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Kevin Ellison still going strong as he signs for 8th tier club who formed in 2015

Kevin Ellison is still going strong as he signs for 8th tier club City of Liverpool FC who formed in 2015 and done relatively well since.

It comes following his departure from Warrington Rylands having been deemed surplus to requirements by new Rylands caretaker manager Jody Banim. He made four appearances during his time at Gorsey Lane, starting just once.

Ellison has opted to move to the Purps, who sit bottom of the Pitching In NPL West Division after six straight league defeats.

He could go straight into contention for Paul McNally’s side when they make the trip to Hanley Town on Saturday.

CLUB STATEMENT:

City of Liverpool FC are delighted to announce the singing of Kevin Ellison from Warrington Rylands.

The experienced forward had a stellar career in the professional game, amassing over 800 appearances in his career to date and left League Two side Newport County at the end of last season.

Ellison started his career in Non League with Southport and also turned out for Chorley and Conwy United before joining Altrincham.

After 23 goals in 51 appearances for Alty, Ellison attracted the interest of Peter Taylor at Leicester City, signing for the Foxes in 2001 and making his debut off the bench against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Kev has represented a number of clubs during his professional career, including Stockport County, Chester City, Hull City, Tranmere, Rotherham United and Bradford City.

Ellison is perhaps best known for a long spell at Morecambe, where he is a bona fide legend, scoring 81 goals in 352 appearances for the Shrimps.

His time at the Globe Arena would also see a spell as player/caretaker manager in 2019.

Ellison left Morecambe in 2020 and joined fellow League Two side Newport County, where his former Tranmere teammate Mike Flynn was manager.

He would go on to score a stunning long-range strike in a 2021 Play Off Semi Final to help send his side to a Wembley final against his former club.

The forward becomes Paul McNally’s third signing since joining the club earlier this month, and the gaffer is delighted to welcome a player of Ellison’s calibre.

Macca explained, ““Kevin will bring bags of experience to our group on and off the pitch.”

“He is a proven professional of over 20 years, so when players like him become available you’re always interested.”

“Kevin’s record speaks for itself and he is a top signing for us at this level”

Welcome to the Purps, Kevin Ellison!

Kevin Ellison made his debut against Hanley Town and was named man of the match for scoring the winner & bagged two assists.

His goal saw him put the cap on a brilliant first half for COLFC, as he brought down a long ball with a gorgeous touch that sent his marker to the shop.

He sat the keeper down and slotted home with a lovely finish to make it 3-0.

Senior career
1996 – Southport – 4 games (0 goals)
1997 – Chorley
1997–1999 – Conwy United – 37 games (7 goals)
1999–2001 – Altrincham – 51 games (23 goals)
2001 – Leicester City – 1 game (0 goals)
2001–2004 – Stockport County – 48 games (2 goals)
2004 → Lincoln City (loan) – 13 games (0 goals)
2004–2005 – Chester City – 24 games (9 goals)
2005–2006 – Hull City – 41 games (2 goals)
2006–2007 – Tranmere Rovers – 34 games (4 goals)
2007–2009 – Chester City – – 75 games (19 goals)
2009–2011 – Rotherham United – 65 games (12 goals)
2011 → Bradford City (loan) – 7 games (1 goal)
2011–2020 – Morecambe – 352 games (81 goals)
2020–2022 – Newport County – 33 games (3 goals)
2022 – Warrington Rylands – 4 games (0 goals)

MORE ON CITY OF LIVERPOOL FC

The first meeting that led to the formation of the club was proposed in October 2014 by Paul Manning; also present at that first meeting were Peter Furmedge, Martin Jones, Kevin Morland, and Nicky Allt.

Names including “Liverpool City FC” and “Merseyside FC” were considered before the club was officially established in May 2015 as “City of Liverpool FC”.

The club chose to play in the colour purple due to its reputation as the “civic colour” of the city, owing to the fact that the city’s two most famous football teams are Everton FC, whose colour is blue, and Liverpool FC, whose colour is red.

