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1985-86

1985-86 The North West Counties Football League Division One

Results

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 10 H Burscough L 0-1 230  
  14 H Stalybridge Celtic L 2-3 265 Morley, Mahon (David).
  17 A Radcliffe Borough L 0-2 -----  
  21 A Leyland Motors D 2-2 ----- Tilley, Conroy.
  24 H Darwen                                               (FA Cup Preliminary Round) W 2-0 295 Morley, Mahon (David).
  28 H Netherfield W 3-0 280 Tilley, Parry, (Own Goal).
  31 A Lancaster City                              (FA Trophy Preliminary Round) D 0-0 -----  
Sept  4         7 9 H Lancaster City                 (FA Trophy Preliminary Round Replay) D 4-4 235 Tilley, Robertson, Parry (2).
  12 H Droylsden                                        (FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round) W 4-1 330 Parry (3), Mahon (David).
  14 H Lancaster City           (FA Trophy Preliminary Round 2nd Replay) D 2-2 315 Parry (2).
  17 A Lancaster City         (FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round 3rd Replay) L 2-4 65 Parry, Mahon (David).
  21 A Bootle L 1-2 280 Parry.
  24 A Netherfield W 2-1 156 Tilley, Mahon (David).
  28 H Congleton Town W 1-0 280 Tilley.
  1 A Stalybridge Celtic L 1-7 439 Morley.
  5 H Runcorn                                          (FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round) D 1-1 840 Tilley.
Oct  12 A Runcorn                             (FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round Replay) L 1-9 885 Parry.
  19 H Eastwood Hanley L 1-2 262 Conroy.
  26 H Irlam Town L 1-2 310 Tilley.
  2 A Prescot Cables W 4-1 74 Deveney, Thompson, Robertson (2).
  9 H Curzon Ashton L  0-1 285  
Nov 16 A Eastwood Hanley D 3-3 143 Deveney, Thompson (2).
  23 H Fleetwood Town D 2-2 275 Thompson, Parry.
  30 H Padiham                           (North West Counties League Cup R3) D 1-1 305 Thompson.
  14 A Leek Town D 1-1 225 Thompson.
  18 H Winsford United W 2-1 230 Adams, Grimshaw.
Dec 21 H Fleetwood Town                          (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R1) D 2-1 225 Grimshaw, Parry.
  1 A Fleetwood Town             (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R1 Replay) L 1-2 ------ Conroy.
  12 A Formby D 3-3 48 Parry, Morley, Conroy.
Jan  18 A Clitheroe L 3-4 636 Grimshaw, Parry. Mahon (David).
  8 H Leek Town W 3-0 170 Morley, Conroy, (Own Goal).
  22 A Padiham              (North West Counties League Cup R3 Replay) L 2-3 ------ Thompson, Parry.
Feb 8 H St Helens Town W 3-1 220 Chisholm, Rowbotham, Robertson.
  15 A St Helens Town D 2-2 91 Thompson, Mahon (David).
Mar 19 A Winsford United L 2-3 105 Conroy, Rowbotham.
  22 H  Bootle W 2-1 225 Grimshaw, Robertson.
  25 A Penrith L 2-4 139 Grimshaw, Parry.
  28 A Congleton Town D 0-0 229  
  29 A Burscough D 0-0 137  
  31 A Warrington Town           (North West Counties League Cup R4) L 2-3 181 Seddon (Duncan). Parry.
  6 H Clitheroe L 0-1 550  
  12 H Glossop D  3-3 240 Parry (2), Robertson.
Apr 15 H Radcliffe Borough W 2-1 310 Conroy, Robertson.
  19 H Penrith W 1-0 240 Grimshaw.
  24 A Fleetwood Town L 1-2 215 Conroy.
  26 A Glossop W 3-1 95 Parry, Robertson (2).
  3 A Curzon Ashton W 2-0 62 Thompson (2).
  6 H  Prescot Cables W  2-0 235 Tattersall, Robertson.
May 12 H Formby D 1-1 210 Thompson.
    A Irlam Town D 0-0 142  
    H Leyland Motors L  1-2 202 Rowbotham.

