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Purps find new 11th hour home

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 July 2025

CITY of Liverpool FC are to play their home games at Burscough’s Community Ground stadium for the next two seasons, in a late change of venue approved by the FA.
Starting the new campaign in the North West Counties Premier following their relegation from the NPL West, the Purps played at the DCBL Stadium in Widnes last season, after groundsharing at Bootle from 2016-19.
Their first game at Burscough will be their FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round home tie against Euxton Villa on August 2.
Purps chairman Paul Manning said: “There is a new bar with a balcony overlooking th...

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