Leigh Genesis F.C.
Leigh Genesis Football Club, formerly known as Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Horwich RMI) and Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Leigh RMI), was an English semi-professional association football team that folded after relegation from the Northern Premier League in 2011. The club was based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, and played at Grundy Hill, Hilton Park, Leigh Sports Village, and finally Crilly Park. The club reached a peak of Conference National level football between 2000 and 2005, and entered the FA Cup First Round Proper on five separate occasions between 1928 and 2004. Despite no longer running a senior team, the club field a youth team in the North West Youth Alliance, and a women's team in the North West Women's Regional League.
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