LANCASHIRE COMBINATION 1930-1950

 

Where an asterisk appears at the end of a team name, this means it is the reserve team of the named club.

 

1930-1931

 

1	Darwen	38	23	7	8	116	55	53
2	Prescot Cables	38	22	6	10	112	56	50
3	Lytham	38	23	4	11	94	64	50
4	Lancaster Town	38	20	9	9	85	64	49
5	Horwich RMI	38	21	5	12	119	73	47
6	Barnoldswick Town	38	21	5	12	111	92	47
7	Dick Kerr’s	38	20	6	12	102	71	46
8	Southport*	38	21	4	13	94	70	46
9	Manchester Central	38	19	6	13	97	60	44
10	Chorley	38	15	9	14	86	68	39
11	Bacup Borough	38	17	4	17	93	105	38
12	Burscough Rangers	38	19	0	19	84	96	38
13	Accrington Stanley*	38	16	5	17	83	99	37
14	Clitheroe	38	16	4	18	87	85	36
15	Rossendale United	38	15	6	17	80	89	36
16	Morecambe	38	12	8	18	76	97	32
17	Great Harwood	38	9	5	24	67	106	23
18	Wigan Borough*	38	10	2	26	63	120	22
19	Nelson*	38	8	3	27	72	119	19
20	Rochdale*	38	4	0	34	62	194	8
		760	331	98	331	1783	1783	760

 

Manchester Central and Rochdale Reserves left at the end of the season and were replaced by Barrow Reserves and Fleetwood.

 

1931-1932

 

1	Darwen	36	24	7	5	104	43	55
2	Prescot Cables	36	21	6	9	91	48	48
3	Barrow*	36	19	8	9	87	45	46
4	Lancaster Town	36	18	9	9	77	52	45
5	Nelson	36	19	6	11	74	53	44
6	Rossendale United	36	18	6	12	86	74	42
7	Fleetwood	36	17	7	12	98	78	41
8	Southport*	36	18	4	14	87	60	40
9	Chorley	36	17	5	14	85	71	39
10	Barnoldswick Town	36	13	10	13	68	78	36
11	Clitheroe	36	14	7	15	65	77	35
12	Lytham	36	13	7	16	77	93	33
13	Dick Kerr’s	36	14	4	18	85	83	32
14	Bacup Borough	36	15	2	19	71	83	32
15	Great Harwood	36	13	5	18	68	80	31
16	Burscough Rangers	36	11	8	17	60	82	30
17	Horwich RMI	36	10	3	23	73	108	23
18	Morecambe	36	6	6	24	41	93	18
19	Accrington Stanley*	36	5	4	27	40	136	14
		684	285	114	285	1437	1437	684

 

Wigan Borough folded in October, so their reserve team’s record was deleted.  Rochdale Reserves returned to the competition to fill the vacancy.

 

1932-1933

 

1	Chorley	38	28	6	4	113	44	62
2	Prescot Cables	38	25	3	10	127	66	53
3	Southport*	38	22	6	10	96	61	50
4	Darwen	38	22	5	11	119	67	49
5	Fleetwood	38	21	7	10	97	58	49
6	Barrow*	38	21	6	11	100	55	48
7	Horwich RMI	38	21	5	12	107	82	47
8	Lancaster Town	38	18	8	12	86	72	44
9	Clitheroe	38	18	4	16	95	73	40
10	Accrington Stanley*	38	16	5	17	86	94	37
11	Nelson	38	14	8	16	83	81	36
12	Dick Kerr’s	38	14	6	18	72	106	34
13	Lytham	38	13	7	18	94	116	33
14	Morecambe	38	11	10	17	68	84	32
15	Rossendale United	38	10	11	17	65	89	31
16	Rochdale*	38	13	4	21	73	111	30
17	Great Harwood	38	12	4	22	86	114	28
18	Burscough Rangers	38	9	9	20	59	100	27
19	Bacup Borough	38	7	5	26	62	125	19
20	Barnoldswick Town	38	3	5	30	42	132	11
		760	318	124	318	1730	1730	760

 

Burscough Rangers and Prescot Cables both left the competition.  Leyland Motors and Northern Nomads joined.

