Kendal County are based at Netherfield Cricket Club, the football pitch sited on the outfield of the second cricket pitch, which stands above the main pitch and clubhouse, and just across the road from Kendal Town FC.
Changing rooms are in the Football Foundation funded building beyond the cricket nets.
This is a busy area as far as the town's sporting facilities are concerned, and beyond the far goal can be seen the dug outs and changing rooms on Westmorland League side Kendal United's ground.
Having moved up from the Westmorland League to the West Lancashire League this season, Kendal County have made a good job of upgrading their facilities, with the pitch now fully railed off and dug outs in place, and the ground enjoys an idyllic setting nestling below Kendal Castle.
Despite their promotion Kendal County still play their football two levels below their visitors, but the teams met in this competition at West Kirby last season, and it took two goals in the last ten minutes to give the West Cheshire League side a 3-1 win. The visitors make a great start to today's game, Adam Lea's glancing header from a Terry Cotgrave free kick giving them a 7th minute lead, but it is an even first half, and the hosts are a little unfortunate to trail at the interval after an Aiden Caswell shot comes back off the post.
Chay Dysart is close to adding to West Kirby's lead just after the break, putting a free header over the bar, but the second half sees Kendal County increasingly dominate play, and Shane Dixon runs in unchallenged to meet Craig Robinson's cross, only to head narrowly wide. However, the game is becoming very tetchy, and a seemingly inevitable red card arrives on 80 minutes, West Kirby's Paul Hughes collecting a second yellow, with his team incredibly fortunate not to go down to nine men just two minutes later, substitute Billy Foster somehow only seeing yellow for a reckless challenge that put Matthew Swallow out of the game.
Even against ten men Kendal County are unable to apply the final touch to their good approach play, coming closest when Chris Reilly gets back to deny Joe Baker, but West Kirby held on through eleven minutes of stoppage time to secure a 1-0 win, during which numbers were reduced to ten against nine, with Craig Robinson and Paul Casey red carded after the later's late tackle led to a scuffle.
