CLUB INFORMATION Scroll down the page for information on: Club Details Directions to Daisy Hill Match programmes 2000-2001 Club Badges Club history Club Details Address:          New Sirs, St. James Street, Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire  BL4 8RJ Telephone:     01942 818544 E-mail address:          daisyhillfc@altavista.co.uk Directions to Daisy Hill The village of Daisy Hill lies about one and half miles from the centre of Westhoughton and about four miles from Bolton town centre.  The club ground, New Sirs, is situated just inside the Bolton Metropolitan Borough, a few hundred yards from the boundary with the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.  The ground is tucked away behind some houses and not visible from the main road, therefore anyone intending to visit the ground for the first time may find the following directions useful: Follow the M61 to junction 5, and take the A58 (Snydale Way) towards Westhoughton.  Follow the road for about a mile and a half to a set of traffic lights, at which point turn left into Leigh Road (B5235) for one mile towards Daisy Hill.  After the mini roundabout take the first right hand turn into the village, and then first left.  Immediately take the road to the left (St. James Street), between the church and the school.  Follow the road down past the cricket club for about 250 yards, and turn into the lane between two houses to New Sirs. Match programme 2000-2001 The Daisy Hill FC match programme won the North West Counties Football League Division Two award for "Programme of the Year".  In addition the programme was placed 104th nationally out of over 1100 entries in the Wirral Programme Club Non-League awards.  Some back copies of the programme are still available, and these can be obtained from the club on matchdays. Club Badges Club badges are available in the club house on match days, priced £2. Club History The village of Daisy Hill first saw football in season 1894-95, although it is possible that football was being played in the area for some years prior to that date.  The first known honours for the Club came in 1896-97, when the Wigan and District League Championship and the Westhoughton Cup were won without losing a match. The location of the Club's ground in those days is unknown, but the present ground was used during the 1st World War period, when the Club played in the Leigh and District Senior Sunday School League. The Club then joined the Westhoughton League, and during the 1920's and 1930's won many honours in what was one of the strongest local leagues at the time.  Notable players included Dick Pollard and Billy Farrimond, both of whom also went on to play cricket for Lancashire.  Alf Watkinson, grandfather of the former Lancashire Cricket Club captain Mike Watkinson, went on to sign for Middlesbrough, and Tommy Woodward (Bolton Wanderers and Middlesbrough) also had a number of games for the club. Little is known of the period leading up to the 2nd World War, but the club reformed in 1951, playing in the Westhoughton League on the St. James Street Recreation Ground/Cricket Ground until the landowner made an offer to the Club to return to New Sirs in 1957. The acquisition of the lease was a major step forward for the Club, and gave aspiration to move into the Bolton Combination and develop into one of the most formidable clubs in the area.  Dressing rooms were erected at the ground for the start of the 1968/69 season, while on the field the club won the Bolton Combination Premier Division on four occasions, the Bolton Combination Cup on four occasions and the Lancashire Amateur Shield twice during the 60's and 70's.     In 1978 the Club were accepted into the Lancashire Football Combination, and with the advent of the Non-League football pyramid and the subsequent amalgamation of the Lancashire Football Combination and the Cheshire County League, the Club became founder members of the North West Counties League, giving them the opportunity to play in and bring national competition to the village. With the new pyramid set up requiring clubs to meet new standards for facilities, new dressing rooms and a club house for social activities were erected at New Sirs in 1982.  Since then, improvement of the Club's facilities has been ongoing, and will continue until all the mandatory requirements for the North West Counties Football League Division 1 have been met.