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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Welcome to the sixth edition of The Wider View and the first since the beginning of September! We never imagined that there would be such a large gap between editions, but with the awful weather leading to match after match being postponed it meant that there were fewer match reports, player interviews and things happening in and around the club. So, we’ve concentrated on producing our printed programme and making it available online for everyone to enjoy. With the return of relatively good weather, the season seems to have started again and games are coming thick and fast - the backlog means there will be midweek football every week between now and the end of the season.
transitional season. Billy Miller and Lee Ashforth had a tremendous campaign last year, ending 8th in the league on a record points total. During the summer, Billy decided to leave to go to Tadcaster and the challenge of getting them promotion into the EvoStik League. Lee has worked exceptionally hard to build a new team, that can compete and do so with a budget that is probably the second smallest in the league. As I write this, Railway are second bottom of the league with twelve games to go. There are four or five teams in the relegation fight and the final ten games will be crucial for all of them. It is important to note that out of the twelve fixtures, Railway have ten home games and a few six-pointers against teams in and around the bottom of the league.
With all the postponed games, it has meant that Station View has been quieter than normal and the club has been bringing in less money.
Harrogate Railway’s results have been a little up and down throughout the season, but the important thing is that we are still in control of our own destiny.
As many of you know, cash-flow can be a real issue to businesses and sports clubs, so we are looking forward to the resumption of regular football at Station View and hopefully the support of the local community to help keep the club going.
If we win the majority of the remaining games, then we will avoid relegation and can push on next season with an excellent squad of young, talented players.
Harrogate Railway are going through a
As the weather is getting better, we hope to see you at Station View, supporting Lee and the team.
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New Mills 0 Harrogate Railway 3 An Amar Purewal brace and Chris Ovington goal helped Harrogate Railway to their first win in 11 games as they overcame New Mills 3-0 at Church Lane. Purewal took just 18 minutes to open his Railway account after joining on loan from Darlington 1883 when he turned in Nathan Curtis’ inviting cross. The forward was on the score-sheet again after 36 minutes as he netted from the spot before Ovington converted another inch perfect Curtis cross to put the visitors out of sight. A comfortable second 45 followed for Railway, who move back to within striking distance of Ossett Town in 20th, although Purewal had to be withdrawn after tweaking his groin early in the second half. Lee Ashforth made two changes from Saturday’s last minute defeat to Bamber Bridge replacing Will Peers and Tom Owen with Harry Coates and newest addition to the squad Purewal.
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New Mills Match Report Railway signalled their intentions from the word go when, in the first few seconds, Ovington raced into a one-on-one position but was quickly closed down by Oliver Martin. Purewal too looked bright from the off and shot hard into the arms of Martin after just ten minutes after Matty Lovegreen had picked out the on-loan striker. The debutant didn’t waste any time finding the score-sheet for his new club; converting from close range after 18 minutes thanks to Curtis’ dash to the right by-line and driven cross. New Mills did create a chance to peg Railway back three minutes later however, when Jonathon Rand met a deep set piece at the far post but headed back across goal and wide. Millers frontman Ryan Hopper then forced Chandler Hallwood into a good save to his right with a first time shot, while at the other end New Mills defenders threw bodies on the line to block from Daniel Devine.
Not long after the half hour mark and there was a nervy moment for Railway when Hallwood was caught underneath a long free kick and needed Lovegreen to clear the danger from the goalmouth before an opposition player could react. With just under ten minutes until the half time whistle, Railway were awarded a penalty when, after a neat flick from Purewal, Ovington made a trademark burst into the box before being brought down. With the confidence of his opening goal, Purewal took responsibility for the kick and placed his shot into the bottom right corner. Curtis was desperate to get in on the goal scoring act and came agonisingly close when the former Ossett Town man shot inches wide on two occasions before the break. Garry Brown’s men still looked a threat, however, and reminded Railway they were still in the game when Ricky Anane tricked his way into the penalty area
Crucial Win for Railway and tested Hallwood, moments after having scrambled the ball past Railway’s stopper but being denied by Luca Mellor’s well timed interception.
