Haslingden St Marys

Ground 50

Match 52

Ground South Shore Street

West Lancs Division 1

Joined 1996/97

Haslingden St Marys 1-3 Longridge T

Admission Free

Programme No

Distance Travelled 23 miles

Haslingden is a small town in Rossemdale Lancashire 19 miles north of Manchester. The name means 'valley of the hazels', though the town is in fact set on a high and windy hill . . The town is notable for its stone quarrying, and Haslingden Flag (a quartz-based sandstone) was exported throughout the country in the 19th century with the opening up of the rail network. It was used in the paving of Trafalgar Square in London . The picturesque ground is situated at the bottom of South Shore Street via  terraced houses on Townsend Street

Panoramic View From The Home Dugout Touchline

Haslingden  in green/white hoops and in the lower half of the table  are up against Longridge Town already promoted , playing in red/black .  Both sides fail to take control of the first half , Haslingden are performing better than their league position suggests l, unphazed  by their  promoted opponents . The Town bench try to inject more urgency into their side with audibly charged instructions to steer them out of a low gear .

Longridge playing towards the Clubhouse goal in the first half

Second Half Gets Underway

Town begin to assert their authority after the restart grabbing three hard earned goals . Haslingden could have crumbled  even morebut persevered , pulling one back when Danny Wade turned Towns defender inside the box and netted from an acute angle .Town see the game out and run out winners 3-1 .

https://picasaweb.google.com/106951314873209777955/HaslingdenStMarysPhotosApril242012