Old Boltonians A.F.C.

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Old Boltonians
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Full nameOld Boltonians Association Football Club
Founded1920;105 years ago (1920)
GroundTurton Football Ground
Coordinates 53°38′18″N2°24′07″W / 53.6383°N 2.4019°W / 53.6383; -2.4019
League Lancashire Amateur League
Premier Division
Website https://www.oldbolts.co.uk/
Old Boltonians in 1922-23 Old Boltonians 1922.jpg
Old Boltonians in 1922–23

Old Boltonians Association Football Club are a football club based in Chapeltown, England. Their ground may be the oldest in the world still in use today. [2]

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Old Boltonians were founded in 1920 for former members of Bolton School. [3] As of 2023–24, they play the Premier Division of the Lancashire Amateur League. [4] [5]

Old Boltonians play in black and white striped shirts, black shorts and black socks with white band at top; their second kit is maroon shirts, white shorts and maroon socks. [5]

Ground

Old Boltonians play their home games at Turton Football Ground, on Tower Street in Chapeltown. In the 2020 book British Football's Greatest Grounds by Mike Bayly, Turton was voted one of the top grounds to visit in the country. [3] [6] Bayly writes:

Research by sports historian Dr Peter Swain has proposed football - or antecedants of - had been played here since the 1830s.

Indeed, Turton may be the oldest football ground in the world still in use today, having hosted a match between Tottington and Darwen in 1830. [2] The ground was later home to Turton F.C., founded in 1871 and instrumental in bringing the rules of association football from London to the North West. [3]

Old Boltonians have played at Turton since 1952. [2] In 1970, they bought the land on Tower Street, and in 2012 built its pavilion. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Old Boltonians AFC". flickr .
  2. 1 2 3 Jackson, Nick (9 May 2007). "World's oldest football pitch". Lancashire Telegraph .
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bayly, Mike (2020). British Football's Greatest Grounds: One Hundred Must-See Football Venues. Pitch Publishing. pp. 41–43. ISBN   9-781785-316470.
  4. ↑ "Old Boltonians AFC First". The Football Association .
  5. 1 2 "Old Boltonians AFC". Lancashire Amateur League .
  6. ↑ Hopkins, Daniel (16 January 2021). "Turton ground earns place in top 100 grounds book". The Bolton News .


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