Final Tables 1889-1903
All-Time Table
1889-90 Higher Walton 1890-91 Bury 1891-92 Bury 1892-93 Liverpool 1893-94 Blackpool 1894-95 Fairfield 1895-96 FC Nelson 1896-97 Chorley 1897-98 New Brighton Tower 1898-99 Chorley 1899-00 Stockport County 1900-01 Stalybridge Rovers 1901-02 Darwen 1902-03 Southport Central
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1889-1890
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1. Higher Walton 24-32 (68-43) 14 4 6 Champions
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2. Bury 24-31 (65-35) 14 3 7
3. Heywood Central 24-30 (64-38) 14 2 8
4. FC Nelson 24-28 (55-44) 12 4 8
5. Blackpool 24-26 (61-46) 10 6 8
6. Southport Central 24-25 (40-32) 9 7 8
7. Heywood FC 24-25 (54-49) 10 5 9
8. Blackburn Park Road 24-22 (44-47) 8 6 10 left
9. West Manchester 24-22 (44-70) 9 4 11
10. Hyde 24-21 (46-56) 8 5 11 Comb
11. Oswaldtwistle Rovers 24-20 (39-62) 8 4 12
12. Fleetwood Rangers 24-19 (35-51) 7 5 12
13. Rossendale 24-11 (37-79) 4 3 17
Champions: Higher Walton
Newly admitted: Burnley Union Star
652 goals = 4.179 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1890-1891
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1. Bury 20-33 (74-32) 15 3 2 Champions
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2. Blackpool 20-30 (62-39) 14 2 4
3. Heywood Central 20-29 (77-34) 13 3 4
4. FC Nelson 20-24 (68-54) 10 4 6
5. Heywood FC 20-20 (42-54) 8 4 8
6. Southport Central 20-19 (43-55) 8 3 9
7. Rossendale 20-17 (42-43) 8 1 11
8. Fleetwood Rangers 20-16 (39-61) 6 4 10
9. Higher Walton 20-15 (45-57) 6 3 11
10. West Manchester 20-10 (41-70) 3 4 13
11. Oswaldtwistle Rovers 20- 7 (25-59) 1 5 14 left
12. Burnley Union Star 0- 0 ( 0- 0) 0 0 0 left
Champions: Bury
Newly admitted: South Shore and Witton Albion
558 goals = 5.073 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1891-1892
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1. Bury 22-40 (76-20) 20 0 2 Champions
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2. Blackpool 22-35 (74-32) 16 3 3
3. Fleetwood Rangers 22-29 (85-41) 12 5 5
4. Rossendale 22-27 (64-38) 12 3 7
5. Southport Central 22-27 (58-47) 12 3 7
6. FC Nelson 22-24 (82-63) 10 4 8
7. Heywood Central 22-23 (67-46) 10 3 9
8. Higher Walton 22-17 (46-63) 5 7 10
9. South Shore 22-17 (48-66) 5 7 10
10. West Manchester 22-12 (40-75) 4 4 14
11. Witton Albion 22- 8 (31-111) 3 2 17 left
12. Heywood FC 22- 5 (21-89) 1 3 18 left
Total: 264-264 (692-691) 110 44 110
Champions: Bury
Newly admitted: Liverpool and Fairfield
692(691) goals = 5.242 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1892-1893
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1. Liverpool 22-36 (66-19) 17 2 3 Champions/FL2
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2. Blackpool 22-36 (82-31) 17 2 3
3. Bury 22-35 (83-24) 17 1 4
4. Fleetwood Rangers 22-25 (47-51) 10 5 7
5. West Manchester 22-24 (68-55) 10 4 8
6. Heywood Central 22-23 (54-60) 11 1 10
7. Rossendale 22-18 (46-55) 8 2 12
8. Southport Central 22-16 (33-44) 7 2 13
9. South Shore 22-16 (46-66) 5 6 11
10. Fairfield 22-16 (34-53) 5 6 11
11. FC Nelson 22-10 (54-73) 4 2 16
12. Higher Walton 22- 9 (28-110) 3 3 16 left
Champions: Liverpool
Newly admitted: Accrington (FL1), Bacup and Barrow
641 goals = 4.856 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1893-1894
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1. Blackpool 22-33 (73-32) 15 3 4 Champions
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2. Bury 22-30 (85-35) 13 4 5 FL2
3. Southport Central 22-26 (57-42) 13 0 9
4. Accrington 22-26 (51-39) 11 4 7
5. FC Nelson 22-26 (70-55) 10 6 6
6. Fleetwood Rangers 22-22 (52-49) 10 2 10
7. West Manchester 22-21 (43-52) 9 3 10
8. South Shore 22-20 (50-68) 10 0 12
9. Fairfield 22-18 (40-61) 8 2 12
10. Rossendale 22-17 (57-57) 7 3 12
11. Heywood Central(-2) 22-14 (38-80) 7 2 13
12. Bacup 22- 9 (39-85) 2 5 15
