Born out of the demise of Tewitfield F.C., FREEHOLD FOOTBALL CLUB were the brainchild of Tony Cragg who expressed an interest in forming a team from the Ridge/Freehold area of Lancaster to play in the North Lancashire Football League. The club formed in the winter/spring of 1993 and were duly admitted to the North Lancashire League Division Four for the start of the 1993-94 season. With the backing of local publican Phil Peel, the club formed its base at the Freeholders Arms P/H and its playing venue at the then newly built Salt Ayre Sports Centre. Tony, who took on the responsibility of running the team first with Mark Speight and then with Kev Davies, brought in a mixture of both youth and experience many from the now defunct Tewitfield F.C. Tony ran the team with help from Mark Speight and Kev Davies as the newly formed club consolidated there position in the league for the first two seasons before they at the start of the 1995-96 season handed the reins over to club captain Phil Morgan.

Phil managed the club for six years, winning the Division Four title in his very first season (1995-96) Phil then led the club to promotion to Division Two in 1998-99 and in the same season also reached the Parkinson Cup Final when Freehold lost 2-1 to Burton Thistle Reserves at Lancaster City's Giant Axe Stadium. Controversy surrounded the game however as it was alleged that Burton Thistle Reserves had fielded more than the allowed quota of three first team players. By now Freehold had moved from Salt Ayre and were playing at the more local Far Moor but a year or so later however Phil decided to call it a day midway through the 2001-02 season, handing over the responsibility to Andy Hollins and John Hammond. Andy himself then walked out not long after before John resigned at the end of the 2001-02 season, but not before he had finished off Phil Morgan's good early season work by leading the club to a third promotion, this time to the First Division.

Kev Dixon, Tony Rodgers and Chad Dixon have all since had spells in charge and at first it looked promising with Freehold in 2002-03 very nearly winning a place in the Premier Division, finishing 4th and just 3 points short of promotion. Another win would have been enough as Freehold's goal difference was far superior to that of the two teams who finished immediately above them.

Freehold were now forced to relocate to King Georges Fields - Slyne Road due to the more local Far Moor being abandoned as a sporting venue. Things became unsettled on the pitch as well, the 2003-04 season being a disaster with Freehold relegated back to Division Two with just 19 points. Two seasons of consolidation followed with finishes of 8th and 7th but 2006-07 nearly ended in relegation to Division Three when Freehold finished the season on just 12 points - only club resignations, the fact that reserve teams and first teams cant play in the same division and a final day victory at Kirkby Lonsdale Reserves averted this. This led to Chad Dixon's resignation and, at the request of sons Liam and Sean, the return of Freehold legend Phil Morgan who in turn brought back both John Hammond and Kev Davies and as his assistants for the start of the 2007-08 season, as well as persuading another ex player Mick Parkinson and Paddy Rabbete to help with the coaching and fitness aspects of the game at training. It is now feasible to think that had Phil not returned the club may have resigned from the league and disappeared forever. Our first season under Phil's management was a relative success with us reaching the Whiteside Cup Final and finishing a very creditable 5th in Division 2 of the North Lancashire Football League after an excellent second half of the season. We now then feel that with a little fine tuning we can now go on to the next step and secure promotion to Division 1 in season 2008-09.

YEAR FORMED - 1993
ADMITTED TO LEAGUE - 1993-94
RECORD VICTORY - 10-1 v Allithwaite Rangers Reserves, November 1995
RECORD DEFEAT - 0-12 v Middleton Reserves, October 1997
MOST CLUB APPEARENCES - Phil Clements - 253, 1996-Present (Correct at end of 2007-08)
RECORD GOALSCORER -
MOST GOALS IN A SEASON -

Division 4 Champions 1995-1996

Promotion to Division 2 (3rd Place) 1998-1999

Parkinson Cup Finalists 1998-1999

Promotion to Division 1 (3rd Place) 2001-2002

Whiteside Cup Finalists 2007-08

Year Div, Pl, W, D, L, F, A, Pts, Pos

93-94 4, 22, 5, 2, 15, 38, 66, 17, 10th
94-95 4, 16, 6, 2, 8, 52, 51, 20, 5th
95-96 4, 18, 15, 2, 1, 60, 19, 47, 1st Promoted as Champions
96-97 3, 18, 4, 5, 9, 37, 59, 17, 9th
97-98 3, 24, 10, 3, 11, 54, 68, 33, 6th
98-99 3, 24, 13, 6, 5, 73, 44, 45, 3rd Promoted
99-00 2, 26, 11, 3, 12, 67, 68, 36, 7th
00-01 2, 20, 8, 5, 7, 47, 30, 29, 7th
01-02 2, 28, 18, 1, 9, 74, 40, 55, 3rd Promoted
02-03 1, 26, 12, 8, 6, 54, 45, 44, 4th
03-04 1, 26, 5, 4, 12, 26, 76, 19, 14th Relegated
04-05 2, 26, 11, 1, 14, 59, 64, 34, 8th
05-06 2, 28, 10, 6, 12, 48, 59, 36, 7th
06-07 2, 22, 5, 0, 17, 37, 83, 12*, 11th
07-08 2, 24, 11, 5, 8, 55, 41, 38, 5th

