 After a few years in mid-table, the club began to take off in 2002.They moved into their parent club's lavish training facility at Brockhall Village, England youth striker Katie Anderton arrived from Tranmere Rovers and manager Marek Walsh demoted himself in favour of 25-year-old coaching prodigy Andy McNally.In 2003–04 Rovers won the Northern Combination by winning every match, and also added the Lancashire County Cup.