NEW TEAMS: LIVERPOOL AND DISTRICT LEAGUE
This year also marks the first expansion of the Liverpool and District League, which grows from six teams to eight. Joining the league are
Anfield Stanley and
Wigan Wallgate. Anfield are based alongside and take their name from Stanley Park, to the north-east of Liverpool city centre/ Their jerseys are purple with gold trimming. Wigan take their name ‘Wallgate’ from the road of the same name near to their home field, where the first meetings to form the club took place. Perhaps as a reference to the word ‘wall’, they play in jerseys of a colour similar to brick red.
The new format being used in Liverpool is the same as that introduced when the Birmingham and District League began play last year, with teams meeting each other four times and then facing three of the other clubs on two more occasions. This has been decided on a geographical basis with the four Liverpool clubs in one group for scheduling purposes, and the four teams from nearby towns in the other. This was strongly resisted by Great Float, who are base on the other side of Liverpool from the other three ‘town’ clubs and face longer journeys to the extra games. However, they were the only club who did not vote in favour of the proposed schedule when it was discussed at the annual meeting. The extra games give a thirty-four game schedule, an increase of four on last year.
LOGOS AND UNIFORMS:
L-R: Anfield Stanley, Wigan Wallgate
MAP OF TEAM LOCATIONS:
