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BurscoughFollowing the Second World War the present Burscough club was founded in 1946,starting life in the Liverpool County Combination. In only their second season, 1946/47,they achieved a unique treble, winning the Lancashire Junior Cup, George Mahon Cupand the Liverpool Challenge Cup.Two years later they again claimed the Junior Cup and also won the CountyCombination title for the first time. In 1952 they won the Liverpool Challenge Cup for asecond time.In 1953/54 Burscough joined the Lancashire Combination winning the Second DivisionChampionship in their first season and scoring 155 goals in the process. 1955/56 sawarguably the club’s greatest ever achievement as they won the First DivisionChampionship ahead of non-league giants Wigan Athletic. In 1959 they reached theFirst Round Proper of the F.A. Cup for the first time; going down 3-1 to CreweAlexandra in front of A 4,200 gate at Victoria Park.Another trophy winning spell commenced in 1966/67 season under manager BobbyLangton as the club completed a hat trick of Junior Cup successes against SouthLiverpool at Wigan. The Lancashire Combination First Division title was regained in1969/70 season.In 1970/71 Burscough joined the Cheshire County League, finishing runners-up toRossendale United. The following season they won the Liverpool Non-League SeniorCup and in 1974/75 the Cheshire League Cup was lifted.The Linnets also reached the F.A. Cup First Round Proper on three other occasions. In1977, a 1 -0 defeat at Blyth Spartans, in 1979, a 3-0 defeat at Sheffield United in frontof 14,000 spectators and in 1980, a 2-1 defeat against Altrincham.In 1982 the Club became founder members of the North West Counties FootballLeague and had the distinction of becoming the Leagues first ever Champions underBryan Griffiths.In 1989/90 season Burscough suffered their first ever relegation, however, theappointment of Russ Perkins as manager in 1991 was to bring about a change in theclub’s fortunes as Burscough reached the League Cup Final and gained promotionback to Division One.
In 1992/93 Burscough lost 2-1 to Conference bound Southport in the Liverpool SeniorCup Final at Goodison Park before 2,000 spectators. Success was achieved by winningthe League Challenge Cup with a 2-1 victory over Nantwich Town.In May 1995, Burscough appointed John Davison as Manager. In his first seasonBurscough went on to win the League Challenge Cup for the second time, beatingLeague Champions Flixton 1-0 at Gigg Lane, Bury.In 1996/97 Frank Parr completed 50 years with the Club and was presented with TheFootball Association 50 Year Long Service Award.The following season after finishing runners-up in the North West Counties League theclub made history by being promoted to the Unibond League. They also won theLeague Floodlit Trophy and reached the final of the Liverpool Senior Cup againstLiverpool.In 2000/01 season the Linnets won the Liverpool Senior Cup for the first ever timeafter beating Conference side Southport.Following the resignation of John Davison the club appointed Shaun Teale asplayer/manager in May 2002 and the ex-Aston Villa defender went on to sensationallylead the club to its greatest ever achievement as Burscough became the smallest clubto ever win the FA Trophy following a tremendous 2-1 victory over Tamworth at VillaPark on Sunday 18th May 2003 in front of a crowd of 14,296 spectators and televisedlive on Sky. There were incredible scenes as almost 2,000 fans welcomed the teamhome to Victoria Park that evening but celebrations were dampened less than sixweeks later as the club found it necessary to relinquish Teale of his managerial duties.Former Liverpool, Galatasary and West Ham United midfielder Mike Marsh wasappointed manager but after a poor start to the season Marsh resigned andex-Southport defender Derek Goulding took over in October 2003.An incredible end to 2003/04 season saw Burscough finish with a remarkable run ofvictories that saw them claw their way out of the bottom three into the play-offs forConference North. Despite playing all their games away from home the Linnets wenton to reach the play-off final where they only went down at Bradford Park Avenuefollowing extra-time. During the summer Frank Parr stepped down after 30 years aschairman with local businessman Chris Lloyd taking over at the helm.Season 2005/06 was another historic one for Burscough F.C. as they went on to reachthe Second Round proper of the F.A. Cup for the first time in their history. In reachingthat milestone they defeated League One side Gillingham 3-2 on a never to beforgotten day at Victoria Park before going out to Burton Albion.
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