MANCHESTER LEAGUE 1950-1960
The 1950-1951 season has been ‘chosen’
as the starting-point in the coverage of
Manchester League history for a simple reason
– no Final Tables from before this
have been traced ... yet. The size of the competition varied
in the 1950s and so did the nature of it.
In the first 5 seasons of the decade most
of the leading sides were either ‘A’
teams of Football League clubs or reserve
teams of clubs in the Cheshire County League
or Lancashire Combination. Many of
these withdrew in 1955, when the Manchester
League became a competition made up mainly
of first-teams of clubs from the area again.
By the end of the ‘50s, reserve teams
of clubs playing at a ‘higher level’
had increased in number again and a second
tier had been added. A fairly full
record of the League’s top flight in
these years is set out below, but the Final
Table for the new, second level for the 1959-1960
season, won by Dukinfield Town, has yet to
be traced. If anyone can help unearth
this, it would be really useful!
MANCHESTER LEAGUE FINAL TABLE 1950-1951
|
1 |
MANCHESTER UNITED ‘A’ |
34 |
23 |
6 |
5 |
94 |
31 |
52 |
|
2 |
MACCLESFIELD RESERVES |
34 |
24 |
4 |
6 |
121 |
51 |
52 |
|
3 |
HYDE UNITED RESERVES |
34 |
19 |
9 |
6 |
87 |
52 |
47 |
|
4 |
DROYLSDEN |
34 |
21 |
3 |
10 |
109 |
71 |
45 |
|
5 |
BURY ‘A’ |
34 |
19 |
6 |
9 |
84 |
49 |
44 |
|
6 |
MANCHESTER CITY ‘A’ |
34 |
19 |
3 |
12 |
82 |
46 |
41 |
|
7 |
NEWTON HEATH LOCO |
34 |
16 |
9 |
9 |
100 |
71 |
41 |
|
8 |
HAZEL GROVE CELTIC |
34 |
15 |
8 |
11 |
86 |
76 |
38 |
|
9 |
LANCASHIRE STEEL |
34 |
15 |
6 |
13 |
69 |
78 |
36 |
|
10 |
GLOSSOP |
34 |
14 |
3 |
17 |
66 |
77 |
31 |
|
11 |
NEW MILLS |
34 |
14 |
1 |
19 |
74 |
94 |
29 |
|
12 |
BUXTON RESERVES |
34 |
12 |
4 |
18 |
80 |
98 |
29 |
|
13 |
STOCKPORT COUNTY ‘A’ |
34 |
12 |
4 |
18 |
56 |
77 |
28 |
|
14 |
WARD STREET OLD BOYS |
34 |
10 |
4 |
20 |
69 |
94 |
24 |
|
15 |
TAYLOR BROTHERS |
34 |
9 |
6 |
19 |
55 |
102 |
24 |
|
16 |
URMSTON |
34 |
8 |
4 |
22 |
70 |
120 |
20 |
|
17 |
STALYBRIDGE CELTIC RESERVES |
34 |
8 |
3 |
23 |
62 |
95 |
19 |
|
18 |
MOSSLEY COMMON |
34 |
6 |
1 |
27 |
52 |
134 |
13 |
|
|
|
612 |
264 |
84 |
264 |
1416 |
1416 |
613 |
MANCHESTER LEAGUE FINAL TABLE 1951-1952
|
1 |
LEEK TOWN |
26 |
19 |
3 |