Coates’ curling free kick, Rand and substitute Michael Boateng got in each other’s way and spurned the opportunity.
Ovington then put the result out of sight on the stroke of half time when Curtis had delivered another accurate cross, this time low from the left wing that Ovington slid in to meet at the far post and register his first Railway goal.
Railway responded well and were denied by some excellent goalkeeping as Martin managed to divert Tom Owen’s shot/cross away from goal and even more impressively get down low to save Curtis’ follow up strike.
Railway’s man of the half was undoubtedly Purewal, but the striker had to be replaced four minutes after the restart after feeling a twinge when bearing down on goal from Dan Thirkell’s through ball.
The hosts continued to enjoy spells of possession without causing problems for Railway, until the 77th minute when Hallwood had to be alert to deny Boateng latching onto Jack Pritchard’s through ball.
In the first 15 minutes of the second half, New Mills looked to use the momentum of Railway’s two-goal striker departing, but were constantly denied by Harry Coates who dominated aerially.
Charlie Clamp had another impressive game for Harrogate, and almost rounded off the evening with an outstanding goal in stoppage time as the midfielder evaded two defenders with his first touch but shot into the side netting.
When The Millers did find a way past the commanding centre back through Craig
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New Mills Match Report Next up for Ashforth’s men is a tricky double-header against the Evo-Stik NPL Division One North’s top two clubs as Railway travel to Northwich Victoria on Saturday and host Warrington Town on Monday.
Harrogate Railway: Hallwood, Mellor, Lovegreen, Low, Coates, Thirkell, Devine, Clamp, Ovington (Sharrocks 74), Purewal (Owen 49), Curtis Subs not used: Barrett, Peers, Stockdill Goals: Purewal 18, 36, Ovington 44 New Mills: Martin, Williams, Coates, Rand, Pritchard, Constantine (Boateng 45), Golden (McLoughlin 69), Douglas-Pringle, Browne, Anane, Hopper (Ahmed 62) Subs not used: Gibbs, Holness Referee: I Siddal
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2014/15 First Division North League Table
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Away
All
Goals
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Team
Pd
W
D
L
W
D
L
W
D
L
F
A
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Pts
Adj
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Salford City
42
17
2
2
13
3
5
30
5
7
92
42
50
95
0
2.
Darlington 1883
42
16
3
2
12
4
5
28
7
7
99
37
62
91
0
3.
Bamber Bridge
42
14
3
4
11
5
5
25
8
9
88
58
30
83
0
4.
Northwich Victoria
42
12
5
4
13
2
6
25
7
10
75
39
36
82
0
5.
Spennymoor Town
42
13
5
3
9
6
6
22
11
9
76
45
31
77
0
6.
Scarborough Athletic
42
14
1
6
9
5
7
23
6
13
80
61
19
75
0
7.
Mossley
42
12
2
7
11
4
6
23
6
13
79
63
16
75
0
8.
Harrogate Railway Athletic
42
11
5
5
8
5
8
19
10
13
85
75
10
67
0
9.
Warrington Town
42
10
5
6
9
3
9
19
8
15
65
55
10
65
0
10.
Droylsden
42
13
2
6
7
1
13
20
3
19
98
84
14
63
0
11.
Lancaster City
42
10
3
8
8
5
8
18
8
16
65
53
12
62
0
12.
Farsley AFC
42
12
5
4
6
2
13
18
7
17
73
64
9
61
0
13.
Clitheroe
42
8
7
6
6
3
12
14
10
18
73
81
-8
52
0
14.
Brighouse Town
42
9
3
9
5
6
10
14
9
19
64
81
-17
51
0
15.
Burscough
42
6
5
10
6
7
8
12
12
18
62
73
-11
48
0
16.
Kendal Town
42
8
5
8
4
5
12
12
10
20
81
92
-11
46
0
17.
Ossett Albion
42
8
3
10
5
4
12
13
7
22
49
72
-23
43
-3
18.
Ossett Town
42
9
2
10
3
4
14
12
6
24
48
83
-35
42
0
19.
