Squires Gate F.C.
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| Full name | Squires Gate Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Gate |
| Founded | 1948 (as Squires Gate British Legion) |
| Ground | School Road, Squires Gate, Blackpool |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chairman | Stuart Hopwood |
| Manager | Daniel Penswick |
| League | North West Counties League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | North West Counties League Premier Division, 19th |
Squires Gate Football Club are a football club based in Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire, England formed in 1948. After spending thirty years in the West Lancashire League in 1991 they were elected to the North West Counties Football League Division Two and are currently in the Premier Division. Their home ground is School Road.
Squires Gate were formed in 1948 as Squires Gate British Legion and competed in the Blackpool & District Amateur League. They won the leagues Rawling Shield in their first season. The name of the club was changed to Squires Gate FC in 1953. They won the leagues First Division in 1955–56 and 1956–57; also the Blackwell Cup in 1958–59 and 1959–60. They spent the 1960–61 in the Fylde District League, winning the Fylde Cup and losing finalists in the Bannister Cup.
The following season they moved up to the West Lancashire League where they spent the next thirty years. From 1961 until 1980 they were in Division Two and were promoted in 1981 as champions. In the 1986–87 season they won the Richardson Cup.
They were elected into the North West Counties Football League for the 1991–92 season, joining Division Two for the 1991–92 season. Squires Gate won the leagues Fair Play Award for the 1993–94 season and were losing finalists in the 1997–98 Division Two Trophy.
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