LANCASHIRE COMBINATION

The 'Lancashire Combination' was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1891-92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903.
In 1968 the Lancashire Combination lost 5 of its clubs to the newly-formed Northern Premier League. In 1982 it was finally merged with the Cheshire County League to form the North West Counties Football League.

Contents

Teams

Champions

References

Teams

★ Accrington Stanley 1900-16, 1919-21 and 1962-66

★ Accrington Stanley (Reserves) 1923-58 and 1961-62

★ Adlington 1915-16

★ Altrincham 1911-17, 1918-19

★ Ashton Athletic 1978-82

★ Ashton Town 1971-78

★ Ashton United 1948-63 and 1966/68 (1966-7 in Div 2)

★ Atherton Collieries 1950-52, 1971-82

★ Bangor City 1938-50

★ Barrow 1903-21

★ Blackpool Mechanics 1962-82

★ Bootle 1974 to 1978

★ Burscough Rangers 1927-35 ^[1]

★ Burscough 1953-70 ^[1]

★ Caernarfon Town 1980-82

★ Carlisle United 1905-08

★ Chester City 1910-14

★ Chorley 1903-1968

★ Clitheroe 1903-04, 1905-10, 1925-82

★ Daisy Hill 1978-82

★ Darwen 1903-14 and 1920-75

★ Droylsden 1936/39, 1950-68

★ Earlestown 1903-11?

★ Eccles United (known as Eccles Borough pre 1915) 1908 -1925

★ Formby 1968-71

★ Glossop North End 1919/20 and 1957-66

★ Great Harwood Town 1979-82

★ Hurst 1912-15, 1916-17, 1918-23

★ Hyde 1906-15

★ Hyde St Georges 1903-06

★ Lancaster Athletic 1905-1910

★ Lancaster Town 1910-1937

★ Lancaster City 1937-1970

★ Horwich R.M.I. 1915-1968

★ Macclesfield (subsequently Macclesfield Town F.C.) 1911-15

★ Milnthorpe Corinthians 1971-72

★ Morecambe 1920-1939 and 1946-68

★ Morecambe Reserves 1947-50, 1957-68, and 1975-78 in Division 2 ^[3]

★ Nelson 1901-16, 1932-36 and 1946-82

★ New Brighton 1921-23 and 1951-65

★ Northern Nomads -1964

★ Padiham 1949-82

★ Prestwich Heys 1968-71

★ Highfield and Camden Tanneries Recreation Club (subsequently known as Runcorn FC) 1918/19

★ Skelmersdale United 1901-

★ Stalybridge Celtic 1911-1912, 1915-17

★ St Helens Town 1949-75

★ Wigan Athletic 1947-61

★ Workington 1904-10

Champions

★ 1891-92 Blackburn Rovers reserves

★ 1892-93 Blackburn Rovers reserves

★ 1893-94 Everton reserves

★ 1894-95 Blackburn Rovers reserves

★ 1895-96 Preston North End reserves

★ 1896-97 Liverpool F.C. Reserves

★ 1897-98 Preston North End reserves

★ 1898-99 Preston North End reserves

★ 1899-00 Liverpool F.C. Reserves

★ 1900-01 Everton reserves

★ 1901-02 Manchester City reserves

★ 1902-03 Accrington Stanley

★ 1903-04 Everton reserves

★ 1904-05 Stockport County

★ 1905-06 Accrington Stanley

★ 1906-07 Oldham Athletic

★ 1907-08 Everton reserves

★ 1908-09 Everton reserves

★ 1909-10 Everton reserves

★ 1910-11 Rochdale

★ 1911-12 Rochdale

★ 1912-13 Eccles Borough

★ 1913-14 Tranmere Rovers

★ 1914-15 Eccles Borough

★ 1915-16 Competition suspended due to World War I

★ 1919-20 Chorley

★ 1920-21 Barrow

★ 1921-22 Lancaster Town

★ 1922-23 Chorley

★ 1923-24 Fleetwood

★ 1924-25 Morecambe

★ 1925-26 Nelson reserves

★ 1926-27 Rossendale United

★ 1927-28 Chorley ^[4] ''(Discrepancy with Horwich (Leigh) RMI unofficial website)'' ^[5]

★ 1928-29 Chorley

★ 1929-30 Lancaster Town

★ 1930-31 Darwen

★ 1931-32 Darwen

★ 1932-33 Chorley

★ 1933-34 Chorley

★ 1934-35 Lancaster Town

★ 1935-36 Lancaster Town

★ 1936-37 South Liverpool

★ 1937-38 South Liverpool

★ 1938-39 South Liverpool

★ 1939-45 Competition restricted due to World War II

★ 1945-46 Chorley

★ 1946-47 Bacup Borough

★ 1947-48 Wigan Athletic

★ 1948-49 Netherfield

★ 1949-50 Nelson

★ 1950-51 Wigan Athletic

★ 1951-52 Nelson

★ 1952-53 Wigan Athletic

★ 1953-54 Wigan Athletic

★ 1954-55 Accrington Stanley reserves

★ 1955-56 Burscough

★ 1956-57 Prescot Cables

★ 1957-58 Horwich RMI^[6]

★ 1958-59 New Brighton

★ 1959-60 Chorley

★ 1960-61 Chorley

★ 1961-62 Morecambe

★ 1962-63 Morecambe

★ 1963-64 Chorley

★ 1964-65 Netherfield

★ 1965-66 South Liverpool

★ 1966-67 Morecambe

★ 1967-68 Morecambe

★ 1968-69 Great Harwood

★ 1969-70 Burscough

★ 1970-71 Prestwich Heys

★ 1971-72 St Helens Town

★ 1972-73 Darwen

★ 1973-74 Accrington Stanley ^[7]

★ 1974-75 Darwen

★ 1975-76 Bootle

★ 1976-77 Bootle

★ 1977-78 Accrington Stanley

★ 1978-79 Wren Rovers

★ 1979-80 Clitheroe

★ 1980-81 Wren Rovers

★ 1981-82 Caernarfon Town

References

1. Lancashire Football League
2. Lancashire Football League
3. Morecambe Shrimps
4. Chorley F.C.
5. Horwich (Leigh) RMI unofficial website
6. Horwich R.M.I.
7. Accrington Observer