MANCHESTER LEAGUE 1974-1988

 

The record for these years again has gaps.  No Final Tables have yet been traced for the 1977-1978, 1978-1979, 1984-1985 and 1987-1988 seasons.  Division 1 Final Tables for seasons 1974-1975, 1975-1976, 1976-1977 and 1982-1983 have also yet to be found.  Nevertheless complete outcomes for six seasons are shown below, with Premier Division Final Tables for a further four also given.

 

Many of the teams which played in the Manchester League in these years have ‘moved on’, but a greater proportion of the sides which made up the competition between 1974 and 1988 will be familiar in name to those who have been involved with the league in more recent times.

 

1974-1975

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	SALFORD AMATEURS	34	25	5	4	85	34	55
2	CURZON ASHTON	34	19	10	5	87	40	48
3	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	34	20	8	6	77	42	48
4	CHADDERTON	34	18	6	10	66	46	42
5	MAINE ROAD	34	20	2	12	73	57	42
6	ANSON VILLA	34	17	6	11	78	54	40
7	IRLAM TOWN	34	13	9	12	55	51	35
8	LITTLE LEVER	34	15	5	14	51	49	35
9	GLOSSOP	34	12	10	12	54	53	34
10	SALE	34	15	3	16	54	44	33
11	CHLORIDE RECREATION	34	11	10	13	62	56	32
12	MILTON	34	13	4	17	57	70	30
13	NORTHERN NOMADS	34	10	9	15	39	48	29
14	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	34	11	6	17	42	58	28
15	MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY	34	12	4	18	55	90	28
16	ABBEY HEY	34	9	4	21	56	94	22
17	PRESTWICH HEYS	34	8	3	23	53	87	19
18	UMIST	34	4	4	26	40	111	12
		612	252	108	252	1084	1084	612

 

NO DIVISION 1 TABLE HAS BEEN TRACED YET.  NORTH WITHINGTON were the champions.

 

1975-1976

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	SALFORD AMATEURS	34	23	8	3	70	23	54
2	CURZON ASHTON	34	22	9	3	84	38	53
3	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	34	21	9	4	83	47	51
4	IRLAM TOWN	34	19	9	6	63	32	47
5	GLOSSOP	34	18	5	11	53	41	41
6	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	34	16	8	10	65	43	40
7	LITTLE LEVER	34	15	10	9	56	43	40
8	ABBEY HEY	34	14	6	14	62	62	34
9	ANSON VILLA	34	12	8	14	64	67	32
10	CHADDERTON	34	13	6	15	54	57	32
11	CHLORIDE RECREATION	34	12	5	17	55	61	29
12	NORTH WITHINGTON	34	11	7	16	46	54	29
13	SALE	34	9	7	18	55	78	25
14	MILTON	34	9	7	18	45	68	25
15	MAINE ROAD	34	9	6	19	44	64	24
16	NORTHERN NOMADS	34	9	6	19	48	76	24
17	HOLLANG UNITED	34	5	6	23	37	79	16
18	MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY	34	5	6	23	47	98	16
		612	242	128	242	1031	1031	612

 

NO DIVISION 1 TABLE HAS BEEN TRACED YET.  DUKINFIELD TOWN were the champions.

 

1976-1977

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	SALFORD AMATEURS	34	22	7	5	60	22	51
2	IRLAM TOWN	34	20	8	6	64	24	48
3	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	34	17	11	6	58	35	45
4	ANSON VILLA	34	16	11	7	63	43	43
5	MAINE ROAD	34	15	10	9	55	41	40
6	NORTH WITHINGTON	34	14	12	8	46	40	40
7	ABBEY HEY	34	13	13	8	59	50	39
8	CURZON ASHTON	34	13	9	12	51	46	35
9	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	34	11	12	11	42	34	34
10	GLOSSOP	34	12	10	12	51	47	34
11	DUKINFIELD TOWN	34	12	10	12	49	53	34
12	LITTLE LEVER	34	12	8	14	47	48	32
13	GLOSSOPIANS	34	12	7	15	57	62	31
14	CHLORIDE RECREATION	34	10	9	15	40	57	29
15	CHADDERTON	34	7	11	16	37	52	25
16	MILTON	34	8	7	19	40	67	23
17	SALE	34	6	3	25	37	85	15
18	NORTHERN NOMADS	34	4	6	24	31	81	14
		612	224	164	224	887	887	612

