Welcome to the Trade Tyre Community Stadium and thank you for joining us for another exciting season of football with Lichfield City FC.
Whether you are a lifelong supporter, a visiting fan, a player, a volunteer, or joining us for the first time, it is a pleasure to have you here and we hope you enjoy your day with us.
As we compete in the Northern Premier League West Division, we know the challenges ahead will be significant, but we also know the ambition, commitment and togetherness within this club can help us continue to progress.
I would like to thank our sponsors, partners and volunteers for their continued support, and a special thank you to all of our supporters who turn up week after week to get behind the team.
We look forward to sharing many more memorable moments with you throughout the season.
Up the City!
Chairman
Formed in 1970, Lichfield City Football Club grew out of Staffordshire's grassroots scene and joined the West Midlands (Regional) League, climbing into Division One before the decade was out.
Promotion as Division Two runners-up in 1990, then second in Division One four years later, earned the freshly rebranded "Lichfield City" a crack at Premier Division football. Financial pressures later forced a resignation from Saturday competition, yet the club kept its heartbeat alive in Sunday leagues and resurfaced in 2008 with renewed purpose — rewarded in 2011 with the Midland Combination Challenge Vase.
Jamie Hawkins' team turned heads on 26 August 2019, sweeping Haughmond 3–0 to reach the FA Cup first qualifying round for the first time. Hawkins left for Chasetown in 2020, and former Atherstone Town boss Ivor Green arrived a month later, guiding the side to promotion in 2021 via a points-per-game ruling and restoring Step 5 football to the cathedral city.
Green's youthful, largely home-grown squad won the JW Hunt Cup in 2023 and retained it in 2024. A relentless 2023–24 league campaign ended in play-off heartbreak, watched by a record 1,110 spectators — but the response was emphatic. On 6 April 2025, Jack Edwards' early strike set up a 3–0 win at Whitchurch Alport that clinched the Midland League Premier Division title and carried City into Step 4 and the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, finishing with 95 points and the league's tightest defence.
Ivor Green and Wayne Chapman then guided City through their first Step 4 campaign, cementing the club's place at that level and continuing the progress built over recent seasons. The move to the West Premier League has brought significant change, with a new management team and a refreshed squad marking the start of an exciting new chapter.
Mossley
Mossley were formed in 1903 as Park Villa, spending their first season playing friendlies and cup matches before renaming as Mossley Juniors in 1904 and joining the Stalybridge & District League. The club adopted its current name, Mossley Association Football Club, in 1909, and moved to Seel Park (then known as Seel Fold) in 1912 from their previous home at Luzley — the "Lilywhites" nickname followed soon after, taken from the white shirts they wore there.
The club progressed steadily through local and regional leagues either side of the First World War, becoming founder members of the Cheshire County League in 1919 and later joining the Northern Premier League. Their greatest era arrived under manager Bob Murphy in the late 1970s: Mossley won the NPL title in 1978–79, scoring an astonishing 117 league goals, and retained it the following season with a 31-match unbeaten run.
That 1979–80 campaign climaxed with an appearance in the FA Trophy Final at Wembley, where Mossley narrowly lost out, but the club's most famous individual result came a few months earlier: a first-round FA Cup win over Football League side Crewe Alexandra at Seel Park, secured with Manchester City and England legend Mike Summerbee turning out for Mossley as a surprise guest player.
2026/27 season — full table, live as at 26 Sep 2026
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bootle | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 21 |
| 2 | Prescot Cables | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 18 |
| 3 | Stafford Rangers | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 18 |
| 4 | Wythenshawe | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 17 |
| 5 | Hanley Town | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 16 |
| 6 | Shifnal Town | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 15 |
| 7 | Witton Albion | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 13 |
| 8 | Chasetown | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 12 |
| 9 | Clitheroe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 |
| 10 | Runcorn Linnets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Stalybridge Celtic | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Mossley | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Newcastle Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 10 |
| 14 | Atherton Collieries | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Lower Breck | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 9 |
| 16 | Nantwich Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 18 | Padiham | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 9 |
| 19 | Vauxhall Motors | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 7 |
| 20 | 1874 Northwich | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 5 |
| 21 | Lichfield City | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 40 | -31 | 3 |
| 22 | Congleton Town | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 2 |
| Date | Opposition | Ven | Comp | Res | Att |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT 5 Sep | Stalybridge Celtic | H | West Division | L 0-5 | – |
| WED 9 Sep | Hanley Town | H | West Division | L 1-5 | – |
| WED 16 Sep | Newcastle Town | H | West Division | L 1-5 | – |
| SAT 19 Sep | Congleton Town | A | West Division | W 1-0 | – |