13. Barrow 0- 0 ( 0- 0) 0 0 0
Champions: Blackpool
Newly admitted: Chorley, Stockport County and Clitheroe
655 goals = 4.962 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1894-1895
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1. Fairfield 26-37 (68-32) 17 3 6 Champions
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2. Blackpool 26-34 (89-34) 16 2 8
3. FC Nelson 26-33 (75-48) 14 5 7
4. Southport Central 26-32 (68-43) 14 4 8
5. Fleetwood Rangers 26-32 (62-49) 13 6 7
6. Bacup 26-31 (65-55) 13 5 8
7. Chorley 26-25 (69-56) 11 3 12
8. West Manchester 26-25 (61-63) 10 5 11
9. Stockport County 26-25 (53-69) 10 5 11
10. South Shore 26-24 (59-45) 9 6 11
11. Rossendale 26-23 (52-51) 10 3 13
12. Accrington 26-22 (62-63) 10 2 14 LComb
13. Clitheroe 26-15 (61-93) 7 1 18
14. Heywood Central 26- 6 (28-171) 3 0 23 left
Champions: Fairfield
Newly admitted: Ashton North End, Liverpool South End,
Halliwell Rovers and Stalybridge Rovers
872 goals = 4.791 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1895-1896
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1. FC Nelson 30-48 (105-39) 22 4 4 Champions
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2. Halliwell Rovers 30-39 (86-55) 18 3 9
3. Fairfield 30-39 (65-42) 17 5 8
4. Southport Central 30-38 (72-51) 17 4 9
5. Liverpool South End 30-33 (63-53) 15 3 12 left
6. Stalybridge Rovers 30-32 (58-65) 14 4 12
7. Bacup 30-31 (79-61) 11 9 10
8. Chorley 30-31 (66-53) 12 7 11
9. South Shore 30-31 (57-60) 13 5 12
10. Ashton North End 30-29 (75-77) 11 7 12
11. Rossendale 30-29 (47-55) 13 3 14
12. Stockport County 30-29 (56-70) 13 3 14
13. Blackpool 30-28 (65-50) 11 6 13 FL2
14. Fleetwood Rangers 30-21 (53-68) 8 5 17
15. West Manchester 30-13 (34-109) 6 1 23
16. Clitheroe 30- 9 (36-109) 3 3 24
Champions: FC Nelson
Newly admitted: Oldham County
1017 goals = 4.238 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1896-1897
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1. Chorley 28-45 (66-23) 21 3 4 Champions
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2. Fairfield 28-41 (77-35) 19 3 6
3. Halliwell Rovers 28-35 (74-47) 14 7 7
4. Southport Central 28-34 (84-51) 16 2 10
5. Stalybridge Rovers 28-34 (51-34) 14 6 8
6. Clitheroe 28-34 (54-35) 15 4 9
7. Oldham County 28-32 (60-53) 14 4 10
8. FC Nelson 28-31 (66-38) 13 5 10
9. Stockport County 28-31 (52-42) 15 1 12
10. Ashton North End 28-24 (43-58) 10 4 14
11. West Manchester 28-18 (40-67) 7 4 17 left
12. Bacup 28-18 (46-67) 6 6 16
13. Fleetwood Rangers 28-16 (33-92) 6 4 18 LComb
14. South Shore 28-15 (45-73) 6 3 19
15. Rossendale 28-12 (37-113) 5 2 21 left
Champions: Chorley
Newly admitted: New Brighton Tower, Wigan County,
Middleton, Rochdale and Horwich
828 goals = 3.943 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1897-1898
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1. New Brighton Tower 26-42 (48-17) 20 2 4 Champions/FL2
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2. FC Nelson 26-37 (72-33) 17 3 6
3. Stockport County 26-34 (60-27) 15 4 7
4. Halliwell Rovers 26-34 (71-38) 15 4 7
5. Chorley 26-32 (51-27) 13 6 7
6. Ashton North End 26-30 (50-47) 12 6 8
7. Southport Central 26-29 (51-41) 13 3 10
8. Wigan County 26-27 (52-41) 11 5 10
9. Stalybridge Rovers 26-27 (55-49) 11 5 10
10. Middleton 26-26 (58-75) 11 4 11
11. South Shore 26-20 (36-59) 7 6 13
12. Rochdale 26-13 (47-77) 5 3 18
13. Clitheroe 26- 7 (20-84) 2 3 21 left
14. Horwich 26- 6 (22-78) 2 2 22
15. Bacup 0- 0 ( 0- 0) 0 0 0 left
16. Fairfield 0- 0 ( 0- 0) 0 0 0 left
17. Oldham County 0- 0 ( 0- 0) 0 0 0 left
Champions: New Brighton Tower
Newly admitted: Crewe Alexandra and Haydock
693 goals = 3.808 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1898-1899
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1. Chorley 24-39 (42-17) 17 5 2 Champions
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2. Southport Central 24-32 (41-18) 12 8 4