 

1933-1934

 

1	Chorley	38	29	3	6	133	53	61
2	Fleetwood	38	27	4	7	109	60	58
3	Lancaster Town	38	23	8	7	130	71	54
4	Clitheroe	38	21	6	11	129	86	48
5	Darwen	38	20	7	11	122	72	47
6	Barrow*	38	22	3	13	92	70	47
7	Southport*	38	17	10	11	73	70	44
8	Nelson	38	16	8	14	97	86	40
9	Accrington Stanley*	38	15	7	16	85	102	37
10	Bacup Borough	38	15	6	17	86	83	36
11	Dick Kerr’s	38	14	7	17	76	79	35
12	Rochdale*	38	14	6	18	69	81	34
13	Lytham	38	13	6	19	83	94	32
14	Rossendale United	38	13	6	19	70	98	32
15	Great Harwood	38	11	9	18	72	103	31
16	Horwich RMI	38	13	4	21	85	107	30
17	Leyland Motors	38	12	3	23	94	129	27
18	Morecambe	38	9	9	20	65	101	27
19	Northern Nomads	38	10	3	25	77	114	23
20	Barnoldswick Town	38	6	5	27	54	142	17
		760	320	120	320	1801	1801	760

 

Barnoldswick Town departed and their place was filled by New Brighton Reserves.

 

1934-1935

 

1	Lancaster Town	38	28	4	6	143	60	60
2	Fleetwood	38	25	5	8	99	44	55
3	Chorley	38	25	2	11	94	54	52
4	Clitheroe	38	22	8	8	99	65	52
5	Rossendale United	38	22	6	10	103	65	50
6	Nelson	38	17	10	11	88	61	44
7	Darwen	38	19	6	13	119	83	44
8	Morecambe	38	17	5	16	63	60	39
9	Rochdale*	38	15	8	15	86	82	38
10	Horwich RMI	38	16	3	19	91	88	35
11	New Brighton*	38	14	7	17	79	97	35
12	Dick Kerr’s	38	13	8	17	82	73	34
13	Bacup Borough	38	13	8	17	88	90	34
14	Southport*	38	15	4	19	81	88	34
15	Barrow*	38	12	10	16	65	78	34
16	Accrington Stanley*	38	13	5	20	65	92	31
17	Northern Nomads	38	11	6	21	77	127	28
18	Lytham	38	10	3	25	58	117	23
19	Leyland Motors	38	8	4	26	66	142	20
20	Great Harwood	38	8	2	28	62	142	18
		760	323	114	323	1708	1708	760

 

Marine and South Liverpool joined the Lancashire Combination, which now had 22 members.

 

1935-1936

 

1	Lancaster Town	40	29	5	6	142	60	63
2	Barrow*	40	30	2	8	138	53	62
3	Fleetwood	40	23	6	11	117	64	52
4	South Liverpool	40	22	4	14	93	71	48
5	Chorley	40	22	4	14	100	82	48
6	Morecambe	40	19	9	12	78	65	47
7	Clitheroe	40	19	8	13	123	103	46
8	Darwen	40	21	3	16	104	77	45
9	Bacup Borough	40	20	5	15	96	83	45
10	Nelson	40	16	9	15	86	84	41
11	New Brighton*	40	17	5	18	111	98	39
12	Accrington Stanley*	40	17	5	18	76	90	39
13	Leyland Motors	40	15	7	18	73	104	37
14	Marine	40	14	8	18	94	86	36
15	Horwich RMI	40	14	8	18	103	111	36
16	Northern Nomads	40	15	4	21	79	101	34
17	Southport*	40	12	9	19	76	97	33
18	Rochdale*	40	13	6	21	91	133	32
19	Rossendale United	40	10	9	21	77	108	29
20	Great Harwood	40	6	7	27	55	129	19
21	Lytham	40	2	5	33	46	159	9
		840	356	128	356	1958	1958	840

 

Dick Kerr’s FC folded in December and their record was deleted.  Lytham and Nelson left at the end of the season, but Droylsden joined and Prescot Cables were readmitted to mean a membership of 21 clubs.