Radcliffe Borough
42
6
7
8
2
4
15
8
11
23
49
91
-42
35
0
20.
Prescot Cables
42
5
9
7
2
3
16
7
12
23
47
86
-39
33
0
21.
New Mills
42
3
3
15
3
4
14
6
7
29
56
107
-51
25
0
22.
Padiham
42
4
3
14
2
3
16
6
6
30
50
112
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24
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Competition
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01-Nov 03-Nov 08-Nov 15-Nov 22-Nov 24-Nov 29-Nov 01-Dec 06-Dec 13-Dec 20-Dec 26-Dec 28-Dec 01-Jan 03-Jan 10-Jan 24-Jan 19-Jan
07-Feb 10-Feb 14-Feb 23-Feb 28-Feb
07-Mar 14-Mar 21-Mar 04-Apr 06-Apr 11-Apr
14-Apr 18-Apr 25-Apr
Mossley
Droylsden
Farsley AFC
Garforth Town Burscough Clitheroe Clitheroe
Prescot Cables Brighouse
Colwyn Bay
Darlington 1883
Warrington Town Ossett Albion Kendal Town
Bamber Bridge
Spennymoor Town Droylsden Clitheroe
Brighouse
Scarborough
Radcliffe Boro Salford City
Ossett Town Goole
Northwich Victoria Frickley Athletic Lancaster City New Mills Brighouse
Spennymoor Town Salford City
Farsley AFC
Ossett Albion
Warrington Town Bamber Bridge
Spennymoor Town Padiham
Ramsbotom Utd Darlington 1883 Prescot Cables New Mills
Ossett Town Padiham
Kendal Town Burscough
Spennymoor Town Radcliffe Boro Mossley
Northwich Victoria Lancaster City
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WITTON ALBION HISTORY Formation and Grounds In the 1880’s the district of Witton, situated in the mid-Cheshire salt town of Northwich, had several different teams using the name ‘Witton’ as a prefix. The name Witton Albion itself can be traced back to a match played on October 26th 1887. No record of any matches has been found for 1889 and as such 1890 had long been regarded as the year when the current club was actually formed. Albion’s first ground was adjacent to the Parish Church Vicarage. In 1897 they moved to Magdala Place near the Station Bridge. 1910 saw them move, paying the princely sum of £15 per annum, to a new ground adjacent to the Victoria Saw Mills just off Witton Street. July 1920 saw the club buy the ground outright for £750. Renamed appropriately the Central Ground, this was to be
their home until 1989, when a Sainsbury’s Supermarket was developed on the site. The club then bought a 14 acre site off Chapel Street, Wincham and had the then very impressive Wincham Park stadium built. To secure the club’s future, much of the surrounding land was sold off, nevertheless it remains amongst the better nonleague grounds in the country. Leagues and Honours Witton Albion entered the Northwich & District League in 1892 before quickly moving to the Crewe & District Junior League and then to the Cheshire League where their first ever championship was secured in 1896/97. 1901/02 saw Witton spreading their wings as they joined The Combination where the opposition consisted of the likes of Bangor, Burslem Port Vale, Chester, Tranmere Rovers, Wellington (now Telford) and
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Witton Albion History Wrexham. A move to the Manchester League was made for 1904/05 where they played Altrincham, Macclesfield, Hyde, Buxton and Northwich Victoria on a regular basis. As leagues became stronger and stronger Witton decided to join the Lancashire Combination in 1912 and the decision was rewarded the following season when they carried off the 2nd Division championship. Unfortunately, with the outbreak of World War One, Albion only had one season in the top flight, finishing a respectable 10th. Following the war Witton Albion became one of the founder members of the Cheshire County League. It was not though until after the Second World War that championship honours were achieved. The following ten years saw them arguably become one of the best non-league sides in the country. They won the
league three times with the league and cup double attained in 1953/54. They were also League and Cup runners-up during this period as well as a long spell of consecutive appearances in the Proper Rounds of the F.A. Cup. Witton were denied founder membership of the Northern Premier League due to the entry qualification relating to the season two prior to the formation and so had to battle on before eventually gaining promotion, when finishing Cheshire County League runners-up in 1978/79. They almost won the NPL at the first attempt but were pipped by Mossley by just one point. The second season after moving to Wincham Park saw them as runaway champions with a sixteen point margin over Stalybridge Celtic. Season 1991/92 therefore saw them compete with the cream
Witton Albion History of the non-league world in the Football Conference. Cheltenham Town, Colchester United, Dagenham & Redbridge, Macclesfield Town, Wycombe Wanderers and Yeovil Town, future Football League clubs, were amongst their opponents in the three year spell as members.
