has a cricket club based down Cricket Path in Freshfield that plays in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition; this also has squash courts and a large AstroTurf hockey pitch. The town also had a football team called Formby F.C. who played in the North West Counties Football League First Division. They played at Altcar Road, behind Tesco just off the A565 Formby Bypass, having moved in the summer of 2002 from their town centre home at Brows Lane. That site is now occupied by Formby Pool which opened on 27 January 2007. The biggest game in the club's history was in November 1973 when they faced Oldham Athletic in the First Round of the F.A Cup. In addition, a variety of youth sporting groups are based in Formby. These include Formby Junior Sports Club (FJSC) known locally as "Rourke's League" after Jim Rourke MBE (1912–2006) who founded the club on 2 January 1959. Rourke continued to attend the club into his 90s. Over 600 children ranging in age from 5 to 16 years meet at Deansgate Lane Playing Fields to play football at various times throughout Saturday mornings during the football season. The club welcomes children of all abilities, there are no trials or criteria to meet; every member plays every week. The club also fields numerous representative teams in local junior leagues (e.g. the Craven Minor League). Formby is also home to Formby Dons Football Club, who operate 3 teams, playing their home games at Duke Street Park. In 2007, Formby Vikings Rugby Union Team was established to include a wide range of ages including a colts first 15 team. People A number of current and former footballers, the majority of whom play or played for Liverpool FC or Everton FC, currently live or have lived in the town, including: Joe Allen Leighton Baines Alan Ball Mario Balotelli Ross Barkley Stig Inge Bjørnebye Fabio Borini Andy Carroll Ray Clemence Joe Cole Stewart Downing Fabinho David Fairclough Duncan Ferguson Steven Gerrard Joe Gomez Jordan Henderson Tony Hibbert Emlyn Hughes Sami Hyypiä Howard Kendall Jürgen Klopp Adam Lallana Rickie Lambert Yerry Mina Phil Neal Mike Newell Divock Origi Andrew Robertson Brendan Rodgers, during his time as Liverpool FC manager Wayne Rooney Neil Ruddock Gylfi Sigurðsson Alan Shearer, during his time at Blackburn Rovers Raheem Sterling Alan Stubbs (who also owned Woodwards Winebar in the village) John Toshack Other notable people