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1987-88

1987-88 Northern Premier League First Division

Fixtures

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 22 H Stalybridge Celtic D 2-2 464 Grimshaw, Parry.
  26 H Netherfield W 2-1 304 Tyson, Hanson.
  29 A Bridlington Town                               (FA Cup Preliminary Round) L 0-1 205  
  31 A Harrogate Town W 2-0 360 Butcher, Robinson.
Sept 5 H Eastwood Town W 4-0 353 Ashcroft, Hanson, Butcher, Parry.
  12 A Winsford United W 1-0 242 Butcher.
  15 A Irlam Town W 3-0 129 Hanson, Parry, Kinsey.
  19 A Leek Town W 3-1 342 Butcher, Parry, Kinsey.
  23 H Congleton Town D 0-0 406  
  26 H Curzon Ashton W  4-0 322 Eatough, Grimshaw, Parry (2).
  30 A Lancaster City L 1-2 258 Sharples.
Oct 3 A Peterlee Newtown                    (FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round) W 3-2 53 Grimshaw, Robinson, Tyson.
  7 H Penrith W 3-0 443 Butcher, Parry, Robinson.
  10 H Winsford United W 3-1 474 Robinson (2), Butcher.
  14 A Penrith W 2-0 222 Parry, Taylor.
  17 H Leek Town L 0-1 535  
  24 A Congleton Town L 0-3 238  
  31 A North Shields                             (FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round) L 1-3 178 Hanson.
Nov 7 H Alfreton Town W 4-1 378 Grimshaw (2), Butcher, Parry.
  14 H Eastwood Hanley      (HFS Loans League Cup Prel Round 1st Leg) L 1-2 317 (Own Goal).
  21 A Droylsden L 0-1 280  
  23 H Colne Dynamoes                           (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup  R1) W 2-1 675 Hanson, Parry.
Dec 1 A Rossendale United      (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) D 0-0 507  
  5 A Eastwood Hanley     (HFS Loans League Cup Prel Round 2nd Leg) L 0-1 120  
  12 A Radcliffe Borough  W 2-1 174 Grimshaw, Robinson.
  19 H Radcliffe Borough        (HFS Loans Division One Cup  R1 1st Leg) W 2-0 224 Hanson, Butcher.
  28 H Lancaster City W 5-0 434 Grimshaw, Parry (4).
Jan 16 H Sutton Town W 6-2 320 Ashcroft, Grimshaw, Butcher, Robinson, Taylor, 
      Darwen                          (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West)       (Own Goal).
  20 A Radcliffe Borough         (HFS Loans Division One Cup R1 2nd Leg) L 2-3 290 Hanson, Sharples.
  23 A Barrow                                            (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R2) D 1-1 120 Ashcroft.
  30 A Stalybridge Celtic D  0-0 509  
Feb 6 A Barrow                               (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R2 Replay) L 2-3 383 Hanson, Ashcroft.
  10 H Eastwood Town W 1-0 347 Taylor.
  13 A Rossendale United     (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) D 1-1 120 Robinson.
  17 H Lancaster City                              (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup Q/F) L 1-2 420 Hutchinson.
  20 A Eastwood Hanley             (HFS Loans Divisional Cup Q/F  1st Leg) W 3-0 178 Hanson, Grimshaw, Parry.
  24 H Curzon Ashton D 0-0 300  
  27 A  Farsley Celtic W 2-1 224 Ashcroft, Robinson.
Mar 2 A Eastwood Hanley        (HFS Loans Division One Cup Q/F 2nd Leg) L 0-1 255  
  5 A Great Harwood Town (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) D 1-1 114 Parry.
  9 A Morecambe                                   (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup S/F) W 2-1 126 Bergin, Whalley (David).
  19 H Eastwood Hanley L 0-3 480  
  26 H Fleetwood Town           (HFS Loans Division One Cup S/F 1st Leg) D 0-0 320  
  17 A Netherfield L 0-1 520  
Apr 2 A Harrogate Town W 3-0 185 Robinson, Taylor (2).
  4 H Fleetwood Town          (HFS Loans Division One Cup S/F 2nd Leg) W 1-0 440 Taylor.
  6 H Farsley Celtic L 1-3 520 Butcher.
  9 H Great Harwood Town (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) L 1-2 320 Parry.
  10 A Alfreton Town W 3-0 60 Bushell, Kitchen, Bergin.
  16 A Darwen                          (Lancashire Floodlit League Group West) D 1-1 235 Hanson.
  17 A Irlam Town L 0-3 ------  
  17 H Droylsden W 2-0 391 Parry, Beck.
  19 H Fleetwood Town D 2-2 340 Ashcroft, Butcher.
  21 A Radcliffe Borough W 4-3 564 Hanson, Whalley (Paul), Robinson, Sharples.
  23 H Sutton Town W 2-2 420 Grimshaw, Sharples.
  24 A Fleetwood Town W 2-2 130 Butcher, Robinson.
  28 H Eastwood Hanley L 1-3 1110 Eatough (pen).
  30 A   L 0-4 168  

