Venue: Berry Street Garage Stadium, L30 1NY
Date: Saturday 14th March, 3pm kick off
Competition: NWCFL Premier Division
Adults: £7
Concession: £4
Under 18: £2

The Ridge look to get back to winning ways, but against a side with an abundance of attacking talent.

With more players now returning from injury and suspensions, Town will be hoping their fortunes are set to change.

The Opposition

AFC Liverpool will be disappointed with their season so far.

Despite their frontline, the Little Reds began the season in the drop zone.

They've since recovered and look set for a mid table finish.

Striker Elliot Taylor is the second top scorer in the division, with a whopping 35 goals scored.

2025 NWCFL player of the year Caleb Jones is up there again with 9 MOTMS to his name, adding to his 17 goals from the wing.

Their defensive issues have let them down, but the signing of experienced goalkeeper Ben Barnes has helped steady that ship.

AFC now groundshare with NPL West side Bootle, a difficult place to go midweek.

H2H

AFC Liverpool 3-0 Longridge - 08/03/25
Longridge 3-1 AFC Liverpool - 17/09/24
AFC Liverpool 1-3 Longridge - 03/02/24
Longridge 3-2 AFC Liverpool - 30/09/23
AFC Liverpool 3-2 Longridge - 08/02/23

Form Guide

Longridge:
Position: 13th
Form table: 20th
Current form: LLWWL
Goals scored: 90
Goals against: 82

AFC Liverpool:
Position: 17th
Form table: 14th
Current form: DWLWL
Goals scored: 87
Goals against: 82

Team News

Luke Smith is back and available following the end of his three match suspension.

Jack Anderton is also back from suspension, having returned on Saturday.

Paul Turner's angle concern turned out to be a false alarm, despite being carried off the pitch last Tuesday.

Defender Joe Blake has joined on an initial one month loan from Preston North End and made his debut on Saturday.

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