4 |
83 |
41 |
41 |
|
2 |
MANCHESTER CITY ‘A’ |
26 |
18 |
2 |
6 |
84 |
39 |
38 |
|
3 |
DROYLSDEN RESERVES |
26 |
17 |
2 |
7 |
63 |
49 |
36 |
|
4 |
MANCHESTER UNITED ‘A’ |
26 |
15 |
4 |
7 |
75 |
39 |
34 |
|
5 |
HYDE UNITED RESERVES |
26 |
16 |
2 |
8 |
73 |
52 |
34 |
|
6 |
NEW MILLS |
26 |
13 |
4 |
9 |
77 |
50 |
30 |
|
7 |
HAZEL GROVE CELTIC |
26 |
12 |
5 |
9 |
83 |
62 |
29 |
|
8 |
BURY ‘A’ |
26 |
11 |
7 |
8 |
59 |
47 |
29 |
|
9 |
LANCASHIRE STEEL |
26 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
50 |
69 |
22 |
|
10 |
STOCKPORT COUNTY ‘A’ |
26 |
9 |
3 |
14 |
40 |
71 |
21 |
|
11 |
WARD STREET OLD BOYS |
26 |
5 |
4 |
17 |
42 |
80 |
14 |
|
12 |
TAYLOR BROTHERS |
26 |
6 |
1 |
19 |
49 |
91 |
13 |
|
13 |
BUXTON RESERVES |
26 |
5 |
2 |
19 |
40 |
61 |
12 |
|
14 |
URMSTON |
26 |
5 |
1 |
20 |
26 |
93 |
11 |
|
|
|
364 |
160 |
44 |
160 |
844 |
844 |
364 |
MANCHESTER LEAGUE FINAL TABLE 1952-1953
|
1 |
MANCHESTER UNITED ‘A’ |
36 |
30 |
2 |
4 |
149 |
59 |
62 |
|
2 |
NEW MILLS |
36 |
25 |
7 |
4 |
101 |
62 |
57 |
|
3 |
TAYLOR BROTHERS |
36 |
21 |
7 |
8 |
82 |
59 |
49 |
|
4 |
MANCHESTER CITY ‘A’ |
36 |
21 |
3 |
12 |
108 |
70 |
45 |
|
5 |
LEEK TOWN |
36 |
18 |
6 |
12 |
99 |
73 |
42 |
|
6 |
BALL HAYE GREEN |
36 |
19 |
3 |
14 |
106 |
68 |
41 |
|
7 |
BURY ‘A’ |
36 |
16 |
6 |
14 |
105 |
81 |
38 |
|
8 |
MILES PLATTING |
36 |
17 |
3 |
16 |
108 |
93 |
37 |
|
9 |
STOCKPORT COUNTY ‘A’ |
36 |
13 |
11 |
12 |
65 |
67 |
37 |
|
10 |
MACCLESFIELD RESERVES |
36 |
15 |
3 |
18 |
83 |
83 |
33 |
|
11 |
HYDE UNITED RESERVES |
36 |
13 |
7 |
16 |
82 |
101 |
33 |
|
12 |
ASHTON UNITED RESERVES |
36 |
12 |
6 |
18 |
71 |
96 |
30 |
|
13 |
DROYLSDEN RESERVES |
36 |
10 |
9 |
17 |
66 |
87 |
29 |
|
14 |
BUXTON RESERVES |
36 |
12 |
5 |
19 |
71 |
92 |
29 |
|
15 |
HAZEL GROVE CELTIC |
36 |
13 |
3 |
20 |
77 |
101 |
29 |
|
16 |
MIRRLEES |
36 |
13 |
2 |
21 |
73 |
111 |
28 |
|
17 |
LANCASHIRE STEEL |
36 |
11 |
3 |
22 |
61 |
94 |
25 |
|
18 |
WARD STREET OLD BOYS |
36 |
8 |
4 |
24 |
61 |
111 |
20 |
|
19 |
GLOSSOP |
36 |
9 |
2 |
25 |
55 |
115 |
20 |
|
|
|
684 |
296 |
92 |
296 |
1623 |
1623 |
685 |
MANCHESTER LEAGUE FINAL TABLE 1953-1954
|
1 |
MANCHESTER UNITED ‘A’ |
38 |
33 |
1 |
4 |
180 |
59 |
67 |
|
2 |
BURY ‘A’ |
38 |
30 |
3 |
5 |
137 |
43 |
63 |
|
3 |
