Directions to club currently found in pictures section.
Kelma F.C was formed in 1997 after Eugene Tierney left F2 formerly Royal Liver Reserves for whom he had played and managed for the previous 15 years ( managed for 3 years ).
A team called Hoylake Ford had dropped out of the 3rd division without playing a game so Eugene stepped in at the last minute and formed a team which took over their fixtures and Kelma F.C was born.
The team consisted of around 5 old heads who Eugene had played with previously (two of them from F2) and the rest was made up of Eugene's son Simon's friends who were aged between 16 - 18 at the time. The young team struggled to find their feet and weren't up to much in that first season and the club finished 3rd bottom of the league with a record of P 33, W 3, D 4, L 26.
The name Kelma came from a Real Madrid shirt Simon was wearing at the time the club was thinking of a name. The madrid top was made by Kelme, so the E was changed for an A and the rest is history.
Our original sponsors consisted of Bogan's Carpets as Eugene knew the manager of the store and these have loyally remained sponsors until a few years ago when unfortunately they hit troubles and couldnt afford to keep us on, fortunately for us in steps Phil Roberts and secures us a sponsorship deal with Mercedes Roadrange who he worked for, This season sees MT Cribs to sponsor us.
The First Match
In the first match on 06/09/1997 there were 3 players in the squad who still play now, Simon Tierney, Andy Leith and Billy Coburn ( Barring his injured knee) whilst Eugene also played in the match. The first ever scorer was Tim Hayes who became captain a few years later. We lost the game 4-3 to a Seven Stiles youth team who eventually went on to win the division. | 
