{"id":49,"date":"2026-10-15T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:05:21","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/club\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"49\" class=\"elementor elementor-49\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc3322 e-con-boxed lt-sec lt-pagehead e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5bc3322\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-951357b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"951357b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e22ec28 lt-pagehead__title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e22ec28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Club history<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c465d1 lt-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c465d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From a pub team in 1968 to five teams at Mill Lane (sample).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21e16bd e-con-boxed lt-sec e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"21e16bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"history\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-474146a e-con-full lt-rows lt-timeline e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"474146a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b44ee9a e-grid e-con-full lt-timeline__row e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b44ee9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aa4da1 lt-timeline__year elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8aa4da1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">1968<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b18f95b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b18f95b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab9857b lt-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab9857b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Founded at the Railway Arms<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42028ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42028ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Twelve players and a secretary register Riverside Athletic with the county league (sample).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea71cd0 e-grid e-con-full lt-timeline__row e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea71cd0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55620d3 lt-timeline__year elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55620d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">1984<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb2e36b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb2e36b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8e209a lt-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8e209a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A ground of our own<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c181b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c181b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The club buys the field on Mill Lane and builds the first changing rooms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a292295 e-grid e-con-full lt-timeline__row e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a292295\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a845c3 lt-timeline__year elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a845c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">2009<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb58e09 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb58e09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfc2102 lt-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dfc2102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The academy starts<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f346a2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f346a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two under-9 teams become an academy for boys and girls from age six.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a80675 e-grid e-con-full lt-timeline__row e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9a80675\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44cd061 lt-timeline__year elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44cd061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">2019<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-749c0ca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"749c0ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd3933 lt-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccd3933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Women's first team<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54f2e56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54f2e56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The women&#8217;s team joins the regional league and wins promotion in its second season.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-936e57e e-grid e-con-full lt-timeline__row e-con e-child\" data-id=\"936e57e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc5a8af lt-timeline__year elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc5a8af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c743f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c743f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-711864a lt-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"711864a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">New floodlights<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aba8106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aba8106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Supporters and partners fund LED floodlights, so midweek games and training run all winter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a925e57 e-con-boxed lt-sec lt-tint e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a925e57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"story\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c11503d e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c11503d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bab3fcb lt-photo lt-ar-photo elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bab3fcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-soccer-story.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5\" alt=\"Supporters watching a match from the stand\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-soccer-story.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-soccer-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-soccer-story-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-soccer-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/demo-lt-soccer-story-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ab59c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"62ab59c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-712bc40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"712bc40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Run by volunteers, open to everyone<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24e28ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24e28ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The club started with one team and a borrowed pitch. Today five teams and more than two hundred players train at Mill Lane every week (sample).<\/p><p>Every penny from tickets, the bar and our partners goes back into pitches, kit and coaching. Nobody on the committee is paid.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5110ef9 e-con-boxed lt-sec lt-dark lt-cta e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5110ef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"volunteer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-667c0ca e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"667c0ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5affb34 lt-cta__title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5affb34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Give an hour on matchday<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f302173 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f302173\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f58cc87 lt-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f58cc87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gatemen, bar staff, kit washers, coaches, photographers: every role helps. No experience needed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f10b90 e-con-full lt-buttons  e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f10b90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b636a lt-btn lt-btn--primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"41b636a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Volunteer with us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de50dfb lt-btn lt-btn--outline elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"de50dfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/teams\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">See the teams<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/50"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}