MATCHDAY
PROGRAMME
AVRO vs LOWER BRECK
SATURDAY, 17TH JANUARY, KICK OFF 3PM
Pitching In NPL Division One West
HISTORY
CONTACT US/ GENERAL INFORMATION
CLUB PERSONNEL (under development)
MEDIA (under development)
INTRODUCTION
Good afternoon and welcome to The Vestacare Stadium for our Northern Premier League West fixture against Lower Breck. We welcome the current league leaders to The Vestacare this afternoon, something we hope will be different come 5pm this afternoon! After a difficult result away at Darlaston Town on Wednesday evening, we have a second attempt at summiting the table this afternoon as a win would see The Ro climb ahead of our visitors this afternoon, Lower Breck. We are well aware that this won’t be an easy task to achieve as Breck will be out for revenge after our storming 3-0 victory at Anfield Sports Centre earlier in the season. At the time of our victory, we ended an incredible 398 day unbeaten streak at home for Lower Breck, a statistic which highlights how big of a win this was for Avro and we will be going all out this afternoon to make it back to back victories!
We opened 2026 in fine style the last time out at The Vestacare as goals from Ryley Smith and Kyle Hawley sealed a 2-0 victory against local side Mossley. An oppenent never to be took easy, they once again showed their defensive strength and resilience to limit The Ro to more. Your support this afternoon is, once again, much welcomed and appreciated as we enter the second half of our Northern Premier League West campaign. With every game as crucial as the last, your backing of Grant Shenton and the squad doesn’t go unnoticed.
We would like to place our thanks to the travelling supporters who were in fine voice at Gigg Lane last weekend as we left with a share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw. From participating in The Manchester League to playing a league fixture at Gigg Lane, this shows how far the club have come in a short period of time.
We would like to extend a warm welcome to the visiting players, officials, and fans of Lower Breck. Drinks are available in the Lancaster Suite with a new and refreshed food menu available just next door in The Hangar. With the temperatures now reflecting that of early January, help yourself to a hot drink, food and enjoy the game!
NOTE: As always, please be respectful of the stadium rules and staff. They are there for your safety, this includes no smoking or vaping in the ground. Avro FC maintain a zero-tolerance approach to discriminatory or abusive language and remain fully committed to ensuring all supporters can enjoy matches at The Vestacare Stadium in a safe and respectful environment.
Jamie Ross (Head of Media)
Manager Grant Shenton had this to say about the latest addition to the 25-26 squad:
‘I have been wanting to get Isaac in since he played against us in pre season, and so I am delighted that we have managed to get it done now. He already has a good relationship with a number of lads in the squad so he should find it easy to fit in really quickly, and he will definitely offer us a lot of quality in the final third. I am really looking forward to seeing what he can do in an Avro shirt.’
Welcome to the Ro, Isaac!
In the clubs first season they took the South Liverpool 2010/11 Youth Division Title which was a great achievement at the first time of asking. For the 2011/12 season the club took on the challenge and step up in quality and moved to the highly respected Carlsberg West Cheshire Association Football League.
In the season that followed the club created history winning the West Cheshire League Title, The West Cheshire Youth Plate and The LCFA County Cup. History was made as no other club from the West Cheshire League had ever got their hands on the LCFA County Cup/ Treble. The club was also nominated for Merseyside Team of the year 2011/12., another honour in just being nominated…
Again, not wanting to stand still the club for the 2012/13 season joined forces with the highly respected and fast-growing Famous Grapes Football Club.
The lads in their first season as an open age side became a member of the Liverpool County Premier League’s 2nd Division. In keeping with tradition, the lads won the 2nd Division title, another remarkable achievement as this was their first year in adult football.
Not settling for just a domestic trophy the club embarked on a European Tour when they travelled over to Cologne Germany to take part in the 2013 Rheintal Trophy and in doing so brought home the winner’s trophy capping another trophy led
season for the lads.
Due to the financial climate the decision was made by the club committee to bring the Lower Breck name back from itshiatus (Minus The Boys from the original name)
For the 2013/14 season the club played their football in the Liverpool County Premier League’s 1st Division as Lower Breck FC. With hard work and dedication, the club was aiming to be playing Premier League football the following season and that aim was realized when the lads clung on to the last remaining promotion spot.
With promotion secured the club looked to secure their position amongst the very best the city had to offer and build a squad capable of challenging for a league title in the forthcoming years.
June 2015 the club grows
For the start of the 2015/16 season Lower Breck had grown from the one team the Moore family founded back in 2010 to the club now running five playing sides. A Reserve, Sunday and Two youth sides were added to the clubs roster of teams playing under the Breck Banner.
With the addition of these sides Lower Breck set their focus on growing into a strong established club and with growth on/off the field the club pushed full steam ahead. In the 2016/17 season the Breck secured a domestic cup double winning the
highly respected I-Zingari & George Mahon Cups.
In the 2017/18 season the club raised the bar even further and achieved greatness in Liverpool by winning all four competitions they played in and going unbeaten throughout the whole campaign with a run stretching back to October 2016.
LCPL,LCFA,George Mahon & I-Zingari Cup Champions, a truly remarkable feat that some massive clubs in Liverpool never
managed to achieve.
2018 The Clubs Non-League journey begins!
The Club continued to grow and upon joining the North West Counties Football League we began to invest in our facility to meet the ground grading requirements of playing at Step 6. After playing in the NWCFL North Division and narrowly missing
out on promotion during the covid period by points per game we were finally promoted to the Premier Division in season 2020/21 playing at Step 5 of the football pyramid.
Since our inception we have achieved eight promotions in that time with the culmination of the 2024/25 season seeing us reach the Northern Premier League. After a thrilling end to the campaign in which we racked up an incredible 106 points we were beaten to the league title on the last day of the season but gained a deserved promotion via the play-offs and will now play at Step 4 of the non-league football pyramid.
We are extremely proud of our achievements and the hard work of everyone connected with the club has led to us gaining a solid reputation as a community club with a strong future.
Each season year we invite local businesses, organisations and individuals to sponsor our team and being on the cusp of our first season in the NPL we are reaching out to prospective partners to come and join us as we look to take the club further up the pyramid with the National League well within our sights.
Anfield Sports & Community Centre is our home and over recent years we have developed the venue into a hub for non- league football investing over 250k and with further improvements planned across the course of 2025/26 the ground will
become the premier 3G facility in the city.
CLUB HONOURS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2010/11 South Liverpool Youth Division Champions
2011/12 West Cheshire Youth Division Champions
2011/12 West Cheshire Youth Plate Winners
2011/12 LCFA Under 18 County Cup Winners
2012/13 LCPL 2nd Division Champions
2012/13 Rheintal Trophy 2013 Winners
2013/14 Promoted to LCPL To Premier Division
2016/17 George Mahon Cup Winners
2016/17 I-Zingari Cup Winners
2017/18 LCPL Premier Division Champions
2017/18 LCFA Challenge Cup Winners
2017-18 George Mahon Cup Winners
2017-18 I-Zingari Cup Winners
2018/19 Promoted To North West Counties North Division
2020-/21 Promoted To North West Counties Premier Division
2024/25 – North West Counties Premier Division Runners Up
2024/25 – North West Counties Premier Division Play Off Winners
2024/25 – Promoted to the Northern Premier League
