A perfectly observed minutes silence for our dearly departed friend and former player Sean Dixy Dixon by
@LSGFC
players, staff and Committee. Thanks to
@Hurstgreenfc
for joining us.
⚫️⚪️ SEAN “DIXY” DIXON ⚫️⚪️
It’s 4 years today since former Gerards Reserves captain Sean Dixy Dixon tragically passed away.
Remember lads, it’s ok not to be ok and never be afraid to express your feelings and talk to somebody about it.
#MentalHealthMatters
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A perfectly observed minutes silence for our dearly departed friend and former player Sean Dixy Dixon by
@LSGFC
players, staff and Committee. Thanks to
@AskamUnitedFC
for joining us.
So proud of my
@LSGFC
boys tonight. Up against a very good
@EuxtonVillaFC
who threw everything at us including the kitchen sink.
Extremely tough conditions for both teams but all I asked for was not to leave at the end with any regrets.
From 1-16 put their bodies on the line.
⚫️⚪️🔵 SUPER DANNY ORMEROD ⚫️⚪️🔵
Many congrats to
@Danny90002382
for signing his 1st professional football contract today at
@AFCFylde
coming through their fantastic
@AFCFyldeAcademy
See photos for further details. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Tomorrow night (Tuesday)
@LSGFC
will play in the
@LancashireFA
Amateur Shield Final for the first time in there 74 year history. It’s been a tough 13 month wait for both finalists but the time has arrived to bring the curtain down on two tough years for grassroots football.
Well the comedy just gets better, wrack up
@crostonsc
gazebo up outside changing room door, receive tweet off LFA at 2.30pm to stay you can use changing rooms, get changed into full kit and commence warm up for referee to call game off at 2.50pm waterlogged pitch 🙈🙈👏🏻
Breaking rules update
Against advice I’m about to enter the
@LSGFC
home dressing to collect kit and balls for today’s game, the alternative would be we play in skins today
@crostonsc
Just crazy
@LancashireFA
give us our changing rooms back
LSGFC can confirm that Stuart Birch has left the role of 1st Team Manager. The club would like to thank Stuart his efforts during his time at the club. A further announcement about the management structure for both 1st and reserve teams will follow in due course.
#thanksBirchy
⚫️⚪️🔵 “WE ARE GOING UP!” ⚫️⚪️🔵
Congratulations to the 1st Team as their 3-1 win away at a resilient Stoneclough means that we’ve been PROMOTED to the West Lancs Premier Division!
Well done to Dixie, Bridgett, Woody, Faz and all the players throughout the season!
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CHAMPIONS! 🏆
The Reserves secured the Res Div 1 title today with a few games to spare and it definitely deserved its own post!
Thanks to the management, players young and old who have all played their part this season!
Now for the celebrations! The futures bright!
⚫️⚪️🔵 TUESDAY FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️🔵
It was an absolute cracker down at The Gasworks 2nite. Brig were 3-0 up at HT but LSGFC responded well in the 2nd half to get the victory 5-4.
Many thanks to everyone
@BamberBridgeFC
for playing us tonight and very best of luck this season. 🫱🏻🫲🏾⚽️
Any chance the
@westlancsleague
could offer any guidance and leadership in these tough times.
You took on a role of leaders, your silence is both worrying and deafening.
⚫️⚪️🔵 SAINTS FC ⚫️⚪️🔵
Great turnout tonight for our 1st get together for “Saints FC” which is a new team set up to raise awareness of men’s mental health through football. A brilliant effort lads & we go again next week. Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#mensmentalhealthawareness
Another Monday night ding dong this time it was
@LSGFC
and
@Hurstgreenfc
. Another superb advertisement for
@westlancsleague
reserve Division 1. Result unimportant I have to speak about
@Hurstgreenfc
, cleaned changing rooms, back for hospitality. A PROPER CLUB. Thank you 👏🏼👏🏼
Renovations in full swing !! First delivery of the day. Things like this wouldn’t be possible for grassroots clubs without the amazing support of the
@FootballFoundtn
!!
The choice from three tough teams in the LFA Amateur Shield Semi Final and we land a tough local derby.
@LSGFC
v
@EuxtonVillaFC
Will be a cracker under the lights with a decent crowd too.
#underdogs
#gasworkgang
Where do I start with today’s game with
@crooklandsfc
. Win 3-1 but as like the other week when we defeated
@AskamUnitedFC
I said results don’t tell true stories. The players of
@crooklandsfc
today were a credit to there club, ran themselves into the ground for their manager.
⚫️⚪️🔵 TUESDAY FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️🔵
Wow! What a way to finish their last home game of the season with a win against Croston Res. The team were presented with the league trophy so thanks to the
@westlancsleague
for organising that.
