ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

I would like to thank Roy Haslam of Breightmet United and Alan Warner, from East Manchester FC, for their help in making possible the completion of the work on these and earlier pages.

 

As the opening years of the 21^st century unfolded, the League continued to operate in much the same fashion as before.  There were, unfortunately, more sides failing to complete a season and a few familiar names left the competition also.  Nevertheless, the Manchester League continued to be competitive and to attract local interest.

 

2000-2001

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	STAND ATHLETIC	28	21	0	7	91	25	63
2	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	28	17	8	3	57	32	59
3	ATHERTON TOWN	28	16	6	6	46	27	54
4	MITCHELL SHACKLETONS	28	13	7	8	56	37	46
5	EAST MANCHESTER	28	13	6	9	58	48	45
6	FAILSWORTH TOWN	28	14	2	12	51	44	44
7	WILLOWS	28	11	8	9	57	63	41
8	DUKINFIELD TOWN	28	12	4	12	39	40	40
9	PRESTWICH HEYS	28	10	8	10	56	57	38
10	SACRED HEART	28	10	7	11	44	46	37
11	MONTON AMATEURS	28	9	5	14	51	61	32
12	ELTON FOLD	28	7	10	11	32	43	31
13	SPRINGHEAD	28	5	12	11	46	57	27
14	STOCKPORT GEORGIANS	28	4	4	20	38	77	16
15	PENNINGTON	28	3	3	22	29	94	12
		420	165	90	165	751	751	585

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE

 

1	LEIGH ATHLETIC	30	23	4	3	93	41	73
2	NEW MILLS	30	22	3	5	99	35	69
3	BREIGHTMET UNITED	30	21	4	5	106	30	67
4	HINDSFORD	30	17	6	7	71	48	57
5	WHITWORTH VALLEY	30	18	1	11	73	63	55
6	WYTHENSHAWE TOWN	30	13	9	8	87	67	48
7	BELDEN	30	12	6	12	70	68	42
8	WHALLEY RANGE	30	12	5	13	56	77	41
9	WILMSLOW ALBION	30	11	5	14	86	79	38
10	TINTWISTLE VILLA	30	9	8	13	60	66	35
11	HOLLINWOOD	30	9	4	17	56	100	31
12	ASHTON ATHLETIC	30	8	6	16	44	68	30
13	AVRO	30	7	8	15	58	81	29
14	MANCHESTER ROYAL	30	7	2	21	39	92	23
15	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	30	6	4	20	51	85	22
16	MILTON	30	5	5	20	44	93	20
		480	200	80	200	1093	1093	680

 

2001-2002

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	STOCKPORT GEORGIANS	28	20	3	5	66	27	63
2	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	28	19	5	4	61	33	62
3	PRESTWICH HEYS	28	16	3	9	77	43	51
4	LEIGH ATHLETIC	28	15	6	7	61	49	51
5	NEW MILLS	28	14	7	7	51	37	49
6	ELTON FOLD	28	14	4	10	56	47	46
7	EAST MANCHESTER	28	13	5	10	54	52	44
8	IRLAM MITCHELL SHACKLETONS	28	11	9	8	55	41	42
9	SPRINGHEAD	28	13	2	13	65	63	41
10	ATHERTON TOWN	28	10	6	12	48	36	36
11	ROCHDALE SACRED HEART	28	8	10	10	52	54	34
12	DUKINFIELD TOWN	28	6	7	15	40	55	25
13	MONTON AMATEURS	28	5	4	19	40	81	19
14	WILLOWS	28	5	4	19	32	74	19
15	PENNINGTON	28	1	5	22	20	86	8
		420	170	80	170	778	778	590

 

Failsworth Town left the competition during the season and the club’s record was deleted.