| TUE 22 Sep | Prescot Cables | A | West Division | L 0-5 | – |
| Date | Opposition | Ven | Comp | KO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUE 29 Sep | Kidsgrove Athletic | A | West Division | 7:45pm |
| SAT 3 Oct | Wythenshawe | A | West Division | 3:00pm |
| SAT 10 Oct | Clitheroe | H | West Division | 3:00pm |
| SAT 17 Oct | Vauxhall Motors | A | West Division | 3:00pm |
| SAT 24 Oct | Atherton Collieries | H | West Division | 3:00pm |
| SAT 31 Oct | Padiham | A | West Division | 3:00pm |
| SAT 7 Nov | Bootle | H | West Division | 3:00pm |
| SAT 14 Nov | Runcorn Linnets | A | West Division | 3:00pm |
| SAT 21 Nov | Shifnal Town | H | West Division | 3:00pm |
| SAT 28 Nov | Witton Albion | A | West Division | 3:00pm |
Goals & appearances so far this season
| Player | Goals | Pens | Apps | Mins | Sub Apps | Unused Sub |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Thomas | 3 | 1 | 10 | 836 | 1 | 0 |
| Abdul Bashiru | 2 | 0 | 8 | 387 | 5 | 0 |
| Isaac Smart | 2 | 0 | 10 | 525 | 3 | 0 |
| Jordan Davies | 1 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyree Sanusi | 1 | 0 | 6 | 300 | 2 | 0 |
| Amaius Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| Bo Morris | 0 | 0 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 |
| Callum Griffin | 0 | 0 | 6 | 417 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Jones | 0 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Lomas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 0 |
| Dennis Tchaha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Muckley | 0 | 0 | 6 | 401 | 2 | 0 |
| Harry Crook | 0 | 0 | 3 | 248 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Fishman | 0 | 0 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 |
| Jadel Musanhu | 0 | 0 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Colley | 0 | 0 | 8 | 693 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Buckley | 0 | 0 | 7 | 477 | 2 | 0 |
| John Mills | 0 | 0 | 4 | 278 | 1 | 0 |
| Kane Lewis | 0 | 0 | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewi Burnside | 0 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Hennessy | 0 | 0 | 5 | 419 | 1 | 0 |
| Mason Perry | 0 | 0 | 6 | 400 | 2 | 0 |
| Matthew Barnes-Homer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 0 | 0 |
| Matty Hughes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 2 | 0 |
| Olly Titterton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Devlin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Cameron | 0 | 0 | 6 | 386 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 0 | 0 | 5 | 410 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Carter | 0 | 0 | 10 | 900 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Kinsey | 0 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 2 | 0 |
| Trae Briscoe | 0 | 0 | 4 | 345 | 0 | 0 |
2026/27 season
GKCommanding between the sticks, an assured goalkeeper with excellent shot-stopping and a strong presence in the box for his age.
DFAn imposing centre-half who dominates in the air and brings leadership to the back line, calm in possession.
DFA composed and intelligent player who reads the game well and offers quality in possession.
DFA dependable performer combining a strong work ethic with consistency and reliability week after week. A true leader.
DFStanding head and shoulders above most opponents, Matty brings experience, leadership and a commanding presence at the heart of defence.
DFAn energetic wide player who loves to get forward, take on defenders and create opportunities for his teammates.
Photo TBCReturns to the club after a previous successful spell, back from Chasetown.
Photo TBCA no-nonsense defender with a fierce competitive edge, known for his high, consistent standards.
DFA young and upcoming talent with a great attitude and plenty of eagerness to impact a game while developing at senior level.
DFA committed and competitive defender who brings intensity, character and a strong team-first mentality.
DFA modern, pacey full-back who will run himself into the ground for 90 minutes, defends well and loves getting forward.
DFA promising defender on loan from Halesowen Town, strong in the tackle and composed bringing the ball out from the back.
MF (Captain)An experienced midfielder and captain who brings a creative spark, a killer pass and a good aerial presence.
MFA true box-to-box midfielder who sets high standards with his work rate, consistency and influence at both ends of the pitch.
MFA composed midfielder with plenty of quality on the ball, combining hard work with creativity to unlock a defence.
MFCaptain of the youth side, high energy, enjoys the physical side of football and gets amongst goals.
MFA lively attacking player with an eye for goal and the ability to make things happen in the final third.
Photo TBCA hardworking, committed player who brings energy, determination and a real competitive edge to the side.
UTILSharp and dependable. Kieran's versatility allows him to contribute effectively in multiple positions.
MFA technically gifted young footballer who chips in with goals thanks to his brilliant awareness of where to be.
Photo TBCA tricky, skilful, brave forward. Joins us from our youth section.
Photo TBCA dynamic player with plenty of energy, always willing to work hard for the team and drive play forward.
CMEx-Walsall player. A technical playmaker who is full of energy and an astute finisher.
CMA technical player with a good IQ and movement. Loves getting on the ball and making things happen. Another joining from our youth section.
STAn energetic and athletic player who covers every blade of grass, strong in possession and driving the team forward with his powerful running.
STA proven goalscorer. Quick, direct and always a threat in and around the penalty area.
STA pacey, versatile player with plenty of determination, capable of making an impact wherever he's asked to play.
STA handful for any defender with his physical presence and stature — an eye for goal and a fantastic work ethic.
