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1989-90

1989-90 HFS Loans League First Division

Fixtures

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 26 H Newtown D 1-1 315 Grimshaw.
  28 A Winsford United W 2-0 250 Davies, Walsh (Mark).
Sept 2 A Atherton LR                                          (FA Cup Preliminary Round) D 1-1 511 Betts.
  6 H Atherton LR                             (FA Cup Preliminary Round Replay) W 5-2 411 (AET)    Butterworth (Lee) (2), Blake, Betts, Walsh (Mark).
  9 H Eastwood Town D 1-1 328 Butterworth (Lee).
  13 A Radcliffe Borough D 2-2 184 Wilson, Curley.
  16 H Borrowash Victoria                          (FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round) W 4-0 340 Blackstone, Grimshaw, Blake, Maddrick.
  20 A Penrith W 1-0 185 Curley.
  23 A Colne Dynamoes                        (FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round) L 2-3 871 Davies, Curley.
  27 H Curzon Ashton W 2-0 348 Maddrick, Grimshaw.
  30 A Mossley                                             (FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round) L  1-3 496 Betts.
Oct 7 H Worksop Town W 6-0 435 Szabo (2), Butterworth (Lee), Blackstone, Guest, Curley.
  11 H Workington W 4-2 418 Szabo (2), Butterworth (Lee), Curley.
  14 A Eastwood Hanley L 1-2 122 Butterworth (Lee).
  17 A Workington W 3-0 181 Blackstone (2), (Own Goal).
  21 H Penrith W 2-1 271 Blackstone, Walsh (Mark).
  25 H Netherfield W 4-1 380 Blackstone (3), Davies.
  28 A Newtown                   (HFS Loans League Cup Preliminary Round) W 3-1 217 Blackstone, Curley, Betts.
  31 A Lancaster City L 0-2 279  
Nov 4 H Whitley Bay D 1-1 362 Blackstone.
  11 A Congleton Town D 2-2 225 Blackstone, Curley.
  18 A Newtown                                       (HFS Loans Division One Cup R1) W 2-1 207 Curley, Betts.
  20 A Curzon Ashton D 0-0 284  
  25 A Alfreton Town D 2-2 156 Blackstone (2).
  29 H Whitley Bay                                             (HFS Loans League Cup R1) D 1-1 420 Curley.
Dec 2 H Lancaster City W 2-1 342 Szabo, Curley.
  5 A Netherfield W 3-2 255 Szabo, Scott, Blake.
  9 H Leek Town W 2-0 340 Curley, Grimshaw.
  11 H Irlam Town W 2-0 290 Blackstone, Scott.
  13 A Whitley Bay                                (HFS Loans League Cup R1 Replay) L 0-1 283  
  16 H Radcliffe Borough D 1-1 302 Butterworth (Gary).
  26 A Rossendale United L 1-2 1220 Curley (pen).
  30 A Whitley Bay L 1-4 502 Szabo.
Jan 1 H Droylsden L 0-2 405  
  6 A Farsley Celtic W 2-1 157 Davies, Wood.
  13 H Lancaster City                               (HFS Loans Division One Cup R2) D 1-1 301 Cameron.
  16 A Lancaster City                 (HFS Loans Division One Cup R2 Replay) W 2-1 184 Grimshaw (2).
  20 H Eastwood Hanley W 6-0 340 Szabo (2), Adams, Curley, Guest, Davies.
  24 H Skelmersdale United                     (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R2) L 2-3 255 Szabo, Grimshaw.
  27 A Irlam Town D 2-2 119 Cameron (2).
Feb 3 A Harrogate Town                       (HFS Loans Division One  Cup Q/F) D 1-1 345 Cameron.
  10 H Alfreton Town W 1-0 364 Cameron.
  14 H Harrogate Town            (HFS Loans Division One Cup Q/F Replay) L 2-3 259 Cameron, Walsh (Mark).
  17 A Worksop Town W 2-1 85 Grimshaw, (Own Goal).
  24 A Newtown L   1-3 283 Davies.
Mar 3 A Leek Town L 2-3 567 Szabo, Walsh (Mark).
  7 H Harrogate Town W 2-1 270 Cameron (2).
  10 H Emley W 1-0 510 Curley.
  17 H Winsford United W 2-1 337 Cameron, Quigg.
  24 A Eastwood Town D 2-2 137 Curley, Walsh (Mark).
  27 A Harrogate Town W 3-1 406 Cameron, Curley, Guest.
  31 A Emley W 2-1 378 Bondswell, Lutkevitch.
Apr 14 H Farsley Celtic W 4-2 458 Cameron, Bondswell, Curley, Walsh (Mark).
  16 H Rossendale United L 0-1 830  
  21 A Droylsden L  0-2 752  
May 5 H Congleton Town L 2-3 272 Bondswell, Walsh (Mark).