 

1936-1937

 

Other versions of the Final Table for this season exist, but this is the only version in which all columns balance.

 

1	South Liverpool	40	29	2	9	125	55	60
2	Accrington Stanley*	40	26	7	7	105	51	59
3	Darwen	40	24	7	9	106	63	55
4	Barrow*	40	21	8	11	100	72	50
5	Chorley	40	22	5	13	120	74	49
6	Clitheroe	40	20	9	11	122	85	49
7	Fleetwood	40	22	5	13	99	82	49
8	Marine	40	20	6	14	107	81	46
9	Lancaster Town	40	21	4	15	105	104	46
10	Morecambe	40	17	10	13	95	75	44
11	Southport*	40	17	10	13	84	75	44
12	Bacup Borough	40	14	7	19	60	83	35
13	New Brighton*	40	12	8	20	77	102	32
14	Leyland Motors	40	9	13	18	77	102	31
15	Horwich RMI	40	11	8	21	82	91	30
16	Great Harwood	40	10	10	20	80	114	30
17	Droylsden	40	13	3	24	88	115	29
18	Prescot Cables	40	11	7	22	70	112	29
19	Rossendale United	40	11	6	23	81	134	28
20	Rochdale*	40	9	6	25	82	123	24
21	Northern Nomads	40	9	3	28	71	143	21
		840	348	144	348	1936	1936	840

 

Oldham Athletic Reserves joined the Lancashire Combination for the next season.  Lancaster Town became ‘Lancaster City’.

 

1937-1938

 

1	South Liverpool	42	33	3	6	177	53	69
2	Clitheroe	42	25	9	8	139	82	59
3	Oldham Athletic*	42	26	6	10	131	62	58
4	Accrington Stanley*	42	23	7	12	103	63	53
5	Lancaster City	42	21	11	10	93	72	53
6	Morecambe	42	21	10	11	90	70	52
7	Darwen	42	19	9	14	103	85	47
8	Prescot Cables	42	17	11	14	82	72	45
9	Rossendale United	42	18	7	17	74	73	43
10	Leyland Motors	42	16	10	16	82	99	42
11	Bacup Borough	42	15	11	16	82	88	41
12	New Brighton*	42	16	9	17	78	89	41
13	Chorley	42	18	4	20	93	104	40
14	Droylsden	42	13	13	16	91	98	39
15	Southport*	42	16	7	19	80	96	39
16	Marine	42	15	7	20	80	105	37
17	Fleetwood	42	13	8	21	91	94	34
18	Horwich RMI	42	14	5	23	92	123	33
19	Barrow*	42	13	5	24	66	99	31
20	Great Harwood	42	10	8	24	66	89	28
21	Rochdale*	42	9	5	28	62	128	23
22	Northern Nomads	42	8	1	33	42	153	17
		924	379	166	379	1997	1997	924

 

Northern Nomads left the competition and were replaced by Bangor City.

 

1938-1939

 

1	South Liverpool	42	29	4	9	137	61	62
2	Bangor City	42	27	7	8	126	75	61
3	Clitheroe	42	25	7	10	121	74	57
4	Accrington Stanley*	42	23	8	11	109	64	54
5	Chorley	42	23	7	12	118	62	53
6	Rossendale United	42	19	12	11	110	95	50
7	New Brighton*	42	20	7	15	107	83	47
8	Marine	42	22	3	17	107	92	47
9	Oldham Athletic*	42	18	10	14	108	94	46
10	Fleetwood	42	18	8	16	85	92	44
11	Lancaster City	42	19	6	17	95	103	44
12	Rochdale*	42	17	9	16	91	90	43
13	Darwen	42	18	6	18	116	87	42
14	Leyland Motors	42	16	7	19	94	101	39
15	Morecambe	42	14	10	18	67	76	38
16	Barrow*	42	16	5	21	87	116	37
17	Southport*	42	14	8	20	81	99	36
18	Bacup Borough	42	13	6	23	81	99	32
19	Prescot Cables	42	12	7	23	79	131	31
20	Great Harwood	42	7	8	27	72	156	22
21	Horwich RMI	42	7	7	28	80	143	21
22	Droylsden	42	7	4	31	79	157	18
		924	384	156	384	2150	2150	924

