North West Non League

Manchester JUNIOR CUP

 


1890-91 : Hurst Ramblers

• With only 9 of the 21 clubs from 1889-90 now entering the next season, we had an additional 11 teams join to make 20 teams in the 1890-91 competition.
• 2 of the new teams (Newton Heath Swifts and Newton St Mark's) were actually rejoining, having not entered in 1889/90. However Newton Heath Swifts withdrew just before their 1st Round tie
• Stockport County Reserves were a renaming of Heaton Norris Rovers who had entered their first team in the 1888/89 season
• 4 of the clubs were Reserve sides: Ardwick Reserves, Newton Heath Swifts, Stockport County Reserves and West Manchester Swifts.
• Some clubs were given a bye through to the Quarter Final stage, which was now considered the 1st Round proper, with the lower ranked clubs playing in the qualifying stages.
• The cup was dominated again by the Ashton-u-Lyne clubs, but with new club Middleton challenging them all the way, eventually losing to Hurst Ramblers in a very controversial Final


NAME CHANGES
• None
 

 
NEWLY ENTERING
• East Manchester - from East Manchester
• Hollinwood - from the South side of Oldham
• Manchester St Bride's - from South Manchester (Brooks's Bar ground)
• Medlock Central - from Central Manchester
• Middleton - from North Manchester (Boarshaw Lane ground)
• North East Manchester - from North East of Manchester
• Pendleton - from the Salford area, west of Manchester
• Stockport County Reserves - Reserves of the club renamed from Heaton Norris, who had entered 1888/89 (Green Lane ground)

 

 

RETURNING AFTER A BREAK
• Newton Heath Swifts - returning after a season away
• Newton St Mark's - returning after a season away


BYES

 

 BYE TO ROUND  TEAMS
 Quarter Final   Hurst Nook Rovers (last season's winner); Hurst Ramblers (last season's finalist);
 Ashton North End (last season's semi-finalist); Stretford (expected good performance) 




FIRST ROUND
 

DATE

HOME

SCORE

AWAY

GROUND

KO

REFEREE

NOTE
 Sat 1 Nov 1890   Stockport County Reserves  2-1  Ardwick Reserves 

Green Lane

(Stockport)

  unknown  unknown

HT 1-1.

Attendance: "a good number of spectators"
 Sat 1 Nov 1890   East Manchester  1-7  Longsight  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 1 Nov 1890   Fairfield  3-7  Manchester North End  unknown unknown unknown

HT 2-3. Attendance 1000
 Sat 1 Nov 1890   Middleton  4-0  Medlock Central 

 Boarshaw Lane 

(Middleton)

 3.15pm

 Mr T Hughes 

(Eccles)

HT 1-0.

Attendance: "a good number of spectators"
 Sat 1 Nov 1890   Newton St Mark's 

 W/O

 awarded 

  Newton Heath Swifts  unknown unknown unknown

Newton Heath Swifts scratched the game,

 so Newton St Marks went through on a walkover 
The teams did agree to a friendly instead

which Newton St Marks won 3-1
 Sat 1 Nov 1890   Pendleton   unknown   Hollinwood  unknown unknown unknown

The score is not known but

Hollinwood went through to the next round
 Sat 1 Nov 1890   Tonge  11-0  North East Manchester 

Tonge Hall

(Middleton)

 3.05pm   HT 4-0. Attendance 1050
 Sat 1 Nov 1890   West Manchester Swifts  5-2  Manchester St Bride's 

Brooks's Bar

(Manchester)

      




SECOND ROUND
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 6 Dec 1890   Manchester North End  1-0  West Manchester Swifts 

Church Lane

(Harpurhey)

 unknown Mr R B Balla

HT 1-0. "Two halves of 35 mins each were agreed"

"a large number of spectators"
 Sat 6 Dec 1890   Middleton  3-1  Longsight 

 Boarshaw Lane 

(Middleton)

 3.00pm  Mr L M Sinclair 

HT 3-0. Attendance 1500.

 The ref was also the honorary secretary of the Manchester FA 
 Sat 6 Dec 1890   Newton St Mark's  3-2  Tonge  unknown 2.45pm Mr W Chew

HT 0-2. "a fair number of spectators".
Winning goal was said to have gone

"fully a yard over the top of the cross-bar".
Tonge appealed but this failed and the result stood
 Sat 6 Dec 1890   Stockport County Reserves  4-1  Hollinwood  unknown

 Green Lane 

(Stockport)

 unknown

HT 2-1. Attendance 1500




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 10 Jan 1891   Hurst Nook Rovers  3-2  Stretford 

Rosehill

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

  unknown  unknown HT 2-0. Attendance 300. Two halves of 40 mins each were agreed
 Sat 10 Jan 1891   Hurst Ramblers  5-1  Manchester North End 

Infirmary Road

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 2.33pm

 Mr R A O Walker 

(Manchester)

HT 1-0. Attendance 500. Started with "a handful"

but reached 500 after during the first half.
 Sat 10 Jan 1891   Middleton  5-0

 Stockport County

Reserves 

 Boarshaw Lane 

(Middleton)

 unknown None

"a large number of spectators".
Match was played under protest from both sides

due to the referee having failed to turn up.
Stockport County continued with the protest

and it was resolved to re-play the match on 24 Jan
 Sat 10 Jan 1891   Newton St Mark's  4-1  Ashton North End  unknown unknown unknown Result also reported as 4-3 but 4-1 seems to be accurate
 Sat 24 Jan 1891   Middleton  7-1

 Stockport County

Reserves 

Boarshaw Lane

(Middleton)

 unknown unknown HT 4-1. Attendance 1000. Played in "wretched weather".
 Original game played on 10 Jan had no referee so had to be re-played 




SEMI FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 14 Feb 1891   Hurst Nook Rovers  1-3  Hurst Ramblers 

Hurst Cross

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown  unknown Attendance 2000
 Sat 14 Feb 1891   Middleton  1-1
AET		  Newton St Mark's 

Hyde Road

(Manchester)

 unknown unknown  HT 1-0. FT 1-1. Extra time was played. Attendance 1500 




SEMI FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 21 Feb 1891   Newton St Mark's  1-3  Middleton 

Hyde Road

 (Manchester) 

  3.20pm  Mr Falla  HT 1-1. Attendance 2000 




FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 7 Mar 1891   Middleton  1-1  Hurst Ramblers 

North Road

 (Manchester) 

  3.30pm   Mr R Kirkham 

HT 1-1. Attendance 5000.
 Middleton agreed to extra time, but Hurst Ramblers refused, 

so the final went to a replay on 4 April




FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 4 Apr 1891   Hurst Ramblers  2-1  Middleton 

North Road

 (Manchester) 

  unknown  unknown

HT 0-1. "an enormous crowd of people".
Middleton lodged a protest due to ineligible players and breach of the rules of professionalism
 (one of the team had reportedly received money before being properly registered and without giving a receipt 

for it, and another of the team had taken part in a contest for money).
 Middleton also accused Hurst Ramblers of Middleton's keeper being blatently injured by a Hurst Ramblers player, 
Another Middleton player was told during the game by a Hurst Ramblers player (incorrectly and maliciously)

that his brother had died.
Protest was rejected and Hurst were presented with the cup on 15 April.
The Stalybridge Reporter confirming "it was fairly and squarely won"



NAME CHANGES
• Manchester St Bride's - Merged with West Manchester to play as their Reserves. The merged Reserve team was called West Manchester St Bride's
• Medlock Central - Changed name to South West Manchester
• West Manchester Swifts - Incorporated Manchester St Bride's. The merged Reserve team was called West Manchester St Bride's

OUTGOING
• East Manchester - believed to have folded
• Fairfield - did not enter again
• Hollinwood - missed the following season but returned for 1892/93
• Manchester North End - did not enter again
• North East Manchester - did not enter again until 1898/99
• Pendleton - did not enter again
 


1891-92 : Middleton

• With 12 of the 20 clubs from 1890-91 now entering the next season, though one was the result of the merger of West Manchester Swifts and Manchester St Bride's, we had 11 new teams join and 4 re-join to make 28 teams in the 1891-92 competition.
• The 4 teams re-joining were Hulme and Royton Reserves (last played 1888/89), with Taunton and Stalybridge Rovers who had both missed the the previous season
• South West Manchester were a re-naming of Medlock Central.
• Eight clubs were given a bye through to the 2nd Round, while the 4 "biggest" clubs didn't play until the Quarter Final stage, (also considered the 1st Round proper)
• The cup was won for the first time by a non-Tameside club. The final was a repeat of the previous season, with Middleton this time coming out on top. The all-Middleton semi was epic, going to 3 games, with the two replays played at Rhodes rugby union ground.