 

NO DIVISION 1 TABLE HAS BEEN TRACED YET.  OLD URMSTONIANS were the champions.

 

1977-1978

 

NO FINAL TABLES FOR THE MANCHESTER LEAGUE HAVE BEEN FOUND SO FAR FOR THIS SEASON.  CURZON ASHTON won the Premier Division, while FLIXTON were Division 1 champions.

 

1978-1979

 

NO FINAL TABLES FOR THE MANCHESTER LEAGUE HAVE BEEN FOUND SO FAR FOR THIS SEASON.  CURZON ASHTON won the Premier Division, while FLIXTON were Division 1 champions.

 

1979-1980

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	LITTLE LEVER	30	24	3	3	87	37	51
2	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	30	17	7	6	48	28	41
3	BRIGHT GRAYSON	30	14	12	4	58	38	40
4	HIGHFIELD UNITED	30	12	13	5	63	41	37
5	CHADDERTON	30	12	9	9	50	42	33
6	ABBEY HEY	30	13	6	11	54	38	32
7	MILTON	30	12	8	10	54	46	32
8	NORTH WITHINGTON	30	12	8	10	48	43	32
9	WINTON	30	11	8	11	45	39	30
10	SALFORD AMATEURS	30	10	8	12	43	51	28
11	DUKINFIELD TOWN	30	8	10	12	50	59	26
12	MAINE ROAD	30	9	8	13	40	60	26
13	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	30	8	9	13	40	56	25
14	FLIXTON	30	8	5	17	45	58	2
15	GLOSSOPIANS	30	4	7	19	34	72	15
16	NORTHERN NOMADS	30	4	3	23	31	82	11
		480	178	124	178	790	790	461

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE

 

1	GRASMERE ROVERS	26	23	2	1	83	28	48
2	URMSTON TOWN	26	15	6	5	57	41	36
3	MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY	26	13	6	7	52	44	32
4	WATERLOO	26	13	5	8	66	53	31
5	CHLORIDE RECREATION	26	14	3	9	48	39	31
6	ALTRINCHAM AMATEURS	26	11	4	11	53	46	26
7	UMIST	26	9	7	10	35	40	25
8	MOUNT PLEASANT	26	9	6	11	63	60	24
9	BIBBY & WILD	26	9	4	13	47	57	22
10	URMSTONIANS	26	8	4	14	49	56	20
11	MORAVIAN	26	7	6	13	34	54	20
12	WALKDEN TOWN	26	6	7	13	37	53	19
13	HOLLANG UNITED	26	5	7	14	41	59	17
14	PRESTWICH HEYS	26	4	5	17	32	67	13
		364	146	72	146	697	697	364

 

1980-1981

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	HIGHFIELD UNITED	30	19	4	7	71	42	42
2	MILTON	30	20	2	8	68	39	42
3	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	30	17	7	6	48	27	41
4	BRIGHT GRAYSON	30	11	11	8	55	49	33
5	FLIXTON	30	12	8	10	46	38	32
6	GLOSSOPIANS	30	11	10	9	45	43	32
7	NORTH WITHINGTON	30	11	9	10	46	48	31
8	GRASMERE ROVERS	30	12	6	12	51	52	30
9	LITTLE LEVER	30	10	8	12	37	42	28
10	ABBEY HEY	30	11	5	14	49	51	27
11	MAINE ROAD	30	10	7	13	36	39	27
12	DUKINFIELD TOWN	30	9	7	14	52	59	25
13	URMSTON TOWN	30	12	1	17	41	51	25
14	NORTHERN NOMADS	30	11	3	16	50	62	25
15	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	30	8	8	14	44	69	24
16	WINTON	30	5	6	19	30	58	16
		480	189	102	189	769	769	480