pyramid, earned Albion a place back in the NPL Premier Division. 2007 saw the tightest ever finish in the NPL’s 39 year history with Albion missing automatic promotion by just one goal and then losing to AFC Telford in the play-off final in front of a Wincham Park crowd of 2,281.
The end of the 1993/94 season saw the club relegated, for the first time in their history. With the club’s much publicised financial problems the end of the 1996/97 season brought a further relegation to the NPL First Division.
Albion suffered a similar fate the following season, with the title seemingly won, a tremendous run from Fleetwood dashed hopes of automatic promotion before Witton this time lost at the play-off semi-final stage.
Finding eventual stability the club finished comfortably in the top half in the succeeding seasons. In 1999/2000 Witton were only denied promotion on goal difference when they finished level on points with both Accrington Stanley and Burscough, along the way only suffering four defeats!
After finishing runners-up for two consecutive seasons in the Premier Division, the failure to secure promotion saw a mass exodus of management and players from the club with all but two squad players departing, only stalwart Brian Pritchard and the popular striker (and Manchester United & England masseuse) Rod Thornley remaining!
A 5th place finish in 2003/04 ultimately, under the re-construction of the non-league
Nigel Deeley, previously the
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Witton Albion History popular assistant, was the unanimous choice as the new manager with the task of rebuilding the playing squad. After 7 points from an opening 9 the Manager’s fortunes changed and after a run of nine consecutive defeats the Board decided to appoint former manager Gary Finley in his place.
asking to the Premier Division. Lack of consistency, injuries (including a bad leg break to striking hero Mike Moseley) and a high turnover of players ultimately lead to the club missing out on the play-offs by six points and finishing 7th in the league. Manager Gary Finley departed on the final day of the season.
Finley and assistant Lee Coathup (a member of the Wembley FA Trophy squad in 1992) looked to have steered Albion away from relegation, however only 3 points from the final 8 games saw Witton slump to 3rd from bottom that relegated them to the NPL Division 1 South.
In May 2010 Witton appointed the experienced Paul Ogden as Manager.
The 2009/10 season saw Witton travel more than 3,000 miles in a mixed league campaign.
Former fan’s favourite Dave MacPherson returned to the club as Assistant Player/ Manager, moving up later in the season when Paul Ogden relinquished his role, whilst Brian Pritchard stepped up to the position of Assistant Player/Manager following a record breaking previous season
Ever present in the top half of the table Witton touched the summit and appeared to be putting together a side capable of returning at the first time of
With more than 40 years management experience his appointment was part of an overall restructure of the club’s football activities by Chairman Mark Harris and the Board.
