SEASON 1947-1948

Lancashire Combination League Division One

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
23/08/1947 Fleetwood Town H 1 - 5 Aspley 3,000
27/08/1947 Chorley H 2 - 1 Oakes, Taylor
30/08/1947 Darwen A 3 - 1 Taylor, Oakes, Miller 2,500
06/09/1947 Clitheroe H 1 - 2 Oakes (pen) 4,346
11/09/1947 Netherfield A 0 - 2
13/09/1947 Prescot Cables A 1 - 3 Miller 2,500
17/09/1947 Netherfield H 1 - 0 Gregson 3,000
27/09/1947 New Brighton Reserves A 2 - 1 Taylor, Shirley
11/10/1947 Rochdale Reserves H 3 - 2 Barker 2, Taylor 3,500
25/10/1947 Nelson H 3 - 0 Barker 2, Miller 3,500
08/11/1947 Leyland Motors H 2 - 0 Miller, Taylor (pen) 4,500
29/11/1947 Accrington Stanley Reserves A 5 - 1 Taylor 2, Miller, Barker, Shirley
06/12/1947 Lancaster City H 3 - 2 Barker 2, North 3,000
13/12/1947 Southport Reserves H 3 - 1 Taylor, Miller, Brown 3,500
26/12/1947 Bangor City H 3 - 0 Hollis (og), Brown, Barker 6,000
27/12/1947 Bangor City A 3 - 0 Hollis (og), Brown, Taylor (pen)
01/01/1948 Chorley A 1 - 1 Miller 2,200
03/01/1948 Darwen H 2 - 0 Barker 2 6,000
10/01/1948 Bacup Borough H 2 - 2 Shirley, Howcroft 7,300
17/01/1948 Southport Reserves A 0 - 2 2,500
24/01/1948 Oldham Athletic Reserves H 4 - 0 Taylor, North, Cunliffe, Brown 3,500
31/01/1948 Prescot Cables H 2 - 0 Shirley, Miller 6,500
07/02/1948 Oldham Athletic Reserves A 2 - 0 Miller, Barker 2,000
14/02/1948 New Brighton Reserves H 3 - 0 Miller 2, Taylor 6,500
21/02/1948 Marine H 2 - 0 Brown, Shirley 5,000
28/02/1948 Rochdale Reserves A 1 - 1 Shirley
06/03/1948 Horwich RMI A 1 - 0 Shirley 3,000
13/03/1948 Nelson A 0 - 2 8,000
20/03/1948 Barrow Reserves H 2 - 0 Barker, Taylor (pen) 3,000
26/03/1948 Morecambe H 0 - 0 6,000
27/03/1948 Leyland Motors A 0 - 0 2,000
29/03/1948 Morecambe A 1 - 1 Colquhoun 4,000
03/04/1948 Rossendale United H 1 - 1 Miller 3,000
07/04/1948 Horwich RMI H 1 - 0 Urmston
10/04/1948 Bacup Borough A 1 - 1 Brown 2,500
14/04/1948 Barrow Reserves A 2 - 3 Taylor, Cunliffe
17/04/1948 Accrington Stanley Reserves H 1 - 0 Barker 4,000
21/04/1948 Fleetwood Town A 0 - 1
24/04/1948 Lancaster City A 2 - 0 McGurk, Cunliffe (pen) 1,500
26/04/1948 Marine A 0 - 0 3,000
28/04/1948 Clitheroe A 2 - 0 Taylor 2
01/05/1948 Rossendale United A 3 - 1 McGurk 2, North 2,000

FA Cup

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
20/09/1947 Formby (Pre) H 4 - 0 Gregson 2, Taylor 2 5,000
04/10/1947 Earlestown (1Q) A 1 - 0 Oakes 3,071
18/10/1947 Rhyl (2Q) H 2 - 1 Brown, North 7,500
01/11/1947 Prescot Cables (3Q) H 3 - 0 Barker 3 11,115
15/11/1947 Marine (4Q) A 1 - 3 Miller 5,800

Cheshire League Challenge Cup

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
15/04/1947 Droylsden (2) A 3 - 0 Taylor P., Freeman, Booth 2,000

Lancashire Junior Cup

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
22/11/1947 Prescot Cables (Prelim) A 0 - 3

Lancashire Combination Cup

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
05/04/1948 Marine (2) H 7 - 3 North 2, Urmston 2, Cunliffe 2 (2 pen), Taylor 6,000
12/04/1948 Prescot Cables (3) H 1 - 1 Taylor 7,100
16/04/1948 Prescot Cables (3rep) A 1 - 4 Miller
1946-1947
1948-1949
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