3. Ashton North End 24-31 (35-29) 13 5 6 left
4. Crewe Alexandra 24-27 (61-34) 11 5 8
5. Stalybridge Rovers 24-27 (53-53) 12 3 9
6. Stockport County 24-26 (48-42) 12 2 10
7. Wigan County 24-24 (57-36) 8 8 8
8. Middleton 24-24 (40-41) 8 8 8
9. Haydock 24-20 (43-48) 10 0 14
10. Halliwell Rovers 24-17 (31-42) 6 5 13 left
11. Horwich 24-17 (27-47) 8 1 15
12. Rochdale 24-15 (34-80) 6 3 15
13. South Shore 24-13 (28-53) 5 3 16
14. FC Nelson 0- 0 ( 0- 0) 0 0 0 folded
Champions: Chorley
Newly admitted: Blackpool (FL2) and Darwen (FL2)
Newly admitted: White Star Wanderers, Earlestown
and South Liverpool FC
540 goals = 3.462 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1899-1900
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1. Stockport County 28-45 (80-23) 21 3 4 Champions/FL2
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2. Stalybridge Rovers 28-40 (61-23) 16 8 4
3. Blackpool 28-38 (79-36) 16 6 6 merge/FL2
4. Crewe Alexandra 28-36 (87-48) 16 4 8
5. Darwen 28-36 (56-31) 13 10 5
6. Chorley 28-36 (49-28) 15 6 7
7. Southport Central 28-33 (49-32) 14 5 9
8. White Star Wanderers 28-26 (51-56) 11 4 13 Comb
9. Rochdale 28-25 (50-53) 9 7 12 left
10. Haydock 28-23 (40-57) 9 5 14
11. Earlestown 28-19 (40-64) 7 5 16
12. Wigan County 28-18 (26-59) 5 8 15 left
13. South Liverpool FC 28-17 (32-66) 5 7 16 left
14. Horwich 28-16 (27-70) 5 6 17 left
15. Middleton 28-12 (18-99) 5 2 21 left
16. South Shore 0- 0 ( 0- 0) 0 0 0 merge
(Blackpool and South Shore merge to form Blackpool)
Champions: Stockport County
Newly admitted: Blackburn Rovers II, Wigan United,
Nelson FC and Bolton Wanderers II
745 goals = 3.548 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1900-1901
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1. Stalybridge Rovers 20-33 (55-14) 15 3 2 Champions
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2. Southport Central 20-33 (49-15) 15 3 2
3. Crewe Alexandra 20-26 (45-23) 12 2 6 left
4. Darwen 20-23 (40-25) 10 3 7
5. Blackburn Rovers II 20-20 (34-31) 6 8 6 LComb
6. Nelson FC 20-20 (33-35) 8 4 8 LComb
7. Chorley 20-19 (31-26) 9 1 10
8. Earlestown 20-19 (31-45) 8 3 9
9. Bolton Wanderers II 20-12 (26-41) 4 4 12 LComb
10. Wigan United 20- 9 (21-49) 3 3 14
11. Haydock 20- 6 (12-73) 2 2 16
Champions: Stalybridge Rovers
Newly admitted: St.Helens Town, Rochdale, Workington FC,
Prescot, Barrow and Bacup
377 goals = 3.427 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1901-1902
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1. Darwen 24-42 (78-16) 18 6 0 Champions
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2. Southport Central 24-36 (56-25) 16 4 4
3. Wigan United 24-33 (56-25) 15 3 6
4. Earlestown 24-29 (54-37) 12 5 7
5. Stalybridge Rovers 24-26 (36-29) 11 4 9
6. St.Helens Town 24-25 (42-43) 11 3 10
7. Rochdale 24-23 (48-46) 10 3 11
8. Workington FC 24-22 (57-50) 9 4 11
9. Prescot 24-22 (40-40) 9 4 11 left
10. Barrow 24-19 (52-58) 8 3 13
11. Chorley 24-18 (44-57) 7 4 13
12. Bacup 24-11 (31-81) 4 3 17
13. Haydock 24- 6 (17-104) 2 2 20 left
Champions: Darwen
Newly admitted: St.Helens Recreation
611 goals = 3.917 g/match
FINAL TABLE LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1902-1903
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1. Southport Central 22-36 (49-18) 17 2 3 Champions/LComb2
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2. Darwen 22-31 (68-21) 15 1 6 LComb1
3. Barrow 22-31 (42-24) 14 3 5 LComb2
4. Stalybridge Rovers 22-28 (40-25) 12 4 6 LComb2
5. St.Helens Recreation 22-27 (51-41) 13 1 8 LComb2
6. Workington FC 22-25 (57-47) 11 3 8 left
7. Rochdale 22-21 (54-52) 9 3 10 left
8. St.Helens Town 22-18 (31-42) 8 2 12 LComb2
9. Earlestown 22-16 (43-48) 8 0 14 LComb2
10. Chorley 22-16 (38-50) 7 2 13 LComb2
11. Bacup 22-10 (25-77) 3 4 15 LComb2
12. Wigan United 22- 5 (18-74) 1 3 18 left
Total: 264-264 (516-519) 118 28 118
(The Lancashire League folded).
