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First team 1897-98 - Lancashire League

Results   Pos Team   Pl   Totals   GA/GD   Pts
Home Away W D L F A
1-0 0-1   1 New Brighton Tower   26   20 2 4 48 17   2.82   42
2-1 1-2   2 Nelson   26   17 3 6 72 33   2.18   37
x x   3 Stockport County   26   15 4 7 60 27   2.22   34
3-0 0-4   4 Halliwell Rovers   26   15 4 7 71 38   1.87   34
2-2 0-1   5 Chorley   26   13 6 7 51 27   1.89   32
4-0 5-2   6 Ashton North End   26   12 6 8 50 47   1.06   30
2-1 3-2   7 Southport Central   26   13 3 10 51 49   1.04   29
1-1 1-2   8 Wigan County   26   11 5 10 52 41   1.27   27
2-0 0-1   9 Stalybridge Rovers   26   11 5 10 55 49   1.12   27
5-0 3-3   10 Middleton   26   11 4 11 58 75   0.77   26
0-0 1-2   11 South Shore   26   7 6 13 36 59   0.61   20
2-1 4-0   12 Rochdale   26   5 3 18 47 77   0.61   13
7-0 6-1   13 Clitheroe   26   2 3 21 20 84   0.24   7
3-0 2-0   14 Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute   26   2 2 22 22 78   0.28   6
  X Bacup        
  X Fairfield   4   0 3 1 5 8   0.63   3
  X Oldham County   9   2 0 7 8 22   0.36   4
     

The fixtures of Bacup (resigned 3 March), Fairfield (resigned between 9 & 16 Oct), and Oldham Co (resigned between 1 & 13 Nov) were not completed and their records were expunged.

Date Opponents Comp FT Scorers
A Bacup LLAN 5-4  
Sat 4 Sep H Horwich RMI LL 3-0 Brown 2, Worrall
Sat 11 Sep H Middleton LL 5-0 Bridge, Brown 2, Worrall, own goal
Sat 18 Sep H Oldham Co LLAN 2-0 Heyes, Brown
Mon 20 Sep H Blackburn Rov FR 2-1 Brown, Foster
Sat 25 Sep H Chester FQ 2-1 Wilson, Worrall
Sat 2 Oct A Stalybridge Rov LL 0-1  
Sat 9 Oct H New Brighton Tower LL 1-0 Heyes
Sat 16 Oct H Oswestry U FQ 2-1 Heyes 2
Sat 23 Oct H Ashton NE LL 4-0 Bridge, Foster 3
Sat 30 Oct H Rock Ferry FQ 2-1 Foster 2
Sat 6 Nov A New Brighton Tower LL 0-1  
Sat 13 Nov A Horwich RMI LL 2-0 Bridge, Heyes
Sat 20 Nov H Aberystwyth FQ 5-0 Axon, Heyes, Foster 2, Lee A
Sat 27 Nov A Middleton LL 3-3 Heyes, Lee A, own goal
Sat 4 Dec H Burton W FR 2-0 Brown 1p, Lee A
Sat 11 Dec H New Brighton Tower FQ 0-1  
Sat 25 Dec H Bacup LLAN 5-0 Hall 1p, Mann 2, Foster, Worrall
Mon 27 Dec H Chorley LL 2-2 Worrall, Foster
Sat 1 Jan H Sth Shore LL 0-0  
Mon 3 Jan H Nelson LL 2-1 Worrall, Lee A
Sat 8 Jan A Rochdale LL 4-0 Bridge, Heyes, Foster 2
Sat 15 Jan H Clitheroe LL 7-0 Hall, Bridge, Heyes, Worrall, Foster 2, Lee A
Sat 22 Jan H Southport Cen LL 2-1 Wainwright, Heyes
Sat 29 Jan A Ashton NE LL 5-2 Bridge 2, Foster 3
Sat 5 Feb H Bolton W MF 2-1 Mann, Lee A
Sat 12 Feb A Clitheroe LL 6-1 Bridge, Heyes 2, Worrall 2, Foster
Sat 19 Feb H Rochdale LL 2-1 Heyes, Foster
Wed 23 Feb A Wigan Co LL 1-2 Foster
Sat 26 Feb A Ashton NE FR 1-1 Bridge
Sat 5 Mar H Glossop NE MF 1-1 Mann
Sat 12 Mar A Southport Cen LL 3-2 Bridge, Heyes, Foster
Sat 19 Mar A Glossop NE MF 1-0 Hall 1p
Sat 26 Mar A Halliwell Rov LLAB 0-1  
Sat 2 Apr H Stalybridge Rov LL 2-0 Heyes, Foster
Fri 8 Apr N Manchester C MF 0-4  
Sat 9 Apr A Chorley LL 0-1  
Mon 11 Apr A Sth Shore LL 1-2 Worrall
Sat 16 Apr H Halliwell Rov LL 3-0 Heyes, Foster, Lee A
Mon 18 Apr N Manchester C MF 2-1 Foster 2
Wed 20 Apr A Halliwell Rov LL 0-4  
Sat 23 Apr H Wigan Co LL 1-1 Goddard
Tue 26 Apr A Nelson LL 1-2 Goddard
Thu 28 Apr A Earlestown FR 2-0  

First Team 1897-98 Appearance and Goal Totals

Appearance totals for non senior competitions may not be complete

  FQ LL MF FR
App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls
Tom Axon 5 1 12 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Blears 5 0 24 0 4 0 1 0
Billy Bolton 0 0 14 0 3 0 1 0
Roger Bridge 5 0 25 9 4 0 1 1
William 'Rimmer' Brown 5 0 8 4 0 0 2 2
Clibborn 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
Cooke 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Foster 2 4 22 17 4 2 2 1
Art Goddard 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Tommy Hall 5 0 25 1 4 1 1 0
Thomas Henshaw 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bert Heyes 5 3 20 12 3 0 1 0
George Kitchen 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 0
Arthur Lee 5 1 25 4 4 1 2 1
Joe Lee 4 0 17 0 2 0 1 0
Bob Mann 0 0 13 0 4 2 0 0
G Massey 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Wainwright 5 0 26 1 3 0 1 0
Wilks 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Wilson 4 1 7 0 0 0 0 0
Arthur Worrall 5 1 26 8 5 0 1 0