NAME CHANGES
• South West Manchester - new name of Medlock Central
• West Manchester St Bride's - name of the merged club from Manchester St Bride's and West Manchester Swifts
 
NEWLY ENTERING
• Beswick - from East Manchester
• Beswick Rovers - from East Manchester
• Bolton Red Star - from the north side of Bolton
• Denton Wanderers - from Denton (Denton Station ground)
• Farnworth Alliance - from the south side of Bolton
• Hatherlow - from the east side of Stockport
• Miles Platting Local - from East Manchester
• Rochdale Clifford - from Rochdale, and they also were playing in the Lancashire Junior Cup
• Stockport Christ Church - from Stockport
• Whalley Range - from South Manchester
• W Berry's Employes - from North Manchester, and "Employes" in the name is the archaic form of Employees (Church Lane ground)
 

 

RETURNING AFTER A BREAK
• Hulme - returning from two seasons away
• Royton Reserves - returning from two seasons away
• Stalybridge Rovers - returning after a sesaon away
• Taunton - returning after a sesaon away
 


BYES

 BYE TO ROUND  TEAMS
 2nd Round   Ashton North End; Beswick Rovers; Hatherlow; Hulme;
Royton Reserves; Tonge; W Berry's Employes; West Manchester St Bride's 
 Quarter Final   Hurst Ramblers (last season's winner); Middleton (last season's finalist);
 Hurst Nook Rovers (last season's semi-finalist); Newton St Mark's (last season's semi-finalist) 




FIRST ROUND
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 10 Oct 1891   Stretford  10-0  Miles Platting Local 

Longford Bridge

(Stretford)

 3pm unknown  
 Sat 10 Oct 1891   Bolton Red Star  5-1  Longsight  unknown 3pm unknown  
 Sat 10 Oct 1891   Stockport Christ Church  2-8  Denton Wanderers  unknown 3pm unknown  
 Sat 10 Oct 1891   South West Manchester  1-9

 Stockport County

Reserves 

 unknown 3pm unknown  
 Sat 10 Oct 1891   Beswick  2-7  Ardwick Reserves  unknown 3pm unknown  
 Sat 10 Oct 1891   Taunton 

2-4
VOID
W/O

 awarded 

  Newton Heath Swifts 

 Newmarket Road 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  3pm  unknown

Taunton launched a protest and were awarded the win
4 Newton Heath Swifts players

were found to have been playing in the close season
 Sat 10 Oct 1891   Whalley Range  4-3  Stalybridge Rovers  unknown 3pm unknown

 At 3pm Whalley Range kicked off on their own due to Stalybridge lateness 
They then awarded themselves the tie as per the lateness rule.
The actual game then kicked off at 3.45pm and Stalybridge protested,

which was dismissed
Whalley Range were through but it is not clear if by 4-3 or walkover
 Sat 10 Oct 1891   Farnworth Alliance  1-2  Rochdale Clifford  unknown 3pm unknown  




SECOND ROUND
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 14 Nov 1891   Denton Wanderers  1-2  Hatherlow 

Denton Station

(Denton)

 2.45pm unknown  
 Sat 14 Nov 1891   Ashton North End  16-0  Beswick Rovers 

Rayner Lane

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 3.05pm unknown

HT 4-0. Attendance 800. Was 0-0 at 20 mins
Eight 2nd half goals were scored in a 14 min period
Beswick Rovers were drawn with choice of ground

and agreed to switch to Ashton
 Sat 14 Nov 1891   Tonge  7-0  W Berry's Employees 

Tonge Hall

(Middleton)

  unknown   Mr Sinclair  HT 2-0. Attendance 2500.
Referee was the Manchester FA Secretary
 Sat 14 Nov 1891   Rochdale Clifford  0-2  Whalley Range  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 14 Nov 1891   Taunton  4-2  West Manchester St Bride's 

 Newmarket Road 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 14 Nov 1891   Ardwick Reserves  0-0  Stretford 

Hyde Road

(Manchester)

 unknown unknown Match went to a replay (date unknown)
 Sat 14 Nov 1891   Royton Reserves  1-4  Hulme  unknown unknown unknown

 Some sources show an earlier match at Royton on Sat 7 Nov 

where Hulme won 6-0 (att 200)
It is not clear if this was an error,

or a game played early then played again after protest
 Sat 14 Nov 1891   Stockport County Reserves  1-0  Bolton Red Star 

Green Lane

(Stockport)

 unknown unknown  




SECOND ROUND - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 unknown   Stretford   unknown   Ardwick Reserves 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford)

  unknown  unknown  Result unknown, but Ardwick Reserves went through 
Was played on either Sat 21 Nov or Sat 5 Dec




THIRD ROUND
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 12 Dec 1891   Hulme  4-0
VOID		  Hatherlow  unknown unknown unknown Match void due to a protest by Hatherlow. Replayed on Sat 9 Jan
 Sat 12 Dec 1891   Ashton North End  3-2

 Stockport County

Reserves 

Rayner Lane

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 2.45pm unknown

HT 3-1 Attendance 200
Ashton North End only had 9 men

due to two players missing the train from Manchester
 Sat 12 Dec 1891   Taunton  2-9  Tonge 

 Newmarket Road 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown 

 Mr Robinshaw 

(Hooley Hill)

 HT 2-3
Tonge started with 8 men due to three late arrivals
The three arrived with the score at 1-0 to Tonge
 Sat 9 Jan 1892   Hulme  5-4  Hatherlow  unknown unknown unknown 14 Dec Match had been replayed due to a protest by Hatherlow
 Sat 16 Jan 1892   Ardwick Reserves  1-4
VOID		  Whalley Range 

Hyde Road

(Manchester)

 unknown unknown Match void due to a protest by Ardwick. Replayed on Sat 23 Jan
 Sat 23 Jan 1892   Ardwick Reserves  3-5  Whalley Range 

Hyde Road

(Manchester)

 unknown unknown  16 Jan match had been replayed due to a protest by Whalley Range 




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 30 Jan 1892   Ashton North End  2-4  Middleton 

Rayner Lane

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown  unknown HT 0-3. Attendance 2000
 Sat 30 Jan 1892   Newton St Mark's  3-2
AET
VOID		  Hulme  unknown unknown unknown FT 2-2. Extra time was played (30 mins)
 Match void due to a protest by Hulme. Replayed on Sat 13 Feb 
 Sat 30 Jan 1892   Hurst Ramblers  4-1  Hurst Nook Rovers 

Infirmary Road

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 3pm

Mr Walker

 (Manchester) 

 HT 0-1. Attendance 800
 Sat 30 Jan 1892   Whalley Range  2-5  Tonge  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 13 Feb 1892   Newton St Mark's  3-0  Hulme 

North Road

(Manchester)

 unknown unknown 30 Jan match had been replayed due to a protest by Hulme




SEMI-FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 27 Feb 1892   Tonge  2-2  Middleton 

Brooks's Bar

 (Manchester) 

  unknown  unknown  Attendance 5000 
 Sat 27 Feb 1892   Newton St Mark's  0-4  Hurst Ramblers 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 unknown unknown HT 0-4




SEMI-FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 5 Mar 1892   Tonge  0-0  Middleton 

 Rhodes Rugby Ground 

(Middleton)

  unknown  unknown  Attendance 6800 




SEMI-FINAL - 2nd REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 19 Mar 1892   Tonge  1-5  Middleton 

 Rhodes Rugby Ground 

(Middleton)

  3.30pm   Mr T Helme   HT 1-0. Attendance 5467 




FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 26 Mar 1892   Middleton  4-3  Hurst Ramblers 

Hyde Road

 (Manchester) 

  3.30pm 

 Mr Duxbury 

(Darwen)

  HT 2-1. Attendance 5000 



NAME CHANGES
• West Manchester St Bride's - St Bride's ended the West Manchester merger and played on as Manchester St Bride's for another season but did not enter again

OUTGOING
• Ardwick Reserves - did not enter again
• Bolton Red Star - believed to have folded
• Denton Wanderers - did not enter again until 1895/96
• Longsight - did not enter again until 1896/97
• Miles Platting Local - believed to have folded
• Newton Heath Swifts - did not enter again
• Rochdale Clifford - did not enter again
• Royton Reserves - did not enter again
• Stalybridge Rovers - missed the following season but returned for 1893/94
• Stockport Christ Church - did not enter again
• Stockport County Reserves - did not enter again
• Whalley Range - believed to have folded
 


1892-93 : Middleton

• With 15 of the 28 clubs from 1891-92 re-entering for the 1892/93 season, we had 11 new teams join and 2 re-join to retain 28 teams in the competition.
• The 2 teams re-joining were Hollinwood (last played 1890/81), and Manchester St Mary's (last played 1889/90 season)
• All five of the Reserve clubs left so this was presumably a decision made by the Manchester FA.
• Another rule change was related to the way the draw works. Now it was split into North and South groups through to the Quarter Final stage. The 4th Round was simply 2 ties - basically a North Qualifying game and a South Qualifying game, with the winners through to meet the 6 "selected" clubs. They were selected based in theory on last season's good performances, though it is not clear why Hooley Hill were given the bye.
• Some of the groupings were not logical, with South West Manchester and Stretford in the North group, and Hollinwood in the Southern group
• Ten clubs were given a bye through to the 2nd Round, with the 6 selected clubs not entering until the Quarter Final stage, (also considered the 1st Round proper)
• The Manchester FA was busy with multiple protests, with many games being overturned for various reasons. One Quarter Final didn't happen due to Newton St Mark's, who had been semi-finalists in all their previous seasons in the Cup, they scratched the game and so Ashton Town received a walkover to the Semi-Final. Newton St Mark's were suspended in March 1893 for not compensating Ashton Town for their loss due to the scratch, and were then confirmed to have folded
• The cup was retained by a club for the first time, with Middleton again taking the title and keeping the Cup away from the very strong Tameside clubs. Ashton Town made the final in their only independent season before they merged with local rivals Ashton North End.


