand the implications for #grassroots #football. We will update you as soon as we're able to.
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County Cups 2025 🏆. Congratulations to the winners of the Professional Youth Cup 2025. Bolton Wanderers FC!. #CountyCups25
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📸 Today we say a huge thank you to our long serving member of staff and good friend, Jim Parker, who has announced his retirement. His last day will be next Friday. Thank you Jim! 👏🏻
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Please note that any child sent home from school to self isolate CANNOT take part in football activities until that isolation period has ended.
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🎉 GIVEAWAY 🥳. Our sponsors John Harrison Sports and Samba Sports are giving away. a 5x3 SPEED GOAL!. To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is:. - Like this post.- Comment below your team name . Good Luck! 🤞
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👍 Congratulations to our friend and former Social Inclusion Officer, Pete Wild, who has won his opening two matches as @OfficialOAFC interim manager! 👏
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STATEMENT | Lancashire Football Association has today published a joint statement on restarting football activity in eight parts of Lancashire. Please click here to view the statement in full ⬇ .
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📢 | Lancashire FA welcome the news that The FA's comprehensive action plan for a return to grassroots football has been approved by the DCMS. Please see key summary below as we understand there are issues accessing the FA website due to the volume of traffic.
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Prestons very own Steve Daley England’s former Partially Sighted Captain awarded MBE for services to Para Football and futsal. 143 caps, 2 World Cup (silver medalist) not to mention his immense work in disability football for over 25 years
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‼️ Lancashire FA are delighted to unveil our brand new crest, bringing a refreshed new look to the largest County FA in the country. Further details to follow later today!
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We are deeply shocked to hear of the sudden death of a young lady from Cadley FC playing game she loved.Family,friends & club in our prayers.
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🏆 County Cups 2024. Bolton Wanderers Girls U16 win the U16 Girls Youth Cup 2024!. #CountyCups24 @BWFCGirls
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Please note that at present, we're still unable to update you on the impact of Saturday evening's Government announcement on #grassroots #football. The @FA and Government are continuing to communicate and we'll provide details as soon as we can.
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UPDATE- following on from the announcement on Thursday by the government we are awaiting further guidance from the FA who are working with the DCMS. We hope to able to provide further information early next week. #staysafe#offseasonforgrassroots.
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Congratulations, @Rovers U23s! 👏 . We've enjoyed hosting your home games at the County Ground this season ⚽
U23s: CHAMPIONS!. Aston Villa’s defeat at Newcastle means #Rovers have won #PL2 Division Two; an incredible achievement for Damien Johnson and his players, and another proud day for our club. Get in there! 🔵⚪️
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If you're a parent please stay at your child's game today to support & encourage but please don't coach.The club has provided one for you.
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Following additional Covid restrictions announced by Government today, we are now liaising with the FA to understand implications for all football. We will advise as soon as possible.
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County Cup Coverage | 🏆. Congratulations to the winners of the Women's Challenge Cup 2023 Blackpool FC Girls & Ladies!. @BFC1887Ladies . #CountyCupFinals23
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✍️ We are deeply concerned to learn some individuals within a club role, or as a private provider, are offering one to one coaching sessions. This goes against Government/FA guidelines. Please do not engage in this practice. Full statement:
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👏 Thousands of likes and retweets - this is what we love about the game! Great work going above and beyond, Joe!.
What an absolutely fantastic image from this past weekend of one of our young referees going above and beyond to help educate a young player 😊. This photo sums up what grassroots football should be about and it’s great to see a referee being a role model 👍🏼. Well done Joe 👏🏼👏🏼
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Update from the FA. Wondering how the latest government guidance affects grassroots football?. Read what outdoor football activity is now permitted:.
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📆 Today is a special day at Lancashire FA. We welcome former @BurnleyOfficial and @England winger, Brian Pilkington and his family, to recognise and celebrate Brian's achievements with the naming of a new stand at the County Ground
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Our FINAL update following the announcement of Lancashire-wide restrictions commencing Tuesday 22nd.
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🏆 County Cups 2024. Bolton Wanderers Girls U15 are champions of the U15 Girls Youth Cup 2024!. #countycups2024 @BWFCGirls
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🏆 County Cups 2024. Bolton Wanderers Girls U14 win the U14 Girls Youth Cup Final!. #CountyCups24
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In the light of local lockdown provisions put in place yesterday evening all @LancashireFA @Cheshire_FA @Manchester_FA clubs are asked to continue to follow the FA Guidance issued on the 18th July 2020 unless otherwise instructed.