Due to work commitments and other issues, Allt and Morland had left the venture by December 2014, and Stuart Fitzgerald joined the remaining three committee members in February 2015.

The club held an open public meeting in September 2015, by which time Jones had also left the organisation. The community voted to form the club as a community benefit society on socialist principles and the club held its first members’ meeting at Jack Jones House in Liverpool city centre in February 2016.

Simon Burton, formerly of Runcorn Town, was appointed as the first manager of the club in March 2016. The club applied to join the North West Counties Football League in early 2016, but their application was rejected by the Football Association in May and they were instead placed in the Liverpool County Premier League. They chose to take up their option to appeal against the decision, particularly in light of the league being left with a vacancy following the resignation of Northwich Manchester Villa, and attended an appeal hearing at Wembley Stadium on the 8th June 2016, also attended by the two remaining directors Manning and Furmedge as Fitzgerald had left the board in April 2016. The appeal was successful, allowing the club to join the First Division of the North West Counties Football League for the 2016–17 season.

SEASON LEAGUE P W D L F A P POS

2016-17 NWC-1 42 27 7 8 119 45 88 4/22
2017-18 NWC-P 44 25 9 10 115 58 84 4/23
2018-19 NWC-P 38 29 4 5 89 37 91 1/20
2019-20 NPL-1NW 27 9 5 13 32 45 26 * ABAND
2020-21 NPL-1NW 9 3 1 5 19 21 10 ABAND
2021-22 NPL-1W 38 14 11 13 48 51 53 9/20

City of Liverpool originally intended to play within Liverpool itself from the start, but suitable facilities did not exist at the time the club was formed, so they were forced to explore other venues. In December 2015, the club agreed a deal with Bootle that saw them ground-share at the TDP Solicitors Stadium in neighbouring Sefton for the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons while they continued to search for a permanent home within the city.

In February 2018, the club was granted a period of exclusivity on a site in Fazakerley by Liverpool City Council, the owners of the site. The site at Fazakerley Playing Fields was in a state of disrepair, but the club believed that it could build a 3,000-seat community stadium on the site. As part of the stadium announcement, the club also announced that they had signed a further 3-year ground-share agreement with Bootle FC.[18] that can take them to the end of the 2020–21 season.

In March 2021, an announcement from the club informed the supporters that the ground-share agreement with Bootle had expired and the club had entered into a two-year ground-share agreement with Vauxhall Motors F.C. and would play games at vanEupen Arena in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

In June 2021, the club informed members that it is in the pre-planning process with Liverpool City Council to construct a ground in Fazakerley.

In March 2022, the club announced that they will play their home games for the 2022/23 season at Bootle, ending their two-year ground-share agreement with Vauxhall Motors a year early.

Records

Best FA Cup Performance: Third qualifying round, 2021/22
Best FA Vase Performance: Third round, 2017–18
Best FA Trophy Performance: 2nd Round, 2020–21
Record home win: 8–0 vs Atherton Laburnum Rovers, 29 August 2016, NWCFL Division One
Record away win: 0–10 vs Stockport Town, 31 December 2016, NWCFL Division One
Record home attendance: 1,099 vs Warrington Town, 1 September 2019, FA Cup First qualifying round

Fans gave their reaction with Kevin Ellison still going strong as he signs for the 8th tier club who formed in 2015…

@Johntosh47: Don’t let him book any holidays 😅

@davestanleylfc: What a signing!

@HospiceFc: Top bloke 👏

@mike18210: What a signing for the Purps!

@craigmacca96: is right kev 👍👊

@Blue_Darren: Great player and an even better bloke (and that’s hard to admit as a Carlisle fan!)

@mattyjm2001: Boss signing.

@bigdirk008: That’s one hell of a signing 👏

@KellyLAnderson7: Wishing you every happiness and success @KEVIN11ELLISON

@mattfisher84: Great signing @PMcNally5LFC 👏🏻

@LRbix: Voldermort on the move, you love to see! 😂

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