Witton Albion History where he increased his number of games for the club to well over the 700 mark! At the end of the 2010/11 season and with Dave MacPherson’s departed, Brian Pritchard was appointed Manager with Mike Moseley his Assistant and Nigel Deeley was added onto the coaching team. These full members saw their just rewards along with the rest of the “Witton Family” when their charges won both their Play Off semi and final 3-0 to earn their place back in the NPL Premier Division for season 2012/13. With virtually the same squad the following season saw the team achieve a marvellous 4th position only to be beaten at FC United of Manchester in the Play-Off semi-final. 2013/14 however saw a very different scenario as the team skirted around the relegation positions for a good while until early March when a good set of results saw them eventually
finish in 16th spot. On the 2014 August Bank Holiday, Manager Brian Pritchard made the shock announcement that he was leaving the club after a total of 19 years with Witton. A massive decision for him but with his work commitments, together with his personal life to consider, then the club very reluctantly accepted his resignation. Anthony Sheehan stepped up from his role of Player Coach to manage the club and initially results went his way but a disastrous run of defeats saw him leave. Tony Sullivan was brought in from Cammell Laird at the beginning of October charged with ensuring Premier Division status was maintained. It took over four months to finally establish a run of good results and by the end of March the team were finally out of the drop zone. 27
Witton Albion History April though brought just a single point from six matches the final one being at Stamford when 2-0 up at half-time against fellow relegation candidate an awful second period consigned the team to the First Division. Tony Sullivan duly stepped away but the club were able to take advantage of NPL First Division South Norton United’s sad demise to recruit their manager Scott Dundas along with almost his total backroom staff and a sizable contingent of players. However just two months into the campaign and following a poor set of results Dundas and his staff were relieved of their duties leaving Paul Ogden to step in once more along with stalwart Terry Murphy to take temporary charge of team affairs prior to the appointment of former player Carl Macauley who along with his assistant Gary Martindale were the management team at Conference North Vauxhall Motors until the
club’s resignation. F.A. Competitions Witton Albion first made it into the Proper Rounds of the F.A. Cup in 1948. Since then they have figured in the First Round draw a further twelve times. On three occasions further progress to Round Two has been made, 1951, 1953 and 1991. The latter being as a result of Witton defeating Football League opposition for the one and only time – Halifax Town in a replay at the Shay. When Albion met Bolton Wanderers in 1990 it was to be the main BBC TV’s Match of the Day. Barry Davies was in attendance and despite atrocious weather and pitch conditions the crowd of 3,784 plus the millions who tuned in saw Witton not be overawed.
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Witton Albion History The soon to be promoted Wanderers, their then manager Phil Neal together with the 800 visiting fans departed much relieved with their 2-1 victory. In the 2011/12 season’s FA Cup Albion won through four rounds, accounting for higher ranked Marine and Altrincham along the way before giving Conference outfit Barrow the fright of their lives in a pulsating encounter in front of a 860 home crowd. The past three seasons though has seen the team only register one win and thus miss out not only on cup glory but any vital prize monies. In the F.A. Trophy the three seasons of 1990/91, 91/92, 92/93 truly stand out as Witton became the first team to make three successive semi-final appearances. 1992 culminated in them making it to Wembley Stadium, where they encountered a powerful Colchester United
who had already secured promotion back into the Football League. The crowd that day, in excess of 32,000, were joined by a massive T.V. audience when Sky TV relayed the whole of the Final, for the very first time. Witton had defeated Colchester the previous season at Layer Road and so revenge was very much the order of the day. Mike Lutkevitch gave the 5,000 strong following hope with his looping header, after Albion had trailed 0-2, but a late goal won the game for the Essex side. The Cheshire County F.A. Senior Cup has been won by Witton eleven times since 1902 and they have been beaten finalists on ten occasions. The previous decade saw them carry off the trophy in 1995 & 1996 together with three further appearances in the Final. 2004 saw us again contest the
Witton Albion History Final with World media coverage and exposure following a certain “sending-off” incident. The 2006 Final saw Albion, with several Reserve team players drafted in defeat odds on favourites Stalybridge Celtic 2-0. Since then though we have only been able to make it as far as the semi-final stage three times. Former Players A number of former Witton Albion players have also appeared in the Football League; Geoff Horsfield (Scunthorpe, Leeds, Leicester, Sheffield Utd, West Bromwich Albion, Wigan, Fulham & Birmingham City), Andy Oakes (Darlington, Swansea, Walsall, Bolton, Derby, Port Vale and Hull), John Doolan (Rochdale, Blackpool, Doncaster, Barnet and Mansfield) and Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley, Wrexham, Luton, Shrewsbury). One of non-league’s top goalscorers and one time the holder of the most expensive
non-league transfer fee, Carl Alford (Macclesfield Town, Kettering Town, Rushden & Diamonds, Stevenage Borough, Doncaster Rovers, Yeovil Town, Nuneaton Borough) also gave his career a massive boost when he moved on from Wincham Park, having played for us in that Wembley F.A. Trophy Final. In 2005/06 Crewe’s Nicky Maynard had a seven week spell on loan to us, upon his return he quickly earned a 1st team place and began scoring freely for the Alex before a £2m plus fee took him to Bristol City before signing for Premiership bound West Ham United whilst two seasons back he overcame a long term injury before helping to take Cardiff City into the Premiership. Shaun Miller, now at Coventry City via Sheffield United, also returned to Crewe following a loan spell early in 2007 and completed the end of that season as a 1st team player and goalscorer. The 2011/12 sea31
Witton Albion History son’s “Player of the Season” Alex Titchiner was snapped up by new Football League outfit Fleetwood Town during the 2012 summer and spent quite some time on loan at FC Halifax Town helping them secure promotion.
