North West Non League is a site that has been set up to rediscover some of the forgotten (or partially forgotten) amateur football leagues and cups of Greater Manchester and Lancashire.
Not all of the competitions are defunct - but for those that are still going, this site will detail tables and member clubs, where limited historic information is currently published.
You can access the leagues in the menu on the left. Once you have selected a league, a sub-menu will appear with detailed member club information, league tables (or results if Cup). Note that all the results and detail that I discover for this site, will also be added to archives.football should it not already be there.
Completed Leagues
- The Lancashire Amateur League (1893) is complete, including extensive coverage of their representative games. Some results and detail remain elusive though, including who the 2nd season champions were. So even though it is completed as much as I can, I am still keeping an eye out for what is missing.
In Early Stages
- The Manchester Junior Cup is being worked on from the beginning 1887/88 up to the name change to the Manchester FA Challenge Trophy in 1971. So far I have completed seasons 1887/88 to 1909/10.
- I have completed the early seasons of the Manchester Amateur League from its 1903 start, up to the 1909/10 season.
- I have started some preliminary work on the 1890 edition of the Manchester League and its 2 seasons. Press coverage is very patchy given that league matches were still pretty new, but I hope to have some detail on the site soon.
What's Next
- I intend to get all the leagues/cup up to the 1910 point and once I have sorted the Manchester League (1890), I will then run the opening Lancashire & Cheshire League season 1909/10. Finally for this stage, I will work on the second edition of the Lancashire Amateur League 1899/00 up to 1910 for now.
- I will then move on to 1910-1920, including starting work on the South East Lancashire League
- I will then complete move through the decades, updating each league in turn
- Finally, I may add more (eg the Manchester Amateur Cup or the Heaton Park & District League amongst others) but I already have enough to be going on with for now
Latest Updates
24 September - Much of the preliminary work for Manchester League Season 1 and result collecting is done and this will all be compiled and added to the site shortly. The club Info page is done for now, subject to any new information in Season 2, which will be worked on next
28 August - The Manchester Amateur League has been completed as much as is possible for now up to the end of 1909/10 season. I shall be shorltly starting preliminary work on the Manchester League (1890)
20 July - New information for the 1888/89 Manchester Junior Cup has filled in some gaps for that season
7 July - Some amendments to details of Manchester St Mary's, Clayton Bridge and Failsworth Parish Church, after new information discovered
29 June - The 1909/10 Manchester Junior Cup is finally completed. Just missing the full Name Changes/Outgoings, but these will be added when I start work on the 1910/11 season, but there is a lot to do elsewhere before then
8 June - The 1908/09 Manchester Junior Cup is finally completed and I am now working on the 1909/10 season. Also updated are a couple of missing Manchester Amateur League results and dates, and some grounds and founded/folded years confirmed
26 May - Preliminary work on 1908/09 Manchester Junior Cup is complete so have now added the Outgoings to 1907/08 and Incomings etc to 1908/09
11 May - Has been slow going but finally 1907/08 Manchester Junior Cup is completed
9 Feb - Two visits to Middleton Library over the last 2 weeks to find confirmation of the league that Parkfield Central and Rossall Mission were in during 1903/04 and 1906/07. Also added more info to the 1902/03 Manchester Junior Cup Semi-Finals and Final. The work on 1906/07 is now almost complete
10 Jan - Lots of updates to club founded/folded dates as they appear in previously unknown leagues. Also Oldham Emmanuel info updated as they actually folded before playing any games in the 1906/07 season
24 Dec - Completed the detail of the 1905/1906 Manchester Junior Cup results and updated Club Detail page, as well as various misc updates to the site, including revised founded/folded dates and increased detail for some of the clubs
13 Dec - Completed the detail of the 1904/1905 Manchester Junior Cup results and updated Club Detail page
8 Dec - Completed the detail of the 1903/1904 Manchester Junior Cup results and updated Club Detail page
5 Dec - Completed the detail of the 1902/1903 Manchester Junior Cup results and updated Club Detail page, as well as various misc updates to Club Info as I corrected some founded/folded info
24 Nov - Completed the detail of the 1901/1902 Manchester Junior Cup results and updated Club Detail page
17 Nov - Completed the detail of the 1900/1901 Manchester Junior Cup results and updated Club Detail page
8 Nov - Completed the detail of the 1899/1900 Manchester Junior Cup results and updated Club Detail page
3 Nov - Updated information about Marple's ground and added the information to their Manchester Junior Cup games
2 Nov - Updated information about Heaton Norris and their game in the 1888/89 Manchester Junior Cup
1 Nov - Added the 21 outgoing teams for the 1898/99 Manchester Junior Cup
12 Oct - Added additional information about the Blackburn Etrurians v Brooklands game in the 1893/94 Lancashire Amateur League season and also info about the Preston Association club
11 Oct - Added additional information to the Lancashire Amateur League representative games page
10 Sep - Updated Manchester Junior Cup club info to reflect 1898/99 cup results. Started research into 1899/1900 season
8 Sep - Remaining round results added to Manchester Junior Cup results 1898/99
2 Sep - 3rd Round Manchester Junior Cup results 1898/99 now added
1 Sep - 2nd Round Replay Manchester Junior Cup results 1898/99 now added
27 Aug - Added 1st Round Replay and 2nd Round Manchester Junior Cup results 1898/99
25 Aug - Updated the formatting of all the Manchester Junior Cup result tables, and started adding the 1898/99 results - 1st Round now done
19 Aug - Updated Manchester St Augustine's and traced a few missing results for 1898/99 Manchester Junior Cup.
18 Aug - Updated information on a number of Manchester Junior Cup clubs, including adding 26 new teams for 1898/99. Also updated info on Gorton Parish Church on the Manchester Amateur League page.
11 Aug - Completed the preliminary work for 1898/99 season.
9 Aug - Found a couple of missing 1st Round results from 1889/90 season of the Manchester Junior Cup, and 2 missing results involving Hollinwood from 1890/91. Also corrected information about Hooley Hill Caledonians, Manchester St Bride's, Manchester Willard, Rusholme, Stretford, Stretford South End, Urmston and West Manchester Swifts.
8 Aug - Complete re-design of the web site and all data is now moved over. Currently working on the 1898/99 Manchester Junior Cup.
If you spot any mistakes, or can add anything I have not been able to trace, please message me at simon.sandiford (at) intothestorm.co.uk or DM me @simonupnorth on X.