joined by Craig Allardyce, son of the former Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United manager Sam Allardyce. Also in 2009, Martin Vizzard was appointed as chairman alongside Dave Yates as his vice; joined later by Peter Gray, a local entrepreneur and business man on the committee. Vizzard stepped down from the position in 2013 following a brain tumour, his work as chairman was instrumental in changing the fortunes of the club. Vizzard died in 2014. Peter Gray took the reins as chairman of the club and the good work both on and off the pitch has continued. Turton achieved promotion as runners up to the West Lancashire Premier Division in 2015. The promotion however was denied by the league due to inadequate facilities; despite over £50,000 being spent on ground improvements in the close season. The case went to appeal but the Lancashire FA withheld the league's decision to controversially block promotion. This was a massive blow for the club and caused public outcry within Bolton, with the club gaining support from several former professionals including Sam Allardyce, Dave Flitcroft and Mike Pollitt. Following the disappointment of that season the team regained promotion as champions of the league in the 2015-16 season as champions, with the league confirming the works carried out by now, were good enough to allow promotion. The club is currently managed by Craig Jones after Neil Hart stepped down towards the end of 2017-18 season. The club also has a reserve team in West Lancashire league Div3 managed by Matt Taylor. The club had no junior teams left in 2011, but it has grown this part of the club again and going into the 2018-19 season had 12 teams playing in the Bolton & Bury Junior League. During the 2017-18 the club launched a girls team, Turton Tigresses. In July 2018 Club stalwart Ernie Charnock died aged 73 after serving 52 years as a volunteer for the club. In season 2018-19 the club under new manager Craig Jones, won an unprecedented cup double winning the league Richardson Cup, for the first time in 30 years. This was followed by success in winning the Lancashire Amateur Shield which the club had not won for 106 years prior. Ground Turton FC play their home games at the Thomason Fold Ground in the village of Edgworth. In 2015, the ground underwent major improvements thanks to grants from the FA and