This page shows Lancashire Combination Final Tables + changes/movements 1894-1904.

 

LANCASHIRE COMBINATION 1894-1904

 

The Lancashire Combination continued to be dominated by Football league reserve teams in these years, but the size of the competition grew.  A number of the non-league clubs entering the league early in this period did not survive for long, but the competition outlasted its rival, the Lancashire League, which folded in 1903, with some of its members transferring to the Lancashire Combination.

 

Unfortunately, there are a number of errors in the figures given in some of the Final Tables because records were not always kept accurately.  Rather than delay ‘publication’ while things are being checked out, it has been decided to put ‘the latest information’ onto the site.

 

Final League Table 1894-1895

 

1	Everton Reserves	24	20	3	1	137	33	43
2	Preston North End Reserves	24	16	2	6	84	34	34
3	Darwen Reserves	24	13	3	8	89	61	29
4	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	24	13	1	10	59	56	27
5	Rawtenstall	24	12	2	10	57	70	26
6	Bolton Wanderers Reserves*	24	12	3	9	78	55	25
7	Burnley Reserves	24	10	4	10	64	45	24
8	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	24	10	2	12	45	49	22
9	Turton	24	10	2	12	48	69	22
10	Padiham*	24	8	3	13	41	82	17
11	Newton Heath Reserves*	24	5	8	11	41	75	16
12	Manchester City Reserves	24	6	1	17	50	95	13
13	Bell’s Temperance*	24	3	2	19	34	103	6
		312	138	36	138	827	827	304

 

*2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player

 

Bell’s Temperance and Everton Reserves left the competition.  Accrington, Bury Reserves, Little Lever, Lostock Hall and Tonge joined.

 

Final League Table 1895-1896

 

1	Preston North End Reserves	26	20	3	3	93	28	43
2	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	26	15	6	5	61	34	36
3	Newton Heath Reserves	26	14	2	10	61	57	30
4	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	26	13	3	10	66	47	29
5	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	26	12	5	9	53	42	29
6	Burnley Reserves	26	11	7	8	66	54	29
7	Turton	26	13	3	10	57	52	29
8	Bury Reserves	26	7	10	9	51	47	24
9	Manchester City Reserves	26	10	4	12	54	53	24
10	Little Lever	26	11	2	13	51	70	24
11	Padiham	26	9	5	12	51	58	23
12	Rawtenstall	26	10	2	14	41	65	22
13	Darwen Reserves	26	6	4	16	49	77	16
14	Lostock Hall	26	1	4	21	18	88	6
		364	152	60	152	772	772	364

 

Accrington and Tonge failed to complete their fixtures and their records were deleted.  Little Lever and Lostock Hall departed.  Blackpool Reserves, Liverpool Reserves and Rochdale were admitted.

 

Final League Table 1896-1897

 

1	Liverpool Reserves	28	23	1	4	78	30	47
2	Preston North End Reserves	28	18	6	4	82	34	42
3	Bury Reserves	28	15	5	8	70	36	35
4	Manchester City Reserves	28	17	1	10	75	40	35
5	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	28	15	5	8	59	44	35
6	Rochdale	28	16	2	10	79	54	34
7	Burnley Reserves	28	12	6	10	64	44	30
8	Turton	28	10	9	9	58	64	29
9	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	28	12	2	14	66	49	26
10	Padiham	28	9	8	11	55	56	26
11	Newton Heath Reserves	28	8	8	12	49	53	24
12	Darwen Reserves	28	9	5	14	65	89	23
13	Blackpool Reserves	28	7	3	18	41	88	17
14	Rawtenstall	28	3	3	22	33	113	9
15	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	28	3	2	23	27	105	8
		420	177	66	177	901	899	420

 

Blackpool Reserves, Oswaldtwistle Rovers, Rawtenstall and Rochdale left the Lancashire Combination, which was joined by Berry’s Association, Blackburn Park Road, Fleetwood Rangers, Prescot and  Skerton.

 

Final League Table 1897-1898

 

1	Preston North End Reserves	30	24	3	3	121	26	51
2	Liverpool Reserves	30	20	1	9	100	48	41
3	Bury Reserves	30	17	4	9	70	43	38
4	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	30	15	5	10	69	51	35
5	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	30	14	7	9	67	51	35
6	Fleetwood Rangers	30	16	2	12	69	54	34
7	Manchester City Reserves	30	15	4	11	67	68	34
8	Turton	30	16	2	12	68	71	34
9	Newton Heath Reserves	30	14	2	14	65	42	30
10	Skerton	30	11	7	12	58	71	29
11	Berry’s Association	30	12	4	14	71	78	28
12	Blackburn Park Road	30	9	5	16	54	90	23
13	Burnley Reserves	30	9	4	17	61	82	22
14	Padiham	30	10	2	18	51	79	22
15	Prescot	30	6	5	19	43	99	17
16	Darwen Reserves	30	3	1	26	37	116	7
		480	211	58	211	1071	1069	480

 

Darwen Reserves, Liverpool Reserves, Padiham and Prescot all left at the end of the season.  Hurst Ramblers, Leyland and Rossendale United joined.

