Maghull Football Club are a football club based in

Maghull Maghull ( ) is a town and civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside (historically a part of Lancashire). The town is north of Liverpool and west of Kirkby. The area also contains Ashworth Hospital. Maghull had a population of 20,444 at the 2011 Cen ...

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Old Hall Field.

History

Maghull were founded in 1921, and situated 8 miles north of

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on the main A59 Preston Road, they played their home games at Deyes Lane, just one mile away from their present Old Hall Lane ground. They jointed the

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in 1972 and then the

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six years later. During this time they reached the third round of the

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. In 1984 they became one of the founder members of the

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and were North West Counties Division 2 Champions in 1993 but were not promoted due to ground grading issues. Maghull joined the

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Division One for the 1999–2000 season and have played in Division One of that league ever since and have been runners-up twice – 2006–07 and 2010–11.Football Clubs History database – Maghull
/ref> The club has won a number of local cup competitions during their history, including the Liverpool County Amateur Cup, Liverpool County Challenge Cup, Lancashire Amateur Cup, Lancashire Combination Challenge Cup, Liverpool County Combination League Winners, Liverpool I Zingari League & Cup winners, Bass North West Counties Division Two Winners and the Pyke Cup in 2010–11. Following a fire in 1991 that destroyed their dressing rooms and Clubhouse, Maghull erected a new building, which now houses dressing rooms and a lounge bar.

Honours

Division Two **Champions 1992–93 *

**Champions 2013-14 **Runners-up 2006–07, 2010–11

Records

**Third Round 1981–82

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