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1971-72

1971-72 Lancashire Combination

Back Row: Jimmy Hinksman (Manager), Mel Widdup, David Baron, Richard Ellis, Peter Dunne (Trainer).
Middle Row: Benny Newell, Ken Millar, Tony Farrell, Jim Howley, Stuart Illingworth.
Front Row: Ian Wilcox, David Hinksman, Alan Davies, Colin Smith.

Fixtures

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 14 A Bacup Borough (League Cup Group A) L 2-3 ----- Widdup (2).
  18 H Darwen (League Cup Group A) W 2-0 219 Davies, Widdup.
  25 H Clitheroe (League Cup Group A) W 5-4 200 Hinksman (David), Illingworth (2) (1 pen), Widdup, Bisby.
  28 A Nelson                            (League Cup Group A) W 1-0 ----- (Own Goal).
Sept 1 H Nelson                             (League Cup Group A) L 2-3 212 Davies (pen), Widdup.
  4 A Clitheroe                            (League Cup Group A) W 4-1 132 Davies, Smith (3), Illingworth.
  14 A Darwen                               (League Cup Group A) W 2-3 ----- Newell (pen), Hinksman (Jim).
  18 A Morecambe  (FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round) L 0-2 331  
  25 H Bacup Borough (League Cup Group A) W 4-0 246 Smith (4), (2 pens).
Oct 2 H Prescot Town D 2-2 267 Newell, Davies.
  16 A Leyland Motors (Combination Cup Q/F) W 1-0 ----- Widdup.
  23 A Nelson W 6-0 ----- Davies (3), Smith (2), Illingworth.
  31 A Atherton Collieries W 3-2 ----- Illingworth (2), (Own Goal).
Nov 6 A St Helens Town L 1-3 ----- Illingworth.
  13 H Blackpool Mechanics L 1-2 177 Smith.
  20 H Ashton Town D 2-2 101 Baron, Widdup.
  27 H Leyland Motors        (Lancashire Junior Cup R1) W 3-1 ----- Smith, Illingworth, Widdup.
Dec 4 A Leyland Motors D 2-2 ----- Illingworth (2).
  11 A Milnthorpe Corinthians W 9-1 ----- Smith (4), Illingworth (4), Bisby.
  18 H Kirkby Town Reserves W 4-0 124 Davies (2), Illingworth (2).
  26 A Darwen W 1-0 ----- Baron.
Jan 1 H Bacup Borough W 3-1 230 Smith (2) (1pen), Lee.
  8 A Rossendale United (Lancashire Junior Cup R2) L 1-3 ----- Bisby.
  15 H Dukinfield Town W 5-3 110 Howley, Illingworth (3), Bisby.
  22 A Prescot Town W 2-1 ----- Bramley, Bisby.
Feb  6 A Clitheroe W 4-1 400 Davies (4).
  13 H Nelson W 3-2 627 Davies, Bramley, (Own Goal).
  19 A Ashton Town W 3-2 ----- Davies (2), Illingworth.
  26 H St Helens Town L 1-2 555 Illingworth.
Mar 4 A Blackpool Mechanics L 0-4 -----  
  11 A Dukinfield Town W 2-1 ----- Davies, Bisby.
  18 A Wigan Rovers W 2-0 ----- Illingworth (2).
  25 H Wigan Rovers W 3-0 197 Widdup (2), Bisby.
Apr 3 A Bacup Borough W 5-2 ----- Howley, Davies (2), Widdup, Illingworth.
  8 H Leyland Motors W 5-1 152 Baron, Davies (2), Widdup, Bisby.
  9 H Bacup Borough (League Cup S/F 1st Leg) W 8-1 467 Davies (2), Illingworth (3), Bisby (3).
  12 H Milnthorpe Corinthians W 7-0 289 Howley, Baron, Illingworth (3), Widdup, Bisby.
  15 H Darwen L 1-3 274 Hodgson.
  16 A Bacup Borough League Cup S/F 2nd Leg) L 1-2 ----- Davies.
  19 H Clitheroe D 2-2 264 Beard, Baron.
  25 H Blackpool Mechanics (Combination Cup S/F) W 2-1 354 Davies, Illingworth.
  26 A Kirkby Town Reserves D 0-0 -----  
  29 H Atherton Collieries W 2-0 215 Howley, Bisby.
May 4 H Ashton Town (League Cup Final  1st  Leg) W 2-0 289 Widdup, Illingworth (pen).
  5 A Nelson (Combination Cup Final 1st Leg) W 3-1 ----- Davies (2), Illingworth.
  10 H Nelson (Combination Cup Final 2nd Leg) D 2-2 690 Davies, Widdup.
  12 A Ashton Town (League Cup Final 2nd Leg) L 0-2 -----  
  18 A Ashton Town (League Cup Final Decider) W 5-0 ----- Davies (2), Smith, Illingworth, Bisby.

Appearances & Goals (Manager Jimmy Hinksman)

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
David Baron 22 6 28 0 0 0
David Baron 27 15 42 5 0 5
Graham Bisby 22(2) 16(3) 48(5) 8 6 14
Don Bramley 9(1) 1(7) 10(8) 2 0 2
Tom Beard 16 8 24 1 0 1
David Crawley 0 3 3 0 0 0
Alan Davies 26 19 45 18 12 30
Tony Farrell 27 20 47 0 0 0
Richard Hodgson 3(3) 4(1) 7(4) 1 0 1
Jim Howley 25 20 45 4 0 4
       Harvey (GK) 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Hinksman (1) 2 2(1) 0 1 1
David Hinksman 19(1) 15 34(1) 0 1 1
Alan Kitchen 0 1 1 0 0 0
Stuart Illingworth 26(1) 16 42(1) 23 11 34
         Lee 4(4) 2 6(4) 1 0 1
Derek Morris (GK) 5 13 18 0 0 0
John Nuttall 2(1) 8 10(1) 0 0 0
Benny Newell 23 12 35 1 1 2
     Phillips (GK) 0 1 1 0 0 0
Colin Smith 11 8 19 9 9 18
Keith Windle 12(3) 11 23(3) 0 0 0
Mel Widdup 28 20 48 6 9 15
Own Goals ---------- ----------- ----------- 2 1 3

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 St Helens Town 28 20 7 1 56 16 47
2 Accrington Stanley 28 18 5 5 81 40 41
3 Blackpool Mechanics 28 17 4 7 63 31 38
4 Clitheroe 28 16 5 7 52 45 37
5 Ashton Town 28 15 4 9 59 45 34
6 Dukinfield Town 28 12 9 7 57 41 33
7 Nelson 28 13 5 10 69 49 31
8 Prescot Town 28 9 9 10 39 35 27
9 Darwen 28 10 6 12 48 57 26
10 Atherton Collieries 28 9 7 12 45 51 25
11 Leyland Motors 28 8 5 15 54 66 21
12 Bacup Borough 28 9 1 18 55 74 19
14 Kirkby Town Reserves 28 6 6 16 32 59 18
15 Wigan Rovers 28 6 3 19 34 65 15
16 Milnthorpe Corinthians 28 3 2 23 24 94 8

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