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Chorley

Chorley FC

Kit impression

Founded

1883

Years standing

143

Home ground

Victory Park

Capacity

4,300975 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

National League North
Play-off winners: 2019
Northern Premier League
Champions: 1987–88, 2013–14
Division One play-off winners: 2011
Lancashire Combination
Champions: 1919–20, 1922–23, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1939–40, 1945–46, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64
Runners-up: 1921–22, 1926–27, 1948–49, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66
Cheshire League
Runners-up: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1981–82
Lancashire League
Champions: 1896–97, 1898–99
Lancashire FA Trophy
Winners: 1894, 1909, 1924, 1940, 1946, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018
Runners-up: 2008, 2014

Nickname: The Magpies

The Case For Them

Chorley are not a spare club. They are England National League North, Victory Park, and 143 years of people deciding this was theirs, pick them and the season has a second spine.

Cathedral football
Victory Park holds around 4,300,975. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.
You get a nickname
Known as The Magpies. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.
Worth the journey
Nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), roughly 37km out. This is not a casual away day, which is precisely why the people who do it take it seriously.
The calendar you inherit
England National League North is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. England does not do easy neutrals.

Matchday Trip

Ground: Victory Park. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)

37 km / 23 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Chorley railway station

Walkable from the platform

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Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Things To Do Near Victory Park

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to Victory Park