Attacker Matthew Hamilton leads their scoring charts with two, as he added to his opening day strike on Friday night, in his side's 2-0 victory over Prestwich Heys.

We'd also be silly not to mention their goalkeeper Ben Barnes.

A presence between the sticks that won't be easy to get past.

It's no wonder they've conceded just two goals so far.

The Ridge edged a 1-0 win over Burscough in the opening day of last season, as both sides finished the game with ten men after Leighton Hewitt won it late on.

However in the reverse fixture, the Linnets recorded a fairly comfortable 2-0 win over Town as the back end of the season.

Our soon to be hosts start the season off in 9th place, just four places ahead of Longridge in 13th, so it's hard to pick a favourite at this point.

As proven by the head to head, Tuesday really could either way.

H2H

Burscough 2-0 Longridge - 05/04/25
Longridge 1-0 Burscough - 27/07/24
Longridge 1-3 Burscough - 03/10/23
Burscough 1-4 Longridge - 16/09/23
Longridge 2-2 Burscough - 29/10/22

Form Guide

Longridge:
Position: 13th
Form table: 6th
Current form: WDDWL
Goals scored: 13
Goals against: 4

Burscough:
Position: 9th
Form table: 14th
Current form: DDLW
Goals scored: 4
Goals against: 2

Team News

Club captain Ben Fletcher has recently returned to action, and is now available for selection on Tuesday.

Maddox Banks earned his first man of the match in Town colours on Saturday, well done Maddox.

Attacker Tom Johnson also made his Town debut at the weekend, after joining from Bamber Bridge.

Saturday was also Longridge's first defeat of the 2025/26 season, they'll have to work hard to make sure they don't suffer another tomorrow.