Hawthorne Road
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Hawthorne Road was a stadium in Bootle, England. It was used predominantly for football. It was constructed in the late nineteenth century as the home of Bootle FC founded in 1890.
It hosted professional football when the club joined the Football Alliance in 1889 and was the venue for their one season in the Football League in 1892. The club performed respectably, finishing eighth, but financial constraints forced them to drop out of the competition, to be replaced by Liverpool. They were disbanded.
A revival club Bootle Athletic F.C was formed also playing at the same ground, but in 1953 they also folded. After this the ground fell into disuse.
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Hawthorne Road still exists to-day as home of Bootle Cricket Club. Bootle AFC were founded in 1879 and moved to Hawthorne Rd, along with the Cricket Club in 1883.The former home of both clubs was the Irlam Rd in Bootle.
Coordinates: 53°26′39.84″N 2°59′03.22″W / 53.4444°N 2.9842278°W