NAME CHANGES
• None
 
NEWLY ENTERING
• Ashton Borough - from Tameside
• Ashton Town - from Tameside (Athletic Grounds ground)
• Compstall - from the east side of Stockport
• Deane - from the Daubhill area of Bolton
• Harpurhey - from North Manchester
• Heaton Park - from North Manchester (Heaton Park ground)
• Hooley Hill - from East Manchester (Pack Horse ground)
• Hooley Hill Caledonians - from East Manchester
• Marple - from east side of Stockport (Wearside ground)
• Molyneux - from the Longsight area, and not related to the Longsight club (High Street ground)
• New Mills - from south east of Stockport, over the Derbyshire border, and technically just beyond the 12 mile limit for clubs from Manchester

 

RETURNING AFTER A BREAK

• Hollinwood - returning after a season away
• Manchester St Mary's - returning from two seasons away
 


BYES
 

BYE TO ROUND TEAMS
 2nd Round - North   Beswick Rovers; Farnworth Alliance; Hulme; Manchester St Mary's; South West Manchester 
 2nd Round - South   Compstall; Hooley Hill Caledonians; Hurst Nook Rovers; Marple; Taunton 
 Quarter Final   Middleton (last season's winner); Hurst Ramblers (last season's finalist); Newton St Mark's (last season's semi-finalist);
 Tonge (last season's semi-finalist); Ashton North End (previous good performances); Hooley Hill (expected good performance) 




FIRST ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 1 Oct 1892   Stretford  5-0  Harpurhey 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford)

  unknown  unknown HT 4-0
 Was originally scheduled for Harpurhey but switched to Stretford 
 Sat 1 Oct 1892   Deane   unknown   Heaton Park  unknown unknown unknown Result unknown but Deane went through to the next round
 Sat 1 Oct 1892   W Berry's Employes  5-4  Beswick 

Church Lane

(Harpurhey)

 unknown unknown  




FIRST ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 1 Oct 1892   Ashton Town  3-2  Hollinwood 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown 

Mr Chew

(Ardwick)

 HT 1-2. Attendance 800
 Sat 1 Oct 1892   Hatherlow 

 unknown 

  Ashton Borough  unknown unknown unknown  Result unknown but Hatherlow went through to the next round 
 Sat 1 Oct 1892   New Mills  0-2  Molyneux  unknown unknown unknown  




SECOND ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 29 Oct 1892   Deane  6-0  South West Manchester  unknown  unknown  unknown  
 Sat 29 Oct 1892   Hulme  1-3  Farnworth Alliance  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 29 Oct 1892   Manchester St Mary's  2-4  Stretford  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 29 Oct 1892   W Berry's Employes  5-1  Beswick Rovers 

 Church Lane 

(Harpurhey)

 unknown unknown  




SECOND ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 29 Oct 1892   Ashton Town  5-1  Hatherlow 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  unknown  unknown HT 4-0
 Sat 29 Oct 1892   Hooley Hill Caledonians  0-9  Hurst Nook Rovers  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 29 Oct 1892   Marple  5-0  Compstall 

Wearside

(Compstall)

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 29 Oct 1892   Molyneux 

3-7
VOID
W/O

 awarded 

  Taunton 

High Street

(Longsight)

 unknown

 Mr E E Houltram 

(Manchester)

 HT 0-3. Match void due to a protest from Molyneux
 Protest was upheld and Molyneux were awarded the tie 




THIRD ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 19 Nov 1892   Deane   Postponed   Stretford  unknown unknown unknown Stretford refused to play due to bad state of the ground
Match was then ordered to be played at Stretford on 26 Nov
 Sat 19 Nov 1892   W Berry's Employes  2-1
VOID		  Farnworth Alliance 

Church Lane

(Harpurhey)

  unknown  unknown Match void due to a protest by Farnworth Alliance
It was ordered to be re-played on 3rd Dec
 Sat 26 Nov 1892   Stretford  2-1  Deane 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford)

 2.35pm unknown HT 2-1. Attendance 700
Match was switched to Stretford after the original protest
 Sat 4 Dec 1892   W Berry's Employes  1-13  Farnworth Alliance 

Church Lane

(Harpurhey)

 unknown unknown  Original match had been voided due to a protest by Farnworth Alliance 




THIRD ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 19 Nov 1892   Hurst Nook Rovers  4-4  Ashton Town  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 19 Nov 1892   Molyneux  1-1  Marple 

 High Street 

(Longsight)

  unknown  unknown  




THIRD ROUND - SOUTH - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 3 Dec 1892   Ashton Town  3-1  Hurst Nook Rovers 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 2.30pm unknown  
 Sat 3 Dec 1892   Marple  6-1  Molyneux 

Wearside

(Compstall)

  unknown  unknown  




FOURTH ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 10 Dec 1892   Farnworth Alliance  11-1
VOID		  Stretford  unknown  2.30pm  Mr Beardshaw
(Longsight)

HT 4-1. Attendance 150
The match was voided after Stretford protested before the start

of the game due to the weather.
Match was played "in a blinding snow storm"

and the pitch was reported as "8 inches deep in snow".
 It was ordered to be re-played at Farnworth on or before Sat 7 Jan 1893 
but was actually played at Stretford on Sat 14 Jan
 Sat 14 Jan 1893   Stretford  2-1  Farnworth Alliance 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford)

 3pm Mr E E Houltrom
 (Newton St Mark's) 		 HT 0-1
Farnworth Alliance were late arriving so KO was delayed to 3pm




FOURTH ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 10 Dec 1892   Ashton Town  8-4  Marple 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  2.30pm  unknown HT 3-2




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 21 Jan 1893   Ashton North End  5-1  Hurst Ramblers 

Rayner Lane

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  2.30pm 

 Mr Bradshaw 

(Manchester)

 HT 4-0. Attendance 3500 (also reported as 5000)
 Sat 21 Jan 1893   Hooley Hill  4-1  Stretford 

 Pack Horse Ground 

(Audenshaw)

 2.30pm unknown  
 Sat 21 Jan 1893   Tonge  1-3  Middleton 

Tonge Hall

(Middleton)

 2.35pm Mr Sinclair  HT 0-1. Attenance 5000
Referee was also the secretary of the Manchester FA 
 Sat 21 Jan 1893   Newton St Mark's 

W/O

awarded

  Ashton Town       

 Newton St Mark's withdraw so Ashton Town went through 
Newton St Mark's later were suspended

for not compensating Ashton Town
They were then found to have folded




SEMI-FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 11 Feb 1893   Ashton North End  2-4  Middleton 

Hurst Cross

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

  3.05pm 

Mr B Kirkham

(Darwen)

HT 1-1
KO was delayed until 3.05pm

while the ball was pumped up to acceptable level
ANE issued a protest after the match

that Middleton player Stanley was under suspension
The protest was rejected and result stood
The player's suspension had started 2 days later on 13 Feb
 Sat 18 Feb 1893   Ashton Town  4-0  Hooley Hill 

 Dukinfield Rugby Ground 

(Dukinfield) 

 3pm  Mr L M Sinclair  HT 2-0. Attendance 200
 Was originally due to be played at Ashton North End's Rayner Lane ground 




FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 1 Apr 1893   Middleton  2-0  Ashton Town 

Hyde Road

 (Manchester) 

  unknown  unknown  HT 1-0. Attendance 3000 



NAME CHANGES
• Ashton Town - absorbed into Ashton North End retaining North End's name. The new Ashton North End club then played at Ashton Town's Athletic Grounds stadium on Manchester Road

OUTGOING
• Ashton Borough - believed to have folded
• Compstall - did not enter again until 1895/96
• Deane - believed to have folded
• Farnworth Alliance - did not enter again
• Hatherlow - did not enter again
• Heaton Park - did not enter again until 1905/06 season
• Hooley Hill Caledonians - believed to have folded
• Hulme - did not enter again until 1895/96
• Manchester St Mary's - did not enter again until 1895/96
• Newton St Mark's - believed to have folded
• South West Manchester - did not enter again until 1898/99
• W Berry's Employes - missed the following season but returned for 1894/95
 


