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First team 1898-99 - Lancashire League

Results   Pos Team   Pl   Totals   GA/GD   Pts
Home Away W D L F A
0-2 1-4   1 Chorley   24   17 5 2 42 17   2.47   39
1-0 0-2   2 Southport Central   24   12 8 4 41 18   2.28   32
1-2 0-1   3 Ashton North End   24   13 5 6 35 29   1.21   31
3-1 1-7   4 Crewe Alexandra   24   11 5 8 61 34   1.79   27
2-3 6-2   5 Stalybridge Rovers   24   12 3 9 53 53   1.00   27
x x   6 Stockport County   24   12 2 10 48 42   1.14   26
2-2 1-3   7 Wigan County   24   8 8 8 57 36   1.58   24
2-0 1-2   8 Middleton   24   8 8 8 40 41   0.98   24
3-1   9 Haydock   24   10 0 14 43 48   0.90   20
2-1 1-1   10 Halliwell Rovers   24   6 5 13 31 42   0.74   17
5-0 3-1   11 Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute   24   8 1 15 27 47   0.57   17
1-2 3-0   12 Rochdale   24   6 3 15 34 80   0.43   15
5-2 2-1   13 South Shore   24   5 3 16 28 53   0.53   13
3-2   X Rock Ferry   14   6 0 8 29 33   0.88   12
  X Nelson   10   5 2 3 25 21   1.19   12
     

Haydock replaced Rock Ferry on 9 February and took over their fixtures. Nelson resigned during the season and their record was expunged.
Football League election results.
28 Loughborough T, 17 Chesterfield T and Middlesbrough, 15 Blackpool, 11 Stockport Co, 7 Chorley and Wigan Co, 0 Ashton NE and Coventry C.
Darwen did not stand for re-election.
Chesterfield Town and Middlesbrough replace Blackpool and Darwen.

First team 1898-99 - Ashton and District Charity League

Results   Pos Team   Pl   Totals   GA/GD   Pts
Home Away W D L F A
  - Ashton North End Res   4   1 1 2 4 7     3
  - Glossop North End Res   4   3 1 0 11 3     7
  - Middleton        
x x   - Stockport County   2   1 0 1 1 3     2
1-0   X Stalybridge Rovers   2   0 0 2 2 6     0
     

Table as of 18 Mar. Stalybridge Rovers reportedly withdrew in Feb but seem to be still playing - might have been Middloeton

Date Opponents Comp FT Scorers
Sat 13 Aug H Stripes v Reds TR 1-0 Heyes
Sat 27 Aug H Stripes v Reds TR 4-4  
Sat 3 Sep H Crewe Alex LL 3-1 Johnston, Heyes, Foster
Sat 10 Sep H Stalybridge Rov LL 2-3 Goddard, Foster
Tue 13 Sep A Glossop NE AD 0-3  
Sat 17 Sep A Chorley LL 1-4 Henshaw T
Sat 24 Sep A Sth Shore LL 2-1 Foster 2
Mon 26 Sep H Liverpool FR 0-1  
Tue 27 Sep H Bolton W FR 1-6 Foster
Sat 1 Oct A Crewe Alex LL 1-7 Foster
Sat 8 Oct A Rochdale LL 3-0 Foster 3
Sat 15 Oct H Rochdale LL 1-2 Foster
Sat 22 Oct A Nelson LS 1-1  
Sat 29 Oct A Ashton NE FQ 2-2 Axon, Worrall
Thu 3 Nov H Ashton NE FQ 1-0 Foster
Sat 5 Nov H Nelson LS 5-3 Hall, Axon 2, Foster 2
Sat 12 Nov A Ashton NE LL 0-1  
Sat 19 Nov H Middleton FQ 3-0 Hall 1p, Goddard, Foster
Sat 26 Nov A Nantwich CC 1-3 Worrall
Sat 3 Dec H New Brighton Tower FR 1-2 Axon
Sat 10 Dec H Glossop NE FQ 0-2  
Sat 17 Dec H Ashton NE LL 1-2 Goddard
Mon 19 Dec H Wigan Co LS 1-4 Heyes
Sat 24 Dec H Sth Shore LL 5-2 Foster 2, Axon, Betteley 2
Sat 31 Dec A Stalybridge Rov LL 6-2 Goddard, Foster 2, Wilks, Chesworth 2
Mon 2 Jan H Horwich RMI LL 5-0 Goddard, Foster 2, Betteley 2
Sat 7 Jan H Rock Ferry LL 3-2 Hall 1p, Axon, Betteley
Sat 14 Jan A Southport Cen LL 0-2  
Sat 28 Jan A Horwich RMI LL 3-1 Foster 2, Chesworth
Sat 4 Feb A Middleton LL 1-2 Foster
Tue 7 Feb A Glossop NE MF 3-1 Axon, Chesworth, Betteley
Sat 11 Feb H Wigan Co LL 2-2 Foster, Axon
Sat 18 Feb H Halliwell Rov LL 2-1 Axon, Chesworth
Sat 25 Feb H Southport Cen LL 1-0 Sellars og
Sat 4 Mar A Haydock LL 3-1 Axon, Chesworth 2
Sat 11 Mar H Ashton NE AD 1-0  
Sat 18 Mar A Halliwell Rov LL 1-1 Harvey
Sat 25 Mar A Wigan Co LL 1-3 Chesworth
Fri 31 Mar N Ashton NE MF 2-1 Harvey, Goddard
Sat 1 Apr H Middleton LL 2-0 Chesworth, Betteley
Mon 3 Apr H Chorley LL 0-2  
Sat 8 Apr H Ashton NE MF 2-0 Hall 1p, Axon
Wed 12 Apr N Bury MF 2-2 Goddard, Chesworth
Sat 15 Apr A Manchester C HC 0-2  
Sat 22 Apr H Stalybridge Rov AD 1-0 Lomas
Sat 29 Apr N Bury MF 2-1 Chesworth, Betteley

First Team 1898-99 Appearance and Goal Totals

Appearance totals for non senior competitions may not be complete

  FQ LL CC LS MF HC FR TR
App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls
Tom Axon 4 1 21 5 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 3 1 1 0
Billy Betteley 0 0 13 6 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Blears 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Billy Bolton 4 0 19 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Roger Bridge 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Frank Chesworth 0 0 14 8 0 0 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
W Childs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
G Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1 0
Joe Foster 4 2 24 19 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Art Goddard 4 1 18 4 0 0 1 0 5 2 1 0 5 4 0 0
Tommy Hall 4 1 23 1 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Ben Harvey 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas Henshaw 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 0
Bert Heyes 4 0 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Tommy Hulme 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Harry Johnston 4 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Arthur Lee 4 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0
Lomas 2 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Lyon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
Bob Mann 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Massey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0
James Moores 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
S Morrow 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Billy Parker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 0
J Pugh 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Saer 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Saville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Harry Smith 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Wadeson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jimmy Wainwright 4 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Wilks 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0
Arthur Worrall 3 1 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0