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE

 

1	WALKDEN TOWN	24	16	4	4	54	34	36
2	ROBINSONS	24	14	5	5	59	46	33
3	URMSTONIANS	24	12	6	6	74	55	30
4	MORAVIAN	24	10	8	6	50	31	28
5	MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY	24	10	7	7	56	48	27
6	WATERLOO	24	10	5	9	52	45	25
7	MOUNT PLEASANT	24	10	5	9	60	67	25
8	CHLORIDE RECREATION	24	10	3	11	37	39	23
9	HOLLANG UNITED	24	8	6	10	53	59	22
10	PRESTWICH HEYS	24	8	3	13	34	46	19
11	ALTRINCHAM AMATEURS	24	5	7	12	34	50	17
12	UMIST	24	5	5	14	33	52	15
13	BIBBY & WILD	24	4	4	16	30	54	12
		312	122	68	122	626	626	312

 

1981-1982

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	ABBEY HEY	30	22	4	4	58	24	48
2	FLIXTON	30	19	6	5	67	30	44
3	DUKINFIELD TOWN	30	17	8	5	70	38	42
4	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	30	14	10	6	51	32	38
5	URMSTON TOWN	30	16	4	10	52	40	36
6	MAINE ROAD	30	14	7	9	56	39	35
7	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	30	13	5	12	51	47	31
8	GRASMERE ROVERS	30	11	7	12	46	50	29
9	MILTON	30	12	4	14	42	50	28
10	NORTH WITHINGTON	30	9	9	12	48	46	27
11	HIGHFIELD UNITED	30	10	7	13	55	54	27
12	LITTLE LEVER	30	7	10	13	34	51	24
13	NORTHERN NOMADS	30	11	2	17	49	70	24
14	ROBINSONS	30	5	10	15	38	64	20
15	GLOSSOPIANS	30	6	6	18	37	59	18
16	WINTON	30	2	5	23	24	84	9
		480	188	104	188	778	778	480

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE

 

1	I.C.L.	24	19	4	1	64	22	42
2	WATERLOO	24	15	7	2	68	27	37
3	MOUNT PLEASANT	24	16	3	5	55	29	35
4	URMSTONIANS	24	14	7	3	58	36	35
5	WALKDEN TOWN	24	10	8	6	36	23	28
6	MORAVIAN	24	8	6	10	51	46	22
7	BONAR	24	6	9	9	32	39	21
8	MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY	24	7	6	11	33	53	20
9	HOLLANG UNITED	24	8	3	13	45	48	19
10	HOLLINWOOD	24	6	4	14	45	60	16
11	UMIST	24	6	4	14	28	56	16
12	PRESTWICH HEYS	24	5	2	17	29	78	12
13	ALTRINCHAM AMATEURS	24	2	5	17	21	48	9
		312	122	68	122	565	565	312

 

1982-1983

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	MAINE ROAD	30	25	4	1	83	23	54
2	DUKINFIELD TOWN	30	18	6	6	61	30	42
3	FLIXTON	30	18	4	8	66	29	40
4	ABBEY HEY	30	16	7	7	51	34	39
5	WATERLOO	30	14	8	8	53	43	36
6	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	30	12	8	10	62	46	32
7	NORTHERN NOMADS	30	14	4	12	60	48	32
8	NORTH WITHINGTON	30	14	3	13	52	56	31
9	GRASMERE ROVERS	30	12	7	11	40	49	31
10	HIGHFIELD UNITED	30	10	8	12	41	50	28
11	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	30	10	8	12	38	48	28
12	MILTON	30	11	5	14	47	53	27
13	I.C.L.	30	10	2	18	47	62	22
14	LITTLE LEVER	30	4	6	20	18	61	14
15	URMSTON TOWN	30	4	5	21	25	72	13
16	ROBINSONS	30	3	5	22	24	64	11
		480	195	90	195	768	768	480

 

NO DIVISION 1 TABLE HAS BEEN TRACED YET.  MOUNT PLEASANT were the champions.

