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1986-87

1986-87 Bass North West Counties League Division One

Fixtures

Date     Opponents     Att Scorers
Aug 9 A Eastwood Hanley D 0-0 212  
  13 H Netherfield W 3-0 275 Robinson (3).
  16 H St Helens Town W 4-2 270 Eatough, Parry (2), Robinson.
  20 A Penrith D 1-1 236 Chisholm.
  23 A Congleton Town W 1-0 226 Grimshaw (Chris).
  27 H Rossendale United D 2-2 431 Adams, Robinson.
  30 H Lancaster City                                     (FA Cup Preliminary Round) L 0-1 315  
Sept 2 A Netherfield W 2-1 121 Godfrey.
  6 H Bridlington Trinity                        (FA Trophy Preliminary Round) W 3-2 191 Godfrey, Robinson, Tattersall.
  10 H Penrith W 2-1 377 Robertson, Parry.
  13 A Glossop W 3-2 123 Godfrey, Parry, Own Goal.
  20 H Bootle L 0-1 317  
  24 H Glossop D 1-1 427 Eatough.
  27 A  Stalybridge Celtic L 1-2 372 Eatough.
Oct 1 H Irlam Town D 2-0 411 Robinson (3).
  4 H Goole Town                                (FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round) D 1-1 451 Robinson.
  7 A Goole Town                   (FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round Replay) L 0-3 560  
  11 H Leek Town D 1-1 355 Mooney.
  15 H Ashton United         (Bass North West Counties League Cup R3) D 1-1 422 Robinson.
  18 A Kirkby Town D 1-1 77 Mooney.
  29 H Radcliffe Borough       (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) D  0-0 344  
Nov 1 A Burscough W 1-0 180 Tyson.
  5 H Great Harwood Town (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) W 3-0 350 Chisholm, Robinson, Tyson.
  8 H Stalybridge Celtic D 1-1 454 Hanson.
  12 H Eastwood Hanley W 2-1 419 Chisholm, Sharples.
  14 A Curzon Ashton W 3-0 171 Sharples, Tyson, Grimshaw (Chris).
  22 H Winsford United D 1-1 433 Hanson.
  26 A Great Harwood Town (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) W 1-0 165 Robinson.
  29 A Fleetwood Town D 0-0 292  
Dec 6 A Darwen                                           (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R1) D 1-1 310 Parry.
  10 H Darwen                              (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R1 Replay) W 1-0 488 Tyson.
  13 A Winsford United D 0-0 192  
  17 H Leyland Motors W 3-0 231 Grimshaw (Chris), Tyson, Parry.
  26 A Clitheroe D 3-3 1152 Mooney (2), Parry.
  27 A Ashton Utd  (Bass North West Counties League Cup R3 Replay) L  1-2 141 Mooney.
Jan 1 H Radcliffe Borough  A 1-0 337 Hanson.                                    (Abandoned after 76 minutes)
  8 H Irlam Town                   (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) W 4-1 176 Robinson (2), Tyson, Hanson.
  17 A Leyland Motors W 1-0 240 Eatough.
  24 H Burscough D 0-0 335  
  28 H  Horwich RMI                (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) D 1-1 266 (Own Goal).
Feb 4 A Morecambe                                   (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R2) L 0-2 552  
  14 H Curzon Ashton W 6-1 321 Robinson, Parry (2), Hanson, Sharples, (Own Goal).
  21 A Irlam Town L 1-2 130 Parry.
  25 A Radcliffe Borough       (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) W 2-0 220 Hanson, Tyson.
  28 A Bootle D 1-1 130 Robinson.
Mar 7 A Rossendale United D 0-0 ------  
  14 H Kirkby Town W 3-2 305 Ashcroft (2), Parry.
  21 H Radcliffe Borough W 3-0 294 Grimshaw (Chris) (2), Robinson.
Apr 4 H Congleton Town W 2-1 230 Robinson, Tyson.
  11 H Fleetwood Town L 1-3 302 Robinson.
  14 A Irlam Town                   (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) D  1-1 74 Taylor.
  18 H Clitheroe W 2-0 683 Ashcroft, Taylor (pen).
  20 A Radcliffe Borough W 3-0 ------ Whalley (Paul) (2), Sharples.
  25 A Leek Town D 0-0 ------  
  27 A Hyde United                                 (Lancashire Floodlit League S/F) L 2-5 ------ Taylor, Parry.
May 10 A St Helens Town W 2-2 ------ Robinson (2) (1 pen).

