Ground Delta Taxi Stadium Chairman Paul Manning Founded 2015 | Ground Capacity 1750 Manager Simon Burton | |
Full name City of Liverpool Football Club League Hallmark Security League | ||
City of Liverpool is an English football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Formed in 2015, they were admitted to the North West Counties League Division One in 2016.
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Formation and league application
The first meeting that led to the formation of the club was proposed in October 2014 by Paul Manning and present at that 1st meeting, were Peter Furmedge, Martin Jones, Kevin Morland & Nicky Allt. A number of names such as "Liverpool City FC" and "Merseyside FC" were considered before the club was officially established in May 2015 as "City of Liverpool FC". The club chose to play in the colour purple due to it being the civic colour of the city.
Simon Burton, formerly of Runcorn Town, was appointed as the first manager of the club in March 2016. The club applied to join the North West Counties Football League in early 2016 but their application was rejected by the FA in May and they were instead placed in the Liverpool County Premier League. They chose to take up their option to appeal the decision, particularly in light of the league being left with a vacancy following the resignation of Northwich Manchester Villa, and attended an appeal hearing at Wembley Stadium on 8 June 2016. The appeal was successful, allowing the club to join the First Division of the North West Counties Football League for the 2016–17 season.
Debut season
The club played its historic first game away to Prestatyn Town of the Cymru Alliance on 9 July 2016 in a pre-season friendly, which resulted in a 3-2 win
Stadium
City of Liverpool originally intended to play within the Liverpool city boundaries from the start but, as suitable facilities did not currently exist at the time the club was formed, they were forced to explore other avenues. In December 2015, the club agreed a deal with Bootle that will see them ground-share at the 1750 capacity Delta Taxis Stadium in neighbouring Sefton for the 2016-17 season while they continue to search for a permanent home within the city.
Ownership
The club was officially registered as a Community Benefit Society in November 2015 and is owned completely by its supporters. Membership is obtained by paying an annual fee to the club (£10 for adults, £5 for concessions and £1 for children) and entitles the owner to a single share. Members aged 16 and over also receive voting rights within the club.
Memberships had reached the 500 mark by February 2016 despite the club being without a manager or players and having not contested a single match at that point. As the 2016/17 season, the club currently has 1242 official paid up members as at 28th November 2016.
Records
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• As of 12th February 2017, COLFC has participated in 16 away matches during the season that currently are the seasonal high attendance records for the home club. The matches in question were played at AFC Liverpool, Ashton Town, Charnock Richard, Cheadle Town, Daisy Hill, Eccleshall, Litherland REMYCA, Prestwich Heys, Silsden, St Helens Town, Whitchurch Alport, Widnes, Sandbach Utd, Stockport Town, Carlisle City (joint highest) and Atherton LR