1893-94 : Hurst Ramblers

• With 15 of the 28 clubs from 1892-93 re-entering for the new season, we had 12 new teams join and 1 re-join to maintain 28 teams in the competition.
• The team returning was Stalybridge Rovers who played previously in 1891/92 season.
• The format introduced last season was retained, with the North and South champions meeting the 6 selected clubs in the Quarter Final.
• Again ten clubs were given a bye through to the 2nd Round, with the 6 selected clubs not entering until the Quarter Final stage, (also considered the 1st Round proper).
• It was much quieter for protests with no matches voided. One team was disqualified, which was Didsbury after their win over Stretford started with them only having with 7 men. It is not clear why they were disqualified, but it may have been the introduction of the extra players after the game started as Stretford reported them for a breach of rules. Interestingly though, Stretford were not reinstated, and it was the next match that saw Burnage awarded a walkover with their game with Didsbury cancelled.
• The cup was won for the 2nd time by Hurst Ramblers, who defeated Tonge in the Final


NAME CHANGES
• None
 
NEWLY ENTERING
• Ardwick Amateurs - from East Manchester
• Burnage - from South Manchester
• Denton Lads' Club - from Denton
• Didsbury - from South Manchester
• Dukinfield Onwards - from Dukinfield
• Glossop North End - from Glossop
• Gorton Celtic - from East Manchester
• Longsight St John's - from South Manchester
• Manchester Social - from South Manchester (Platt Lane ground)
• Manchester Talbot - from South Manchester
• Old Trafford - from South Manchester (Elsinore Road ground)
• Rusholme - from South Manchester (Platt Lane ground)
 

 

RETURNING AFTER A BREAK
• Stalybridge Rovers - returning for the 3rd time after one season away
 

 

BYES

BYE TO ROUND TEAMS
 2nd Round - North   Ardwick Amateurs; Burnage; Harpurhey; Manchester Social; Molyneux 
 2nd Round - South   Beswick; Denton Lads' Club; Glossop North End; Gorton Celtic; Taunton 
 Quarter Final   Middleton (last season's winner); Ashton North End (last season's semi-finalist); Hooley Hill (last season's semi-finalist);
 Tonge (previous good performances); Hurst Ramblers (previous good performances); Hurst Nook Rovers (previous good performances) 




FIRST ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 30 Sept 1893   Didsbury  3-2  Stretford  unknown unknown unknown Didsbury started the game with just 7 men.
 After the game they were reported by Stretford for a breach of rules 
 Sat 30 Sept 1893   Manchester Talbot  5-1  Longsight St John's  unknown unknown unknown Reported as 4-1 in Athletic News but 5-1 elsewhere
 Sat 30 Sept 1893   Rusholme  6-2  Old Trafford 

 Platt Lane 

 (Fallowfield) 

  unknown  unknown  




FIRST ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 30 Sept 1893   Hollinwood  3-0  Beswick Rovers  unknown unknown unknown

HT 1-0. "A moderate gate"
 Originally scheduled for Beswick Rovers ground 

and then switched to Hollinwood.
 Not long after this game, Beswick Rovers folded 
 Sat 30 Sept 1893   Marple  0-1  Dukinfield Onwards 

Wearside

(Compstall)

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 30 Sept 1893   Stalybridge Rovers  5-1  New Mills 

 Crookbottom 

(Stalybridge)

  unknown  unknown HT 1-0. Gate was "up to expectations"




SECOND ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 28 Oct 1893   Ardwick Amateurs  5-6  Manchester Talbot  unknown 2.45pm Mr T Ousey  
 Sat 28 Oct 1893   Didsbury 

W/O

 awarded 

  Burnage         The match was not played because of Didsbury's disqualification 
Burnage received a walkover to the next round
The referee was due to be Mr T Chadwick
 Sat 28 Oct 1893   Molyneux  6-0  Manchester Social 

 High Street 

(Longsight)

  2.45pm   Mr A H Tilbury   
 Sat 28 Oct 1893   Rusholme  7-1  Harpurhey 

Platt Lane

 (Fallowfield) 

 2.45pm  Mr A R Andrews   




SECOND ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE  NOTE 
 Sat 28 Oct 1893   Denton Lads' Club  4-1  Beswick  unknown  2.45pm  Mr A E Nall  
 Sat 28 Oct 1893   Gorton Celtic  4-0  Dukinfield Onwards  unknown 2.45pm Mr W Wynn  
 Sat 28 Oct 1893   Hollinwood  1-1  Stalybridge Rovers  unknown 2.45pm  Mr F Beardshaw   
 Sat 28 Oct 1893   Taunton  0-12  Glossop North End 

 Newmarket Road 

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

 2.45pm Mr W Chew  




SECOND ROUND - SOUTH - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 11 Nov 1893   Stalybridge Rovers  5-1  Hollinwood 

 Crookbottom 

(Stalybridge)

  2.30pm  unknown Match was scheduled to play to a finish, as the next round
 was due the following Saturday, so extra time was possible. 
The game though was finished in 90 mins.
The attendance was "a record gate for Stalybridge Rovers"




THIRD ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 18 Nov 1893   Molyneux  2-1  Manchester Talbot 

 High Street 

(Longsight)

  unknown  unknown  
 Sat 18 Nov 1893   Rusholme  0-1  Burnage 

Platt Lane

 (Fallowfield) 

 unknown unknown  




THIRD ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 18 Nov 1893   Denton Lads' Club  10-1  Gorton Celtic  unknown  unknown  unknown  Gorton Celtic left the field at 80 mins, but the result stood 
 Sat 18 Nov 1893   Stalybridge Rangers  2-1  Glossop North End 

 Crookbottom 

(Stalybridge)

 unknown unknown HT 1-0. Attendance 400
Weather was high wind and heavy snow




FOURTH ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 16 Dec 1893   Burnage  2-3  Molyneux  unknown  unknown  unknown  Attendance 1000 




FOURTH ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 16 Dec 1893   Stalybridge Rovers  2-0  Denton Lads' Club 

 Crookbottom 

(Stalybridge)

  unknown  unknown  HT 2-0. Attendance was "a good gate" 
Weather was "grand"




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE  NOTE 
 Sat 13 Jan 1894   Ashton North End  4-2  Stalybridge Rovers 

Rayner Lane

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

  2.30pm  Mr Sinclair  
 Sat 13 Jan 1894   Hooley Hill  4-6  Hurst Ramblers 

 Pack Horse Ground 

(Audenshaw)

 2.30pm  Mr Chadwick   
 Sat 13 Jan 1894   Middleton  1-3  Tonge 

Boarshaw Lane

(Middleton)

 2.30pm Mr Falls  
 Sat 13 Jan 1894   Molyneux  1-2  Hurst Nook Rovers 

High Street

(Longsight)

 2.30pm Mr A Nall  




SEMI-FINAL
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 17 Feb 1894   Hurst Ramblers   Postponed   Hurst Nook Rovers 

Crookbottom

(Stalybridge)

      Match postponed due to the ground bring unfit with the bad weather 
 Sat 17 Feb 1894   Tonge  4-2  Ashton North End 

Bank Lane

(Clayton)

  unknown  Mr Helm HT 2-1. Attendance 600. Played at Newton Heath's ground
 Sat 24 Feb 1894   Hurst Ramblers  3-1  Hurst Nook Rovers 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 unknown unknown HT 2-0




FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 31 Mar 1894   Hurst Ramblers  2-1  Tonge 

 Bank Lane 

(Clayton)

  unknown 

 Mr Kirkham

(Darwen) 

  HT 1-0. Attendance "Good". Played at Newton Heath's ground 



NAME CHANGES
• None

OUTGOING
• Ardwick Amateurs - believed to have folded
• Beswick Rovers - believed to have folded
• Burnage - believed to have folded
• Didsbury - did not enter again until 1898/99 season
• Dukinfield Onwards - did not enter again
• Gorton Celtic - did not enter again
• Harpurhey - missed the following season but returned for 1895/96
• Hollinwood - did not enter again
• Longsight St John's - believed to have folded
• Manchester Social - did not enter again
• Marple - missed the following season but returned for 1895/96
• New Mills - did not enter again until 1896/97
• Old Trafford - did not enter again until 1906/07 season
• Taunton - believed to have folded
 


1894-95 : Middleton

• With 14 of the 28 clubs from 1893-94 re-entering for the new season, we had 8 new teams join and 1 re-join. This meant that only 23 teams entered.
• The team returning was W Berry's Employes who played previously in 1892/93 season.
• The current format was retained, with the North and South champions meeting the 6 selected clubs in the Quarter Final. The North/South split seemed a bit more logical this time with the introduction of more North Manchester clubs to balance it better.
• With 5 less teams that before, this meant that there was only 1 tie in the 1st Round. This caused confusion for at least one team, Glossop North End, who believed their 2nd Round 5-0 win against Hooley Hill was actually in the 1st Round, meaning they accidentally fielded 3 ineligible players, forcing the game to be void. Luckily for them they won the re-played tie 6-2
• So 15 clubs were given a bye through to the 2nd Round, with 6 more "selected" clubs not entering until the Quarter Final stage, (also considered the 1st Round proper).
• It was clear that this format was not favourable to many clubs with much smaller clubs playing off to meet the bigger clubs, and the bigger clubs only playing a couple of games to get into the Final. Bigger changes took place after the season, effectively banning the bigger sides from entering
• There was an odd situation in the Hurst Nook Rovers v Stalybridge Rovers game. It was reported that Hurst Nook Rovers knew that Stalybridge Rovers had 2 men ineligible for their first game (ie the Quarter Final) so they decided to withdraw and allowed Stalybridge Rovers to have a walkover. They then had a 2x30min Friendly game (or "Ordinary" as they called it then) including the 2 men that had been ineligible, and Stalybridge Rovers won 5-0 in front of an 800 crowd. This seems very honourable by Hurst Nook Rovers and it is suspected that they had a weakened side and so found a positive way to bow out instead of the cup defeat.
• The cup was won for the 3rd time in 4 years by Middleton, who defeated W Berry's Employes in the Final 2-0. The Tameside and Middleton domination of the latter stages of the Cup in recent years (though Berry's were an exception from the Harpurhey area), including this 3rd win in 4 years for Middleton, was another reason why the Manchester FA changed the participation rules again, having previously banned Reserve sides of Senior clubs.


