Bacup Borough Football Club Was Formed In 1875. Their first match to take place at their current West View Ground was not until 1889 when one of the founder members of the English Football League Accrington Stanley played there in front of over 1,000 spectators. Bacup’s proudest achievement was winning the Lancashire Combination Championship in 1946/47 season, this along with finishing runners up after loosing to Marine 2-1 in the Lancashire Combination Cup Final.
1972/73 season the club finished runners up in the League, loosing out on goal average despite scoring 101 goals. 1974/75 they reached the Lancashire Junior Cup Final loosing 1-0 against Lancaster City, this despite famous victories against Formby, Wigan Athletic, South Liverpool, and Morecambe. In the last ever Lancashire Combination Challenge Cup Final Bacup were beaten 1-3 by Caernarfon Town in a two-legged Final. 1982 Bacup Borough became founder members of the North West Counties League, this following the amalgamation of the Cheshire League & the Lancashire Combination.
1987/88 season Bacup had to apply for re-election following finishing bottom of the Second Division.
1988/89 season under the Management of Gary Warburton the club finished Runners up in Division Two and also finished Runners Up in the Lamot Pils Trophy, they also the same season reached the Quarter Final of the League Cup, due to the Leagues re-organisation the club started the 1989/90 season as a First Division Club. 1994/95 season Bacup Borough were relegated back to the Second Division & did struggle both on and off the field.
September of the 1997/98 season with no points on the board and following a humiliating 0-10 defeat by Tetley Walker prompted the Committee to part company with their then Manager. This then made way for the appointment of the former Doncaster Rovers Assistant Manager, Bury F.C Youth Team Coach, Accrington Stanley Director of Football, & Rossendale Utd & Glossop North End Manager Brent Peters as Manager. Brent’s record of achievement to date is 1997/98 season 14th position, 1998/99 season 11th position, 1999/00 season 5th position, the clubs highest league position in over ten years.
Season 2000/01 the club reached the Second Division Final but lost 1-0 to Squires Gate.
Brent’s greatest achievement came at the end of the 2002/03 season when he guided the club to the Championship of the North West Counties League Division Two, the first major success for the club in 56 years, this brought Brent Three Manager of the Month Awards and The Manager of The Year Award.
Season 2003/04 Bacup’s first season following the Second Division Championship the club finished 14th in Division One and did win the North West Counties League Challenge Cup at Southport’s Haigh Avenue Ground by beating Newcastle Town 3-0.
June 14th 04 did bring another land mark for the club when Bacup’s Secretary Frank Manning celebrated not only his 70th Birthday but also 50 years in the game of which well over 40 years have been spent in administration at his beloved Bacup Borough F.C, This achievement was awarded by being presented with a gold award on behalf of the Football Association by Mr Jim Kenyon the Secretary of the Lancashire Football Association. |