Thanks to all Reserve team sponsors & fans.
⚫️⚪️🔵 U18 CUP FINAL RESULT ⚫️⚪️🔵
Our U18’s won 5-1 tonight at Irongate to win the Cup Final. A fantastic achievement for Adam, Dash, Ben and the lads! Well done to all involved!
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Everyone connected with
@LSGFC
would like to wish the football community, our sponsors, volunteers, players, managers and coaches and all their families a very merry Christmas. See you all in 2022
🖤🤍🏆 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS 🖤🤍🏆
Congratulations to the 1st Team who won the league yesterday! A great achievement after a 30 game season with some very tough opponents along the way. A fantastic year for the club with the reserves & U18’s also winning trophies…well done all!
⚫️⚪️🔵 WEDNESDAY FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️🔵
1st team won 2-1 tonight in a great game down at The Gasworks with a healthy crowd watching on. Many thanks for the local support and to all the travelling fans of
@CharnockFC
. Best of luck for the season lads. 👍🏻👏🏻
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@SouthportHeskFC
@wrenroversfc
Can we as a group of clubs put a statement together that confirms we want to carry on with what we’ve been doing for the past two months and respect the work our covid officers have put in to make our clubs safe to play
⚫️⚪️🔵 1ST TEAM RESULT ⚫️⚪️🔵
And just like that mid week games are over till later in the season. Gerard’s were pushed all the way last night by Dave Moore’s Croston team who are always great hosts. Not a cultured performance but the lads dug in and got the job done. Well done
⚫️⚪️🔵 SAINTS FC ⚫️⚪️🔵
Fantastic turnout tonight with 24 players involved down at Christ The King 3G this evening. The game looked to be finishing 5-4 to the Blues but the Reds came back stronger and nicked an equaliser. 5-5!
#mensmentalhealth
#mentalhealthawareness
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⚫️⚪️🔵 FRIDAY NIGHT FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️🔵
A depleted veterans side put on a 5 star performance tonight sweeping aside Carnforth Rangers Vets.
Gav Edmonds with a superb debut goal and a welcome return for John Sanderson after a 2 year spell out injured.
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⚫️⚪️🔵 VETS FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️🔵
@FC_Westhoughton
Vets led for most of the game but a John Stead double then a last second injury time goal from Luke Rossall drew the score level at 3-3.
The team was also sporting their new kit kindly sponsored by Jamie Sanderson.
⚫️⚪️🔵 MANAGER OF THE MONTH ⚫️⚪️🔵
Well done to our 1st team manager Dixie Dawson who has won the West Lancs Manager of the Month award for October and November. Dixie would like to thank the players, his management staff and all involved at the club.
⚫️⚪️🔵 SATURDAY FIXTURES ⚫️⚪️🔵
NATIONAL NON LEAGUE DAY on Saturday sees a top of the table clash down at The Gasworks between our 1st Team and
@rossendalefc
. It should be a cracking game. The Reserves have no fixture.
All local support greatly appreciated as usual.
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Also, 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 to the young Villa player who was sent off for not such a good challenge but had the courage to at full time to knock on the
@LSGFC
dressing room door and apologise to the away team. He got a deserved round of applause. Decent young man.
⚫️⚪️🔵 SATURDAY FT RESULTS ⚫️⚪️🔵
2 good wins for both teams today as the 1st team won away in the cup against a resilient
@Galgatefc
, with our Reserves winning 3-1 at home to
@CMB_FC71
Res. Well done to all involved especially the lads that stepped up from our U18’s. 👍🏻⚽️👏🏻
⚫️⚪️⚽️ FT RESULTS ⚫️⚪️⚽️
It’s a good day at the office as both teams win their games today. Many thanks to Horwich St Mary’s for their great hospitality today and best of luck for the season.
1st team are back in action at home on Tuesday night versus Southport Hesketh FC.
⚫️⚪️⚽️ LADIES FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️⚽️
Gerard’s Ladies team played their 2nd friendly of the season last night at home against Lostock Hall Juniors FC Ladies. Our Ladies team is really building momentum now as they all get used to playing with each other & building a good team spirit.
It’s Cup Final Day. LSGFC 1st Team 📅 Tuesday 30/4/2019. ⏰ 7.30pm
🏆 WLL Presidents Cup
🆚
@CMB_FC71
💰 £5/£3 📍Charnock Richard FC Mossie Park, Charter Ln, Charnock Richard. PR7 5 LZ
⚫️⚪️🔵 PLAYER RECOGNITION ⚫️⚪️🔵
Well done to Luke Woodcock from our Under 18’s who was called up to the 1st Team squad on Saturday to play Carnforth Rangers FC. It’s always great to see lads progress into senior football for our West Lancs teams. Keep up the good work Luke!