won caps in 1996 when called into the England semi-pro International squad whilst Andy Lee, John Davison and David Constantine retained their places in the England team, after moving to Witton from their previous clubs.
Some previous players since the mid 1960’s include Chris Nicholl (Aston Villa, Southampton, Northern Ireland), Peter Mellor (Burnley and Fulham - their goalkeeper in the FA Cup Final), Neil Parsley (Huddersfield and West Brom), Peter Henderson (Chester and Gillingham), Mark McCarrick (Birmingham and Tranmere), Phil Power (Crewe and Macclesfield), Dave Carrick (Preston, Port Vale, Wrexham), Mark Leonard (Everton, Stockport, Wigan, Rochdale, Crewe), Grenville Millington (Chester and Wales) and local talented player Mike Whitlow (Leeds, Leicester, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United).
In 2007/08 Liam Brownhill was chosen as the only non-league player below the Conference to feature in the England “C” team in their two European Championship matches.
Another locally born and bred midfield player, Colin Rose
In no particular order other familiar names to appear in Albion’s colours over the past thirty years or so, include Nigel Gleghorn (Ipswich, Man City, Stoke, Birmingham), Kevin Langley (Everton, Wigan), Ray Wallace (Southampton, Leeds Utd.), Ray Ranson (Man. City, Everton, Newcastle), Goalkeeper John Burridge, Arthur Albiston (Man. Utd.), Nicky Reid (Man. City, West Brom.), Tony Henry (Man. City), Neil McNab (Tottenham, Bolton, Man. City), Billy Garton (Man. Utd.), Scott McGarvey (Man.
Witton Albion History Utd.), Mark Lillis (Aston Villa, Man.City), Brendan Batson (Arsenal, Cambridge, West Brom.), Frank Carrodus (Man. City, Aston Villa), Drew Brand (Everton) and Micky Mellon (Tranmere, Blackpool, Burnley, Bristol City). Ken Barnes (Man. City), ex Busby Babe Denis Violett and England and Lancashire fast bowler Ken Higgs are amongst others that appeared further back in time.