 

The outbreak of World War II led to the Lancashire Combination being suspended.  Only Droylsden and South Liverpool continued during the 1939-1940 season, joining a number of Cheshire County League clubs in limited competitions during the next few months.

After the War ended the Lancashire Combination re-started, but with only 12 clubs during its first season, including new entrants Netherfield.  Droylsden and South Liverpool were among those not to rejoin, these clubs having transferred to the Cheshire League.

 

1945-1946

 

1	Chorley	22	14	4	4	78	42	32
2	Netherfield	22	13	3	6	64	39	29
3	Barrow*	22	12	4	6	62	43	28
4	Bacup Borough	22	12	3	7	49	41	27
5	Darwen	22	9	6	7	50	48	24
6	Rossendale United	22	9	4	9	53	47	22
7	Leyland Motors	22	9	3	10	50	56	21
8	Rochdale*	22	9	2	11	52	53	20
9	Morecambe	22	6	6	10	54	68	18
10	Prescot Cables	22	6	5	11	57	81	17
11	Lancaster City	22	6	4	12	53	75	16
12	Accrington Stanley*	22	3	4	15	38	67	10
		264	108	48	108	660	660	264

 

Bangor City, Clitheroe, Fleetwood, Great Harwood, Horwich RMI, Marine, New Brighton Reserves, Oldham Athletic Reserves and Southport Reserves all rejoined the Lancashire Combination.  Former members, Nelson, were also admitted, so the league’s membership was again 22 clubs.

 

1946-1947

 

1	Bacup Borough	42	26	9	7	111	54	61
2	Marine	42	25	6	11	121	72	56
3	Netherfield	42	22	8	12	100	64	52
4	Morecambe	42	23	5	14	133	85	51
5	Rochdale*	42	23	3	16	116	72	49
6	Prescot Cables	42	21	6	15	116	99	48
7	Lancaster City	42	22	3	17	104	66	47
8	Oldham Athletic*	42	20	7	15	95	94	47
9	Clitheroe	42	19	7	16	107	105	45
10	Barrow*	40	15	14	11	77	76	44
11	Nelson	42	18	7	17	100	85	43
12	Fleetwood	42	18	7	17	78	72	43
13	New Brighton*	42	20	2	20	80	92	42
14	Horwich RMI	42	17	6	19	83	93	40
15	Bangor City	40	14	9	17	84	94	37
16	Southport*	42	15	6	21	76	84	36
17	Chorley	42	13	9	20	84	92	35
18	Darwen	42	14	6	22	84	122	34
19	Leyland Motors	42	13	7	22	66	90	33
20	Rossendale United	42	11	10	21	76	113	32
21	Accrington Stanley*	42	11	7	24	70	122	29
22	Great Harwood	42	6	4	32	63	178	16
		920	386	148	386	2024	2024	920

 

The games between Barrow and Bangor City were not played because of post-war travelling problems.  A 9-club 2^nd Division was set up, to which Great Harwood were ‘relegated’.  The vacancy in what was now Division 1 was filled by the election of Wigan Athletic.