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⭐️𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 - 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥⭐️ . Congratulations to Hugh MacKinnon!🏆. Hugh has been @EuxtonVillaFC for 30 years and single handedly maintains the club's pitches while also working as senior club secretary. #LFAAwards2022🌹
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🏆 County Cups 2024. Winstanley St Aidans are champions of the Amateur Cup 2024!. #CountyCups24 @WinstStAidans
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Happy Birthday to Lancashire Legend Sir Tom Finney. He would have been 101 today but his legacy continues to live on. #SirTomFinney #LancashireLegends
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COMPETITION 🎉. Our sponsors John Harrison Sports & Samba Sports are giving away another prize!. To be in with a chance of winning x10 training footballs & a mesh carry bag:. 1) Like this post. 2) Comment on this post with your Lancashire grassroots youth team name. Good Luck!
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RED ROSES | Next, we're delighted to announce that Mic Parish (@BFC_futsalclub) is our next Red Rose Award Winner! 🏆. ➡️
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County Cup Coverage | 🏆. Congratulations to the champions of the Professional Youth Cup Preston North End U18!. @pnefc . #CountyCupFinals23
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Best wishes to Lancashire assistant referees James Mainwaring and Nick Greenhalgh both officiating for the first time in the Premier League tomorrow.
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OPEN LETTER | Following conversations w/ respective parties from Local Authorities and Public Health England, #Lancashire FA CEO Simon Gerrard has penned an open letter following the decision to suspend grassroots football in 8 areas in the county. ➡️
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. @SambaSports and @JHSportsLtd are giving the opportunity to WIN training items to all grassroots teams in Lancashire. January can see a grassroots team WIN a SAMBA 2-in 1 Target Bag. COMMENT with your grassroots team name and LIKE/RETWEET for your chance to WIN.
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Our partners @KoolpakUK are giving away a First Aid Kit!. If you want to be in with a chance of winning, comment below with the name of your Lancashire-based grassroots club. Good Luck! ⚕️
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🥇 CLUB OF THE YEAR 🥇. Well done to all nominees for our Club of the Year Award!. We'll be revealing the winner during our awards night on 16 December, streamed via our YouTube channel. More ➡️ #GrassrootsHeroes #GRFA20
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Congratulations @BarrowAFC ! What a week⬆️👏.
We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded a Pitch Preparation Fund grant from the @premierleague , @FA and the Governments @FootballFoundtn 🙌. Find out more ⬇️. . #BarrowAFC.#BackTheBluebirds.
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🚨🎄 GIVEAWAY 🚨🎄. We're working with Next Goal Wins to give away 30 custom bobble hats to a grassroots team in Lancashire!. To enter:. 1) Like this post. 2) Make sure you're following us and @goal_wins . 3) Comment on this post with your team name. Good Luck! 🤞
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What an absolutely fantastic gesture 👏. This approach should be exactly what we all pursue to get more young people involved in the game ⚽. Be Kind, caring and positive 🙌.
@LFARefs @LancashireFA @EuxtonGirlsFC @MichaelNadal8 This afternoon very cold girls u7s match the young ref takes pity on one of the players with no gloves and giver her his own .
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One of this great county's football legends has finally left the field of play.God bless you Sir Tom Finney and may you rest in peace. #RIP.
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😍 Some truly stunning work from Ikon Furniture and Interfit Designs have led to a facility we can all be proud of!. And it’s not done yet. 👀 .🔗
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The Lancashire Sunday Football League (Charter Standard League) are now accepting membership for the 2015/16 season! http://t.co/nJIpTwm6Si.
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Great way to start the week with the news that nearly 3,000 clubs across the country are set to benefit from the @footballfoundtn's Pitch Preparation Fund. This includes 188 clubs in Lancashire. #PitchPreparation. ⬇️. . @FA .@premierleague .@DCMS
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Please could everyone try & shake hands with the referee after today's game? Young refs feel vulnerable. A friendly smile means lots to them.
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🥇 YOUTH COACH OF THE YEAR 🥇. Well done to all nominees for our Youth Coach of the Year Award!. We'll be revealing the winner during our awards night on 16 December, streamed via our YouTube channel. More ➡️ #GrassrootsHeroes #GRFA20
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⭐️𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧-𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥⭐️ . Congratulations to The Mid Lancs Colts Junior Football League @mlcjfl!🏆. It's been proactive in promoting its partnership with Kick It Out and are working to develop a Smokefree Sideline Initiative. #LFAAwards2022🌹
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We are aware of the imposition of local measures in Preston tonight similar to those affecting several other boroughs last week. The FA guidance issued 18th July can still be followed in football EXCEPT in Blackburn with Darwen where no matches are permitted.
