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1975-76

1975-76 Lancashire Combination

Fixtures

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 16 H Wigan Athletic Reserves W 2-1 166 Baron, Hargreaves.
  23 H Kirkby Town W 1-0 175 Brydon (Jack).
  30 A Lytham                                                               (Combination Cup R1) L 1-2 ----- Davies.
Sept 6 A Bootle L 2-4 ----- Hargreaves, Brydon (Jack).
  13 H Hyde United                                         (FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round) L 2-3 ----- McDowell, Burr.
  20 A Bridlington Trinity                            (FA Trophy Preliminary Round) L 0-2 -----  
  27 H Leyland Motors                          (Bridge Shield Preliminary Round) W 5-1 ------- McHugh, Brydon (Jack), Hargreaves (2), (Own Goal).
Oct 4 H Ford Motors W 5-2 200 Brydon (Jack) (3), Hargreaves (2).
  11 A Clitheroe W 6-1 ----- Baron, Brydon (Jack), Hargreaves (3), McDowell.
  18 H Blackpool Mechanics L 1-2 184 McDowell.
  25 A Blackpool Wren Rovers W 3-1 ----- Brydon (Jack) (2), Davies.
Nov 1 H Atherton Collieries W 5-4 205 Burr, Davies, Brydon (Jack) (3).
  8 A Atherton Collieries W 3-1 ----- Davies, Hargreaves, Brydon (Jack).
  15 H Blackpool Mechanics                              (Lancashire Junior Cup R1) W 5-3 ----- Hargreaves (2), Brydon (Jack), Wilcox, Davies.
  22 H Maghull W 4-0 205 Hargreaves (3), McDowell.
  29 A Colne Dynamoes W 2-1 ----- Hargreaves, McDowell.
Dec 6 H Morecambe Reserves W 4-1 196 Wilcox, Brydon (Jack), Hargreaves (2).
  13 A Leyland Motors W 2-1 ----- Brydon (Jack), Hargreaves.
  20 H Skelmersdale United Reserves W 7-0 200 Davies, Brydon (Jack) (3), Hargreaves (2), McDowell.
  26 H Bacup Borough W 8-1 467 Davies (2), Brydon (Jack) (2), Hargreaves (2), McDowell, Parr
  27 A Ashton Town W 5-0 ----- Hargreaves (3), Brydon (Jack) (2).
Jan 3 H Ashton Town                                             (Lancashire Junior Cup R2) W 4-0 ----- Hargreaves (2), Brydon (Jack), Baron.
  17 A Kirkby Town L 1-2 ----- Brydon (Jack).
  24 H Clitheroe L 0-1 455  
Feb 7 H Morecambe                                             (Lancashire Junior Cup Q/F) L 2-3 ----- Hargreaves, Davies.
  14 A Bacup Borough D 1-1 ----- Davies.
  21 H Colne Dynamoes W 3-2 360 Wilcox, Davies, Brydon (Jack).
  28 A Ford Motors W 2-0 ----- Shaw, Brydon (Jack).
Mar 6 A Blackpool Mechanics D 0-0 -----  
  13 H Blackpool Wren Rovers W 5-2 275 Shaw, Brydon (Jack), Hargreaves (2), McDowell.
  20 A Blackpool Wren Rovers                                       (Bridge Shield  Q/F) W 2-1 ------ Hargreaves (2).
  27 H Nelson W 3-1 267 Brydon (Jack), Hargreaves, (Own Goal).
Apr 3 A Maghull D 0-0 -----  
  6 H Lytham  W 5-3 265 Hargreaves (3), Brydon (Jack), Davies.
  13 A Nelson W 3-0 ----- Hargreaves (2), Eccles.
  16 A Skelmersdale United Reserves D 0-0 -----  
  17 A Morecambe Reserves W 1-0 ----- Brydon (Jack).
  19 A Lytham  D 1-1 ----- Brydon (Stan).
  22 H Ashton Town W 9-0 185 Wilcox, McHugh, Brydon (Jack) (2), Hargreaves (5).
  24 H Leyland Motors W 5-1 265 Hargreaves (4), Brydon (Stan).
  26 H Kirkby Town                                                             (Bridge Shield S/F) W 3-2 ----- Hargreaves (3).
  28 A Wigan Athletic Reserves W 2-1 ----- Davies, Hargreaves.
  30 H Bootle W 3-0 657 Hubberstey, Hargreaves (2).
May 10 A Nelson                                                       (Bridge Shield Final 1st Leg) W 2-0 ----- Brydon (Jack) (2).
  12 H Nelson                                                      (Bridge Shield Final 2nd Leg) L 1-4 ----- Hargreaves (pen).

Appearances & Goals (Manager Don Bramley)

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Total Goals
David Baron 26(3) 9 35(8) 2 1 3
Jack Brydon 33 9 42 30 5 35
Stanley Brydon 6(2) 2(1) 8(3) 2 0 1
Mike Byrom -1 0 -1 0 0 0
Glynn Burr 25(1) 9(2) 34(3) 1 1 2
Graham Bushell 5(3) -6 5(9) 0 0 0
Brian Chapman 23(3) 7 30(3) 0 0 0
Orville Clarke -2 1(1) 2(3) 0 0 0
Alan Davies 31 10 41 10 3 13
Richard Ellis                            (GK) 33 11 44 0 0 0
Phil Eccles 14(2) 3 17(2) 1 0 1
Jack Hacking                           (GK) 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jonathon Hosty 12 2 14(1) 0 0 0
David Hargreaves 32 11 43 42 13 55
John Hubberstey 14(1) 4 18(1) 1 0 1
Mick McHugh 13 6 19 1 1 2
David McDowell 34 11 45 7 1 8
Benny Newell 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Nuttall 0 -1 -1 0 0 0
David Parr 4(6) 1 5(6) 1 0 1
Alan Shaw 32 11 43 2 0 2
Ian Wilcox 33 11 44 3 1 4
Mel Widdup 1(1) 1(2) 2(3) 0 0 0
Keith Windle 2(1) 0 2(1) 0 0 0
Own Goals  ---------- ---------- ----------- 1 1 2

Team Group Photo

Back Row: Don Bramley (Manager), Orville Clarke, Dick Ellis, Ian Wilcox, Alan Shaw, Jon Hosty, Mick McHugh, David Baron, Tony Clements (Trainer).
Front Row: Alan Davies, David Hargreaves, Jack Brydon, John Chapman, David McDowell.

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Bootle 34 28 3 3 82 29 59
2 Accrington Stanley 34 25 5 4 104 36 55
3 Kirkby Town 34 18 9 7 68 38 45
4 Blackpool Mechanics 34 18 9 7 48 32 45
5 Nelson 34 18 5 11 59 35 41
6 Colne Dynamoes 34 13 10 11 59 55 36
7 Maghull 34 14 6 14 54 62 34
8 Lytham 34 11 9 14 53 54 31
9 Clitheroe 34 11 9 14 51 54 31
10 Bacup Borough 34 9 12 13 44 59 30
11 Ford Motors 34 10 10 14 37 50 30
12 Blackpool Wren Rovers 34 10 10 14 37 51 30
13 Skelmersdale United Reserves 34 11 8 15 35 56 30
14 Morecambe Reserves 34 12 3 19 50 57 27
15 Leyland Motors 34 9 9 16 46 54 27
16 Wigan Athletic Reserves 34 11 3 20 37 57 25
17 Atherton Collieries 34 6 8 20 48 72 20
18 Ashton Town 34 6 4 24 33 95 16

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