MATCHDAY
PROGRAMME
AVRO v CITY OF LIVERPOOL
WEDNESDAY 9TH OCTOBER, KICK OFF 7.45PM
Pitching In NPL Division One West
HISTORY
CONTACT US/ GENERAL INFORMATION
CLUB PERSONNEL (under development)
MEDIA (under development)
INTRODUCTION
A very warm welcome to all the fans attending the Vestacare Stadium for our Wednesday night fixture against City of Liverpool.
It has been a while since Avro have hosted a Northern Premier League West fixture but the boys will be back under the floodlights as an exciting tie awaits spectators.
Avro FC would like to extend their welcome City of Liverpool FC and their travelling fans as we hope for a good game tonight.
We have previous programmes that you can view by clicking in the section of this edition, near the top of the page.
The next home fixture will be against Wythenshawe on Saturday, 19th October. We look forward to seeing you again soon
The first meeting that led to the formation of the club was proposed in October 2014. The club chose to play in the colour purple due to it being the civic colour of the city and that the fact that the city’s two big Premier League clubs Everton F.C. wear blue and Liverpool F.C. wear red, blue and red makes purple. The club applied to join the North West Counties Football League in early 2016 but their application was rejected by the FA in May and they were instead placed in the Liverpool County Premier League. They joined the First Division of the North West Counties Football League for the 2016–17 season.
Season 2016–17: Debut season – two cup wins and play-off winners
The club played their historic first game away to Prestatyn Town of the Cymru Alliance on 9 July 2016 in a pre-season friendly, which resulted in a 3-2 win. The City of Liverpool FC missed out on automatic promotion in the end, however, they secured a place in the playoffs after finishing 4th. The club was awarded the title of “Non-League Team of the Season” by the sports bookmaker Coral.
They defeated Whitchurch Alport 1–0 in the playoff semi-final and beat neighbours Litherland REMYCA 3-0 in the final they also faced Premier Division side Barnoldswick Town in the final of the League Challenge Cup in Fleetwood and won the game 3-2 on penalties.
The 2017–18 started with another trophy, beating Atherton Collieries 4–3 on penalties after a 3–3 draw in 90 minutes, in the annual Champions Cup game between the Premier Division Champions and Challenge Cup winners.
The Purps had its first title success, winning the North West Counties Football League Premier Division with 91 points in 2018/19. At various points of the season the title seemed to be a formality, but with rivals (and landlords) Bootle FC going on an unprecedented 20 game winning run in the league, culminating in a 1-0 victory over COLFC on Easter Monday in front of a record crowd of 1344, The Purps were pushed into 2nd place in the table with just 1 game to play (having been in 1st place since 27 September 2018).
Having beaten Avro FC 6–2 on aggregate in the Macron Cup Semi Finals, City of Liverpool FC met 1874 Northwich in the final on Saturday, 4 May at Altrincham FC, with the club looking to become only the 4th team in NWCFL history to win the Double and separately to become also one of four teams to have won the Challenge Cup twice, however in a dour affair, 1874 scored an 88th-minute winner and the double dream was over.
The 2019-20 and the 2020-21 season were abandoned due to COVID 19.
Over the last three seasons City of Liverpool FC have finished 9th, 12th and 5th in the Northern Premier League West respectively.
