Eagley F.C.

Eagley F.C. are an association football club based in the village of Eagley, near Bolton in Greater Manchester. They are members of the Lancashire Football Association, and in the 2008-09 season their senior team is playing in the West Lancashire League Premier Division, which is at the 11th level of the English football league system.

Eagley FC play their home games at the Dunscar Sports Complex, which is also home to Eagley Cricket Club and Eagley Tennis Club. The club's colours are yellow shirts and dark blue shorts.

Eagley is a club with a proud football history. The original Eagley FC was formed in 1874, and was one of the first clubs in Lancashire playing under association football rules. They were one of the founder members of the Lancashire Football Association in 1878, and in 1878-79 they were the first recorded opponents of Preston North End, later to become the first ever English football champions. That season they were the winners of the Turton Football Club Challenge Cup, the first football cup played for in Lancashire.cite book
title = History Of Turton Football Club, by WT Dixon
publisher = Yore Publications (reprint)
date = 1909] In 1879-80 were one of the competitors in the first Lancashire Cup competition.cite book
title = The Lancashire Cup - A Complete Record 1879-80 to 2006-07, by Gordon Small
publisher = A SoccerData Publication on behalf of the Lancashire Football Association
date = 2007
isbn = 978-1-905891-04-7]

With the rise of professional football, the original Eagley FC was disbanded. Many years later they were revived as Eagley Mills FC, who played in the Manchester League and in 1959-60 were winners of the Lancashire Amateur Shield.

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