About Us - History

Lammack Juniors Football Club was formed in January 1997, with the aim of giving local children of all abilities, the opportunity to play football and develop basic skills.

It was soon obvious through the demand and interest shown by the children that there was a niche to be filled in the Lammack and Pleckgate districts. In May of our foundation year, the club was structured so that there was progression for our original under 8s by forming both under 9s and under 10s teams, which increased the membership from sixteen to sixty. The teams represented the club in the Blackburn and Darwen Junior League and were kindly allowed to use the facilities of the Old Blackburnians AFC. This provided the club with a local base, enabling them to establish themselves as a 'family club'.

In 2001/2002, to maintain the standards of the club, it was essential that we had the support of the Old Blackburnians AFC with whom we became affiliated members that year. This has given us the local base we needed to continue as a club for the community.

At the start of the 2003/2004 season the club started a Saturday fun club which replaced the clubs "waiting list". This enabled children, who were non-members of the club, the chance to play football on a weekly basis while waiting for a place to become available within the club. It was this year that the club was awarded the Charter Standard Standard from the LFA.

During the 2004/05 season the club started a section for children with disabilities. These children train on Saturday mornings & gives then an opportunity to play football on a regular basis

This season there are teams represented from boys under 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s and girls under 10s & 11s playing small sided games. In addition the boys under 11s, 12s, 13s, 14s,15s and 16s & girls under 13s & 15s are playing 11-a-side games. This amounts to two hundred and fifty young people taking part in coaching sessions during the week and organised matches on Sundays.