What a great return to competitive football at the gasworks. A superb run out for
@LSGFC
A team vs
@cadley_fc
, 8 goals some great football from both teams, all socially distanced to the best of everyone’s ability.
@LSGFC
would like to welcome
@cadley_fc
to the
@westlancsleague
⚫️⚪️🔵 VETS FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️🔵
The Vet’s good form continued tonight with a hard fought 1-0 victory against Blackburn Olympic at Bamber Bridge Leisure Centre 3G.
Mark Ganner ⚽️
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⚫️⚪️⚽️ FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️⚽️
A cracking, fast paced pre season friendly tonight up at Turton FC. Thanks to Turton and best of luck for the coming season!
#Gerards
Huge thanks to Barbara Mansagh her husband Alan and the travelling
@crooklandsfc
army of supporters for supporting our club today both during and after the game. One of the games good clubs. 😘
⚫️⚪️🔵 SATURDAY FT RESULTS ⚫️⚪️🔵
2 wins for Gerard’s today with the 1st Team winning 2-0 at The Gasworks against Croston FC and the Reserves won 3-2 away at CMB Sports FC.
Well done to all involved.
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A Very good 3-0 win today for
@LSGFC
against a really good
@MilnCorinth
side, who were by far the better team. A solid defensive performance and goals at the right time got the gasworks lads across the line.
Goals from
@ajquiggers
, Scott Hamill and Luke Walker.
⚫️⚪️⚽️ PRE SEASON ⚫️⚪️⚽️
Another session in the bank tonight down at The Gasworks. Well done to all involved with 👀 firmly on Thursday nights session & then both senior teams have a friendly this coming Saturday. All support welcome! Great to have the
@LSGU18s
warming up too. 👏🏻
Superb MNF at the gasworks tonight with
@LSGFC
winning 2-0 against
@CMB_FC71
. Goals in each half from
@Carlton_MJ
(penalty) and Darrell Holland see the home side take all 3points. Excellent advert for
@westlancsleague
reserve division 1, with a healthy crowd in attendance.
Great day at the
@LSGFC
golf day. Superb to be back in the group after 15 long weeks. Well done
@AndyBirch2
for organising it all, congratulations to Tom Speight the winner, Adam Stone for nearest pin. Superb day with a superb set of lads.
⚫️⚪️⚽️ LSGFC LADIES FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️⚽️
History was made down at The Gasworks today with the ladies enjoying their 1st game together & playing brilliantly in their 1st friendly of the season. Well done to all involved & a special mention goes to Lydia Wright who scored all 4 goals.
Thanks
@AskamUnitedFC
for today’s game, tough opponents, 5th in the league doesn’t do them justice. Keeper Phil Postlethwaite is a top stopper the Raynor brothers cause problems. Huge turn around from last season, top people at a good
@westlancsleague
club.
⚫️⚪️⚽️ MATCH DAY ⚫️⚪️⚽️
A NEW ERA. INSPIRED BY THE PAST, BUILT FOR THE FUTURE
1st 🆚
@EagleyFC
🏆 WL Division 1
🕰 3pm
💷 Free Admission
🏟️ Eagley Sports Complex
🔎BL7 9PQ
2nd 🆚
@Turton_FC
🏆 WL Reserve Div 1
🕰 3pm
💷 Free Admission
🏟️ The Gasworks
🔎 PR5 5UA
Good luck all
⚫️⚪️🔵 FT VETS RESULT ⚫️⚪️🔵
Our Vets carried on their good run of form tonight with a 4-1 win over Southport Trinity FC. Goal of the night has to go to Danny Barnes who smashed in a last minute wonder strike!
Well done lads!
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⚫️⚪️⚽️ FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️⚽️
Thanks to
@Coppull_United
Reserves last night for an excellent pre season run out and for being excellent hosts. Competitive fast paced game played in the right spirit.
@LancashireFA
So to clarify the extensive risk assessment that
@LSGFC
have done that permits 6 at once in the changing rooms and a max of 2 in a shower for 5 is ok to carry on as it has been doing for the past 2 months.
⚫️⚪️⚽️ FT RESULTS ⚫️⚪️⚽️
The results are in today with both senior teams playing plus the Under 18’s enjoying an away day down south. Well done lads. 👍🏻
⚫️⚪️🔵 SATURDAY FT RESULTS ⚫️⚪️🔵
1st Team drew 2-2 against Crooklands Casuals in a very competitive game down at the Gasworks.
Our Reserves won 3-0 away at Poulton FC Res and consequently they have now won the League! Well done to everyone involved.
