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1997-98

1997-98 Unibond League Premier League

Fixtures

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 23 H Winsford United W 2-1 549 Hutchinson (2).
  25 A Radcliffe Borough W 2-1 485 McCluskie, Davies.
  30 A Alfreton Town W 1-0 262 McCluskie.
Sept 2 H Runcorn L 0-3 604  
  9 A Barrow L 0-2 1310  
  13 A Leigh RMI                     (Littlewoods FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round) L 0-1 343  
  16 H Colwyn Bay L 1-2 313 Rogerson.
  20 H Guiseley L 2-3 525 McCluskie, Rogerson.
  23 A Leigh RMI L 0-1 243  
  27 A Frickley Athletic L 1-2 134 McCluskie.
  30 H Lancaster City D 1-1 421 Haw.
Oct 4 H Boston United D 1-1 527 Haw.
  7 A Chorley D 1-1 488 Rogerson.
  11 A Bishop Auckland D 2-2 195 Cliff, Welch.
  18 A Blyth Spartans D 2-2 512 McCluskie, Welch.
  21 H Barrow L 0-1 588  
  25 A Spennymoor United L 0-2 246  
  28 H Marine                                                          (Unibond League Cup R2) D 4-4 266 Haw (2) (1pen), Procter, Leaver.
Nov 1 H Emley W 4-2 549 Haw (2) (1pen), Baldwin, Welch.
  8 A Hyde United D 1-1 572 Leaver.
  11 A Marine                                            (Unibond League Cup R2 Replay) L 0-2 190  
  15 H Frickley Athletic W 3-0 480 Smith, Welch (2).
  19 A Gainsborough Trinity D 0-0 460  
  22 H Bishop Auckland D 1-1 428 Procter.
  25 H Hyde United D 1-1 362 Smith. 
  29 H  Runcorn                          (Umbro FA Trophy  3rd Qualifying Round) L 0-5 402  
Dec 6 A Guiseley L 0-1 380  
  9 A Marine L 1-3 238 Smith.
  13 H Altrincham D 1-1 576 Haw.
  20 H Spennymoor United W 3-0 409 Smith, Haw, Leaver.
  27 A Bamber Bridge L 1-2 741 Welch.
Jan 1 H Radcliffe Borough D 2-2 662 Welch, Smith.
  6 H Great Harwood Town                     (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup R2) W 1-0 353 Moss.
  17 H Blyth Spartans W 2-0 507 Haw, Welch.
  24 A Lancaster City L 2-3 342 Welch, Haw.
  31 H Chorley L  0-3 492  
Feb 3 H Ramsbottom United                      (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup Q/F) W 1-0 274 Haw.
  7 A Runcorn L 0-3 345  
  21 H Marine D 1-1 460 Welch.
  24 H Southport                                        (ATS Lancashire Junior Cup S/F) L 0-1 348  
  28 A Boston United W 3-1 752 Bickerton (2), Welch.
Mar 7 A Altrincham L 0-1 612  
  14 H Leigh RMI L 1-3 1461 Borland.
  28 H Gainsborough Trinity L 0-2 417  
  30 A Emley L 3-5 275 Cavanagh, Hoskin, Black.
Apr 11 A Colwyn Bay L 1-2 284 Welch.
  13 H Bamber Bridge D 1-1 515 Welch.
  15 H Alfreton Town D 1-1 470 Haw.
May 2 A Winsford United L   0-3 200  

Appearance & Goals (Manager Tony Greenwood (Sacked) (September), Jim McCluskie (Temporary Manager), Leighton James (Resigned) (January), David Hamilton & Jim McCluskie (Temporary Managers) (March), (Caretaker Manager Steve Haw) (Gregg Abbott Caretaker).