Appearances & Goals (Manager Gary Pierce (Resigned October), Caretaker Manager David Thornley, Manager David Thornley)

Player Name League Games League Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
Daryl Adams (Loan from Darwen) 2(2) 2(2) 4(4) 1 0 1
David Betts 16(2) 6(1) 22(3) 0 5 5
Steve Blake 7(13) 5(2) 12(15) 1 1 2
Ian Blackstone 17(5) 6 23(5) 12 2 14
Ian Britton 4(7) 2(1) 6(8) 0 0 0
Andrew Bondswell 5 0 5 3 0 3
Kevan Budd (2) 1(1) 1(3) 0 0 0
Gary Butterworth 17(4) 8 25(4) 1 0 1
Lee Butterworth 7 2 8 4 2 6
Neil Crossley 12(3) 3(3) 15(6) 0 0 0
Steve Curley 37(2) 11(1) 48(3) 13 4 17
Andrew Cutts                               (GK) 15 5 20 0 0 0
Jim Cameron 18 5 23 9 3 12
Alan Crompton 5 0 5 0 0 0
Alec Davies 26(3) 9 35(3) 5 1 6
Steve Guest 26(4) 9(1) 355) 3 0 3
Karl Gorse 2(2) 1(2) 3(4) 0 0 0
Chris Grimshaw 36(5) 12(1) 48(6) 4 4 8
Neil Hanson 7(2) 4 11(6) 0 0 0
Neil Holt 1 0 1 0 0 0
Graham Jones 19 5 24 0 0 0
John Little                                     (GK) 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ian Lang 0 (1) (1) 0 0 0
David Lutkevitch 28(1) 8(1) 36(2) 1 0 1
Karl Maddrick 6 5 11 1 1 2
Steve Mullen (Loan from Darwen) 3 0 3 0 0 0
Gary Pierce                                   (GK) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Parker 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenneth Quigg 24 5 29 1 0 1
Darren Scott 5(5) 1(1) 6(6) 2 0 2
Michael Southern 1 (1) 1(1) 0 0 0
Tibor Szabo 21(4) 5 29(4) 10 1 11
Melvyn Tottoh (1) 0 (1) 0 0 0
Andrew Walsh 8(5) 4(3) 12(8) 0 0 0
Mark Walsh 25(3) 8(2) 33(5) 6 2 8
Simon Whittle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martin White                               (GK) 26 7 33 0 0 0
Paul Wood 1(7) 2(1) 3(8) 1 0 1
Eugene Wilson 38 13 51 1 0 1
Own Goals -------- --------- --------- 2 0 2

Team Group Photo

Back Row: Tony Clements (Trainer), Alec Davies, Steve Guest, Martin White, Kenny Quigg, Jimmy Cameron, Graham Jones, Tibor Szabo, Gus Wilson, Andrew Bondswell, Phil Leather (Kitman).
Front Row: Ian Britton, Chris Grimshaw, Paul Webb (Assistant Manager), David Thornley, (Manager), David Lutkevitch, Alan Crompton.

Final League Table

  P W d L F A Pts
1 Leek Town 42 26 8 8 70 31 86
2 Droylsden 42 27 6 9 81 46 80 #
3 Accrington Stanley 42 22 10 10 80 53 76
4 Whitley Bay 42 21 11 10 93 59 74
5 Emley 42 20 9 13 70 42 69
6 Congleton Town 42 20 12 10 65 53 69  ##
7 Winsford United 42 18 10 14 65 53 64
8 Curzon Ashton 42 17 11 14 66 60 62
9 Harrogate Town 42 17 9 16 68 62 60
10 Lancaster City 42 15 14 13 73 54 59
11 Eastwood Town 42 16 11 15 61 64 59
12 Farsley Celtic 42 17 6 19 71 76 57
13 Rossendale United 42 15 9 18 73 69 54
14 Newtown 42 14 12 16 49 62 54
15 Irlam Town 42 14 11 17 61 66 53
16 Workington 42 14 8 20 56 64 50
17 Radcliffe Borough 42 14 7 21 47 62 49
18 Alfreton Town 42 13 8 21 59 85 47
19 Worksop Town 42 13 5 24 56 95 44
20 Netherfield 42 11 6 25 56 89 39
21 Eastwood Hanley 42 10 6 26 45 76 36
22 Penrith 42 9 9 24 44 88 36

# Droylsden Deducted 7 Points, ## Congleton Town Deducted 3 Points.

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