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1980-81

1980-81 Cheshire County League Division Two

Fixtures

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 16 H Glossop L 1-2 245 Hargreaves.
  20 A Prestwich Heys W 2-0 ------ Hargreaves, Warburton.
  23 H Congleton Town W 1-0 230 Warburton.
  27 H Prestwich Heys W 2-1 ------ Hargreaves, Walkden.
  30 A Rhyl W 1-0 ------ Blackburn.
Sept 3 H Radcliffe Borough L 0-1 260  
  6 A Rossendale United                      (FA Trophy Preliminary Round) D 1-1 274 Hargreaves.
  10 H Rossendale United         (FA Trophy Preliminary Round Replay) W 1-0 308 Hargreaves.
  13 H Darwen                                                (FA Cup Preliminary Round) W 2-0 282 Hargreaves (2)
  17 H Atherton LR W 4-0 340 Hargreaves (2), Warburton (2).
  20 A Burscough                                 (Cheshire County League Cup R2) W 3-2 ------ Hargreaves, Parr (2).
Oct 4 H Fleetwood Town                             (FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round) D 1-1 399 Parr.
  8 A Fleetwood Town                (FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round Replay) L 2-3 365 (AET)       Hargreaves (2).
  11 H St Helens Town                          (FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round) W 4-1 240 Hargreaves, Clark (Simon), Blackburn, Parr.
Nov 8 A Consett                                      (FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round) W 1-0 210 Cookson.
  29 H Ashton Town W 6-0 220 Warburton (4), Parr, Clark (Mick).
  18 A Maghull W 1-0 ------ Hargreaves.
  25 A Ford Motors W 4-0 ------ Hargreaves (2), Adams, Burr.
Dec 1 A New Brighton W 3-1 ------ Burr (2), (Own Goal).
  9 A Netherfield                                (FA Trophy 3rd Qualifying Round) L 1-2 325 Blackburn.
  15 H Prescot BI W 2-0 205 Hargreaves (2).
Jan 3 A Morecambe                                  (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R2) W 1-0 226 Blackburn.
  6 H Warrington Town W 3-0 360 Parr (2), Blackburn.
  1 A Leyland Motors L 0-1 ------  
  10 A Congleton Town W 3-1 ------ Blackburn (2), Burr.
  24 A Radcliffe Borough D 0-0 ------  
  31 A Skelmersdale United L 0-1 ------  
Feb 7 A Darwen                                        (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup Q/F) W 3-1 ------ Blackburn, Parr (2).
  14 A Atherton Collieries L 0-1 ------  
  21 A Salford W 1-0 ------ Parr.
Mar 7 A Chorley                                          (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup S/F) L 0-2 ------  
  14 A Atherton LR L 2-3 ------ Warburton (2).
  21 A Warrington Town W 2-0 ------ Walkden, Adams.
  28 A Glossop L 0-1 ------  
  31 H Atherton Collieries W 1-0 240 Warburton.
Apr 2 H Ford Motors W 3-0 260 Adams, Walkden, Clark (Mick).
  4 H Chorley                                      (Cheshire County League Cup R3) D 1-1 229 Blackburn.
  7 A Eastwood Hanley W 1-0 ------ Parr.
  9 A Chorley                         (Cheshire County League Cup R3 Replay) L 1-3 ------ (AET)      Blackburn.
  11 H New Brighton W 2-0 300 Clark (Mick) (2).
  14 H Middlewich Athletic D 0-0 340  
  17 A Ashton Town W 1-0 ------ Hargreaves.
  18 H Eastwood Hanley W 4-0 290 Hargreaves (2), Parr (2).
  20 H Rhyl L 1-3 375 Hargreaves.
  22 A Irlam Town W 2-0 ------ Parr, Blackburn.
  28 A Prescot BI W 1-0 ------ Parr.
  30 A Middlewich Athletic D  1-1 ------ Warburton.
May 2 H Irlam Town                                                         (Played at Darwen) L 0-1 255  
  4 H Leyland Motors                                                 (Played at Darwen) W 5-1 375 Hargreaves (3), Blackburn, Parr.
  7 H Skelmersdale United                    (Played at Old Accringtonians) W 5-1 310 Hargreaves (2), Moran (2), Clark (Mick).
  11 H Salford                                             (Played at Old Accringtonians) W 5-0 450 Hargreaves (3), Blackburn, Parr.
  14 H Maghull                                           (Played at Old Accringtonians) W  3-0 200 Hargreaves (3).
  22 A Glossop               (Cheshire County League Division Two Shield) W 1-0 ------ Hargreaves.                 (Played at Rossendale United)

Appearances & Goals (Manager David Baron)

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
Daryl Adams 33(1) 10(2) 43(3) 3 0 3
Glynn Burr 33(2) 11(2) 44(4) 4 0 4
John Blackburn 35(1) 10(3) 45(4) 7 6 16
Tony Braysford -2 0 -2 0 0 0
Mick Clark 7(20) 1(2) 8(22) 5 0 5
Simon Clark 26 14 40 0 1 1
Steve Catlow 21 4 25 0 0 0
Ian Cookson 31(1) 14 45(1) 0 1 1
Michael Finn                                       (GK) 38 14 52 0 0 0
David Hargreaves 21(3) 7 28(3) 25 9 34
David Kay 4(1) 0 4(1) 0 0 0
John Lamb 2 0 2 0 0 0
David Mooney 38 14 52 0 0 0
Peter Mooney -1 0 -1 0 0 0
Brian Moran 13 2 15 2 0 2
Mick Moffitt 0 1 1 0 0 0
David Parr 31 14 45 11 6 17
Paul Starkie -2 -2 -4 0 0 0
Kevin Twinney 29(2) 9(2) 38(4) 0 0 0
Keith Walkden 26 11 37 3 0 3
Ian Warburton 22(1) 9 31(1) 12 0 12
Own Goals ------- ------- ------- 1 0 1

Team Group Photo

Back Row: David Baron (Manager), Glynn Burr, Mick Moffitt, David Mooney, Mick Finn, Simon Clarke, John Lamb, Daryl Adams, Ian Cookson, Tony Clements (Trainer)

Front Row: David Parr, Mason, John Blackburn, David Hargreaves, Kevin Twinney, Ian Bolton.

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Accrington Stanley 38 26 3 9 73 20 55
2 Glossop 38 23 9 6 76 38 55
3 Leyland Motors 38 20 10 8 68 42 50
4 Middlewich Athletic 38 20 10 8 56 32 50
5 Atherton LR 38 19 11 8 61 39 49
6 Prescot BI 38 20 5 13 59 40 45
7 Rhyl 38 20 5 13 69 57 45
8 Maghull 38 15 12 11 55 41 42
9 Ford Motors 38 16 9 13 49 52 41
10 Congleton Town 38 16 8 14 67 55 40
11 Radcliffe Borough 38 15 10 13 58 48 39
12 Irlam Town 38 15 6 17 49 51 36
13 Warrington Town 38 15 5 18 59 78 35
14 Prestwich Heys 38 15 4 19 66 68 32
15 Salford 38 9 13 16 50 70 29
16 Eastwood Hanley 38 12 6 20 47 55 24
17 Skelmersdale United 38 9 10 19 51 68 23
18 Atherton Collieries 38 8 5 25 39 83 21
19 Ashton Town 38 6 5 27 40 93 20
20 New Brighton 38 6 4 28 31 93 15

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