⚽️⚽️⚽️
@LSGFC
would like to wish all its Committee, Managers, Coaches, Players, Sponsors, Spectators and the whole football community a very Merry Christmas.
Have a wonderful day everyone x
⚫️⚪️⚽️ TEAM BONDING ⚫️⚪️⚽️
Lads are smashing the fitness up Old Man Coniston today in blistering heat. Keep going boys as there’s an ice cold one waiting at the bottom. 🔥👍🏻🍻
⚫️⚪️🔵 TUESDAY FT RESULT ⚫️⚪️🔵
Leggy headed home the winner down at The Gasworks tonight as the 1st team beat Coppull United FC 2-1. Coppull scored the opening goal of the game but Oly Evans brought the sides level.
Well done lads! 👏🏻
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⚫️⚪️⚽️ FULL TIME ⚫️⚪️⚽️
A good work out for all the lads today in all 3 games today. We now look to training midweek and our next friendlies next weekend. Well done all. Scorer for the 1st team was
@dancoops1
⚫️⚪️🔵 U12 GIRLS PRE MATCH ⚫️⚪️🔵
The U12’s went to “Kaspas” on Saturday night & it must have worked a “treat” with
@OfficialBWFC
player Dion Charles passing on some good info as the girls won their game this morning 13-0
Player of the match - EVA WALSH (3 goals)
#hergametoo
⚫️⚪️🔵 LSGFC U12 GIRLS ⚫️⚪️🔵
U12 Girls Team 3v3 AFC Bolton U12 Yellows (LSGFC win 3-0 on pens)
Our 3 goals during the game came from Libby Rattray, Eva Parker & Emily Salisbury.
PEN SCORERS:- Libby, Sophia & Chanel
Well done girls.
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⚫️⚪️⚽️ LSGFC LADIES MATCH ⚫️⚪️⚽️
Our new Ladies team will play tomorrow in their 1st preseason friendly. This will be a first in the clubs history as we’ve never had a ladies team before & everyone at Gerards are excited to have them on board.
All support welcome!
Good luck!
⚫️⚪️🔵 SATURDAY FT RESULTS ⚫️⚪️🔵
The 1st Team won a great game up at Kendal County today with the home side giving it everything. Our reserves progress in the cup with a 3-1 home win at the Gasworks. Well done all.
A very solid
@LSGFC
performance today away
@pennington_fc
sees the Gas work Gang progress to the
@LancashireFA
Amateur Shield semi finals. A solitary
@S_amFarrow
free kick goal on 48 mins doing the damage. Collectively a superb team effort but two special mentions,
Huge thanks to
@AthertonLRFC
and there manager Mark Robinson for there excellent hospitality today and an extremely tough 90 minutes. Great set up. The Game was a tough one and the host ran out 3-1 winners.
@jamesatmorley
bagging in the 89th minute for
@LSGFC
What a good day for
@LSGFC
a superb 6-3 win at
@UlvRangers2017
fabulous hosts and tough opponents. The night time took us into Ulverston who as always gave us a great night out. Bumped into
@MillomAFC
two tough games there to come and our good friends from
@CMB_FC71
#GWG
🤡🚂
⚫️⚪️🔵 SATURDAY FT RESULTS ⚫️⚪️🔵
A cracking game away at Haslingden today with the 1st Team winning 5-4. We were 3-1 up, 4-3 down then 4-4 in injury time with young Danny Ormerod heading home the winner with the last kick of the game.
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⚫️⚪️🔵 1ST TEAM TITLE DECIDER ⚫️⚪️🔵
We welcome
@rossendalefc
today to The Gasworks in our final game of the season. We will win the league if we win, draw or fail to be beaten by a 9 goal deficit. It should be a cracker!
Presentation evening will be held shortly after the game
@Hurstgreenfc
👏🏻👏🏻
Clear demonstration that WLL clubs are taking responsibility for a serious situation but please
@LancashireFA
@FA
give us the credit we deserve for making our game and clubs COVID safe and just let us crack on and play
⚫️⚪️ 1ST TEAM FIXTURE ⚫️⚪️
The 1st team kick off their pre season schedule tomorrow with a visit from
@DarwenFC
All support welcome and hopefully a good game of football on show too.
⚫️⚪️🔵 VETS TOURNAMENT ⚫️⚪️🔵
Well done to our Vets who won the Senior Soccer Sixes Vets tournament yesterday in Penwortham. Managed by Tat and Charlie the team won every game and didn’t concede a single goal. Brilliant work lads!
Played 8
Won 8
Scored 27
Conceded 0
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Another perfectly observed minutes silence. Thank you to Hurst Green Reserves for supporting us in paying our respects to Ex Saint, and good friend Sean Dixy Dixon