September 2011

New Sponsorship Deal with Vamasaki

Local Lostock Gralam Bangladeshi and Indian Restaurant has sponsored our new strip for the 2011-12 season.

469 Manchester Rd, Lostock Gralam, Northwich, CW9 7QB 

:: 01606 330667 

:: infonorthwich@vamasaki.com

www.vamasaki.com

Official Grand Opening

of our new pitch and clubhouse

on

Saturday 9th October 2010 when we play host to Middlewich Town FC, KO 3pm

Race Night also being held in The Slow and Easy on 9th October,

come along and join in.

New Sponsorship Deal with AJ's Design n' Signs

LGFC Kit 2010-11

Unit 3, Harris Road, Lostock Gralam, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 7PE

Tel; 01606 43475

07737 809 882

LGFC Champions of Division 2 - May 2010

Promotion into Division 1 for next season, a big Well Done to all the players!

Committee Members 2009-10 Season

Chairman - Derek Washburn

Vice Chairman - Chris Peers

Secretary - James Birdsey

Treasurer - Paul Lightfoot

Ground Development - Russ Washburn

Teams/Youth Development- Neil Bithel and Pat Collins

Welfare Officer - Jasmine Lightfoot

Cheshire League commences on Saturday 15th August 2009

press release;

  Grey Lambs seal a cool £1000 from Brooktherm Refrigeration 

Lostock Gralam are celebrating a bumper new sponsorship agreement with Wirral based Brooktherm Refrigeration to add important revenue to their current development programme.

The deal is all the sweeter given that the club were able to take advantage of a government scheme called Sportsmatch, enabling the total available to the club £2000.

The money has already been put to good use, with the purchase of a new away kit and tracksuits for the clubs first team. The remainder of the funding will be spent on equipment and training for coaches to launch the clubs junior academy next season.

Club Secretary James Birdsey said “This is a significant amount of money for the club to fulfil our commitment to delivering grass roots activities alongside the clubs exciting capital programme to redevelop the ground. The tender documents for the ground have now been completed, and this funding will ensure we have a high quality junior system in place to utilise the new facilities upon completion for the 2010/11 season. We’re delighted that Brooktherm want to be a part of this programme, and look forward to a productive partnership”.

The clubs senior sides are both flying high this season, with the 1st team up to 4th in Cheshire Division 2 and on an unbeaten run stretching back to the 3rd of November. The reserve side have done even better, having led the Crewe and District league since September.

“The quality of coaching at the club is already very high, and we’re able to draw on the experience of Neil Bithell, who works with Manchester United’s Academy sides, and Ross Speight, who is a UEFA B coach and Director of Coerver Coaching NW. They have taken the club onto the next level and will do an excellent job of overseeing the implementation of the junior sides”

Information on the Sportsmatch scheme can be found via www.sportengland.org.uk

  BONFIRE AND FIREWORK SPECTACULAR 

Lostock Gralam Football Club presented a BONFIRE AND FIREWORK SPECTACULAR at The Slow and Easy Hotel on FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER it started at 6:30pm, although many people arrived early to make sure they had a good spot to watch the fireworks.

There were plenty of Burgers, hotdogs, tea and coffee available on site, which proved to be extemely popular as the weather was a bit chilly, the bar was also open in the Slow and Easy for licensed sales.

The club also held a raffle where you could have a chance of winning 1 of 3 different hampers,

which included a chocolate, household items and a beer hamper.

Everybody that came along really enjoyed theirselves and it was a great team effort from the commitee members and 1st team players of the club.

The Bonfire!	Fireworks
Fireworks	Fireworks
Children with Sparklers	1st Team Players Adam Bayley and Mike Rafferty selling the raffle tickets

  Bithell Back for Lostock 

Preparations for the new season are well underway at Lostock with Neil Bithell back for a second spell as manager, this time assisted by Pat Collins with Ross Speight as Coach and Ted Harrison continuing as manager of the reserve team.

Bithell said –

“I’m glad to be back as this is a club that’s heading in the right direction with the work going on behind the scenes to improve the facilities. The team is stronger than when I left and there’s some really good young players coming with me, so we’re looking forward to getting started.”

  Ground Development 

Lostock had double reason to celebrate at the weekend (11/10/08) as they received news that they had been successful in procuring £241,400 from the Football Foundation to complete their long awaited Ground Development Project. The funding will go together with the £155,000 already allocated from Vale Royal Borough Council to completely level the site, including demolishing the current changing facilities, to pave the way for a new build changing room and clubhouse, a full drainage network on a revamped senior pitch with an additional mini soccer pitch added for junior football.

Simon Gerrard, Development Manager for the Cheshire FA said - "We are pleased to have supported the club in this application to the Football Foundation, and are delighted that the club have been successful. This project will see the upgrade of a traditional community club into a hub for grass roots development, and we look forward to seeing the clubs long term development plan come to fruition".

Derek Washburn, Club Chairman, said "I've been involved in this club for over 40 years now, and can't put into words how much this means to me and to the people of Lostock. Once this is complete, we will have facilities to match any amatuer club in Cheshire and fully intend to use this opportunity to develop young, local players to put the club at the top of the amatuer tree once again."

The club will meet with project managers from Groundwork on the 22nd of October to sign off tenders documents, with a view to commencing work early in 2009.

It won't be long before Lostock Gralam F.C will be back where they belong contesting for the trophies that amateur football has to offer.

Year formed 1892
Year joined MCFL 1948 and 1993
Colours: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts and Socks
Change:Grey/ Yellow Shirts, Grey/Yellow Shorts and Socks
Affiliated to: Cheshire FA
Floodlights: No
Mid Week Match Home Night: Thursday