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE

 

1	ROYTON TOWN (+3)	32	23	4	5	130	55	76
2	WILMSLOW ALBION (-3)	32	22	5	5	132	66	68
3	HOLLINWOOD	32	19	7	6	106	60	64
4	BREIGHTMET UNITED	32	20	4	8	91	56	64
5	ASHTON ATHLETIC	32	18	9	5	71	38	63
6	HINDSFORD	32	18	5	9	79	53	59
7	BELDEN (-3)	32	19	2	11	92	77	56
8	WHALLEY RANGE	32	18	1	13	80	72	55
9	WYTHENSHAWE TOWN (-3)	32	16	8	8	92	60	53
10	WHITWORTH VALLEY	32	13	5	14	74	67	44
11	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	32	9	5	18	53	87	32
12	AVRO (-3)	32	10	4	18	43	68	31
13	MILTON	32	6	7	19	46	98	25
14	TINTWISTLE VILLA	32	6	4	22	56	100	22
15	WARTH FOLD	32	7	0	25	55	112	21
16	MANCHESTER ROYAL	32	4	5	23	49	102	17
17	UNSWORTH	32	4	5	23	55	133	17
		544	232	80	232	1304	1304	767

 

2002-2003

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	IRLAM MITCHELL SHACKLETONS	30	18	5	7	67	43	59
2	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	30	16	7	7	50	33	55
3	ATHERTON TOWN	30	16	6	8	64	39	54
4	STOCKPORT GEORGIANS	30	15	4	11	73	61	49
5	ROYTON TOWN	30	13	8	9	73	58	47
6	PRESTWICH HEYS	30	13	7	10	51	47	46
7	DUKINFIELD TOWN (-3)	30	15	4	11	50	43	46
8	LEIGH ATHLETIC	30	12	8	10	70	48	44
9	SPRINGHEAD	30	12	5	13	55	56	41
10	NEW MILLS	30	11	6	13	57	60	39
11	EAST MANCHESTER	30	11	6	13	53	67	39
12	ELTON VALE	30	11	6	13	51	58	39
13	WILMSLOW ALBION	30	8	12	10	56	57	36
14	MONTON AMATEURS	30	7	5	18	42	78	26
15	ROCHDALE SACRED HEART	30	5	10	15	42	57	25
16	WILLOWS	30	6	3	21	36	85	21
		480	189	102	189	890	890	666

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE

 

1	BREIGHTMET UNITED	28	19	3	6	80	39	60
2	HIGHFIELD UNITED	28	17	5	6	74	44	56
3	BELDEN	28	15	6	7	77	62	51
4	HINDSFORD (-3)	28	15	7	6	71	45	49
5	ASHTON ATHLETIC	28	14	7	7	68	40	49
6	AVRO	28	14	6	8	67	44	46
7	WYTHENSHAWE TOWN	28	11	9	8	53	47	42
8	UNSWORTH (-1)	28	12	7	9	52	45	42
9	WHITWORTH VALLEY	28	11	5	12	63	64	38
10	WHALLEY RANGE	28	11	1	16	60	71	34
11	MILTON	28	9	7	12	40	54	34
12	TINTWISTLE VILLA	28	9	2	17	41	70	29
13	HOLLINWOOD (-3)	28	8	1	19	49	83	22
14	WARTH FOLD	28	5	5	18	38	81	20
15	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	28	4	1	23	29	73	13
		420	174	72	174	862	862	585

 

Manchester Royal left the competition during the season and the club’s record was deleted.

 

2003-2004

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	ROYTON TOWN	30	19	4	7	73	52	61
2	PRESTWICH HEYS	30	17	6	7	53	37	57
3	LEIGH ATHLETIC	30	15	9	6	74	48	54
4	STOCKPORT GEORGIANS	30	14	7	9	59	41	49
5	MONTON AMATEURS	30	14	6	10	50	44	48
6	EAST MANCHESTER	30	14	5	11	67	62	47
7	IRLAM MITCHELL SHACKLETONS	30	15	1	14	82	57	46
8	ATHERTON TOWN	30	12	7	11	64	58	43
9	HIGHFIELD UNITED	30	12	7	11	51	49	43
10	SPRINGHEAD	30	11	7	12	62	53	40
11	WILMSLOW ALBION	30	11	5	14	39	71	38
12	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	30	11	3	16	42	58	36
13	DUKINFIELD TOWN	30	7	11	12	49	53	32
14	NEW MILLS	30	8	6	16	55	64	30
15	BREIGHTMET UNITED	30	7	7	16	39	69	28
16	ELTON VALE	30	6	3	21	44	87	21
		480	193	94	193	903	903	673