 

Final League Table 1898-1899

 

1	Preston North End Reserves	28	21	3	4	99	42	45
2	Manchester City Reserves	28	19	3	6	83	37	41
3	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	28	19	3	6	88	40	41
4	Burnley Reserves	28	17	5	6	75	30	39
5	Newton Heath Reserves	28	14	6	8	62	43	34
6	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	28	14	5	9	72	55	33
7	Berry’s Association	28	14	4	10	71	53	32
8	Skerton	28	13	3	12	67	55	29
9	Turton	28	12	3	13	41	56	27
10	Hurst Ramblers	28	11	3	14	58	75	25
11	Bury Reserves	28	9	4	15	55	58	22
12	Blackburn Park Road	28	5	5	18	36	96	15
13	Leyland	28	5	4	19	28	70	14
14	Fleetwood Rangers	28	2	8	18	36	87	12
15	Rossendale United	28	4	2	20	25	99	12
		420	179	61	178	896	896	421

 

Fleetwood Rangers and Rossendale United left the league.  Everton Reserves and Liverpool Reserves returned.  Astley Bridge Wanderers, Glossop Reserves and St. Helens Recreation all joined.  This took membership up to a highest-ever 18 clubs.

 

Final League Table 1899-1900

 

1	Liverpool Reserves	30	23	2	5	76	26	48
2	Preston North End Reserves	30	22	1	7	83	29	45
3	Everton Reserves	30	20	4	6	78	28	44
4	Burnley Reserves	30	18	4	8	66	49	40
5	Manchester City Reserves	30	18	4	8	63	49	40
6	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	30	14	4	12	78	48	32
7	Newton Heath Reserves	30	13	4	13	63	56	30
8	Berry’s Association	30	10	8	12	49	60	28
9	Bury Reserves	30	12	2	16	54	56	26
10	Blackburn Park Road	30	9	7	14	48	65	25
11	Turton	30	8	7	15	41	72	23
12	Glossop Reserves	30	9	4	17	46	65	22
13	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	30	10	2	18	38	56	22
14	Leyland	30	5	9	16	31	74	19
15	Astley Bridge Wanderers	30	8	2	20	41	76	18
16	St. Helens Recreation	30	7	4	19	37	83	18
		480	206	68	206	892	892	480

 

Hurst Ramblers and Skerton both folded during the season and their records were deleted.  Astley Bridge Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers Reserves and Bolton Wanderers Reserves left the competition.  Accrington Stanley, New Brighton Tower Reserves and Stockport County Reserves were admitted, while Oswaldtwistle Rovers and Padiham re-joined. 

 

Final League Table 1900-1901

 

1	Everton Reserves	34	29	2	3	114	22	60
2	Liverpool Reserves	34	28	4	2	117	29	60
3	Manchester City Reserves	34	22	4	8	108	60	48
4	Bury Reserves	34	19	5	10	64	55	43
5	St. Helens Recreation	34	16	8	10	79	60	40
6	Preston North End Reserves	34	16	6	12	89	61	38
7	New Brighton Tower Reserves	34	16	6	12	73	56	38
8	Stockport County Reserves	34	16	6	12	60	66	38
9	Accrington Stanley	34	17	2	15	55	51	36
10	Padiham	34	14	6	14	60	63	34
11	Burnley Reserves	34	13	7	14	61	56	33
12	Turton	34	10	5	19	44	84	25
13	Glossop Reserves	34	11	2	21	42	81	24
14	Berry’s Association	34	9	3	22	55	92	21
15	Leyland	34	7	6	21	37	79	20
16	Blackburn Park Road	34	6	7	21	38	90	19
17	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	34	7	4	23	39	93	18
18	Newton Heath Reserves	34	5	7	22	40	78	17
		612	261	90	261	1175	1176	612

 

Berry’s Association, Blackburn Park Road, Leyland and New Brighton Tower Reserves left.  Blackburn Rovers Reserves, Bolton wanderers Reserves and Rossendale United re-joined the competition and Nelson were admitted.

 

Final League Table 1901-1902

 

1	Manchester City Reserves	34	29	0	5	125	30	58
2	Everton Reserves	34	24	3	7	86	35	51
3	Accrington Stanley	34	21	5	8	79	48	47
4	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	34	19	5	10	81	58	43
5	Liverpool Reserves	34	16	7	11	83	54	39
6	Bury Reserves	34	17	4	13	84	46	38
7	St. Helens Recreation	34	17	3	14	80	64	37
8	Preston North End Reserves	34	17	2	15	91	73	36
9	Nelson	34	13	7	14	60	64	33
10	Rossendale United	34	13	5	16	62	89	31
11	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	34	12	6	16	55	62	30
12	Turton	34	12	6	16	50	67	30
13	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	34	11	7	16	56	77	29
14	Newton Heath Reserves	34	11	5	18	54	97	27
15	Stockport County Reserves	34	10	6	18	63	77	26
16	Burnley Reserves	34	9	5	20	42	99	23
17	Padiham	34	5	9	20	36	85	19
18	Glossop Reserves	34	4	7	23	36	98	15
		612	260	92	260	1223	1223	612

 

St. Helens Recreation refused to play one of their games against Nelson, who were therefore awarded the match, along with the two points.  Burnley Reserves, Glossop Reserves, St. Helens Recreation and Stockport County Reserves withdrew.  Black Lane temperance, Heywood, Heywood United and Trawden Forest all entered the league.  Newton Heath became Manchester United.

