Fixture details for the 2027 edition of the Ron Singleton Colne Trophy have been released. Seeing League winners Burnley hosting Worsley Cup winners Ramsbottom. With the tie set to take place Saturday 17th April to kick off the 2027 Lancashire League season.
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It will be the sixth appearance this decade for Burnley, and tenth since 2014. Which demonstrates the amount of success that the club has enjoyed in this period. With another appearance, and Burnley’s first, coming back in 2007. The club has managed three outright victories, coming in 2008, 2015 and most recently in 2021. Along with a shared trophy 2024 due to a rain affected game, whilst the 2020 tie was cancelled due to Covid.
Ramsbottom meanwhile have lifted the trophy on five occasions, as well as sharing the honours three times to add to their success. They will be heading into the tie in back to back years following their appearance in 2026 which ended in a draw vs Lowerhouse.
The matchup between Burnley and Ramsbottom will be a repeat of the 2025 Worsley Cup final, a game which Ramsbottom won with ease. They also managed to lift the T20 Cup at Haffner’s Turf Moor in 2026. So they have seen plenty of success in recent years on Burnley’s home ground.
Burnley will be looking for inspiration to help them get their hands on the trophy for a fourth time. Performances such as Jonathon Harvey taking 6fer in the 2007 final, to lead Burnley to victory by only 1 run as Captain. Or more recently, Ockert Erasmus scoring 105* and Chris Burton 78* putting on 185 runs together to cruise to victory in 2021.
Ocki will be leading the team out as Captain, hungry to start the season off on a high note and add more success following the League winning campaign in 2026.
We also have confirmed dates for the T20 group stage fixtures. As we take on East Lancs, Enfield, Clitheroe, Nelson and Colne in the JWL Bitter group.
The competition kicks off for Burnley with a rare trip to East Lancs, to be played 28th May. A tie which will see Ocki return to one of his old stomping grounds, as he spent three years at Alexandra Meadows between 2011 and 2013.
Two home matches follow, as Burnley will host Enfield on the 4th of June, followed a week later by Clitheroe on the 11th. Enfield will make their return to Haffner’s Turf Moor for the first time in the T20 format since losing in their Semi Final tie in 2026.
Burnley will then play at Nelson on the 18th June. A repeat of the final group stage game from 2026, which Burnley won to reach the knockout phase. It will also be four years in a row that Burnley and Nelson have met in the same group.
The final group stage game will be played at home, with Colne visiting to also repeat a group fixture from 2026. But Burnley will be hoping to reverse their fortunes from the last game, which saw Colne victorious.
The Quarter Finals are due to be played on July 2nd, with Finals Day being scheduled for July 24th. Let’s cheer the team on and help them go deep in the competition once again!