* = Points Adjustment

Division 4 - 1993-94 - 1995-96

Division 3 - 1996-97 - 1998-99

LEAGUE RESTUCTURED 1999-2000

Division 2 - 1999-2000 - 2001-02

Division 1 - 2002-03 - 2003-04

Division 2 - 2004-05 - Present

1993-94
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 D 2-2 v Westgate Wands(A)
R1 L 1-5 v Westgate Wands(H)(Replay)
CUNNINGHAM DIV 4 CUP
R1 L 0-1 v Morecambe Vets(H)

1994-95
LFA CHALLENGE SHIELD
PR L 0-10 v Crooklands Casuals(H)
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 0-1 v Ingleton(A)
CUNNINGHAM DIV 4 CUP
R1 D 3-3 v Bentham Res(H)
R1 L 0-3 v Bentham Res(A) (Replay aet)

1995-96
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 1-2 v Westgate Wands(A)
CUNNINGHAM DIV 4 CUP
R1 L 3-5 v Allithwaire Rgrs Res(A)

1996-97
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 1-2 v Power Station(H)
PARKINSON DIV 3 CUP
No Available Records

1997-98
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 1-5 v Power Station(H)
PARKINSON DIV 3 CUP
R1 W 8-0 v Galgate Res(A)
Q/F L 1-5 v LMHSC(A)

1998-99
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R2 L 1-3 v Royal Albert(A)
PARKINSON DIV 3 CUP
R1 W 6-0 v Torrisholme(H)
Q/F D 2-2 v Arnside Res(H)
Q/F W 4-2 v Arnside Res(A) (Replay aet)
S/F W 4-1 v Souplex(H)
F L 1-2 v Burton Th Res(N)

1999-2000
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 W 5-0 v City Contracts(H)
R2 L 1-8 v Storeys(A)
WHITESIDE DIV 2 CUP
R1 L 1-5 v Power Station Res(H)

2000-01
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 4-5 v Bolton Le Sands(H)
WHITESIDE DIV 2 CUP
Q/F L 0-1 v Westgate Wands(H)

2001-02
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 3-4 v Community Sports(A)
WHITESIDE DIV 2 CUP
R1 L 1-3 v Torrisholme(A)

2002-03
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
PR D 3-3 v Ingleton(A) (W 7-8 on Pens aet)
R1 D 2-2 v Highgrove(A) (L 3-4 on Pens aet)
GIBSON DIV 1 CUP
R1 D 3-3 v Allithwaite Rgrs (L 0-3 on Pens aet)

2003-04
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 0-2 v Allithwaite Rgrs(H)
GIBSON DIV 1 CUP
R1 L 2-9 v Westgate Wands(A)

2004-05
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 3-5 v Swarthmoor SC(H)
WHITESIDE DIV 2 CUP
R1 L 0-4 v Fylde(A)

2005-06
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 1-4 v Kirkby Lonsdale(A)
WHITESIDE DIV 2 CUP
R1 W 1-0 v Holme Ath(H)
Q/F W 1-0 v Swarthmoor SC Res(A)
S/F L 1-5 v Carnforth Rgrs(H)

2006-07
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 3-4 v Community Sports(A)
WHITESIDE DIV 2 CUP
R1 L 0-4 v Bolton Le Sands(H)

2007-08
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 3-4 v Morecambe Royals(H)
WHITESIDE DIV 2 CUP
R1 W 2-1 v Arnside(H)
Q/F W 3-1 v Middleton(H)
S/F W 3-2 v Morecambe CC(A)
F L 0-3 v Bowerham (N)

2008-09
LFA CHALLENGE CUP
R1 L 1-4 v St Albans (Rochdale) (A)
SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP
R1 W 6-0 v Bowerham (H)
R2 L 0-1 v Boys Club (A)
WHITESIDE DIV 2 CUP
R1 W 4-0 v Caton United Reserves (A)

1993 - 1994

Managers Player Of The Year - Phil Morgan
Players Player Of The Year - Mick Parkinson

1994 - 1995

Managers Player Of The Year - Bob Harkin
Players Player Of The Year - Phil Morgan

1995 - 1996

Managers Player of the Year – Keith Nicholson
Players Player of the Year – Keith Nicholson

1996 - 1997

Managers Player of the Year – Phil Clements
Players Player of the Year – Danny Banton

1997 – 1998

Managers Player of the Year – Graham Rawes
Players Player of the Year – Danny Banton

1998 – 1999

Managers Player of the Year – Liam Morgan
Players Player of the Year – Kev Troughton

1999 – 2000

Managers Player of The Year – Graham Rawes
Players Player of the Year – Jason Barlow

2000 – 2001

Managers Player of the Year – Gordon Love
Players Player of the Year – Kev Dixon

2001 – 2002

Managers Player of the Year – Phil Clements
Players Player of the Year – Liam Morgan

2002 – 2003

Managers Player of the Year – Jason McKiver
Players Player of the Year – Phil Clements

2003 – 2004

Managers Player of the Year – Matthew Walls
Players Player of the Year – Kev Dixon

2004 – 2005

Managers Player of the Year – Stuart Smith
Players Player of the Year – Lee Brooks

2005 - 2006

Managers Player of The Year - Stuart Smith
Players Player of The Year - Stuart Smith

2006 - 2007

No Awards Given

2007 - 2008

Managers Player of the Year - Gary Davis
Players Player of the Year - Richard Chambers
Top Goalscorer - Richard Chambers
Goal of the Season - Derek Davis v Morecambe Royals
Long Service Award - Phil Clements