Champions: Southport Central
516(519) goals = 3.909 g/match
abbreviations :
FL : Football League.
LComb : Lancashire Combination.
Comb : The Combination
(1889-90 until 1902-03) (48 clubs)
matches pnts goals goals win draw loss bonus
for agst
1. Southport Central 338 416 750 514 183 50 105 0
2. FC Nelson 220 261 647 447 112 37 71 0
3. Chorley 228 261 456 337 112 37 79 0
4. Blackpool 194 260 585 300 115 30 49 0
5. Stalybridge Rovers 202 247 409 292 105 37 60 0
6. Stockport County 162 190 349 273 86 18 58 0
7. Fleetwood Rangers 194 180 406 462 72 36 86 0
8. Bury 110 169 383 146 79 11 20 0
9. South Shore 200 156 369 490 60 36 104 0
10. Rossendale 194 154 382 491 67 20 107 0
11. Fairfield 128 151 284 223 66 19 43 0
12. West Manchester 194 145 371 561 58 29 107 0
13. Darwen 94 132 242 93 56 20 18 0
14. Halliwell Rovers 108 125 262 182 53 19 36 0
15. Heywood Central 136 125 328 429 58 11 67 -2
16. Ashton North End 108 114 203 211 46 22 40 0
17. Bacup 152 110 285 426 39 32 81 0
18. Rochdale 124 97 233 308 39 19 66 0
19. Crewe Alexandra 72 89 193 105 39 11 22 0
20. Earlestown 94 83 168 194 35 13 46 0
21. Higher Walton 88 73 187 273 28 17 43 0
22. Wigan County 78 69 135 136 24 21 33 0
23. Clitheroe 110 65 171 321 27 11 72 0
24. Middleton 78 62 116 215 24 14 40 0
25. Haydock 96 55 112 282 23 9 64 0
26. Barrow 46 50 94 82 22 6 18 0
27. Heywood FC 66 50 117 192 19 12 35 0
28. Accrington 48 48 113 102 21 6 21 0
29. Workington FC 46 47 114 97 20 7 19 0
30. Wigan United 66 47 95 148 19 9 38 0
31. St.Helens Town 46 43 73 85 19 5 22 0
32. New Brighton Tower 26 42 48 17 20 2 4 0
33. Horwich 78 39 76 195 15 9 54 0
34. Liverpool 22 36 66 19 17 2 3 0
35. Liverpool South End 30 33 63 53 15 3 12 0
36. Oldham County 28 32 60 53 14 4 10 0
37. St.Helens Recreation 22 27 51 41 13 1 8 0
38. Oswaldtwistle Rovers 44 27 64 121 9 9 26 0
39. White Star Wanderers 28 26 51 56 11 4 13 0
40. Prescot 24 22 40 40 9 4 11 0
41. Blackburn Park Road 24 22 44 47 8 6 10 0
42. Hyde 24 21 46 56 8 5 11 0
43. Blackburn Rovers II 20 20 34 31 6 8 6 0
44. Nelson FC 20 20 33 35 8 4 8 0
45. South Liverpool FC 28 17 32 66 5 7 16 0
46. Bolton Wanderers II 20 12 26 41 4 4 12 0
47. Witton Albion 22 8 31 111 3 2 17 0
48. Burnley Union Star 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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4480 4478 9397 9399 1891 698 1891 -2
goals for vs goals against not balanced. 1891-92 and 1902-03 contain errors.
SOURCES: Football club history database : www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk. Football Site : www.footballsite.co.uk. all info on namechanges and merges is taken from the Football Club History Database. http://www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk
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