Appley Bridge and Langho elected to join league for 2025/26 season

Appley Bridge won Division One of the Mid Lancs Football League – the league’s second tier.

Langho were members of the East Lancashire Football League and finished second in the Premier Division last season, according to the league’s website.

Galgate secured enough votes to be re-elected which meant fourth applicant, Workington Res, missed out.

It means the top three divisions will once again be made up of 16 teams each.

With Fulwood Amateurs accepted to the North West Counties League and no side coming down - Skelmersdale will play in the Liverpool County Premier League - it saw bottom side Coppull reprieved.

It was a similar story in Division One with Slyne and Southport Hesketh also reprieved.

Fulwood Reserves will now play in Division Two.

Astley and Buckshaw have introduced a reserve side into the reserve divisions.

2025/26
PREMIER DIVISION
Astley and Buckshaw
Blackpool Wren Rovers
Burscough Richmond
Cleator Moor Celtic
CMB
Coppull United
Eagley
Haslingden St Mary's
Hurst Green
Lostock St Gerards
Millom
Milnthorpe Corinthians
Poulton
Rossendale
Tempest United
Whitehaven

DIVISION ONE
Askam United
Carnforth Rangers
Chipping
Crooklands Casuals
Croston Sports
Freckleton
Hesketh Bank
Holker Old Boys Res
Kendal County
Kendal United
Lytham Town
Pause United
Slyne with Hest
Southport Hesketh
Turton
Ulverston Rangers

DIVISION TWO
Appley Bridge
Bamber Bridge Res
Caton United
Charnock Richard Res
Dalton United
Euxton Villa Res
Fulwood Res
Galgate
Garstang Res
Hawcoat Park
Langho
Mill Hill
Stoneclough
Storeys
Thornton Cleveleys Res
Walney Island

The season will start on Saturday August 2 with teams in the top three divisions playing three rather than four midweek fixtures in August, largely due to the Groundhop on August 22-25.

There will be no midweek fixtures for reserve sides.

A number of proposed new rules were either backed by members or rejected. A full set of updated rules will be uploaded to the league website in due course.