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🎥 Congratulations to the 2019 Amateur Cup winners - @EltonValeFC! (Nice save by the way. 🙈) #LFALive
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County Cup Coverage | 🏆. Congratulations to the winners of the U15 Girls Youth Cup 2023 Bolton Wanderers Girls U15!. @BWFCGirls . #CountyCupFinals23
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Please find here our one page guide to Covid compliant grassroots football. With thanks to Neil Antrobus.
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We are shocked and deeply saddened following yesterday's tragic incident in Kendal, and our thoughts are with the Atkinson family and everyone else affected.
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🥇 GROUNDS TEAM OF THE YEAR 🥇. Well done to all nominees for our Grounds Team of the Year Award! 🌱. We'll be revealing the winner during our awards night on 16 December, streamed via our YouTube channel. More ➡️ #GrassrootsHeroes #GRFA20
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PLAY SAFE | We have some 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣’𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 for affiliated youth teams to collect from our offices at the County Ground, Leyland!. 📆 Collection today and tomorrow until 6pm. 👉 The team will also be at matches this weekend to distribute some armbands.
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COMPETITION | ⚽. To celebrate our sponsorship with .@SambaSports and @JHSportsLtd, both sponsors are giving the opportunity to WIN training items to all grassroots teams in Lancashire. To kick off November and be in with your chance to WIN one SAMBA 8 x 4 Trainer Goal.
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#GRFA21 | The winners of our Club of the Year Award is. @EuxtonGirlsFC! 🙌🎉. A massive congratulations to everyone at the club! ⚽. Read more ⬇️.
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🙌 A huge final thank you to all the amazing volunteers, coaches, players, officials, referees and supporters who make football so unique and incredible across Lancashire. We hope your enjoyed your evening #TimeToSayThankYou.
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All Lancashire FA clubs involved in friendlies from August 1st need to ensure opponents are affiliated for 2020-21 to ensure all safeguards are in place.
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🎉 @chorleywomenfc recently celebrated their 40th Anniversary as a club and to mark it they welcomed current and former players to take part in a legends match. Some of them spoke to us about the rise of women's football and explained what makes the club so special.
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⭐️𝙍𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 - 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥⭐️ . Congratulations to Ellis Bolton!🏆. New referee Ellis started the #ReffingForOllie initiative where he donated money from matches to a friend who was diagnosed with a rare form of sight loss. #LFAAwards2022🌹
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📢 Today we say goodbye to our @LFARefs Referee Development Officer @Sam_yates4. Sam will be joining the @FA as a League & Club Technology Programme Trainer. Thanks for all your hard work over the past three and a half years Sam 👏 Wishing you all the best in your new role!
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✍️ Following today's announcement by the Government, Lancashire FA advise all grassroots football across the region to be postponed for the foreseeable future. Further details:.
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REFEREE COURSE | We're pleased to announce that we now have a new FA Referees Course available to apply for! 📣. 📅 14th & 16th October 2021.⚽ 15 places available.🚨 Application deadline - 5pm on Thursday 7 October. Apply here 👇.
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➕"We lose dozens of players each year due to the pressure caused by incessant adult instruction, much of which is conflicting. Our goal is to change the nature of the noise.". Our Positive Weekend scheme is just weeks away. Make sure you sign up now!.🔗
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Take a closer look at @FA guidance for outdoors grassroots football activity, including steps you must take before and after you train or play. See full guidance on link below.
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Our partners @TheRefStop are giving away a Nike Referee Training T-Shirt printed with a Lancashire FA badge!. If you'd like to enter this month's competition, hit like and mention a Lancashire based referee in the comments - no need to tag them. Good Luck! 🟨🟥
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💬 Crown Paints manager @Lynchdog14 on reaching the Guide Security Sunday Trophy final. This is what the cup is all about 👏
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⚽ Our @FA Junior Football Leaders course in October proved to be hugely popular - so we're running another one in February!.
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Become part of our historic #FACup journey by helping us smash our record attendance of 9,679!🙌. Grab your VIRTUAL TICKET here ➡️ To show our appreciation, those who donate will receive:.🎟️ Souvenir e-ticket!.🎁 Free raffle entry!
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In solidarity with Jordan's family and friends, two years on. ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
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LOCAL LOCKDOWN UPDATE. A North West County FAs joint statement ⬇️. 🔗
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We are currently in dialogue with Blackburn with Darwen Council regarding the current restrictions pertaining to football. Once we have achieved a clarity and consensus on this we will communicate immediately to all affected clubs.
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❤️ We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with @TheAdamAppeal, helping football clubs across Lancashire learn more about the vital need for access to defibrillators.🔗
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🥅 Help us drive Futsal forward across the region, with our newly introduced Futsal Steering Group! Have you got the passion for the country's biggest up and coming game?.🔗
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