First team 1896-97 - Lancashire League

Results   Pos Team   Pl   Totals   GA/GD   Pts
Home Away W D L F A
2-0 1-2   1 Chorley   28   21 3 4 66 23   2.87   45
1-2 4-2   2 Fairfield   28   19 3 6 77 35   2.20   41
1-2 0-2   3 Halliwell Rovers   28   14 7 7 74 47   1.57   35
2-1 1-6   4 Southport Central   28   16 2 10 84 51   1.65   34
0-2 2-3   5 Clitheroe   28   14 6 8 51 34   1.50   34
0-1 2-4   6 Stalybridge Rovers   28   15 4 9 54 35   1.54   34
2-1 1-3   7 Oldham County   28   14 4 10 60 53   1.13   32
1-1 1-0   8 Nelson   28   13 5 10 66 38   1.74   31
x x   9 Stockport County   28   15 1 12 52 42   1.24   31
3-0 1-0   10 Ashton North End   28   10 4 14 43 58   0.74   24
4-1 5-4   11 Bacup   28   7 4 17 40 67   0.60   18
2-0 2-0   12 West Manchester   28   6 6 16 46 67   0.69   18
7-0 0-1   13 Fleetwood Rangers   28   6 4 18 33 92   0.36   16
2-0 1-0   14 South Shore   28   6 3 19 45 73   0.62   15
4-0 1-3   15 Rossendale   28   5 2 21 37 113   0.33   12
8-0   X Liverpool South End   17   4 1 12 18 80   0.23   9
     

Liverpool South End resigned for financial reasons during week ending 8 Feb and their record was expunged by week ending 15 Feb

Date Opponents Comp FT Scorers
Sat 29 Aug H Reds v Blues TR 4-0 Macdonald, Evans, Carson
Wed 2 Sep H Glossop NE FR 0-0  
Sat 5 Sep H Stalybridge Rov LL 0-1  
Sat 12 Sep H Fairfield LL 1-2 own goal
Sat 19 Sep A Fleetwood R LS 0-1  
Mon 21 Sep H Rossendale LL 4-0 Hall, Macdonald, Smith G, Lee A
Tue 22 Sep H Lincoln C FR 3-0 Fletcher, Hall, Fairhead
Sat 26 Sep A Ashton NE LL 1-0 Henshaw T
Sat 3 Oct A Middleton MF 0-1  
Sat 10 Oct H Middleton FR 5-0 Hall 2, Smith G, McFetteridge, Macdonald
Sat 17 Oct A Clitheroe LL 2-3 Hall, Lee A
Sat 24 Oct A Stalybridge Rov FR 0-5  
Sat 31 Oct H Barnton Rov FQ 6-0 Fletcher, Smith G, McFetteridge, Axon 3
Sat 7 Nov A Oldham Co FR 2-2 Macdonald
Sat 14 Nov A Fleetwood R LL 0-1  
Sat 21 Nov A Druids FQ 2-3 Smith G
Sat 28 Nov A Chorley LL 1-2 Heyes
Sat 5 Dec A Halliwell Rov LL 0-2  
Sat 12 Dec H Southport Cen LL 2-1 Brown, Smith G
Sat 19 Dec A Sth Shore LL 1-0 Axon
Fri 25 Dec H Oldham Co LL 2-1 Brown, Lee A
Sat 26 Dec A Bacup LL 5-4 Hall, Kennedy, Heyes 2, Brown
Fri 1 Jan H Nelson LL 1-1 Brown
Sat 2 Jan A West Manchester LL 2-0 Heyes 2
Mon 4 Jan H Liverpool SE LL 8-0 Hall, Kennedy, Heyes 2, Brown 4
Sat 9 Jan A Fairfield LL 4-2 Heyes, Brown, Smith G 2,1p
Sat 16 Jan A Rossendale LL 1-3 Hall
Sat 23 Jan H Fleetwood R LL 7-0 Heyes, Brown 4, Smith G 2
Sat 30 Jan A Oldham Co LL 1-3 Smith G
Sat 6 Feb H Sth Shore LL 2-0 Brown 2
Sat 13 Feb H Bacup LL 4-1 Wilson, Smith G 2, Lee A
Sat 20 Feb H Notts Co FR 1-4 Lee A
Sat 27 Feb A Southport Cen LL 1-6 Lee A
Sat 6 Mar H Ashton NE LL 3-0 Heyes, Brown 2
Sat 13 Mar H Chorley LL 2-0 Fletcher 2
Sat 20 Mar H Preston NE FR 0-3  
Sat 27 Mar A Nelson LL 1-0  
Sat 3 Apr H Manchester C FR 4-1 Kennedy, Smith G 3
Sat 10 Apr H West Manchester LL 2-0 Smith G, Fletcher 2
Wed 14 Apr A Halliwell Rov FR 2-0  
Fri 16 Apr H Clitheroe LL 0-2  
Mon 19 Apr H Halliwell Rov LL 1-2 Heyes
Tue 20 Apr A Stalybridge Rov LL 2-4 Kennedy, Lee A
Sat 24 Apr H Horwich RMI FR 0-1  
Wed 28 Apr A Stalybridge Rov FR 0-3  

First Team 1896-97 Appearance and Goal Totals

Appearance totals for non senior competitions may not be complete

  FQ LL LS MF FR TR
App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls
Tom Axon 2 3 28 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
Harry Barnes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Blears 2 0 27 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0
John Bradbury 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
William 'Rimmer' Brown 0 0 21 17 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Ernest Burgoyne 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
J Caine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Adam Carson 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Herbert Crawford 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
John Evans 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Fairhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Farrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Harry Fletcher 2 1 17 4 1 0 1 0 8 1 0 0
Art Goddard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Tommy Hall 2 0 27 5 1 0 1 0 5 3 0 0
Harrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
H Henshaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Thomas Henshaw 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bert Heyes 0 0 21 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
E Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
H Holland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hulme 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Billy Jepson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
R Kellock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
William Kennedy 0 0 19 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
George Langley 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Arthur Lee 2 0 28 6 1 0 1 0 6 1 0 0
Joe Lee 1 0 29 0 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 0
Macdonald 2 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 0
G Massey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
David McFetteridge 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0
McGrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Geordie Smith 2 2 25 10 1 0 1 0 6 4 0 0
E Spencer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Samuel Turner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Jimmy Wainwright 2 0 25 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0
Albert Wicks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
T Wicks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Charlie Wilson 1 0 28 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0