LOWESTOFT TOWN - SOME FACTS

With Saturday's trip to the seaside getting closer here are some facts about Lowestoft Town:

* As the crow flies the distance from Goldsdown Road to Crown Meadow is around 94 miles and roughly 119 by road which makes Saturday's trip one of the longest Enfield Town have ever made. Our trip to Wroxham in the FA Vase 2nd Round on the 9th of November 2002 which is also 94 miles as the crow flies and roughly 116 by road is the other away game which could be argued was further away.
In third place is our trip to the Vic Couzens Stadium when we played out a 0-0 draw against Stamford AFC in the Southern League Division One (East) on the 19th November 2005, which is just over 70 miles away from Goldsdown Road in a straight line.
We also had visits to Rothwell Town and Corby Town in our season competing in the Southern League.

* Lowestoft Town were founder members of the Eastern Counties League in 1935 and were joint champions with Harwich and Parkeston in their first season.

* Up until their promotion last year, they and local rivals Great Yarmouth Town were the only two clubs with unbroken membership of the league since it's formation.

* The TrawlerBoy's glory years were most certainly in the 1960's when from 1962 to 1971 an incredible 7 league titles were won with only Great Yarmouth Town (68/69)and Bury Town (63/64) the other teams being crowned Champions. On both of these occasions Lowie were runner's up.

* The town of Lowestoft has another team which represents the area in 'Kirkley & Pakefield', they compete in the Eastern Counties Premier Division. The Royals as they are known were formed in 2006 when the clubs of 'Kirkley' and 'Pakefield' merged. Despite being in 4th position they have struggled to compete with the crowds that flock to Crown Meadow having a current average of 195. This figure is the highest in the division at present.

* The current highest crowd in the Eastern Counties League this season came in Division One when the Boxing Day local derby between Great Yarmouth Town and Gorleston attracted 440 people.

* Veteran Enfield FC fans will remember travelling to the the Suffolk coast to play Gorleston in FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round in 1978 when the E'S came away with a 6-2 victory. As far as I'm aware apart from the game at Goldsdown Road earlier in the season a club representing Enfield has never played against Lowestoft Town in a competitive fixture.

* The TrawlerBoys have only let in 12 goals in their 14 home league games this season. Their two defeats coming early in the season against Ilford and recently versus Ware. In their last two games at Crown Meadow they have let their excellent defensive record slip slightly letting in 3 goals in both matches.

* Lowestoft's average home league gate currently stands at an incredible 681. Last weekend's attendance of 857 against East Thurrock United was their top league crowd of the season so far. In the FA Cup, crowds of 1,134 (Boston United), 1,210 (Sutton Coldfield Town) and 2,247 (Gloucester City) were recorded at Crown Meadow. Let's hope that the 4 figure mark may be broken again on Saturday. Enfield Town have only ever played in front of a crowd over 1000+ on one occasion when 1,004 saw the 1-6 defeat at Dartford on the 1st December 2007.