WINNING the Worsley Cup would be Lowerhouse’s “biggest achievement to date”, according to the club’s chairman, writes MATT TURNER.

The Liverpool Road outfit face a semi-final date with Lancashire League leaders Burnley on Sunday, with a place in the final on August 9 at stake.

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Lowerhouse chairman Stan Heaton says the prospect of winning a trophy is an exciting one, but that no-one is getting carried away.

“To win a trophy this season would probably be this club’s biggest achievement to date,” he said.

“After the upheaval we had over summer, to be challenging as we are on all fronts is just magnificent and of course winning the Worsley Cup would top that off magnificently.

“However, we don’t want to get carried away. It will be an extremely tough game against Burnley and no-one is looking past that.”

The clash at Liverpool Road sees the defending Fosters Lancashire League champions welcome the current front runners for this year’s crown.

Lowerhouse sit fifth in the current league table, 20 points behind Burnley.

House have lost to Burnley twice this season, once in the Lancashire League and once in the T20 competition, but the Turf Moor side have not yet travelled to Liverpool Road in 2015.

On both visits to Lowerhouse last season, Burnley left with crushing defeats against their name.

Heaton hopes the prospect of a Sunday afternoon game between two Lancashire League powerhouses will see a big crowd flock.

“We have been getting big crowds for the T20 games so hopefully this will go along similar lines,” he said.

“We are all praying for good weather and for a big crowd.

“It would be great for the club to win; you always want to win trophies and a win on Sunday would put us in a position to do that.

“We are five first-teamers down on last year, so to win a trophy would represent a superb season for the club.”

Standing in Lowerhouse’s way are league leaders Burnley, for whom talk of a league and cup double could be seen as far from premature.

Club chairman Michael Brown said semi-finals “do not get any bigger” than Sunday’s showdown.

“It should be a showpiece game for the league between two sides who have been very successful,” he said.

“It’s a local derby and it doesn’t get any bigger than this for a semi-final.”

Brown said recent poor results at the Neville Gee Recruitment Ground would not have any bearing on the last-four game.