Lancashire Combination

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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.

[edit] Teams

Accrington Stanley 1900-16, 1919-21 and 1962-66^[1]
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 ^[2]
Burscough 1953-70 ^[2]
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

[edit] Champions

1891/92 Blackburn Rovers reserves
1892/93 Blackburn Rovers reserves
1893/94 Everton reserves
1894/95 Blackburn Rovers reserves
1895/96 Preston N.E. reserves
1896/97 Liverpool reserves
1897/98 Preston N.E. reserves
1898/99 Preston N.E. reserves
1899/00 Liverpool reserves
1900/01 Everton reserves
1901/02 Manchester City reserves
1902/03 Accrington Stanley F.C.
1903/04 Everton reserves
1904/05 Stockport County F.C.
1905/06 Accrington Stanley F.C.
1906/07 Oldham Athletic
1907/08 Everton reserves
1908/09 Everton reserves
1909/10 Everton reserves
1910/11 Rochdale A.F.C.
1911/12 Rochdale A.F.C.
1912/13 Eccles Borough F.C.
1913/14 Tranmere Rovers
1914/15 Eccles Borough F.C.
1915/16
1916/17
1917/18
1918/19
1919/20 Chorley F.C.
1920/21 Barrow A.F.C.
1922/23 Chorley F.C.
1923/24 Fleetwood F.C.
1924/25 Morecambe F.C.
1925/26 Nelson reserves
1926/27 Rossendale United F.C.
1927/28 Chorley F.C. ^[4] (Discrepancy with Horwich (Leigh) RMI unofficial website) ^[5]
1928/29 Chorley F.C.
1929/30 Lancaster Town
1930/31 Darwen F.C.
1931/32 Darwen F.C.
1932/33 Chorley F.C.
1933/34 Chorley F.C.
1934/35 Lancaster Town
1935/36 Lancaster Town
1936/37 South Liverpool F.C.
1937/38 South Liverpool F.C.
1938/39 South Liverpool F.C.
1939/40
1940/41
1941/42
1943/43
1943/44
1944/45
1945/46 Chorley F.C.
1946/47 Bacup Borough F.C.
1947/48 Wigan Athletic F.C.
1948/49 Netherfield F.C.
1949/50 Nelson F.C.
1950/51 Wigan Athletic F.C.
1951/52 Nelson F.C.
1952/53 Wigan Athletic F.C.
1953/54 Wigan Athletic F.C.
1954/55 Accrington Stanley reserves
1955/56 Burscough F.C.
1956/57 Prescot Cables
1957/58 Horwich R.M.I. ^[6]
1958/59 New Brighton F.C.
1959/60 Chorley F.C.
1960/61 Chorley F.C.
1961/62 Morecambe F.C.
1962/63 Morecambe F.C.
1963/64 Chorley F.C.
1964/65 Netherfield F.C.
1965/66 South Liverpool F.C.
1966/67 Morecambe F.C.
1967/68 Morecambe F.C.
1968/69 Great Harwood F.C.
1969/70 Burscough F.C.
1970/71Prestwich Heys F.C.
1971/72 St. Helens Town
1972/73 Darwen F.C.
1973/74 Accrington Stanley F.C. ^[7]
1974/75 Darwen F.C.
1975/76 Bootle F.C.
1976/77 Bootle F.C.
1977/78 Accrington Stanley F.C.
1978/79 Wren Rovers F.C
1979/80 Clitheroe F.C.
1980/81 Wren Rovers F.C
1981/82 Caernarfon Town F.C.