MANCHESTER CITY ‘A’ |
38 |
27 |
6 |
5 |
150 |
49 |
60 |
|
4 |
BALL HAYE GREEN |
38 |
23 |
7 |
8 |
136 |
77 |
53 |
|
5 |
LEEK TOWN |
38 |
21 |
8 |
9 |
92 |
63 |
50 |
|
6 |
STOCKPORT COUNTY ‘A’ |
38 |
18 |
10 |
10 |
94 |
60 |
46 |
|
7 |
TAYLOR BROTHERS |
38 |
17 |
9 |
12 |
92 |
90 |
43 |
|
8 |
HYDE UNITED RESERVES |
38 |
15 |
12 |
11 |
87 |
68 |
42 |
|
9 |
BUXTON RESERVES |
38 |
17 |
7 |
14 |
81 |
65 |
41 |
|
10 |
ASHTON UNITED |
38 |
11 |
12 |
15 |
72 |
87 |
34 |
|
11 |
MILES PLATTING |
38 |
16 |
2 |
20 |
85 |
113 |
34 |
|
12 |
MACCLESFIELD RESERVES |
38 |
13 |
7 |
18 |
92 |
116 |
33 |
|
13 |
NEW MILLS |
38 |
12 |
8 |
18 |
81 |
95 |
32 |
|
14 |
MIRRLEES |
38 |
15 |
2 |
21 |
94 |
119 |
32 |
|
15 |
RADCLIFFE BOROUGH |
38 |
13 |
6 |
19 |
74 |
102 |
32 |
|
16 |
DROYLSDEN |
38 |
10 |
7 |
21 |
68 |
110 |
27 |
|
17 |
GLOSSOP |
38 |
7 |
8 |
23 |
65 |
118 |
22 |
|
18 |
WARD STREET OLD BOYS |
38 |
6 |
9 |
23 |
49 |
111 |
21 |
|
19 |
LANCASHIRE STEEL |
38 |
7 |
6 |
25 |
78 |
128 |
20 |
|
20 |
HAZEL GROVE CELTIC |
38 |
2 |
4 |
32 |
52 |
186 |
8 |
|
|
|
760 |
313 |
134 |
313 |
1859 |
1859 |
760 |
MANCHESTER LEAGUE FINAL TABLE 1954-1955 (GOALS
RECORDS UNTRACED)
|
1 |
MANCHESTER UNITED ‘A’ |
34 |
30 |
4 |
0 |
?? |
?? |
64 |
|
2 |
MANCHESTER CITY ‘A’ |
34 |
24 |
5 |
5 |
?? |
?? |
53 |
|
3 |
BURY ‘A’ |
34 |
21 |
7 |
6 |
?? |
?? |
49 |
|
4 |
STOCKPORT COUNTY ‘A’ |
34 |
18 |
8 |
8 |
?? |
?? |
44 |
|
5 |
RADCLIFFE BOROUGH |
34 |
19 |
5 |
10 |
?? |
?? |
43 |
|
6 |
PRESCOT CABLES RESERVES |
34 |
17 |
8 |
9 |
?? |
?? |
42 |
|
7 |
HYDE UNITED RESERVES |
34 |
18 |
4 |
12 |
?? |
?? |
40 |
|
8 |
NEW MILLS |
34 |
17 |
6 |
11 |
?? |
?? |
40 |
|
9 |
BUXTON RESERVES |
34 |
15 |
6 |
13 |
?? |
?? |
36 |
|
10 |
AVRO |
34 |
12 |
7 |
15 |
?? |
?? |
31 |
|
11 |
LANCASHIRE STEEL |
34 |
12 |
4 |
18 |
?? |
?? |
28 |
|
12 |
NEWTON HEATH LOCO |
34 |
9 |
6 |
19 |
?? |
?? |
24 |
|
13 |
BALL HAYE GREEN |
34 |
9 |
5 |
20 |
?? |
?? |
23 |
|
14 |
MIRRLEES |
34 |
8 |
6 |
20 |
?? |
?? |
22 |
|
15 |
MILES PLATTING |
34 |
9 |
4 |
21 |
?? |
?? |
22 |
|
16 |
WARD STREET OLD BOYS |
34 |
6 |
7 |
21 |
?? |
?? |
19 |
|
17 |
GLOSSOP |
34 |
5 |
7 |
22 |
?? |
?? |
17 |
|
18 |
DROYLSDEN RESERVES |
34 |
6 |
3 |
25 |
?? |
?? |
17 |
|
|
|
612 |
255 |
102 |
255 |
?? |
?? |
614 |