 

1947-1948

 

Division 1

 

1	Wigan Athletic	42	25	9	8	72	37	59
2	Nelson	42	24	9	9	84	62	57
3	Barrow*	42	24	7	11	88	55	55
4	Morecambe	42	24	6	12	98	59	54
5	Fleetwood	42	23	7	12	73	52	53
6	Marine	42	23	6	13	103	64	52
7	Netherfield	42	23	6	13	83	58	52
8	Lancaster City	42	21	7	14	80	69	49
9	Bacup Borough	42	20	6	16	96	67	46
10	Oldham Athletic*	42	19	8	15	76	71	46
11	Chorley	42	19	7	16	89	74	45
12	Prescot Cables	42	19	6	17	87	80	44
13	Rochdale*	42	14	8	20	79	76	36
14	Bangor City	42	14	8	20	62	77	36
15	Rossendale United	42	11	12	19	80	90	34
16	Darwen	42	12	9	21	60	91	33
17	Accrington Stanley*	42	12	7	23	71	106	31
18	Clitheroe	42	13	5	24	70	110	31
19	New Brighton*	42	11	8	23	56	85	30
20	Leyland Motors	42	11	7	24	73	115	29
21	Horwich RMI	42	10	7	25	58	104	27
22	Southport*	42	9	7	26	57	93	25
		924	381	162	381	1695	1695	924

 

Only Horwich RMI were relegated, with Ashton United being elected to Division 1 to take their place.

 

Division 2

 

1	Stubshaw Cross Rovers	32	23	4	5	88	43	50
2	Nelson*	32	23	4	5	79	42	50
3	Astley & Tyldesley Collieries	32	18	3	11	88	76	39
4	Darwen*	31	14	7	10	85	72	35
5	Great Harwood	32	9	10	13	61	69	28
6	Belle Vue	31	10	5	16	72	85	25
7	Bacup Borough*	32	8	8	16	76	90	24
8	Barnoldswick & District	31	10	3	18	70	85	23
9	Oldham Athletic ‘A’	29	1	6	22	37	94	8
		282	116	50	116	656	656	282

 

In October, Rossendale United Reserves resigned from the competition, while in February Horwich RMI Reserves followed suit.  The records of both teams were deleted.  Oldham Athletic ‘A’ did not complete their fixtures, but as this did not have any bearing on league standings their record was allowed to stand.  Astley & Tyldesley Collieries and Bacup Borough Reserves withdrew at the end of the season.  Division 2 membership was increased to 13 with the election of ACI Horwich, Bolton Wanderers ‘B’, Bootle Athletic, Lancaster City Reserves and Lytham.

 

1948-1949

 

Division 1

 

1	Netherfield	42	26	10	6	112	46	62
2	Chorley	42	23	12	7	72	55	58
3	Morecambe	42	22	6	14	80	60	50
4	Nelson	42	20	9	13	87	68	49
5	Darwen	42	21	7	14	81	65	49
6	Wigan Athletic	42	19	9	14	73	68	47
7	Bangor City	42	18	10	14	75	71	46
8	Prescot Cables	42	19	7	16	89	72	45
9	Lancaster City	42	15	14	13	58	50	44
10	Rochdale*	42	17	10	15	75	71	44
11	Fleetwood	42	17	8	17	81	66	42
12	Rossendale United	42	17	8	17	85	78	42
13	Barrow*	42	16	10	16	73	69	42
14	Oldham Athletic*	42	13	15	14	80	71	41
15	Ashton United	42	14	13	15	73	79	41
16	Southport*	42	17	7	18	60	69	41
17	Marine	42	14	10	18	73	83	38
18	Clitheroe	42	13	9	20	74	99	35
19	Accrington Stanley*	42	14	6	22	69	86	34
20	New Brighton*	42	9	13	20	53	82	31
21	Leyland Motors	42	7	9	26	49	94	23
22	Bacup Borough	42	7	6	29	49	119	20
		924	358	208	358	1621	1621	924

 

Bacup Borough and Leyland Motors were relegated.