 

1983-1984

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	MAINE ROAD	30	23	3	4	92	31	49
2	NORTHERN NOMADS	30	19	7	4	68	34	45
3	WATERLOO	30	20	5	5	59	34	45
4	FLIXTON	30	15	10	5	60	32	40
5	DUKINFIELD TOWN	30	13	9	8	64	53	35
6	HIGHFIELD UNITED	30	12	9	9	55	40	33
7	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	30	10	11	9	51	34	31
8	MOUNT PLEASANT	30	13	4	13	46	46	30
9	WALKDEN TOWN	30	10	9	11	49	46	29
10	MILTON	30	9	10	11	32	48	28
11	NORTH WITHINGTON	30	9	6	15	47	52	24
12	ABBEY HEY	30	8	7	15	38	61	23
13	LITTLE LEVER	30	6	9	15	31	58	21
14	I.C.L.	30	6	8	16	31	51	20
15	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	30	5	10	15	29	60	20
16	ROBINSONS	30	2	3	25	22	94	7
		480	180	120	180	774	774	480

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE

 

1	SHELL (CARRINGTON)	22	15	3	4	55	21	33
2	MORAVIAN (-2)	22	14	6	2	56	25	32
3	GLOSSOPIANS	22	14	4	4	57	27	32
4	URMSTONIANS	22	15	1	6	58	34	31
5	ECCLES TOWN	22	10	4	8	54	45	24
6	COLDHURST UNITED	22	8	4	10	52	48	20
7	HOLLINWOOD	22	6	7	9	32	46	19
8	CLIFTON	22	4	8	10	39	51	16
9	TRAFFORD SOUTH	22	6	4	12	30	43	16
10	MIRRLEES	22	5	5	12	30	49	15
11	GLOSSOP HILLMEN	22	4	7	11	29	49	15
12	MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY	22	2	5	15	25	79	9
		264	103	58	103	517	517	262

1984-1985

 

NO FINAL TABLES HAVE BEEN TRACED YET FOR THIS SEASON.  MAINE ROAD won the Premier Division, with COLDHURST UNITED the champions of Division 1.

 

1985-1986

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	MAINE ROAD	34	26	3	5	88	29	55
2	FLIXTON	34	24	5	5	79	25	53
3	EAST MANCHESTER	34	19	11	4	64	37	49
4	LITTLE HULTON UNITED	34	19	8	7	84	52	46
5	WYTHENSHAWE AMATUERS	34	18	7	9	49	28	43
6	MILTON	34	14	9	11	58	54	37
7	ABBEY HEY	34	14	7	13	50	51	35
8	MOUNT PLEASANT	34	13	6	15	39	59	32
9	DUKINFIELD TOWN	34	10	11	13	50	40	31
10	HIGHFIELD UNITED	34	10	11	13	50	57	31
11	MORAVIAN	34	11	8	15	41	63	30
12	GLOSSOPIANS	34	10	8	16	59	74	28
13	NORTH WITHINGTON	34	9	10	15	41	63	28
14	WATERLOO	34	9	8	17	47	63	26
15	SHELL (CARRINGTON)	34	7	12	15	38	55	26
16	COLDHURST UNITED	34	10	5	19	55	72	25
17	WALKDEN TOWN	34	6	8	20	44	69	20
18	LITTLE LEVER	34	5	7	22	31	76	17
		612	234	144	234	967	967	612

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE

 