NAME CHANGES
• None
 
NEWLY ENTERING
• Castleton - from Rochdale area
• Crabtrees Employes - from North Manchester
• Higher Crumpsall - from North Manchester (Moorfields ground)
• Manchester Artillery (3rd Battery) - from East Manchester
• Middleton Parish Church - from Middleton (Parson's Field ground)
• Taunton Swifts - from Tameside
• West Royton - from west of Oldham
• West Salford - from west of Salford, near Seedley (Weaste Lane ground)
 

 

RETURNING AFTER A BREAK
• W Berry's Employes - returning after a season away
 


BYES

BYE TO ROUND TEAMS
 2nd Round - North   Beswick; Castleton; Crabtree's Employes; Higher Crumpsall; Middleton Parish Church; W Berry's Employes; West Royton; West Salford  
 2nd Round - South   Denton Lads' Club; Glossop North End; Hooley Hill; Manchester Artillery (3rd Battery); Manchester Talbot; Molyneux; Taunton Swifts 
 Quarter Final   Hurst Ramblers (last season's winner); Tonge (last season's finalist); Ashton North End (last season's semi-finalist);
 Hurst Nook Rovers (last season's semi-finalist); Middleton (previous good performances); Stalybridge Rovers (previous good performances) 




FIRST ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 29 Sept 1894   Rusholme  0-2  Stretford 

Platt Lane

 (Rusholme) 

  unknown  unknown HT 0-2




SECOND ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 27 Oct 1894   Castleton  1-3  W Berry's Employes  unknown  unknown  unknown HT 1-2
 Sat 27 Oct 1894   Middleton Parish Church  5-3  Beswick 

 Parson's Field 

(Middleton)

 3.10pm  Mr W Wynn 

HT 4-2. Attendance 400
Match originally scheduled for Beswick

 but switched to Middleton Parish Church's ground. 
Beswick played the whole game with 10 men
 Sat 27 Oct 1894   Higher Crumpsall 

W/O

 awarded 

  West Royton       

West Royton pulled out of the tie

 and played a friendly with Rhodes Juniors instead. 
Higher Crumpsall were therefore awarded the tie
 Sat 27 Oct 1894   West Salford  1-4  Crabtree's Employes 

Weaste Lane

(Salford)

 unknown unknown  




SECOND ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 27 Oct 1894   Denton Lads' Club  8-2  Molyneux  unknown unknown unknown HT 3-2
 Sat 27 Oct 1894   Glossop North End  5-0
VOID		  Hooley Hill  unknown unknown unknown

Attendance 2000
Match was voided after Hooley Hill protested.

It was about 3 ineligible Glossop North End players.
Glossop NE advised that they thought it was the 1st Round

 and hadn't realised they had been given a bye to the 2nd Round. 
The tie was ordered to be re-played on or before 10 Nov

at Hooley Hill's ground
 Sat 27 Oct 1894   Manchester Talbot  10-0  Taunton Swifts        HT 8-0. Attendance "good"
 Sat 27 Oct 1894   Stretford  15-0  Manchester Artillery (3rd Battery) 

Longford Bridge

(Stretford)

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 10 Nov 1894   Hooley Hill  2-6  Glossop North End 

 Pack Horse Ground 

(Audenshaw)

  unknown  unknown

HT 1-2
The original game from 27 October was voided

after a Hooley Hill protest
The venue was switched for the game to be played again




THIRD ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 24 Nov 1894   Higher Crumpsall  3-2  Crabtree's Employes  unknown unknown unknown  Crabtree's Employes arrived late so the match was ended early. 
Result was allowed to stand
 Sat 24 Nov 1894   W Berry's Employes  4-1  Middleton Parish Church 

 Church Lane 

(Harpurhey)

  unknown  unknown  




THIRD ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 24 Nov 1894   Manchester Talbot  3-0  Glossop North End  unknown  unknown  unknown  Glossop North End arrived late so the match was ended early. 
Result was allowed to stand
 Sat 24 Nov 1894   Stretford  1-3  Denton Lads' Club 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford)

 unknown unknown  




FOURTH ROUND - NORTH
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 22 Dec 1894   Higher Crumpsall   Postponed   W Berry's Employes  unknown     Postponed due to bad weather - gale winds and rain
 Match was re-scheduled for 12 January at Berry's ground 
 Sat 24 Nov 1894   W Berry's Employes  9-0  Higher Crumpsall 

 Church Lane 

(Harpurhey)

  unknown  unknown

Orginal match was postponed on 22 Dec

and venue then switched to Berry's ground




FOURTH ROUND - SOUTH
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 24 Dec 1894   Denton Lads' Club  5-0  Manchester Talbot  unknown  2.30pm  unknown HT 5-0
 Match was played in a gale 




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 19 Jan 1895   Denton Lads' Club  2-3  W Berry's Employes  unknown 2.45pm unknown  
 Sat 19 Jan 1895   Hurst Nook Rovers 

W/O

awarded

  Stalybridge Rovers 

Rosehill

(Ashton-u-Lyne)

  2.45pm  unknown

Attendance 800
Walkover was awarded to Stalybridge Rovers

because Hurst Nook Rovers decided to concede.
It is reported that they thought it was unfair that Stalybridge Rovers
had 2 men ineligible for their first Manchester Junior Cup round,
so they scratched the tie

and allowed Stalybridge Rovers to have a walkover.
Instead, a 2x30min friendly was played

with the two "ineligible" men playing

and Stalybridge Rovers won that 5-0
 Sat 19 Jan 1895   Hurst Ramblers  0-4  Ashton North End 

Hurst Cross

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 2.45pm unknown HT 0-3. Attendance 3000
 Weather was "steady downpour of rain" and so the ground was "miry" 
 Sat 19 Jan 1895   Middleton   Postponed   Tonge 

 Boarshaw Lane 

(Middleton)

     Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
KO was due to be at 2.45pm
 Sat 2 Feb 1895   Middleton  6-1  Tonge 

Boarshaw Lane

(Middleton)

 2.55pm  Mr T Holme 

HT 2-1. Attendance 2500
Manchester FA advised that the match would be decided

to a conclusion "despite the weather or state of the pitch"




SEMI-FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 16 Feb 1895   Middleton  3-2  Stalybridge Rovers 

 Athletic Grounds 

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 3.09pm Mr Sinclair HT 0-2. Attendance 3000
Referee was Manchester FA secretary.
KO was 9 mins late
 Venue was not confirmed until a couple of days before the match 
 Sat 16 Feb 1895   W Berry's Employes  3-2  Ashton North End 

Tonge Hall

(Middleton)

  unknown 

Mr Hammond

 (Heywood Central) 

 HT 2-1. Attendance 2000




FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 16 Mar 1895   Middleton  2-0  W Berry's Employes 

 Gransmoor Road 

(Openshaw)

  unknown   Mr T Holme  HT 1-0. Attendance 4000
 First time Fairfield's ground had been used for the Final 



Two weeks after the Final, the Middleton Guardian reported the following:

 

NAME CHANGES
• None

OUTGOING
• Ashton North End - excluded from Junior Cup and assigned to Senior Cup
• Beswick - believed to have folded
• Crabtree's Employes - believed to have folded
• Glossop North End - excluded from Junior Cup and assigned to Senior Cup
• Higher Crumpsall - missed the following season but returned for 1896/97
• Hurst Nook Rovers - did not enter again
• Hurst Ramblers - excluded from Junior Cup and assigned to Senior Cup, but returned in 1897/98 season
• Manchester Artillery (3rd Battery) - believed to have folded
• Middleton - excluded from Junior Cup and assigned to Senior Cup, but returned in 1900/01 season
• Stalybridge Rovers - excluded from Junior Cup and assigned to Senior Cup
• Tonge - excluded from Junior Cup and assigned to Senior Cup but returned after one season in 1896/97
• West Royton - did not enter again
• West Salford - did not enter again
 


