By Freddie Bullen Photos: Nick Gerrard This afternoon, Bootle FC Women host Sefton Park Rangers for their first home fixture of the campaign, and the girls are determined to turn last weekend’s away draw into three precious points on home soil at the Berry Street Garage Stadium. Last Sunday, the Bucks showed real grit to claim a solid opening-day point, fighting back from behind to secure a 1–1 draw at Litherland Remyca. Early chances went agonisingly close before the hosts e

By Brendan Doyle Bootle maintain a 100% win record after another clinical performance away from home defeating Vauxhall Motors 4-0. In the twenty first minute Bootle took the lead with the first shot on target of the game as Jack McGowan laid the ball off to Ben Hodkinson who’s first time effort put Bootle ahead, I mean, who else? Just three minutes later Vauxhall Motors attempted to get themselves back in the game as a long ball from Jack Atkinson found Sam Turner who broke

By Brendan Doyle Photos: Nick Gerrard Bootle do enough to earn a point on the opening day of their 2026/27 after being 1-0 down after sixty two minutes but managed to equalise shortly afterwards thanks to a goal from Abi Barrow. The first major chance of the game fell to Bootle as a corner was whipped into the Litherland Remyca area and an unmarked Tasha Kearney was there to meet it with a header but the ball went just over, a close chance early doors for Bootle. Ten minutes

By Brendan Doyle Bootle travel to Yorkshire and score five in the FA Trophy for a second time in the 2026/27 campaign as we go through to the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy after defeating Silsden AFC 5-1. Silsden found themselves down to ten men after only nine minutes of play as Lewis Gardner brought down Ben Hodkinson in the area whilst denying him a goal scoring opportunity, Hodkinson of course buried the penalty to put Bootle 1-0 up to continue his prolific run

Credit: Joe Petit Bucks make winning start back at The Berry Street Garage Stadium to continue 100% record in the Northern Premier League West. By Brendan Doyle A scrappy and hard fought win for Bootle makes it five out of five despite being down to ten men late in the game. Bootle got off to a positive start early on as Charlie Forwood played a low ball into the box in search of Declan Daniels but the ball was just half a yard too much for the latter to meet it. Kidsgrove At

Derby Day Demolition as The Bucks put 4 past Lower Breck. Credit: Paul Moran By Brendan Doyle Bootle defeat Lower Breck 4-0 at the Anfield Community Sports Centre and reach four league wins out of four league games. The opening twenty or so minutes of the game was tightly contested as both teams seemed rather cautious of one another and still trying to figure each other out, up until a ball from a corner ended up in the path of Matty Fenton who smashed the ball into the top c

Credit: @KickOffWithBecca via Instagram By Brendan Doyle Five Star Bucks cruise to next round of FA Trophy. An Anthony Miley goal and four from Ben Hodkinson gives Bootle our biggest margin of victory in our history of the FA Trophy. The game got off to a competitive start from both sides with each goalkeeper having to be on their toes, but Bootle opened the scoring as Anthony Miley managed to outmuscle a Liversedge defender and turn his body round to get a shot on the ball

By Ben Shaw Credit: Paul Moran The Bucks crash out of the Emirates FA Cup at the Preliminary Round stage after falling short against Northwich Victoria in the replay of Sunday's 4-4 draw. The opening encounters of the game were fairly level with both teams came close to breaking the deadlock within the first 10 minutes, as Jay Roberts let an effort go on the edge of the penalty area only to be deflected narrowly over the bar. 4 minutes later, Northwich Vics had an early oppor

By Brendan Doyle Credit: Paul Moran After leading 4-2 in the fifty fifth minute, Bootle drop their two goal lead to Northwich Victoria to force a replay on Wednesday night at the Marine Travel Arena in the Emirates FA Cup. In the opening twenty minutes of play the hosts Northwich Victoria looked very threatening each time they attacked towards the Bootle goal but couldn’t quite get their end product right each time, however, against the run of play, Bootle took the lead after

Credit: karlbrooksphotography.com FOUR-midable Bootle At It Again By Brendan Doyle Bootle score four goals away to Witton Albion to pick up a third consecutive win despite being a man down for most of the duration of the second half. In the twelfth minute of the game after some fantastic link up play in the middle of the park, a Jay Roberts pass found Ben Hodkinson down the right flank which he then played the ball into Ryan Beigan who met the delivery with a first time effor

