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1984-85

1984-85 North West Counties League Division One

Fixtures

Date     Opponents     Att Scorers
Aug 11 A Fleetwood Town L 1-3 ------ Parry.
  15 H Stalybridge Celtic L 0-1 245  
  18 H Bootle L 0-2 230  
  22 A Formby L 1-2 ------ Hargreaves, Parry.
  25 A Winsford United L 1-2 ------  
  29 H Lancaster City L 0-1 190  
Sept 1 H Leyland Motors W 4-0 220 Shurmer (2). Parry, Illingworth (Gary).
  4 A St Helens Town W 2-0 ------ Williams, Parry.
  8 A Radcliffe Borough                       (FA Trophy Preliminary Round) L 1-3 218 Parry.
  15 H Ilkeston Town                                 (FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round) W 2-1 270 Farnworth, Williams.
  22 A Leek Town D 1-1 ------ Parry.
  19 A Witton Albion                                (FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round) L  0-4 505  
Oct 6 H Congleton Town W 1-0 205 Rowbotham.
  13 A Penrith W 1-0 ------ Rowbotham.
  20 H St Helens Town D 3-3 180 Beck (2), (Own Goal).
  27 A Netherfield D  1-1 ------ Parry.
Nov 10 H Eastwood Hanley            (North West Counties League Cup R3) D 1-1 210 Parry.
  17 H Prescot Cables W 3-0 190 Williams (2), Beck.
  24 A Glossop L 1-2 ------ Farnworth.
Dec 8 A Curzon Ashton W 3-0 ------ Williams (2), Parry.
  15 H Eastwood Hanley D 1-1 220 Farnworth.
  22 A Congleton Town L 0-2 ------  
  26 A Eastwood Hanley    (North West Counties League Cup R3 Rep) W 2-1 ------ Mooney, Farnworth.
  29 A Bootle D 0-0 ------  
Jan 1 A Burscough L 1-5 ------ Beck.
  12 A Leyland Motors L 0-1 ------  
  26 A Lancaster City L   2-5 ------ Robertson, Parry.
Feb 2 H Fleetwood Town                         (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R2) L 3-5 220 Robertson (2), Farnworth.
  9 H Netherfield A 2-1 120 (Abandoned after 45 minutes).
  13 H Burscough L 1-2 160 Adams.
  29 A Stalybridge Celtic L 0-2 ------  
Mar 2 H Droylsden                        (North West Counties League Cup R4) D 0-0 210  
  7 A Droylsden           (North West Counties League Cup R4 Replay) D 0-0 ------ (AET)                                                 (DFC win 5-4 on Penalties)
  9 H Penrith W 3-0 180 Parry, Kitchen, Farnworth.
  16 H Leek Town W 2-0 160 Illingworth (Gary), Higgins.
  23 H Formby W 5-3 150 Parry (2), Kitchen, Higgins, Robertson.
  31 A  Radcliffe Borough L 0-3 ------  
Apr   6 H Glossop L 1-2 210 Mooney.
  8 A Caernarfon Town L 0-3 150  
  17 H Curzon Ashton D 0-0 150  
  20 A Eastwood Hanley L 0-5 ------  
  24 H Netherfield D 0-0 135  
  27 H  Caernarfon Town W 1-0 150 Kitchen.
May 1 A Prescot Cables L 1-3 ------ Higgins.
  4 H Winsford United W 2-0 160 Kitchen, Parry.
  5 H Radcliffe Borough L 1-2 270 Parr.
  8 H  Fleetwood Town D  1-1 205 Parry.

Appearances & Goals (Manager Gerry Keenan)

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
Daryl Adams 29 8 37 1 0 1
Paul Beck 12(1) 3 13(4) 3 0 3
John Blackburn 6 -1 6(1) 0 0 0
Kevin Bradshaw                          (GK) 16 3 19 0 0 0
Steve Bramwell* 14(4) 5(1) 19(5) 0 0 0
Vic Dougherty 10 2 12 0 0 0
Michael Dwyer                            (GK) 1 0 1 0 0 0
Martin Farnworth 22(3) 7(1) 29(4) 3 3 6
Peter Flynn 5(2) -2 5(4) 0 0 0
Brian Haythornthwaite 1 0 1 0 0 0
David Heys 1(1) 0 1(1) 0 0 0
Michael Higgins 23(1) 4(1) 27(2) 3 0 3
Peter Higgins 1 0 1 0 0 0
David Hargreaves 3(1) 0 3(1) 1 0 1
Gary Illingworth 8(2) 1(1) 9(3) 2 0 2
Steve Juliff                                    (GK) 7 3 10 0 0 0
Gerry Keenan 19(3) 5 24(3) 0 0 0
Gerard Kitchen 12(4) 1(2) 13(6) 4 0 4
Gregory Lomax -1 0 -1 0 0 0
David McDowell 4(1) 1(1) 5(2) 0 0 0
Lawrence McMahon 8(1) 3 11(1) 0 0 0
David Mooney 34 9 43 1 1 2
Peter Mooney 1 0 1 0 0 0
Tony Nuttall                                (GK) 13 0 13 0 0 0
Peter O’Brien 23(1) 8 31(1) 0 0 0
Graham O’Neill 4 0 4 0 0 0
David Parr 2(1) 0 2(1) 1 0 1
Steve Parry 38 9 47 13 2 15
Steve Pam 9(1) 1 10(1) 0 0 0
Ian Robertson 20 3 23 2 2 4
Darren Robinson 3(1) 0 3(1) 0 0 0
Neil Rowbotham 37 9 46 2 0 2
Martin Shurmer 5(3) 2(1) 7(4) 2 0 2
Duncan Seddon 5 0 5 0 0 0
John Sweeney 1 0 1 0 0 0
              Timothy 0 1 1 0 0 0
Errol Williams 15(6) 7 22(6) 5 1 6
John Wylie 4 1 5 0 0 0
Own Goals -------- ---------- --------- 1 0 1

*Played one game in goal

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Radcliffe Borough 38 24 10 4 67 33 58
2 Caernarfon Town 38 23 9 6 73 40 55
3 Burscough 38 23 7 8 81 46 53
4 Stalybridge Celtic 38 21 10 7 89 40 52
5 Eastwood Hanley 38 20 12 6 72 42 52
6 Curzon Ashton 38 21 6 11 85 60 48
7 Winsford United 38 20 7 11 58 37 47
8 Fleetwood Town 38 18 8 12 84 57 44
9 Leek Town 38 16 11 11 52 38 43
10 Congleton Town 38 13 11 14 43 46 37
11 Leyland Motors 38 13 8 17 52 67 34
12 St Helens Town 38 12 9 17 64 75 33
13 Prescot Cables 38 13 7 18 64 68 31 #
14 Bootle 38 10 11 17 34 48 31
15 Accrington Stanley 38 11 8 19 45 59 30
16 Glossop 38 8 11 19 46 70 27
17 Formby 38 9 9 20 41 79 25 #
18 Netherfield 38 7 9 22 42 80 23
19 Lancaster City 38 8 5 25 46 90 21
20 Penrith 28 4 4 30 36 99 12

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