 

Final League Table 1902-1903

 

1	Accrington Stanley	34	26	2	6	114	36	54
2	Manchester City Reserves	34	23	7	4	84	36	53
3	Bury Reserves	34	22	6	6	85	39	50
4	Manchester United Reserves	34	18	8	8	83	45	44
5	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	34	19	3	12	81	58	41
6	Everton Reserves	34	16	7	11	74	54	39
7	Liverpool Reserves	34	15	8	11	70	64	38
8	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	34	13	9	12	66	53	35
9	Padiham	34	15	4	15	71	70	34
10	Black Lane Temperance	34	12	4	18	50	79	28
11	Preston North End Reserves	34	11	5	18	68	80	27
12	Heywood	34	10	7	17	49	66	27
13	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	34	11	5	18	53	84	27
14	Trawden Forest	34	9	8	17	38	66	26
15	Rossendale United	34	10	6	18	49	87	26
16	Heywood United	34	7	9	18	46	72	23
17	Nelson	34	7	7	20	43	80	21
18	Turton	34	6	7	21	43	98	19
		612	250	112	250	1167	1167	612

 

Heywood United and Trawden Forest left the Lancashire Combination at the end of the season.  The competition increased dramatically in size, thanks mainly to the demise of the Lancashire League, 10 of that league’s 12 members moving to join the Lancashire Combination.  A further 10 clubs were also admitted, with two equal divisions of 18 being settled on.  Colne and Darwen joined the 16 remaining Lancashire Combination clubs in the new Division 1, with all other new entrants forming Division 2.

 

Final Division 1 Table 1903-1904

 

1	Everton Reserves	34	26	6	2	114	32	58
2	Accrington Stanley	34	24	4	6	89	36	52
3	Manchester City Reserves	34	21	7	6	90	36	49
4	Manchester United Reserves	34	19	8	7	72	35	46
5	Darwen	34	19	7	8	79	45	45
6	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	34	17	6	11	75	64	40
7	Bury Reserves	34	17	5	12	81	66	39
8	Nelson	34	16	4	14	66	61	36
9	Liverpool Reserves	34	12	10	12	75	65	34
10	Rossendale United	34	13	7	14	45	57	33
11	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	34	13	6	15	79	58	32
12	Preston North End Reserves	34	11	10	13	70	59	32
13	Colne	34	11	4	19	59	78	26
14	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	34	7	9	18	50	84	23
15	Heywood	34	9	4	21	51	112	22
16	Turton	34	6	6	22	57	108	18
17	Padiham	34	6	5	23	31	94	17
18	Black Lane Temperance	34	3	6	25	39	132	12
		612	250	114	248	1222	1222	614

 

Final Division 2 Table 1903-1904

 

1	Southport Central	34	23	6	5	82	30	52
2	Earlestown	34	23	5	6	94	49	51
3	Stalybridge Rovers	34	19	8	7	79	39	46
4	Stockport County Reserves	34	21	3	10	81	60	45
5	St. Helens Town	34	16	9	9	64	52	41
6	Ashton Town	34	16	8	10	51	42	40
7	Hyde St. George’s	34	15	9	10	59	50	39
8	Bolton St. Luke’s	34	12	9	13	79	71	33
9	Barrow	34	12	9	13	51	54	33
10	Newton-le-Willows	34	13	6	15	71	69	32
11	St. Helens Recreation	34	12	8	14	47	47	32
12	Atherton Church House*	34	13	3	18	62	72	29
13	Chorley	34	11	7	16	53	62	29
14	Brynn Central	34	13	3	18	62	80	29
15	Skelmersdale United	34	9	9	16	52	75	27
16	Clitheroe Central	34	11	3	20	63	89	25
17	Chorley St. George’s	34	5	10	19	46	82	20
18	Bacup	34	5	3	26	36	109	13
		612	249	118	245	1132	1132	616

 

*Rochdale Town folded after 14 games (6 points) and their fixtures and record were taken on by

  Atherton Church House.

 

At the end of the season the top six sides in Division 2 were promoted, though Stockport County’s first team replaced its reserve side.  The bottom six clubs in Division 1 were relegated, which could explain why Black Lane Temperance and Heywood now disappeared from the competition.  Clitheroe Central and Chorley St. George’s also departed.  Blackpool Reserves, Lytham, Oldham Athletic and Workington were admitted to Division 2, meaning both sections continued with 18 clubs each.

 

 

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