Welcome to HBAFC

HAS THIS MYSTERY BEEN SOLVED?

Recently we recieved a photo from Peter Matthews (below). It was originally thought that the game was played at Tarleton's old ground situated behind Tarleton Bowling Club, however Peter himself believes the game was played at Station Road. His belief comes after a trip down to Station Road for a mild investigation. If you compare the bottom photo (1970's) to Peter's most recent photo you can clearly see a similarity in the houses behind the goal.

______________________________________________________________________

WESTERN AREA (NORTH) TA FOOTBALL CUP FINAL

Sunday 20th December 2009

On a very cold and snow bound day the Western Area North TA Army Cup final was held at the Centenary Sports ground between 4 Lancs based at Fulwood Barracks and 156 Tpt Regiment based at Bootle.

The match was all square at the end of normal time at 2-2. Thankfully the referee decided to go straight to a penalty shoot out and the Bootle based team ran out 5-4 winners and now go into the national competition along with 7 other teams from around the country.

They are hoping to stage this national quarter final at the Centenary Sports ground on Sunday 17 th January and their opponents will be travelling down from Scotland .

______________________________________________________________________

A WHITE WEEKEND FREEZES THE FIXTURE LIST!

19th December 2009 - As a result of the cold and wintery weather the entire fixture list of the West Lancashire League for the weekend of the 19th December 2009 was postponed. The next fixtures are on Saturday 2nd January when the 1st team travel to high flying Thornton Cleveleys and the Reserves are away at Bolton County.

______________________________________________________________________

WESTERN AREA (NORTH) TA FOOTBALL CUP FINAL SUNDAY 20th DECEMBER 2009

Hesketh Bank AFC is proud to announce that Station Road will play host to the British Army this Sunday.

4 LANCS v 156 Tpt Regt

Kick off 12.30pm followed by trophy presentation.

Show your support for the British Army and join us at Station Road for this eagerley anticipated cup final.

____________________________________________________________

GOLD & BLACK DRAW

Gold & Black Winners this week are:

£45 – Martin Pickford

£25 – Joan Seed

£10 – Locker Room

The Gold and Black draw includes 2 draws per month and 3 prizes.

1st £45.00, 2nd £25.00, 3rd £10.00.

Numbers are available at £5.00 per month, anyone wishing to join the draw please contact Dave Seed on 01772 815357

____________________________________________________________

ANOTHER LOST WEEKEND

All three senior teams had another weekends rest after the weather once again played havok with the fixture list. In the final fixtures of 2009 the 1st team hope to complete their 1st round Presidents Cup game away at Norcross & Warbreck. The Reserves will play at Station Road against Mill Hill St. Peters.

____________________________________________________________

A FLASH OF THE PAST

The below picture is circa 1970s and was sent to us by Peter Byrne. It is a snapshot of two Hesketh Bank goals in a match against the old enemy, Tarleton Corinthians. The game was played at Tarleton's old ground which was situated behind Tarleton Bowling club.

To see a larger version simply click on the below image.

'This is obviously a Tarleton v Hesketh Bank match which was played at Tarleton's old ground behind the Bowling Club (remember it was a cow field and the changing rooms were an old chicken shed with a bath of cold water outside!)

The ‘guardian of the post' is definitely Philip Caunce – remember him from our (Tarleton) all conquering Sunday league side of 1978?

The guy at the side of the post looks like Harry Buck and the defender in the bottom picture could be Dick Quinlan. '

(Content of email from Hesketh Bank Chairman Paul Sergeant)

If anyone out their has any old photos or even video from past Hesketh Bank games or events please send them in to us at info@heskethbankafc.co.uk. For more historic HBAFC photos check out the club history page and the gallery (please note the gallery requires Adobe Flash Player to run, to download the latest version click here).

____________________________________________________________

1ST, 2ND AND A TEAM MATCHES ALL POSTPONED

5th December 2009 - This weekends fixtures have unfortunately all become victims of the terrible early winter weather. Hopefully things will improve for the next week. The 1st team take on Cumbrians Milnthorpe Corinthians at Strands Lane. Meanwhile Station Road will play host to a huge Reserve team match against BAC/EE Springfields.

____________________________________________________________

NEW MATCH GALLERY

Click here for a sneak peak of the action from Station Road and put a face to some of the names!!

____________________________________________________________

CLICK HERE FOR THE NOVEMBER NEWS ARCHIVE

____________________________________________________________

CLICK HERE FOR OCTOBER NEWS ARCHIVE