Situated one and a half miles south of Westhoughton town centre, four miles from Bolton and five miles from the Toughsheet Stadium, home of Bolton Wanderers, the village of Daisy Hill first saw football in season 1894-95, although it is possible that football was being played in the area for some years prior to that date.
The first known honours for the club came in 1896-97 when the Wigan and District League Championship and the Westhoughton Cup were won without losing a match.
The location of the club’s ground in those days is unknown, but the present ground was used during the first world war period when the club played in the Leigh and District Senior Sunday School League.
The club then joined the Westhoughton League and during the 1920’s and 1930’s won many honours in what was one of the strongest local leagues at the time.
Little is known of the period leading up to the second world war but the club re-formed in 1951 playing in the Westhoughton League on the St. James Street Recreation Ground/Cricket Ground until the landowner made an offer to the club to return to New Sirs in 1957.
The acquisition of the lease was a major step forward and gave aspiration to move into the Bolton Combination and develop into one of the most formidable clubs in the area.
Dressing rooms were erected at the ground for the start of the 1968/69 season whilst on the field the club won the Bolton Combination Premier Division on four occasions, the Bolton Combination Cup on four occasions and the Lancashire Amateur Shield twice during the 60’s and 70’s.
In 1978 the Club was accepted into the Lancashire Football Combination, and with the advent of the Non-League football pyramid and the subsequent amalgamation of the Lancashire Football Combination and the Cheshire County League, the Club became a founder member of the North West Counties League giving them the opportunity to play in and bring national competition to the village.
With the National League System requiring clubs to meet new standards for facilities, new dressing rooms and a clubhouse for social activities were erected at New Sirs in 1982.
Since then, improvement of the clubs facilities has been ongoing and for the 2005-2006 season a floodlighting system was installed which has allowed the club to remain in the National League System and compete in National and County competitions.
Notable past players who began their careers in senior or junior football at Daisy Hill Football Club include:
Dick Pollard and Billy Farrimond, both of whom went on to play cricket for Lancashire and England
Alf Watkinson, grandfather of the former Lancashire Cricket Club Captain Mike Watkinson, went on to sign for Blackpool. (Mike himself had the odd game for the club).
Sam Marsh (Bolton Wanderers and Bury)
Alf Gray (Torquay United and Lincoln City)
Greg Strong (Bolton Wanderers and Motherwell)
Danny Williams (Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dundee)
Other notable local people / sportspersons born in Westhoughton who may or may not have been associated with the club include:
Ethel Johnson (Great Britain Olympic Athlete)
Joe Bromilow (American Olympic Athlete)
Jack Bruton (Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Bournemouth and England)
Joe Clare (Accrington Stanley, Norwich City and Lincoln City)
Tommy Woodward (Bolton Wanderers and Middlesborough)
Francis Lee (Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Derby County and England)
Robert Shaw (Actor)