Credit: Curtis Brown By Brendan Doyle Bootle win second game on the bounce in a 4-2 victory against visitors Newcastle Town In the opening five minutes Ben Hodkinson got himself on the scoresheet after being fed a through ball which left him one on one with Joe Slinn and buried his effort in the left hand corner to give Bootle an early lead. As the game went on Newcastle Town grew into the game and managed to equalise as Joel Jones managed to close down Bucks keeper Joe Mason

Credit: Curtis Brown By Brendan Doyle Bootle kick off the 2026/27 season with a 2-0 win away to Runcorn Linnets with goals coming from Tom Hannigan and Ben Hodkinson who scored his 100th goal for the club. In the seventh minute of the game, a number of Runcorn Linnets shirts took a shot on goal but each one was blocked by a Bootle shirt apart from the last one being saved by keeper Joe Mason. As Bootle grew into the game, a corner was awarded which found Tom Hannigan who met

By Brendan Doyle Credit: Paul Moran (@paulmoran62 via X) After a close encounter with National League North side Marine for most of the game, Bootle fell short at the later stages as James Potter and Charlie Jolley pop up with the goals. After a brilliant show of hold up play from Saul Fox-Akande, he then laid it off to Ryan Beigan who’s close range shot on goal was blocked to deny Bootle an opener after just four minutes of play. Soon after, Finlay Sinclair-Smith cut in on h

By Brendan Doyle Credit: Wikipedia Bootle came up short in North Wales as Colwyn Bay’s Jordan Davies scored directly from a corner, which would be the only goal of the game. In the opening two minutes of the game, Ryan Beigan found himself in a promising position to cut in and take a shot on goal but the effort flew a fair distance over the crossbar. A Colwyn Bay throw in made it’s way into the Bootle area to the head of Louis Robles but it ended up being an easy catch for Jo

By Brendan Doyle Credit: Grassroots North Wales Bootle’s third pre season outing ends in a 2-0 defeat with both goals coming in the first half of the match. Within the first minutes of the game, Bootle found the back of the net by way of a Ryan Beigan effort from a rebound but unfortunately the linesman’s flag went up for offside. Shortly after, Stephen Edmondson made a run into the box and played a ball across the face of goal to the path of Michael Simpson but Simpson could

Our final game of the 2025/26 is taking place at our beloved home The Berry Street Garage Stadium, or is it? We still have a place in the play offs to play for after Lower Breck and Vauxhall Motors both faced defeat last weekend. We need to do our job here against Mossley while we are asking Shifnal Town for a huge favour to take points from Lower Breck. As mentioned, not only must Bootle do their job today in defeating Mossley, but me most hope for a Shifnal Town draw or vic

By Brendan Doyle The first few minutes of the game seen Bootle take a chance just outside the box as Michael Simpson attempted to curl the ball into the far corner but the effort only flew wide. After that effort from Simpson it took a while for the game to heat up and see any real chances, until a ball came into the Lower Breck area came in from Jay Roberts in an attempt to find Michael Simpson at the far post but Simpson just couldn’t reach the ball in time as it bounced ou

By Brendan Doyle Despite Bootle’s positive start it was Mossley who had the first real chance of the game as Jack Marrow struck the ball with the outside of his foot on a half volley but the ball sailed wide. After Jack McGowan was forced to exit the field due to an ankle injury, substitute Courtney Duffus almost instantly made an impact after his headed attempt ended up in the back of the net to give Bootle the lead. Just four minutes later Courtney Duffus again found the ba

Match Preview: Bootle Women vs Hesketh Colts Sunday 30 November 2025 – 2:00pm Berry Street Garage Stadium Bootle Women return to The Berry Street Garage Stadium this Sunday for their first home league fixture since the opening day, as they welcome 9th-placed Hesketh Colts. After a frustrating defeat last weekend, the Bucks will be determined to respond with a strong performance and secure a vital three points on home soil. Last Time Out: Parklands 4–2 Bootle Bootle fell to a

Bootle FC’s History In The Liverpool Senior Cup As we face MSB Woolton in the preliminary round of the Liverpool Senior Cup, we take a look back at the four occasions Bootle Football Club lifted the trophy. Bootle 3 Liverpool Ramblers 1, April 14th 1883, Liverpool College Ground This victory seen Bootle become the inaugural winners of the competition as Rod Ashton’s hat trick helped The Bucks to achieve this feat, setting the standard for the competition’s history. Bootle 3 L