Honours
- West Lancashire League champions
1986/87 - Lancashire shield titles
1988/89 · 1990/91
History & Honours
The people, grounds and seasons that shaped Holker Old Boys.
1936
A team from Holker Central
The first Holker side is an under-16 team formed by former pupils of Holker Central Secondary School. The school stood on Holker Street in Barrow-in-Furness, giving the club its name and its first group of players.
1967
West Lancashire
Holker enters the West Lancashire League while retaining a North Western League side.
1971
Rakesmoor Lane
The club leaves Thorncliffe Road for Rakesmoor Lane, on former hospital and allotment land.
1986/87
League champions
After finishing runners-up the previous season, Holker wins the West Lancashire League in its Golden Jubilee season.
1991/92
North West Counties
Players, families and committee members help extend the clubhouse, build changing rooms and enclose the pitch before league entry. Holker’s first North West Counties season is in the Second Division. The side plays 34 league games and finishes 15th, beginning a new chapter in the club’s league history.
1993/94
Promotion
In its third North West Counties season, Holker wins 23 of 34 league games and finishes third with 72 points. Promotion takes the club into the First Division for 1994/95.
2005/06
A crowd of 2,303
Holker’s home meeting with FC United of Manchester is staged at Craven Park on 17 December 2005. A crowd of 2,303 watches the Second Division match, which FC United wins 2–0.
2017–2019
Ground improvements
Work improves the pitch, refurbishes the bar and extends the kitchen.
2018/19
1,000 league games
The Longridge Town home game on 15 September 2018 brings up Holker’s 1,000th North West Counties appearance. Long-serving club members John Maxfield and Alan Wilson accept the commemorative trophy before a later home match against Atherton LR.
2021/22
League runners-up
Holker finishes second in the First Division North. The league record shows 24 wins and 78 points from 36 matches.
2022/23
Consecutive monthly awards
Holker wins the First Division North Club of the Month awards for both November and December 2022. The two months include cup victories over Premier Division opponents FC Isle of Man and Squires Gate. The awards are presented the following February.