1	ADSWOOD AMATEURS	30	26	3	1	115	21	55
2	GLOSSOP HILLMEN	30	23	2	5	78	36	48
3	KENDAL SPORTS	30	21	4	5	75	34	46
4	MONTON AMATEURS	30	16	6	8	62	55	38
5	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	30	15	6	9	59	48	36
6	ASHTON TOWN	30	14	6	10	70	57	34
7	URMSTON TOWN	30	14	5	11	70	54	33
8	ATHERTON TOWN	30	12	6	12	55	62	30
9	ECCLES TOWN	30	9	8	13	44	54	26
10	URMSTONIANS	30	10	5	15	56	64	25
11	R.S.H. (85)	30	9	5	16	58	69	23
12	CASTLETON GABRIELS	30	9	3	18	60	92	21
13	PENNINGTON	30	6	8	16	48	78	20
14	HOLLINWOOD	30	5	7	18	46	92	17
15	MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY	30	5	6	19	35	71	16
16	CLIFTON	30	3	6	21	38	82	12
		480	197	86	197	969	969	480

 

1986-1987

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	ADSWOOD AMATEURS	36	26	7	3	81	28	59
2	MAINE ROAD	36	26	5	5	117	34	57
3	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	36	22	8	6	84	30	52
4	DUKINFIELD TOWN	36	16	13	7	72	41	45
5	GLOSSOPIANS	36	14	13	9	63	47	41
6	ABBEY HEY	36	15	11	10	66	52	41
7	EAST MANCHESTER	36	18	5	13	74	62	41
8	LITTLE HULTON UNITED	36	18	5	13	74	77	41
9	KENDAL SPORTS	36	15	9	12	67	54	39
10	WATERLOO	36	14	8	14	59	76	36
11	MOUNT PLEASANT	36	13	9	14	67	81	35
12	SHELL (CARRINGTON)	36	14	6	16	68	69	34
13	COLDHURST UNITED	36	13	8	15	65	75	34
14	HIGHFIELD UNITED	36	8	11	17	37	60	27
15	MORAVIAN	36	7	9	20	44	76	23
16	NORTH WITHINGTON	36	8	7	21	51	84	23
17	MILTON	36	7	9	20	35	69	23
18	LITTLE LEVER	36	5	7	24	40	89	17
19	GLOSSOP HILLMEN	36	5	6	25	34	94	16
		684	264	156	264	1198	1198	684

 

At the end of the season Adswood Amateurs amalgamated with Stockport Georgians and North Withington became Wythenshawe Town.

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE (NO GOALS RECORDS TRACED YET)

 

1	CASTLETON GABRIELS	34	27	4	3	??	??	58
2	ANCHOR LEIGH (-6)	34	27	3	4	??	??	51
3	MONTON AMATEURS	34	24	1	9	??	??	49
4	TRAFFORD SOUTH	34	20	6	8	??	??	46
5	URMSTON TOWN	34	18	5	11	??	??	41
6	PRESTWICH HEYS	34	17	7	10	??	??	41
7	ATHERTON TOWN	34	14	7	13	??	??	35
8	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	34	13	7	14	??	??	33
9	ECCLES TOWN	34	12	5	17	??	??	29
10	R.S.H. (85)	34	12	4	18	??	??	28
11	URMSTONIANS	34	12	4	18	??	??	28
12	CLIFTON	34	12	4	18	??	??	28
13	ASHTON ATHLETIC	34	11	5	18	??	??	27
14	KORVERTON VICTORIA	34	9	6	19	??	??	24
15	BRITISH AEROSPACE	34	10	4	20	??	??	24
16	PENNINGTON	34	8	7	19	??	??	23
17	HOLLINWOOD	34	10	2	22	??	??	22
18	MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY	34	8	3	23	??	??	19
		612	264	84	264	??	??	612

 

1987-1988

 

NO FINAL TABLES HAVE BEEN TRACED YET FOR THIS SEASON.  STOCKPORT GEORGIANS won the Premier Division, with Little Hulton United second, East Manchester third and Monton Amateurs fourth.  PRESTWICH HEYS were champions of Division 1.