1895-96 : Hadfield

• This was the start of a new era as 6 of the best teams had been moved off to the Manchester Senior Cup. With 13 of the 23 clubs from 1894-95 in total leaving, just 10 re-entered for the new season.
• The changes did though attract a number of new teams, 9 in total, as well as 8 more teams returning after previously leaving. This brought the total up to 27 teams.
• The teams returning were Compstall, Denton Wanderers, Harpurhey, Hulme, Manchester St Mary's, Marple, Reddish (who had last played just the one game in 1888/89) and Failsworth (who had also played just one game, back in the first ever season 1887/88).
• With the more Senior clubs now having departed, just 2 clubs were chosen as "Selected Clubs" and given a bye to the latter stages - W Berry's Employes, who had reached last season's Final, and Denton Lads' Club, who had battled through to the Quarter Finals last season.
• The North/South draw split was no longer referred to regionally, but just called Division 1 and Division 2, like the FA Cup was at that stage, but apart from setting the route to the latter stages, it didn't serve any practical purpose and was not reported on, except for in the draw itself.
• Like last season, there was only 1 tie in the 1st Round, which meant everyone else got a bye to the 2nd Round (or later for the "Selected Clubs")
• So 23 clubs were given a bye through to the 2nd Round, with the Selected clubs not entering until the Quarter Final stage, (also considered the 1st Round proper).
• With the departure of most of the Tameside and Middleton clubs, newspaper coverage was much less than previously, and so a couple of results are still not yet discovered.
• The cup was won for the first time by one of the clubs joining for the first time, Hadfield, just on the "12 miles from Manchester" limit, and this was their only win. Beaten 1-0 were Berry's Employes, who were losing finalist for two seasons in a row.


NAME CHANGES
• None
 
NEWLY ENTERING
• Broadheath - from Altrincham (Stamford Park ground)
• Fairfield United - from East Manchester
• Gorton Albion - from East Manchester
• Gorton Ramblers - from East Manchester
• Hadfield - from just over the Derbyshire border, at the 12 mile limit for clubs from Manchester
• Heywood Rovers - from Heywood area (Egerton Park ground)
• Ladybarn Lads' Club - from Fallowfield
• Levenshulme - from East Manchester (Stockport Road ground)
• Mossley Ramblers - from Tameside
 

 

RETURNING AFTER A BREAK

• Compstall - returning from two seasons away
• Denton Wanderers - returning from three seasons away
• Failsworth - returning after playing as Failsworth Albion in the first season 1887/88 (Lord Lane ground)
• Harpurhey - returning after a season away
• Hulme - returning from two seasons away for their 3rd spell
• Manchester St Mary's - returning from two seasons away for their 3rd spell

• Marple - returning from two seasons away
• Reddish - returning from six seasons away

 


LEAGUES
By now, most clubs now played in a league as well as the local Cups. Of the 27 teams entering this season, only 2 I am unsure of which (if any) league they were in - Gorton Albion and Gorton Ramblers. The rest played as follows:


• Manchester League (11) - Manchester Talbot; Rusholme; Stretford; Hulme; Molyneux; Broadheath; Harpurhey; Reddish; Levenshulme; Manchester St Mary's; Ladybarn Lads' Club
• North Cheshire League (6) - Marple; Hadfield; Compstall; Denton Wanderers; Denton Lads' Club; Hooley Hill
• Manchester Alliance (2) - W Berry's Employes; Failsworth
• Lancashire Junior League (2) - Middleton Parish Church; Castleton
• Ashton & District League (2) - Taunton Swifts; Fairfield United
• Stalybridge & District Junior League (1) - Mossley Ramblers
• Bury & District League (1) - Heywood Rovers


BYES
 

 BYE TO ROUND  TEAMS
 2nd Round   Broadheath; Castleton; Compstall; Denton Wanderers; Failsworth; Fairfield United; Gorton Albion; Gorton Ramblers;
Hadfield; Harpurhey; Heywood Rovers; Hooley Hill; Hulme; Levenshulme; Manchester Talbot; Marple;
Middleton Parish Church; Molyneux; Mossley Ramblers; Reddish; Rusholme; Stretford; Taunton Swifts 
 Quarter Final   W Berry's Employes (last season's finalist); Denton Lads' Club (last season's quarter finalist) 




FIRST ROUND
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 21 Sept 1895 

 Ladybarn Lads' Club 

 Abandoned 

 Manchester St Mary's 

 unknown 3.30pm unknown

 Fred Doig of Manchester St Mary's was tripped while attempting a tackle,

and fell and hurt his back, injuring his spine.
 2 Ladybarn players were later suspended for a month, presumably related to this - 

Blything and Ravenscroft. 
Score at abandonment was unknown.

Game was set to be re-played on or before 12 October
 Sat 12 Oct 1895 

 Ladybarn Lads' Club 

2-1

 Manchester St Mary's 

 unknown  unknown  unknown  Original tie was abandoned due to a serious player injury




SECOND ROUND
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Broadheath  2-0  Middleton Parish Church 

 Stamford Park 

(Altrincham)

  2.45pm  unknown  HT 0-0
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Compstall  2-2  Denton Wanderers  unknown 2.45pm unknown  Originally drawn with Denton Wanderers at home, venues were switched
 Compstall were awarded the tie after Denton Wanderers refused to play extra time 
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Fairfield United 

W/O

 awarded 

  Reddish       

 Reddish received a walkover due to Fairfield United withdrawing.
They were reported to have offered Gorton Amateurs use

of their ground on the day as it was free
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Gorton Albion  4-0  Mossley Ramblers  unknown 2.45pm unknown  
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Hadfield  1-2
VOID		  Marple  unknown 2.45pm unknown  HT 0-1. Attendance 2000
 Match later awarded to Hadfield after Marple played an ineligible player 
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Stretford  3-0  Harpurhey 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford)

 2.45pm

unknown

  Originally drawn with Harpurhey at home, venues were switched
HT 1-0. Attendance "a large crowd"
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Heywood Rovers  4-1  Failsworth 

Egerton Park

(Heywood)

 2.45pm unknown  HT 0-0. Attendance 1000
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Hooley Hill  2-1  Gorton Ramblers 

 Pack Horse Ground 

(Audenshaw)

 2.45pm unknown  HT 1-0
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Ladybarn Lads' Club 

W/O

 awarded 

  Manchester Talbot  unknown 2.45pm unknown

 This game was listed as a Manchester League result - a 3-3 draw.

But the two sides were scheduled to be playing the Junior Cup game.
If it was a cup draw, there is no news of a replay,

 so probably Ladybarn Lads' Club withdrew, giving Manchester Talbot a walkover 
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Levenshulme  7-1  Taunton Swifts 

 Stockport Road 

(Longsight)

 2.45pm unknown  HT 3-0
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Molyneux  4-2  Castleton 

High Street

(Longsight)

 2.45pm unknown  HT 1-2. Attendance 1500
 Sat 19 Oct 1895   Rusholme  3-2  Hulme 

Platt Lane

(Fallowfield)

 2.45pm unknown  




THIRD ROUND
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 16 Nov 1895   Broadheath  2-0  Stretford 

Stamford Park

(Altrincham)

  2.30pm  unknown  HT 1-0
 Sat 16 Nov 1895   Compstall  8-0  Gorton Albion  unknown 2.30pm unknown  HT 6-0
 Sat 16 Nov 1895   Hadfield  unknown  Levenshulme  unknown 2.30pm unknown  Result unknown but Hadfield went through to the next round
 Sat 16 Nov 1895   Heywood Rovers   Postponed   Manchester Talbot 

Egerton Park

(Heywood)

 2.30pm unknown

 Match was postponed due to a violent storm,

and re-arranged for 30 November
 Sat 16 Nov 1895   Hooley Hill  4-0  Reddish 

 Pack Horse Ground 

(Audenshaw)

 2.30pm unknown  
 Sat 16 Nov 1895   Rusholme  unknown  Molyneux 

Platt Lane

(Fallowfield)

 2.30pm unknown  Result unknown but Rusholme went through to the next round 
 Sat 30 Nov 1895   Heywood Rovers  7-3  Manchester Talbot 

Egerton Park

(Heywood)

 2.30pm unknown  HT 3-2. Attendance "large"




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 18 Jan 1896   Broadheath  4-2
VOID		  W Berry's Employes 

Stamford Park

(Altrincham)

 2.30pm unknown

 Match was voided after Berry's protest

 and so the match was re-played on 8 Feb 
 Sat 18 Jan 1896   Denton Lads' Club  5-1  Rusholme  unknown 2.30pm unknown  
 Sat 18 Jan 1896   Heywood Rovers  3-5
AET		  Compstall 

Egerton Park

(Heywood)

 2.30pm unknown  FT 3-3. Attendance 2000
 Sat 18 Jan 1896   Hooley Hill  0-7  Hadfield 

 Pack Horse Ground 

(Audenshaw)

 2.30pm unknown  
 Sat 8 Feb 1896   Broadheath  0-1  W Berry's Employes 

Stamford Park

(Altrincham)

  unknown  unknown  Venue not confirmed




SEMI-FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 15 Feb 1896   Hadfield  3-3  Compstall 

 Edgeley Park 

(Stockport)

  3.15pm  unknown  Played at Stockport County's ground 
 Sat 15 Feb 1896   W Berry's Employes  2-1  Denton Lads' Club 

Brooks's Bar

(Manchester)

 3.15pm unknown  Played at West Manchester's ground 




SEMI-FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 29 Feb 1896   Hadfield  6-0  Compstall 

 Gransmoor Road 

(Openshaw)

  unknown  unknown

 HT 4-0. Played at Fairfield's ground
 Weather was "wretchedly wet, a dreary,

drizzling rain falling all afternoon" 




FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 15 Mar 1896   Hadfield  1-0  W Berry's Employes 

 Bank Lane 

(Clayton)

  unknown  unknown

 Played at Newton Heath's ground.

