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The League’s Christmas Meeting will be held at Acregate Lane Labour Club on Monday 16 December 2019, commencing at 8.00pm.

This meeting is an opportunity for club officials to enjoy themselves in a relaxed atmosphere, with the minimum of league business whilst at the same time supporting our new adopted charity Lancashire Mind.

We have previously had excellent support from local professional and semi-professional clubs in this venture and this season we can once again thank the EFL, Preston North End FC, Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackpool FC and Fleetwood Town FC for donating prizes to the auction.

We ask our clubs to bring a prize for the raffle and invite 2 or 3 guests to the meeting to swell the ranks. Types of prizes tend to be bottles of spirits, wine or cans or bottles of beer, tins of chocolates, ladies or men’s fragrances and we are grateful each year for a football related item or two from Ian Senior of SKkits, who supplies kits and merchandise to many of our clubs.

There are usually over 100 prizes on display and as tickets are only sold at the meeting, all prizes can be won and claimed on the night.

All monies raised at the meeting will be donated to Lancashire Mind together with any other financial support raised for the charity during the season.

Eamonn McNamara.

Freezing weather and multiple postponements were the order of the day but it was not all doom and gloom. Lostock Hall (Division 2) played their outstanding 4th round LFA Sunday Trophy tie against Newbury (Bolton) and they produced a fantastic performance to win 6-0 with goals from Joshua Sarda (aged 17) who scored a hat trick, Mitch Sutton (also aged 17) scored two and Owen Johnrose completed the scoring.

Lostock Hall manager Yasin Onemli was ecstatic after the game and full of praise for his players. He said that the pitch at Bolton was hard, but playable although the late kick off didn’t help. His lads now face a stern test away at Blackpool Sunday League side Highfield Social in the quarter-finals. Worden Rangers were also in LFA 4th round action at Wythenshawe Amateurs but they went down 4-1 to a strong Manchester side. Hunters & Ingol Rangers LFA game against Blackburn Eagles at Pleasington was postponed.

There were against for AFC Longridge against Walton Athletic and for AFC Preston against Wyresdale Rangers in division 1 plus wins for BAE Warton at AFC Lytham, Leyland against Leyland BTR and South Ribble DC against Moor Park United in division 3.

The only youth games played were all in youth white where Penwortham St Teresas won 5-3 at AC Preston, AFC Darwen Red beat Clifton Rangers 5-2, Bispham JFF Vipers won 2-1 at Myerscough and New Longton Rovers v Gregson Lane finished 2-2.

Eamonn McNamara.

Weather Update 9:45am: Hunters & Ingol Rangers LFA game is OFF, Moor Park & UCLan Sports Arena are also OFF. As a result there will be major changes to next week's fixtures.

Eamonn McNamara.

The League is delighted to announce that from this season our new charity partner is Lancashire Mind.

We are looking to support the charity both financially and practically by raising awareness of the support available to those who may find their lives blighted by mental health issues.

Lancashire Mind was created when Chorley, South Ribble & Blackburn Mind joined with Blackpool Mind in 2011. They are based in Chorley and work across the county of Lancashire delivering a range of projects and initiatives in the community, in schools and in workplaces.

Mind work in partnership with other organisations and campaign locally to make your mental wellbeing a priority. They believe that people experiencing a mental health condition can play an equal and active role in society and that negative perceptions of mental health should be challenged.

To support our fundraising, a key event in our calendar is our Xmas raffle and auction. We have previously had excellent support from local professional and semi-professional clubs in donating items to auction on the evening. These have been in the form of merchandise, memorabilia or match tickets.

We have asked our clubs to bring a prize for the raffle and invite 2 or 3 guests to the Xmas meeting and swell the ranks. Types of prizes tend to be bottles of spirits, wine or cans or bottles of beer, tins of chocolates, ladies or men’s fragrances and we are grateful each year for a football related item or two from SKkits.

There are usually over 100 prizes on display and as tickets are only sold at the meeting, all prizes can be won and claimed on the night.

See here for more information about Lancashire Mind

Eamonn McNamara.

Both Preston City Council and South Ribble Borough Council have declared their pitches ON this weekend Saturday 30 November & Sunday 01 December 2019, subject to the decision of the match referee.

However, the Councils and Leagues ask that clubs and match officials act responsibly and do not play on any pitch which is unfit.

Eamonn McNamara.

The draw for the 3rd round of the Syndicate Trust Youth Cup was made by Mike Williams, Managing Director of Tagtronics Ltd, the ties will be played on Sunday 15 December 2019.

Syndicate Trust Youth Cup - Round 3

AFC Darwen Red	v	Lytham Juniors
Charnock Richard	v	Winstanley Warriors
Gregson Lane	v	Fleetwood Town
Ladybridge	v	Thornton Cleveleys
Lostock St Gerards or AFC Darwen	v	New Longton Rovers
Myerscough	v	Park United
North Lances DC	v	Bispham JFF
Springfields	v	Clitheroe

Eamonn McNamara.

Physical Training: The Society provides physical training for its members at UCLan Sports Arena Training every Monday evening between 6.30-7.30pm except on Society Monthly Meeting nights when it will be brought forward to 6.00-7.00pm.

For further details about the physical training sessions please contact Paul Marsden here.

Lancashire Sunday Football League is always happy to accept new referees to its list of officials. If you have any enquiries about refereeing on the League or would like to be added to the list of officials, please contact the League's Referee Manager Mark Moore here.

Mid Lancashire Football League operates on Saturday afternoons for Open Age clubs and they are also happy to accept new referees to its list of officials. If you have any enquiries about refereeing on the League or would like to be added to the list of officials, please contact the League's Referee Secretary Tony Hawkes here.