With the 2018/19 season underway this weekend, widnesfootballclub.co.uk is profiling all 19 of the EVO-STIK League Division One West away days that Widnes fans will encounter during the next ten months.

Working in alphabetical order from A, part one of our 'Away Day Guides' feature will see us profile six of the 18 away days, starting with Atherton Collieries. Widnes will head to The Kensite Stadium on Saturday 24 November.

ATHERTON COLLIERIES

Stadium Name: The Kensite Stadium
Opened: 1916
Capacity: 2,500
Record Attendance: 3,300 (in the Bolton Combination in the 1920s)
Distance from Halton Stadium: 20.5 miles (36 minutes)
Fixture date: Saturday 24 November
Nearest train station: Atherton (0.6 miles)

*****
CHASETOWN

Stadium Name: The Scholars Ground
Opened: 1983
Capacity: 2,000
Record Attendance: 2,420 (vs Cardiff City – FA Cup Third Round, January 2008)
Distance from Halton Stadium: 78.8 miles (1 hour 31 minutes)
Fixture date: Saturday 16 February
Nearest train station: Lichfield City (5.5 miles)

*****
CLITHEROE

Stadium Name: Shawbridge
Opened: 1925
Capacity: 2,000
Record Attendance: 2,050 (vs Mangotsfield United – FA Vase semi-final 1995-96)
Distance from Halton Stadium: 53.4 miles (1 hour 3 minutes)
Fixture date: Saturday 26 January
Nearest train station: Clitheroe Interchange (0.5 miles)

*****
COLNE

Stadium Name: The XLCR Stadium
Opened: 1963
Capacity: 1,800
Record Attendance: 1,742 (vs AFC Sudbury – FA Vase semi-final, March 2004)
Distance from Halton Stadium: 61.2 miles (1 hour 6 minutes)
Fixture date: Saturday 1 September
Nearest train station: Colne (1 mile)

*****
COLWYN BAY

Stadium Name: Llanelian Road
Opened: 1984
Capacity: 2,500
Record Attendance: 5,000 (vs Borough United, 1964 – at Eirias Park)
Distance from Halton Stadium: 54.8 miles (57 minutes)
Fixture date: Saturday 22 September
Nearest train station: Colwyn Bay (1.7 miles)

*****
DROYLSDEN

Stadium Name: Butcher’s Arms Ground
Opened: 1892
Capacity: 3,000
Record Attendance: 4,250 (vs Grimsby Town – FA Cup First Round, 1976)
Distance from Halton Stadium: 37.7 miles (42 minutes)
Fixture date: Saturday 20 October
Nearest train station: Droylsden (0.7 miles)

*****
GLOSSOP NORTH END

Stadium Name: Arthur Goldthorpe Stadium
Opened: 1955
Capacity: 1,350
Record Attendance: 10,736 (vs Preston North End – FA Cup, 1914 – at North Road)
Distance from Halton Stadium: 43.1 miles (52 minutes)
Fixture date: Saturday 5 January
Nearest train station: Glossop (0.8 miles)

*****
KENDAL TOWN

Stadium Name: ST&B Accountants Stadium
Opened: 1919
Capacity: 2,400
Record Attendance: 5,184 (vs Grimsby Town – FA Cup, 1955-56)
Distance from Halton Stadium: 81.2 miles (1 hour 22 minutes)
Fixture date: Saturday 8 December
Nearest train station: Oxenholme (2 miles)

*****
KIDSGROVE ATHLETIC

Stadium Name: The Novus Stadium
Opened: 1961
Capacity: 2,000
Record Attendance: 1,903 (vs Tiverton Town – FA Vase Semi Final, March 1998)
Distance from Halton Stadium: 38.7 miles (52 minutes)
Fixture date: Saturday 13 April
Nearest train station: Kidsgrove (1.1 miles)