Appearances & Goals (Manager Frank O’Kane (Resigned April) Assistant Manager Ian Nugent).

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
Daryl Adams 36(2) 7 43(2) 1 0 2
Bob Barrass 15(1) 5 20(1) 0 0 0
Kevin Bradshaw                         (GK) 6 1 7 0 0 0
Tony Bramley 9(2) 0 9(2) 0 0 0
Chris Chisholm 38 12 50 1 0 2
Gary Conroy 19(4) 5(1) 24(5) 7 1 8
John Deveney 10(1) 3 13(1) 2 0 2
Paul Dickinson 16(3) 1 17(3) 0 0 0
Steve Gradwell                        (GK) 11 3 14 0 0 0
Robert Grimshaw 20 4 24 5 1 6
Mark Heys 1(1) 0 1(1) 0 0 0
Gary Illingworth 4(4) 0 4(4) 0 0 0
Ged Kitchen 4(2) 0 4(2) 0 0 0
David Mahon 14 7 21 4 3 7
Steve Mahon 8 6 14 0 0 0
Ian Meadowcroft 4(1) 0 4(1) 0 0 0
Andy Morley 19 11 30 4 1 5
David McDougall 9 1 10 0 0 0
Mark Nuttall 2(1) 1(1) 3(2) 0 0 0
Steve Palmer                               (GK) 11 7 18 0 0 0
Steve Pam 1 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Parry 36(1) 12 48(1) 9 12 21
Gary Pierce                                  (GK) 13 1 14 0 0 0
Peter Rigby 1 3 4 0 0 0
Ian Robertson 26(9) 4 30(9) 9 1 10
Neil Rowbotham 40 12 52 3 0 3
Ian Sampson 23(1) 5 28(1) 0 0 0
Duncan Seddon 31 7 38 0 1 1
Paul Seddon 2 0 2 0 0 0
Lee Shirtcliffe 2(1) 0 2(1) 0 0 0
Martin Shurmer 3 -2 3(2) 0 0 0
Gary Smith 9(2) 3(2) 12(4) 0 0 0
David Tattersall 12(1) 1 13(1) 1 0 1
Stewart Thompson 28(3) 4 32(3) 9 1 10
Peter Tilley 20(1) 6(4) 26(5) 5 2 7
Own Goals --------- --------- -------- 2 0 2

Team Group Photo

Back Row: Ian Nugent (Assistant Manager), Frank O’Kane (Manager), Michael Dwyer, Tony Nuttall,   Steve Pam, Neil Rowbotham, Steve Bramwell, Bab Barrass, Gary Smith, Daryl Adams.
Front Row: Gary Illingworth, Martin Shurmer, Ian Robertson, Ged Kitchen, David Mahon, Steve Parry, Gary Conroy, Andy Morley

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Clitheroe 38 20 14 4 61 30 54
2 Congleton Town 38 22 10 6 51 29 54
3 Eastwood Hanley 38 22 9 7 68 45 53
4 Stalybridge Celtic 38 21 10 7 62 39 52
5 Fleetwood Town 38 21 10 7 70 34 50 #
6 Irlam Town 38 16 14 8 66 45 46
7 Leek Town 38 20 6 12 64 44 46
8 Curzon Ashton 38 18 9 11 52 50 45
9 Burscough 38 15 10 13 45 35 40
10 St Helens Town 38 15 8 15 65 55 38
11 Accrington Stanley 38 13 11 14 62 60 37
12 Leyland Motors 38 13 8 17 62 67 34
13 Winsford United 38 14 6 18 55 68 34
14 Radcliffe Borough 38 12 9 17 48 49 33
15 Bootle 38 11 7 20 46 54 29
16 Penrith 38 9 8 21 46 63 26
17 Netherfield 38 8 10 20 38 76 26
18 Glossop 38 7 10 21 37 69 24
19 Prescot Cables 38 5 9 24 33 68 19
20 Formby 38 5 8 25 35 86 18

#  Fleetwood Town Deducted 2 Points.

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