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
Gregg Abbott 6 0 6 0 0 0
Jez Baldwin 32(4) 5 37(4) 1 0 1
John Borland 20(8) 4(1) 24(9) 1 0 1
Gary Bickerton 10(2) 1(1) 11(3) 2 0 2
Tony Black 11 2 13 1 0 1
Steve Berryman           (GK) 9 2 11 0 0 0
Chris Blakeman 4 0 4 0 0 0
Adrian Cheetham (1) 0 (1) 0 0 0
Andy Cavanagh 6 0 6 1 0 1
Stuart Cliff 12(6) 2(3) 14(9) 1 0 1
Greg Challender 27(2) 5 32(2) 0 0 0
Darren Davies 23(1) 3 26(1) 1 0 1
Wayne Dowell 20 5 25 0 0 0
Ian Fay (1) 0 (1) 0 0 0
Richard Fogarty 1(5) 1 2(5) 0 0 0
Carl Greenwood 11(1) 3 14(1) 0 0 0
Stuart Gelling 8(2) 1 9(2) 0 0 0
Ashley Hoskin 2 0 2 1 0 1
David Hamilton 3 1 4 0 0 0
Phil Hutchinson 3(7) 1 4(7) 2 0 2
Paul Horridge               (GK) 10 0 10 0 0 0
Steve Haw 30(1) 5 35(1) 9 3 12
John Isherwood           (GK) 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ben Lavelle 11 1 12 0 0 0
David Leaver 23(1) 5 28(1) 2 1 3
Robert Mulloy              (GK) 23 4 27 0 0 0
Chris Molloy 15(1) 2 17(1) 0 0 0
Jim McCluskie 15 1 16 5 0 5
Ray Moss 3 1(1) 4(1) 0 1 1
Danny Mills 3(4) 0 3(4) 0 0 0
Paul McDonald 1 0 1 0 0 0
Russell Procter 24(3) 7 31(3) 1 1 2
Lee Pennington 2(4) 0 2(4) 0 0 0
Darren Quick 26 5 31 0 0 0
Lee Rogerson 11(2) 1 12(2) 3 0 3
Jens Rasmussen (2) 0 (2) 0 0 0
Peter Smith 15(4) 4(2) 19(6) 5 0 5
Matt Shields 4(1) (1) 4(2) 0 0 0
Chris Sutton 4(1) 0 4(1) 0 0 0
Les Thompson 6 1 7 0 0 0
Paul Walker (1) 0 (1) 0 0 0
Brian Welch 28 3(1) 31(1) 13 0 13
Own Goals --------- --------- -------- 0 0 0

Team Group Photo

Back Row: Leighton James (Manager), Greg Challender, Jez Baldwin, Russell Procter, Rob Mulloy, Darren Quick, Darren Davies, Stuart Cliff, David Leaver, Les Thompson, Jim McCluskie.
Front Row: Brian Welch, Steve Haw, Chris Molloy, Carl Greenwood, Wayne Dowell, Phillip Leather (Kitman).

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Barrow 42 25 8 9 61 29 83
2 Boston United 42 22 12 8 55 40 78
3 Leigh RMI 42 21 13 8 63 41 76
4 Runcorn 42 22 9 11 80 50 75
5 Gainsborough Trinity 42 22 9 11 60 39 75
6 Emley 42 22 8 12 81 61 74
7 Winsford United 42 19 12 11 54 43 69
8 Altrincham 42 18 11 13 76 44 65
9 Guiseley 42 16 16 10 61 53 64
10 Bishop Auckland 42 17 12 13 78 60 63
11 Marine 42 15 11 16 56 59 56
12 Hyde United 42 13 16 13 60 55 55
13 Colwyn Bay 42 15 9 18 53 57 54
14 Spennymoor United 42 14 11 17 58 72 52  #
15 Chorley 42 14 7 21 51 70 49
16 Frickley Athletic 42 12 12 18 45 62 48
17 Lancaster City 42 13 8 21 55 74 47
18 Blyth Spartans 42 12 13 17 52 63 39  ##
19 Bamber Bridge 42 9 12 21 51 74 39
20 Accrington Stanley 42 8 14 20 49 68 38
21 Radcliffe Borough 42 6 12 24 39 70 30
22 Alfreton Town 42 3 13 26 32 86 22

# Spennymoor United Deducted 1 Point, ## Blyth Spartans Deducted 10 Points.

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