 

Division 2

 

1	Bootle Athletic	24	19	2	3	76	29	40
2	Horwich RMI	24	19	1	4	75	28	39
3	Belle Vue	24	16	3	5	78	32	35
4	Stubshaw Cross Rovers	24	15	3	6	58	53	33
5	Lytham	24	15	2	7	61	42	32
6	Great Harwood	24	9	4	11	55	59	22
7	ACI Horwich	24	9	2	13	47	62	20
8	Nelson*	24	7	5	12	44	53	19
9	Lancaster City*	24	6	5	13	39	64	17
10	Darwen*	24	5	4	15	33	55	14
11	Barnoldswick & District	24	4	6	14	29	55	14
12	Oldham Athletic ‘A’	24	6	2	16	47	90	14
13	Bolton Wanderers ‘B’	24	4	5	15	33	53	13
		312	134	44	134	675	675	312

 

Bootle Athletic and Horwich RMI were promoted.  Belle Vue and Oldham Athletic ‘A’ withdrew at the end of the season.  Nine new teams joined the competition to increase membership of the 2^nd Division to 20 clubs – Blackpool ‘B’, Chorley Reserves, De Havilland, Droylsden United, Earlestown, Lomax, Padiham, St. Helens Town and Wigan Athletic Reserves.

 

1949-1950

 

Division 1

 

1	Nelson	42	30	4	8	125	63	64
2	Wigan Athletic	42	24	8	10	79	47	56
3	Prescot Cables	42	22	12	8	102	64	56
4	Chorley	42	20	9	13	71	67	49
5	Ashton United	42	20	7	15	90	62	47
6	Rochdale*	42	19	8	15	87	79	46
7	Bangor City	42	18	9	15	96	70	45
8	Fleetwood	42	18	9	15	76	67	45
9	Morecambe	42	17	11	14	62	55	45
10	Netherfield	42	20	5	17	88	83	45
11	Accrington Stanley*	42	16	10	16	64	75	42
12	Southport*	42	14	13	15	67	67	41
13	Oldham Athletic*	42	15	10	17	77	72	40
14	Lancaster City	42	14	10	18	67	74	38
15	Barrow*	42	14	10	18	63	81	38
16	Bootle Athletic	42	14	9	19	61	71	37
17	Darwen	42	13	11	18	55	66	37
18	Rossendale United	42	13	8	21	73	85	34
19	Clitheroe	42	13	8	21	66	90	34
20	New Brighton*	42	13	6	23	63	102	32
21	Marine	42	11	9	22	74	104	31
22	Horwich RMI	42	8	6	28	52	114	22
		924	366	192	366	1658	1658	924

 

Bangor City left the Lancashire Combination at the end of the campaign.  Horwich RMI were relegated to Division 2.

 

Division 2

 

1	Blackpool ‘B’	38	29	3	6	139	38	61
2	Earlestown	38	29	2	7	149	60	60
3	Leyland Motors	38	26	4	8	111	50	56
4	Bacup Borough	38	26	3	9	101	51	55
5	Stubshaw Cross Rovers	38	21	4	13	81	76	46
6	Droylsden  United	38	20	5	13	103	80	45
7	St. Helens Town	38	16	11	11	84	77	43
8	Lytham	38	19	3	16	86	73	41
9	Nelson*	38	20	1	17	100	89	41
10	Bolton Wanderers ‘B’	38	16	7	15	73	64	39
11	Chorley*	38	16	5	17	96	88	37
12	Wigan Athletic*	38	13	10	15	58	70	36
13	ACI Horwich	38	15	4	19	95	122	34
14	Lomax	38	13	6	19	84	107	32
15	Lancaster City*	38	12	8	18	65	93	32
16	Padiham	38	12	4	22	91	106	28
17	Great Harwood	38	11	3	24	68	113	25
18	Barnoldswick & District	38	11	2	25	56	113	24
19	Darwen*	38	7	5	26	64	117	19
20	De Havilland	38	2	2	34	43	160	6
		760	334	92	334	1747	1747	760

 

Blackpool ‘B’ and Earlestown were promoted.  De Havilland did not continue.  Four new members joined the league – Atherton Collieries, Hindsford, Morecambe Reserves and Netherfield Reserves.  This increased the number of teams in Division 2 to 22.