The Bucks travel to Widnes to face fierce rivals City Of Liverpool in the preliminary round of the Isuzu FA Trophy. This is the second time the two sides will face each other in seven days in two different cup competitions.
By Brendan Doyle
On Tuesday night at The Berry Street Garage Stadium Bootle defeated Atherton Colleries 2-0, a bounce back from a devastating 3-1 FA Cup exit against The Purps on Saturday which Mick McGraa and the Bootle’s expected and wanted. The Bucks will be attempting to carry their momentum into the next fixture against City Of Liverpool and to get some payback on their rivals after last week’s defeat and advance further into the tournament in doing so.
City Of Liverpool are coming off the back of their first league win of the season after they comfortably won 4-1 away to Wythenshawe on Tuesday night. The Purps will feel as though they have Bootle’s number given the fact they have beaten The Bucks the last three times the two sides have encountered, but nonetheless still aware of the threats their rivals could potentially bring.
City Of Liverpool Fact File:
Founded: 2015
Ground: The Halton Stadium (also known as The DCBL Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is an all seater multi purpose rugby league, NFL and football stadium in Widnes, Cheshire which holds a capacity of 13,350.
Manager: Paul McNally was appointed City Of Liverpool boss in September 2022 and led The Purps to their highest ever finish in 5th place and reached the Northern Premier League Division One West play off final last season. McNally spent almost four years at Skelmersdale United and guided them to the Northern Premier League from the NWCFL Premier Division in the 2021/22 campaign via the Play Offs, and memorably also took United to the FA Cup 1st Round in 2020. He spent three years at Litherland Remyca and achieved promotion to The North West Counties Premier Division in 2018 finishing runners up. In his first season in management McNally led Cammell Laird to second spot and promotion in the North West Counties Premier Division in his first season, losing just 3 games.
Ticketing: The ground will be segregated into home and away fans. Bootle fans' end will be cash only and pay on the turnstile.
Recent Honours:
North West Counties Premier Division Champions 2018/19
North West Counties Division One Play Off Winners 2016/17
North West Counties Division One Challenge Cup Winners 2016/17
North West Counties League Challenge Cup Winners 2016/17
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