Appearances & Goals (Manager Eric Whalley (Resigned May))

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
Mick Ashcroft 32 11 43 5 1 6
Neil Baron 0 1 1 0 0 0
Marvin Baldwin 0 -2 -2 0 0 0
Paul Beck (Loan from Clitheroe) 1 0 1 1 0 1
Kurt Bergin 0 3 3 0 2 2
John Bushell 0 4(1) 4(1) 0 1 1
Gary Butcher 32(2) 15 47(2) 10 2 12
Andrew Cutts                      (GK)   3 3 0 0 0
Alan Dawson                       (GK) 1 1 2 0 0 0
Martin Eatough 36 21 57 2 0 2
Purvis Ali 0 2 2 0 0 0
Chris Grimshaw 35 19(2) 54(2) 8 2 10
Andrew Holden                   (GK) 22 12 34 0 0 0
Neil Hanson 33 17 50 6 5 11
Mark Heys 3(7) 4(7) 7(14) 0 0 0
Paul Hewitt 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter Hutchinson 24 8(1) 34(1) 0 1 1
Steve Kinsey (Loan from Warrington Town) 4 0 4 2 0 2
Ged Kitchen 0 2 2 0 1 1
Eric Kinder 1 1 7 0 0 0
John Kilner                           (GK) 15 6 21 0 0 0
David Mooney 4 4 8 0 0 0
Stuart McFadyen 1 5 6 0 0 0
Steve Parry 36 19 55 15 3 18
Neil Rowbotham 35 15 50 0 0 0
Michael Robinson 25(3) 16 41(3) 11 1 12
Duncan Seddon 3(5) 6(2) 9(7) 0 0 0
John Sweeney 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lee Schulpher 0 3 3 0 0 0
David Sharples 14 6 20 3 1 4
David Tattersall 14(4) 10(3) 24(7) 0 0 0
John Taylor 11(4) 13(3) 24(7) 5 1 6
Geoffrey Tyson 12(3) 4(2) 16(5) 1 1 2
David Whalley -1 5(2) 5(3) 0 1 1
Gary Whalley 0 -1 -1 0 0 0
Paul Whalley 5(3) 4(1) 9(4) 1 0 1
Russell Whalley 1(5) 2(3) 4(8) 0 0 0
Own Goals ----------- --------- ---------- 1 1 2

Team Group Photo

Back Row John Taylor, Michael Robinson, Peter Hutchinson, Mick Ashcroft, Andrew Holden, Steve Parry, Steve O’Brien, Phil Leather (Kitman).
Front Row Gary Butcher, Chris Grimshaw David Sharples, Martin Eatough, Jeff Tyson, Neil Rowbotham, Neil Hanson.

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Fleetwood Town 36 22 7 7 85 45 73
2 Stalybridge Celtic 36 22 6 8 72 42 72
3 Leek Town 36 20 10 6 63 38 70
4 Accrington Stanley 36 21 6 9 71 39 69
5 Farsley Celtic 36 18 9 9 64 48 63
6 Droylsden 36 16 10 10 63 48 58
7 Eastwood Hanley 36 14 12 10 50 37 54
8 Winsford United 36 15 6 15 59 47 51
9 Congleton Town 36 12 16 8 43 39 51 #
10 Harrogate Town 36 13 9 14 51 50 48
11 Alfreton Town 36 13 8 15 53 54 47
12 Radcliffe Borough 36 11 13 12 66 62 46
13 Irlam Town 36 12 10 14 39 45 46
14 Penrith 36 11 11 14 46 51 44
15 Sutton Town 36 11 5 20 51 96 38
16 Lancaster City 36 10 6 20 45 72 36
17 Eastwood Town 36 8 10 18 45 65 34
18 Curzon Ashton 36 8 4 24 43 73 28
19 Netherfield 36 4 4 28 35 93 16

# Congleton Town Deducted 1 Point.

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