Venue: The Giant Axe, LA1 5PE
Date: Tuesday 21st January, 7:45pm kick off
Competition: North West Counites Premier Division
Adults: £10
Concession: £5
Student: £5
12-17: £2
Under 12: FREE
Online ticket or pay on the gate

Following a huge win at the weekend, the Ridge's attention now turns to Tuesday nights LFA Cup quarter final.

You can pre-purchase a ticket online ahead of the away tie here: https://https://app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/ChooseQuantity?ticketId=5809&fixtureId=8815

The final eight of the LFA Cup now looks like this:

Southport vs Bamber Bridge
Padiham vs Ashton Athletic
Bacup Borough vs Radcliffe
Lancaster City vs Longridge Town

The Opposition

Two leagues above in the Northern Premier League, Lancaster City sit 11th.

Chris Willcock has been in charge for just over a year, and his Dolly Blues have the most draws in the division with 12, but are still pushing for the play-off spots.

Former Preston North End midfielder Aaron Bennett currently plys his trade for Lancaster and is their top scorer this season with 7 goals.

Whilst former Bury and Kendal goal machine Tom Kilifin is on dual reg with the latter making him a possibility for this fixture.

Bennett isn't the only former PNE man on their books either, with left back Lewis Coulton starting every game at left back.

Their quality is evident despite a three game winless run.

Their most recent victory came in the form of a 3-2 win away at Bamber Bridge, with goals from Bennett, Shaw and Mansell.

Lancaster have played only 26 games this season, compared to Town's 35.

Of all sides who have won the LFA Cup, Lancaster have won 7, putting them 5th on the all time list, with the most recent win coming in 2020.

This will also be a first ever competitive meeting between the two.

H2H

N/A

Form Guide

Longridge:
Position: 19th
Form table: 17th
Current form: WDLLD
Goals scored: 59
Goals against: 76

Lancaster:
Position: 11th
Form table: 14th
Current form: LDWLD
Goals scored: 33
Goals against: 37

Team News

Town will be looking to replicate something similar to our last LFA Cup outing, when goals Joe Adams, Liam Atkinson, Jordan Dainty and Lucas Wane helped Ashey's red overcome Northern Prem West side Clitheroe away from home.

Morgan Homson-Smith's second debut for the club came in the weekend's 3-2 win over Squires Gate.

The attacker played 20 minutes and managed an assist within five minutes of being on the pitch.

The Ridge will return home on Saturday 25th when we host Cheadle Town following tonight's game.