 Attendance "a fair number of people" 



NAME CHANGES
• None

OUTGOING
• Compstall - believed to have folded
• Denton Lads' Club - did not enter again
• Denton Wanderers - believed to have folded
• Fairfield United - did not enter again
• Failsworth - did not enter again until 1901/02
• Gorton Albion - believed to have folded
• Harpurhey - believed to have folded
• Hooley Hill - believed to have folded, though new club in 1898 re-entered in 1899/00
• Ladybarn Lads' Club - did not enter again
• Manchester St Mary's - did not enter again
• Marple - did not enter again until 1898/99
• Middleton Parish Church - did not enter again
• Molyneux - believed to have folded
• Mossley Ramblers - did not enter again
• Reddish - did not enter again
• Taunton Swifts - did not enter again


1896-97 : Freetown

• After the big changes last season, there were a lots of departures. With 16 of the 27 clubs from 1895-96 in total leaving, just 11 re-entered for the new season.
• There were still a number of new teams, 11 in total, as well as 4 more teams returning after previously leaving. This brought the total to 25 teams.
• The teams returning were New Mills, Longsight, Higher Crumpsall and Tonge. Tonge were one of the teams last season moved to the Senior Cup, but they reduced their squad to field only amateur players and so were returned to the Junior Cup.
• Tonge's first game back saw a visit to Heaton Park Albion and one of their players was suspended for a month for fighting with an opposition player.
• The reduction of clubs saw a more streamlined format, with the six 2nd Round winners now in the Quarter Final with the "Selected Clubs".
• The previous finalists Hadfield and W Berry's Employes were given the bye to the Quarter Final. Everyone else now played in the 1st Round, except just one bye to the 2nd Round which was Heywood Rovers.
• Newspaper coverage was again considerably poorer than previously, and so a number of the 1st Round results are still not yet discovered.
• The cup was again won for the first time by one of the clubs joining for the first time, Freetown, who beat Broadheath 2-0.


NAME CHANGES
• None
 


NEWLY ENTERING
• Eccles Rovers - from Eccles area of Salford
• Freetown - from North Bury
• Glossop All Saints - from Glossop
• Heaton Park Albion - from North Manchester (Heaton Park ground)
• Longsight Steam Shed - from South Manchester
• Lymm - from Lymm
• Newton Heath Athletic - from East Manchester (Brewery Park ground)
• Newtown Rovers - from the edge of Derbyshire, near New Mills
• St Augustine's - from Miles Platting, East Manchester
• Wilbraham - from South Manchester
 

 

RETURNING AFTER A BREAK

• Higher Crumpsall - returning after a season away
• Longsight - returning from four seasons away
• New Mills - returning from two seasons away
• Tonge - returning from a season away after returning to Junior Status
 


LEAGUES
Of the 25 teams entering this season, only 2 I am unsure of which (if any) league they were in - Heaton Park Albion and Longsight Steam Shed. The rest played as follows:


• Manchester League (10) - Lymm; Broadheath; Manchester Talbot; Rusholme; Stretford; Hulme; Levenshulme; Longsight; Higher Crumpsall; Tonge
• Central Lancashire League (4) - Freetown; Castleton; Heywood Rovers; W Berry's Employes
• North Cheshire League (2) - Newtown Rovers; New Mills
• Ashton & District Charity League (2) - St Augustine's; Hadfield
• Manchester Combination (1) - Wilbraham
• Stalybridge & District League (1) - Glossop All Saints
• Salford & District League (1) - Eccles Rovers
• Oldham & District League (1) - Newton Heath Athletic
• Stockport & District League (1) - Gorton Ramblers


BYES
 

 BYE TO ROUND  TEAMS
 2nd Round   Heywood Rovers 
 Quarter Final   Hadfield (last season's winner); W Berry's Employes (last season's finalist) 




FIRST ROUND
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   Broadheath  3-1  Newtown Rovers 

Stamford Park

(Altrincham)

  3.30pm  unknown  Venue was switched from Newtown to Broadheath
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   Eccles Rovers   unknown   Higher Crumpsall  unknown 3.30pm unknown

 Result unknown but Eccles Rovers

went through to the next round
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   Glossop All Saints  unknown  Manchester Talbot  unknown 3.30pm unknown

 Result unknown but Manchester Talbot

went through to the next round
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   Heaton Park Albion  unknown  Tonge 

Heaton Park

(Manchester)

 3.30pm unknown

 Result unknown but Tonge went through to the next round 
W Holland (Tonge) and H Simpson (Heaton Park Albion)
were both later suspended for 1 month

for fighting during the game
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   Levenshulme  unknown  Gorton Ramblers 

 Stockport Road 

(Longsight)

 3.30pm unknown

 Result unknown but Levenshulme

went through to the next round
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   Longsight  1-10  Freetown 

 High Street 

 (Chorlton-on-Medlock) 

 3.30pm unknown  
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   Lymm  unknown  Longsight Steam Shed  unknown 3.30pm unknown

 Result unknown but Longsight Steam Shed

went through to the next round
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   New Mills  2-1  Wilbraham  unknown 3.30pm unknown  Venue was switched from Wilbraham to New Mills
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   Rusholme  7-2  Castleton 

Platt Lane

(Fallowfield)

 3.30pm unknown  
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   St Augustine's  unknown  Newton Heath Athletic  unknown 3.30pm unknown

 Result unknown but Newton Heath Athletic

went through to the next round
 Sat 26 Sept 1896   Stretford  3-2  Hulme 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford)

 3.30pm  Mr J Manning   HT 1-1




SECOND ROUND
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 24 Oct 1896   Broadheath  3-1  Longsight Steam Shed 

 Stamford Park 

(Altrincham)

  3pm  unknown  HT 0-1 
 Sat 24 Oct 1896   Levenshulme  5-0  Stretford 

 Stockport Road 

(Longsight)

 3pm unknown  
 Sat 24 Oct 1896   Manchester Talbot  6-2  New Mills  unknown 3pm unknown  
 Sat 24 Oct 1896   Newton Heath Athletic  2-2  Freetown 

 Brewery Park 

 (Newton Heath) 

 3pm unknown  
 Sat 24 Oct 1896   Rusholme  2-0  Eccles Rovers 

Platt Lane

(Fallowfield)

 3pm unknown  
 Sat 24 Oct 1896   Tonge  3-1  Heywood Rovers 

Tonge Hall

(Middleton)

 3pm unknown  HT 2-1 




SECOND ROUND - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 7 Nov 1896   Freetown   unknown   Newton Heath Athletic  unknown  unknown  unknown

 Original result not known, but Newton Heath Athletic assumed to have won
Freetown ptotested and the match was voided. The date is assumed to be 7 Nov.
It is unclear if this 7 Nov match definitely took place.
The Freetown protest could have been against the orginal 2-2 draw match
but that seems unlikely as it was upheld and game was scheduled to be re-played at Freetown.
 That is no reward if it was a 2-2 result they were protesting about, as it would have been anyway. 
So it is believed that a replay took place that Freetown lost

and the a protest caused the re-play of the replay.
 Sat 12 Dec 1896   Freetown  5-2  Newton Heath Athletic  unknown unknown unknown

 Original tie was void due to a Freetown protest

and was ordered to be re-played on or before 26 Dec




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 23 Jan 1897   Broadheath  3-0  W Berry's Employes 

 Stamford Park 

(Altrincham)

  2.30pm  unknown  HT 1-0
 Sat 23 Jan 1897   Levenshulme  3-5  Hadfield 

 Stockport Road 

(Longsight)

 2.30pm unknown  HT 1-2. Attendance "a fair gate" 
 Sat 23 Jan 1897   Manchester Talbot  0-3  Freetown  unknown 2.30pm unknown  
 Sat 23 Jan 1897   Rusholme  0-6  Tonge 

Platt Lane

(Fallowfield)

 2.30pm unknown  




SEMI-FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 27 Feb 1897   Freetown  4-1  Hadfield 