Appearances & Goals (Manager Eric Whalley)

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
Daryl Adams 15 5(1) 20(1) 1 1 2
Mick Ashcroft 19(2) 9(2) 28(4) 3 0 3
Andy Baker -2 0 -2 0 0 0
John Bushell 2 -1 2(1) 0 0 0
Chris Chisholm 17(3) 8 25(3) 2 1 3
David Carney 0 1 1 0 0 0
Alan Dawson                                  (GK) 12 3 15 0 0 0
Martin Eatough 34 17 51 3 1 4
Eric Geldard 0 -1 -1 0 0 0
Steve Godfrey 6(2) 3 9(2) 2 1 3
Chris Grimshaw 25(1) 13(2) 38(3) 5 0 5
Robert Grimshaw 11(1) 4 15(1) 0 0 0
Neil Hanson 16 9 25 3 2 5
Andrew Holden                              (GK) 12 9 21 0 0 0
Ged Kitchen -1 0 -1 0 0 0
David Mooney 34(1) 15(1) 49(2) 4 1 4
David Mottershead                        (GK)  14 5 19 0 0 0
Steve Parry 29(5) 15(1) 44(6) 11 1 12
Peter Rigby 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ian Robertson 3(3) 3(4) 6(7) 1 0 1
Michael Robinson 36 14(2) 50(2) 15 7 22
Neil Rowbotham 32 17 49 0 0 0
Lee Schulpher 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duncan Seddon 4(6) 3(4) 7(10) 0 0 0
David Sharples 32(2) 13(2) 45(4) 4 0 5
Martin Shurmer 0 -1 -1 0 0 0
Lee Shirtcliffe 1 0 1 0 0 0
David Tattersall 34(2) 15 49(2) 0 1 1
John Taylor 6(2) 3(1) 9(3) 2 1 3
Jeff Tyson 23(1) 12 35(1) 4 4 8
Paul Whalley 2(3) -3 2(6) 2 0 2
Russell Whalley -1 -1 -2 0 0 0
Own Goals -------- --------- ---------- 2 1 3

Team Group Photo

Back Row: Chris Chisholm, Michael Robinson, Davis Mottershead, David Mooney, Steve Parry,  Duncan Seddon, David Tattersall.
Front Row: Mick Ashcroft, Peter Rigby, David Sharples, Martin Eatough, Neil Rowbotham, Chris Grimshaw.

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Stalybridge Celtic 38 25 8 5 74 39 28
2 Accrington Stanley 38 19 15 4 63 32 53
3 Clitheroe 38 20 12 6 76 47 52
4 Kirkby Town 38 22 4 12 71 48 48
5 Bootle 38 19 10 9 52 38 48
6 St Helens Town 38 19 9 10 65 37 47
7 Winsford United 38 19 8 11 55 39 46
8 Fleetwood Town 38 16 13 9 61 49 45
9 Penrith 38 16 10 12 62 59 42
10 Rossendale United 38 14 11 13 66 59 39
11 Congleton Town 38 13 11 14 38 39 37
12 Burscough 38 11 11 16 58 54 33
13 Leyland Motors 38 13 7 18 52 56 33
14 Eastwood Hanley 38 10 11 17 40 50 31
15 Radcliffe Borough 38 11 8 19 46 57 30
16 Leek Town 38 9 12 17 42 55 30
17 Netherfield 38 12 5 21 45 73 29
18 Irlam Town 38 4 13 21 36 74 21
19 Curzon Ashton 38 4 12 22 35 78 20
20 Glossop 38 5 8 25 33 87 18

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