Old Boltonians A.F.C.

[3] As of 2023–24, they play the Premier Division of the Lancashire Amateur League.

[5] Old Boltonians play their home games at Turton Football Ground, on Tower Street in Chapeltown.

[3][6] Bayly writes: Research by sports historian Dr Peter Swain has proposed football - or antecedants of - had been played here since the 1830s.Indeed, Turton may be the oldest football ground in the world still in use today, having hosted a match between Tottington and Darwen in 1830.

[2] The ground was later home to Turton F.C., founded in 1871 and instrumental in bringing the rules of association football from London to the North West.

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Old Boltonians in 1922–23
Old Boltonians in 1922–23 [ 1 ]