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE

 

1	AVRO	32	25	3	4	92	35	78
2	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	32	23	4	5	102	48	73
3	A.F.C. BLACKLEY	32	22	5	5	109	51	71
4	OLD STANDIANS	32	20	5	7	71	40	65
5	HINDSFORD	32	19	7	6	94	52	64
6	WYTHENSHAWE TOWN	32	18	7	7	71	48	61
7	HOLLINWOOD	32	18	3	11	92	77	57
8	ROCHDALE SACRED HEART	32	14	5	13	75	71	47
9	HEYWOOD ST. JAMES	32	13	7	12	83	71	46
10	ASHTON ATHLETIC	32	14	4	14	73	67	46
11	SWINTON TOWN	32	13	3	16	73	73	42
12	UNSWORTH	32	9	5	18	54	71	32
13	TINTWISTLE VILLA	32	9	3	20	54	74	30
14	MILTON	32	8	5	19	56	81	29
15	WHITWORTH VALLEY	32	5	2	25	36	147	17
16	STAND ATHLETIC	32	3	2	27	38	115	11
17	MANCHESTER TITANS	32	1	6	25	37	89	9
		544	234	76	234	1210	1210	778

 

2004-2005

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION FINAL TABLE

 

1	PRESTWICH HEYS	28	20	4	4	64	27	64
2	IRLAM MITCHELL SHACKLETON	28	20	3	5	79	33	63
3	STOCKPORT GEORGIANS	28	17	4	7	73	42	55
4	SPRINGHEAD	28	14	7	7	57	35	49
5	EAST MANCHESTER	28	14	5	9	64	48	47
6	ATHERTON TOWN	28	12	5	11	63	59	41
7	DUKINFIELD TOWN	28	12	5	11	58	49	41
8	MONTON AMATEURS	28	12	5	11	57	57	41
9	OLD ALTRINCHAMIANS	28	11	6	11	68	62	39
10	AVRO	28	10	8	10	46	55	38
11	LEIGH ATHLETIC	28	9	8	11	48	54	35
12	WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS	28	8	4	16	47	55	28
13	ROYTON TOWN	28	6	4	18	48	83	22
14	WILMSLOW ALBION	28	2	9	17	32	72	15
15	BREIGHTMET UNITED	28	2	5	21	33	106	11
		420	169	82	169	837	837	589

 

Highfield United left the competition during the season and the club’s record was deleted.

 

MANCHESTER LEAGUE DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE

 

1	A.F.C. BLACKLEY	28	23	1	4	100	47	70
2	ROCHDALE SACRED HEART	28	21	4	3	98	36	67
3	HINDSFORD	28	20	3	5	90	50	63
4	ELTON VALE	28	17	4	7	84	44	55
5	HOLLINWOOD	28	14	4	10	81	61	46
6	TINTWISTLE VILLA	28	14	1	13	58	53	43
7	STAND ATHLETIC	28	13	2	13	72	69	41
8	WYTHENSHAWE TOWN	28	11	6	11	58	63	39
9	WHITWORTH VALLEY	28	12	2	14	73	76	38
10	ASHTON ATHLETIC	28	10	7	11	53	48	37
11	HEYWOOD ST. JAMES	28	11	4	13	53	66	37
12	MANCHESTER TITANS	28	7	2	19	36	87	23
13	SWINTON TOWN	28	6	2	20	48	81	20
14	MILTON	28	6	2	20	40	82	20
15	PENNINGTON	28	2	2	24	30	111	8
		420	187	46	187	974	974	607