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1977-78

1977-78 Lancashire Combination

Results

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 20 A Atherton Collieries D 1-1   Brydon.
  27 H Ford Motors W 3-1   Brydon, Hargreaves, Monks.
Sept 3 A Skelmersdale United                      (FA Cup Preliminary Round) W 3-0   Hubberstey (2), Brydon.
  10 H Belper Town                            (FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round) W 5-0   Hargreaves (3), Davies, Monks.
  17 A Burscough                                      (FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round) D 2-2   Davies, Hargreaves.
  21 H Burscough                        (FA Cup 1st  Qualifying Round Replay) L 0-1    
  24 H Clitheroe W 4-1   Howarth (Ronnie), Hindle, Hargreaves (2).
Oct 1 A Blackpool Mechanics W 2-0   Brydon, Hargreaves.
  8 H Blackpool Wren Rovers D 3-3   Hargreaves (2), Howarth (Ronnie).
  9 A Clitheroe W 7-1   Howarth (Ronnie), Davies (3), Brydon, Hargreaves (2).
  15 H Durham City                            (FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round) D 0-0    
  19 A Durham City               (FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round Replay) L 0-1    
  22 H Lytham  W 5-1   Hargreaves (3), Brydon, Wilcox.
  29 A Bootle W 1-0   Hargreaves.
Nov 5 H Kirkby Town W 6-1   Davies, Brydon, Hargreaves (3), Monks.
  12 H Skelmersdale United W 3-0   Leech, Hargreaves, Davies.
  13 A Nelson W 3-0   Hubberstey, Brydon (2).
  19 A Maghull W 3-2   Brydon (2), McCrae.
  26 H Padiham W  6-1   Brydon (2), Davies, Hargreaves, Leech, (Own Goal).
Dec 3 A Blackpool Wren Rovers W 3-0   Brydon (2), Hargreaves.
  10 H Leyland Motors D 3-3   Hargreaves (2), McCrae.
  17 A Leyland Motors L 0-1    
  24 H Atherton Collieries W 3-2   Parr, Hindle, Lamb.
  31 A Ford Motors D 2-2   Parr, McCrae.
Jan 7 H Atherton Collieries                             (Lancashire Junior Cup R2) W 4-1   Wilcox, Brydon (2), Leech.
  14 A Morecambe Reserves W 5-2   Brydon (3), Parr, Leech.
  15 A Colne Dynamoes D 2-2   Lamb, Howarth (Ronnie).
Feb 4 H Blackpool Mechanics    (Combination Cup Preliminary Round) W 3-0   Davies, Parr (2).
  25 A Great Harwood                                    (Lancashire Junior Cup R3) D 1-1   Wilcox.
Mar 4 H Great Harwood                      (Lancashire Junior Cup R3 Replay) W 2-0   Lamb, Davies.
  11 A Kirkby Town W 2-1   Davies, Brydon.
  18 A Wigan Athletic                                   (Lancashire Junior Cup S/F) L 3-4 911 Davies (2), Parr.
  25 H Morecambe Reserves W 6-0   Parr (3), Brydon, Davies, Howarth (Ronnie).
  30 H Bootle                                                            (Combination Cup R1) L  1-2   Brydon.
Apr 1 A Padiham W 2-0   Parr, Warburton.
  3 H Bacup Borough W 4-0   Hindle, Howarth (Ronnie), Davies, Brydon.
  15 H Nelson W 2-0   Warburton, Poole.
  17 H Ashton Town W 2-1   Brydon (2).
  22 H Colne Dynamoes W 2-1   McHugh, Davies.
  24 A Ashton Town W 3-0   Hubberstey, Brydon, Warburton.
  27 A Lytham  D 1-1   McCrae.
  29 A Bacup Borough W  3-0   Hindle, Warburton (2).
May 1 H Blackpool Mechanics W 4-0   Davies, Brydon, Parr.
  8 H Bootle W 1-0   Brydon.
  11 A Skelmersdale United D 2-2   Walkden (2).
  13 H Maghull L  0-2    

Appearances & Goals (Manager Don Bramley (Dismissed January), Manager David Baron)

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
John Blackburn 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Bolton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Braysford -1 0 -1 0 0 0
Glynn Burr 2 0 2 0 0 0
Jack Brydon 28(2) 12 40(2) 25 4 29
               Cohan -1 0 -1 0 0 0
               Calverley -1 0 -1 0 0 0
Alan Davies 31 11 42 11 6 17
Joe Devlin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Finn                               (GK) 34 12 46 0 0 0
Tony Gardner -1 0 -1 0 0 0
John Hacking                               (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Hindle 29(2) 11(2) 40(2) 4 0 4
John Hubberstey 34 12 46 2 2 4
Neil Haigh 1 1(2) 2(2) 0 0 0
Robert Haworth 7 0 7 0 0 0
Ronnie Haworth 33 9 42 6 0 6
David Hargreaves 14 6 20 20 4 24
Gary Hilton                                 (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Lamb 11(3) 1(3) 12(6) 2 1 3
Graham Lord 1(1) 0 1(1) 0 0 0
Jimmy Leech 9(3) -1 9(4) 4 1 5
Mick McHugh 31 12 43 1 0 1
Ian McCrae 19(2) 4 23(2) 4 0 4
Tony Monks 7(6) 5(1) 12(7) 1 1 2
Tony Ormerod 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernard Poole 33 12 45 2 0 2
David Pitt 1 0 1 0 0 0
David Parr 16(2) 6 22(2) 8 3 11
Kevin Twinney 4 0 4 0 0 0
Ian Wilcox 18 11 29 1 2 3
Keith Walkden 6(4) 5(1) 11(5) 2 0 2
Ian Warburton 8(2) -1 8(3) 5 0 5
Own Goals -------- -------- -------- 1 0 1

Team Group Photo

Back Row: Mick McHugh, Ian Warburton, David Hindle, Mick Finn, John Lamb, Ian McCrae, Robert Haworth,   Ian Bolton, Tony Clements (Trainer).

Front Row: Mark Turner, Alan Braysford, David Parr, Ian Wilcox, John Lord, Kevin Twinney, Ronnie Haworth, John Blackburn.

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Accrington Stanley 34 25 7 2 99 32 57
2 Blackpool Wren Rovers 34 22 8 4 64 27 52
3 Bootle 34 19 9 6 74 32 47
4 Kirkby Town 34 19 6 9 72 38 44
5 Colne Dynamoes 34 18 5 11 80 42 41
6 Maghull 34 15 11 8 57 41 41
7 Leyland Motors 34 15 10 9 63 47 40
8 Skelmersdale United 34 14 10 10 53 41 38
9 Atherton Collieries 34 14 8 12 63 52 36
10 Lytham 34 13 8 13 54 66 34
11 Ford Motors 34 11 8 15 57 64 30
12 Padiham 34 12 6 16 51 61 30
13 Bacup Borough 34 12 5 17 43 63 29
14 Blackpool Mechanics 34 10 6 18 38 65 26
15 Morecambe Reserves 34 6 9 19 36 69 21
16 Clitheroe 34 7 6 21 41 87 20
17 Ashton Town 34 4 5 25 32 89 13
18 Nelson 34 4 5 25 33 94 13

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