Bootle F.C. are an English football club from Bootle, Merseyside. The club are currently in the Liverpool County Combination, and play their home matches at Bucks Park, which has a capacity of 5,000 (400 seated, 4,600 standing). Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Bootle is a town in Sefton, Merseyside, North West England, within the traditional borders of Lancashire. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ... The Liverpool County Combination is a football competition based in England. ...

They are not the same club as the original Bootle F.C. who were in The Football League for one season in 1892/3, but rather a new club founded in 1953. The Football League logo The Football League (often referred to as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) is a league competition for English football clubs (though three Welsh clubs also take part) containing three divisions (the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two) that occupy...

History

The original Bootle F.C. were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889. In 1890 the club reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they lost to Blackburn Rovers. When the Alliance merged with the Football League in 1892, Bootle became founder members of the new Second Division. However, the club dropped out after one season (and were replaced by neighbours Liverpool) and seemingly disappeared. The Football Alliance was an association football league in England from 1889 to 1892. ... The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... Blackburn Rovers is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. ... From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Second Division was the second-highest division of The Football League and the third-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... Liverpool Football Club (usually known simply as Liverpool) are an English football club, and are based in Liverpool, Merseyside; current holders of the English FA Cup (2006) and are the most successful English football team of all time. ...

In 1953, a new Bootle F.C. was formed. In 1974, the club joined the Lancashire Combination, which they won in 1976 and 1977. They then joined the Second Division of the Cheshire County League, which they won in their first season, and were promoted to the First Division. In 1982 the Cheshire County League was one of the leagues that merged to form the North West Counties League, which Bootle duly joined, becoming a member of the First Division. The club spent most of their time in the First Division until 2000 when they dropped into the Second Division. However, despite finishing 6th in 2002, the club dropped into the Liverpool County Combination. // Time Line The County of Lancashire. ... The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the north west of England. ...

External links

• Full Record of Bootle's League Positions
• Full Record of Original Bootle's League Positions