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2015/16 EVO-STIK LEAGUE ONE NORTH FIXTURES
2015
2016
August
Sat 15 Tue 18 Sat 22 Mon 24 Sat 29
1-1 1-1 3-1 0-6 0-0
D D L L D
Droylsden Spennymoor Town Brighouse Town Scarborough Athletic Spennymoor Town
H A A H H
2-0 4-1 2-0 6-0 3-2 2-1 2-4
L W W L L L L
Spennymoor Town Radcliffe Borough Mossley Trafford Burscough Ossett Albion Glossop North End
A H H A A A H
EMIRATES FA CUP REPLAY
1-0 4-1 6-3 0-1 2-2 1-1 3-0
L W L L D D L
Mossley Glasshoughton Welfare Warrington Town Northwich Victoria Scarborough Athletic Brighouse Town Clitheroe
A H A H A H A
FA TROPHY PRELIM WRCC EMIRATES FA CUP 3Q
2-3 W 2-3 L 1-3 L Postponed Abandoned
Droylsden Stocksbridge Park Steels Kendal Town New Mills Ossett Town
A H H A H
EMIRATES FA CUP 1 INTEGRO LEAGUE CUP 1
Postponed Postponed 1-3 L Postponed Postponed
Kendal Town Trafford Ossett Albion Farsley Celtic Clitheroe
A H H A H
5-0 L 1-0 L 3-1 L 0-0 D Postponed
Witton Albion Lancaster City Farsley Celtic Radcliffe Borough Burscough
A A A A H
Tue 2 Sat 6 Sat 13 Mon 15 Sat 20 Tue 23 Sat 27 Mon 29
5-0 L Postponed 5-1 L 0-4 L 1-2 L 0-3 W 1-1 D 0-7 L
Bamber Bridge Warrington Town Glossop North End Spennymoor Town Bamber Bridge New Mills Northwich Victoria Warrington Town
A H A H H A A H
Sat 5 Mon 7 Sat 12 Sat 19 Mon 21 Sat 26 Mon 28
4-2
Prescot Cables Witton Albion Lancaster City Clitheroe Burscough Mossley Farsley Celtic
A H H H H A H
Ossett Town Prescot Cables New Mills Trafford Ossett Town Kendal Town
A H H H H H
September
Tue 1 Sat 5 Mon 7 Sat 12 Sat 19 Sat 26 Mon 28
October
Sat 3 Mon 5 Sat 10 Sat 17 Tue 20 Sat 24 Sat 31
November
Sat 7 Mon 9 Sat 14 Sat 21 Sat 28
December
Sat 5 Sat 12 Sat 19 Sat 26 Mon 28
January
Sat 2 Sat 9 Tue 19 Sat 23 Sat 30
February
March
April
May
Sat 2 Mon 4 Sat 9 Sat 16 Mon 18 Sat 23 Sat 21 Sun 22
L
EMIRATES FA CUP PRELIM
EMIRATES FA CUP 4Q
EMIRATES FA CUP FINAL FA TROPHY FINAL
HW
HD
HL
AW
AD
AL
W
D
L
F
A
Diff
Pts
32
14
2
1
11
2
2
25
4
3
87
27
60
79
0
Northwich Victoria
29
12
2
1
10
1
3
22
3
4
75
28
47
60
-9
Spennymoor Town
29
8
4
2
9
5
1
17
9
3
69
23
46
60
0
Glossop North End
31
11
3
2
6
5
4
17
8
6
58
27
31
59
0
Burscough
30
10
1
6
6
2
5
16
3
11
47
35
12
51
0
Ossett Albion
33
8
2
5
8
1
9
16
3
14
42
46
-4
51
0
Clitheroe
29
8
0
5
8
2
6
16
2
11
70
61
9
50
0
Farsley Celtic
31
10
2
5
4
5
5
14
7
10
62
31
31
49
0
Lancaster City
33
8
5
4
4
8
4
12
13
8
56
48
8
49
0
Trafford
32
9
3
5
5
3
7
14
6
12
57
40
17
48
0
Mossley
30
9
2
4
5
3
7
14
5
11
56
44
12
47
0
Brighouse Town
30
8
3
5
4
4
6
12
7
11
53
48
5
43
0
Bamber Bridge
27
5
6
2
6
3
5
11
9
7
51
33
18
42
0
Witton Albion
30
5
3
6
7
2
7
12
5
13
61
52
9
41
0
Prescot Cables
29
7
3
6
5
1
7
12
4
13
53
63
-10
40
0
Kendal Town
29
4
3
6
5
4
7
9
7
13
40
55
-15
34
0
Scarborough Athletic
31
5
3
10
3
2
8
8
5
18
32
50
-18
29
0
Radcliffe Borough
30
2
5
6
5
0
12
7
5
18
33
52
-19
26
0
Droylsden
30
4
2
7
3
3
11
7
5
18
48
100
-52
26
0
Ossett Town
28
2
5
9
3
0
9
5
5
18
29
76
-47
20
0
Harrogate Railway Athletic
30
2
2
8
2
4
12
4
6
20
34
85
-51
18
0
New Mills
29
0
0
14
0
1
14
0
1
28
19
108
-89
1
0
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