Prescot Cables’ History
Prescot Football Club was formed in 1884 and the first organised game of Association Football ever played in Prescot took place against the second team of a local St Helens side, St Thomas. Prescot lost 3-1. After playing friendly games for the first five years, Prescot entered the Liverpool & District League in 1889. Prescot’s highest finishing position in that league was third in 1891-92, the year in which Prescot entered the FA Cup for the first time.
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A home game against Crewe Alexandra attracted 3,000 spectators to Prescot’s ‘Slacky Brow’ ground, where Prescot were beaten 7-1.
Prescot joined the Lancashire Alliance in 1895 and were champions in 1899-1900.
The Liverpool County Combination became the Prescot club’s sixth league, in 1911-12.
The club finished bottom the following year but joined the higher standard Lancashire League for 1901-02.
Leagues were suspended in 1914 for the Great War and the postwar Prescot club dropped ‘Athletic’ from its name and joined the Lancashire Combination Liverpool Section.
A ground dispute resulted in Prescot dropping out of the league in 1902-03 and Prescot FC was dormant until 1906 when an athletic and football ground was opened at Hope Street and Prescot Athletic FC, was formed. Prescot Athletic started in the St Helens & District League and won the championship in the first year, after which they joined the Liverpool League for four seasons.
In their first season, 1918-19, Prescot finished runners-up to Tranmere Rovers but did not fare too well the following season and the club returned to the more locally-based Liverpool County Combination for the 1920-21 season and spent a further seven years in that league. In 1928, the local expanding cable Continued on page 27