Tonge Hall

(Middleton)

  unknown 

 Mr Gilchrist 

 (Collyhurst) 

  HT 3-0. Attendance "a good gate"
 Sat 27 Feb 1897   Tonge  1-3  Broadheath 

 Gransmoor Road 

(Openshaw) 

 unknown unknown

 HT 0-3
 Initially reported to be scheduled for Newton Heath's 

Bank Lane, but instead played at Fairfield's ground




FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 20 Mar 1897   Freetown  2-0  Broadheath 

 Gransmoor Road 

(Openshaw) 

  unknown  unknown  HT 0-0 



NAME CHANGES
• Eccles Rovers - Merged with Patricroft and became known as Eccles
• Heywood Rovers - briefly folded, though immediately restarted as new club Heywood FC's reserve side
• W Berry's Employes - Became known as Berry's Association

OUTGOING
• Castleton - did not enter again
• Hadfield - did not enter again
• Heaton Park Albion - did not enter again
• Heywood Rovers - briefly folded, though immediately restarted as new club Heywood FC's reserve side, but did not enter again
• Longsight - did not enter again until 1906/07
• Longsight Steam Shed - believed to have folded
• New Mills - did not enter again
• Rusholme - did not enter again until 1902/03
 


1897-98 : Hurst Ramblers

• There were less departures this time round with just 8 of the 25 clubs from 1896-97 in leaving. So 17 re-entered for the new season.
• There were still a number of new teams, 9 in total, with 1 additional team returning after previously leaving. This brought the total back to 27 teams, as there had previously been the season before last.
• The team that returned was Hurst Ramblers - former winners in both 1890/91 and 1893/94. They were one of the teams in 1895 that moved to the Senior Cup, but their reduced status in the Ashton & District Charity League meant that they were returned to the Junior Cup.
• The more streamlined format of last season was reversed as we returned to having just one 1st round tie. All the rest of the clubs joined in the 2nd Round, except the two "Selected Clubs" who joined later.
• The previous season winners Freetown were one of the selected clubs, as was the returning Hurst Ramblers. Why Finalists Broadheath were not selected is unclear - indeed Broadheath actually had to play in the only 1st Round tie.
• Newspaper coverage of the early stages was not good, and so a number of the 2nd Round results and home venues are still not yet confirmed.
• The cup was won by the returning Hurst Ramblers, after being given a bye to the Quarter Final. They beat Manchester Talbot 4-1 in front of a good 6000 crowd at Newton Heath's Bank Lane ground.


NAME CHANGES
• Berry's Association - New name for W Berry's Employes
• Eccles - Eccles Rovers merged with Patricroft and became known as Eccles, now playing in the Barton area
 


NEWLY ENTERING
• Droylsden - from East Manchester (Butcher's Arms ground)
• Fallowfield - from South Manchester
• Hyde St George's - from Tameside (Ewen Fields ground)
• Livingstone Mill - from Newton Heath, East Manchester
• Little Lever - from the Bolton area
• Manchester Zion - from South Manchester
• Moss Side - from South Manchester (Withington Road ground)
• Pilkington - from the Bury area
• Urmston - from South West Manchester
 

 

RETURNING AFTER A BREAK

• Hurst Ramblers - returning from two seasons away
 


LEAGUES
Of the 27 teams entering this season, there are 3 teams that I am unsure of which (if any) league they were in - Gorton Ramblers, Hyde St George's and St Augustine's. The rest played as follows:


• Manchester League (11) - Moss Side; Fallowfield; Broadheath; Higher Crumpsall; Hulme; Manchester Talbot; Tonge; Levenshulme; Lymm; Stretford; Eccles
• Central Lancashire League (4) - Freetown; Little Lever; Pilkington; Newton Heath Athletic
• Salford & District League (3) - Droylsden; Urmston; Livingstone Mill
• Manchester Combination (2) - Manchester Zion; Wilbraham
• Glossop & District Amateur League (2) - Glossop All Saints; Newtown Rovers
• Lancashire Combination (1) - Berry's Association
• Ashton & District Charity League (1) - Hurst Ramblers


BYES
 

 BYE TO ROUND  TEAMS
 2nd Round   Berry's Association; Droylsden; Eccles; Glossop All Saints; Higher Crumpsall; Fallowfield; Gorton Ramblers; Hulme;
Hyde St George's; Levenshulme; Little Lever; Livingstone Mill; Lymm; Manchester Talbot; Moss Side;
Newton Heath Athletic; Newtown Rovers; Pilkington; St Augustine's; Stretford; Tonge; Urmston; Wilbraham 
 Quarter Final   Freetown (last season's winner); Hurst Ramblers (previous good record) 




FIRST ROUND
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 2 Oct 1897   Broadheath  9-1  Manchester Zion 

 Stockport Road 

(Timperley) 

  unknown   Mr W J Taylor 

 HT 5-0.

 Attendance: "a good attendance of spectators" 





SECOND ROUND
 

DATE

HOME

SCORE

AWAY

GROUND

KO

REFEREE

NOTE
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Berry's Association  4-3  Newton Heath Athletic 

Church Lane

(Harpurhey)

  unknown  unknown  
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Broadheath  4-2  Glossop All Saints 

 Stockport Road 

(Timperley) 

 unknown

 Mr Chew

 (Manchester) 

 HT 2-0.

 Attendance: "a good muster of spectators" 
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Droylsden  1-3  Eccles 

 Butcher's Arms 

 (Droylsden) 

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Fallowfield   unknown   Hyde St George's  unknown unknown unknown

 Result not known but it was a draw,

going to a replay on 20 Nov
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Gorton Ramblers  unknown  Stretford  unknown unknown unknown

 Result not known but it was a draw,

going to a replay at Stretford on 20 Nov
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Higher Crumpsall  4-1  Hulme 

Greenhill

(Crumpsall)

 unknown

Mr Kean

(Middleton)

  HT 1-1
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Levenshulme  3-0  Moss Side 

 Stockport Road 

(Longsight)

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Little Lever  9-1  Pilkington  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Lymm  8-1  Wilbraham  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Manchester Talbot  6-1  Newtown Rovers  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Tonge  5-1  Livingstone Mill 

Tonge Hall

(Middleton)

 unknown

Mr Geddes

(Hulme)

 HT 3-1.

Attendance: "a moderate gate"
 Sat 6 Nov 1897   Urmston  3-3  St Augustine's  unknown unknown unknown  




SECOND ROUND - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 20 Nov 1897   Hyde St George's  3-1  Fallowfield 

 Ewen Fields 

 (Hyde) 

 unknown unknown  
 Sat 20 Nov 1897   St Augustine's  1-0  Urmston  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 20 Nov 1897   Stretford  5-1  Gorton Ramblers 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford) 

  unknown  unknown  




THIRD ROUND
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 27 Nov 1897   Broadheath  5-2  Hyde St George's 

 Stockport Road 

(Timperley) 

  unknown 

 Mr Taylor

 (Moss Side) 

  HT 1-1
 Sat 27 Nov 1897   Levenshulme  2-2
AET		  Stretford 

 Stockport Road 

(Longsight)

 unknown unknown  FT 2-2
 Sat 27 Nov 1897   Little Lever  0-3  Berry's Association  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 27 Nov 1897   Lymm  3-3
AET		  Manchester Talbot  unknown unknown unknown  HT 2-0. FT 3-3 
 Sat 27 Nov 1897   St Augustine's  1-0  Eccles  unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 27 Nov 1897   Tonge  2-1  Higher Crumpsall 

Tonge Hall

(Middleton)

 unknown unknown  




THIRD ROUND - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 unknown   Manchester Talbot   unknown   Lymm  unknown  unknown  unknown

 Score unknown and date unknown

 (was sometime between 4 Dec 1897 and 22 Jan 1898) 
but Manchester Talbot won
 Mon 27 Dec 1897   Stretford  8-1  Levenshulme 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford) 

 unknown unknown  HT 5-0
Levenshulme started with 10 men




QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 29 Jan 1898   Broadheath  1-2  Manchester Talbot 

 Stockport Road 

(Timperley) 

  unknown  unknown  HT 1-1. Attendance "a large crowd"
 Sat 29 Jan 1898   Freetown  1-3  Hurst Ramblers  unknown unknown  Mr J Barlow 

 HT 1-2.

 Attendance: "a mere handful of spectators" 
 Sat 29 Jan 1898   St Augustine's  1-1
AET		  Stretford  unknown unknown unknown  FT 1-1. 30 mins extra time played
 Sat 29 Jan 1898   Tonge  2-3  Berry's Association 

Tonge Hall 

(Middleton)

 unknown unknown  HT 1-0




QUARTER FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 12 Feb 1898   Stretford  3-2  St Augustine's 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford) 

  3.05pm  unknown

 HT 1-0.

 Attendance: "largest crowd of the season" 




SEMI-FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 26 Feb 1898   Hurst Ramblers  3-2  Berry's Association 

Tonge Hall

(Middleton)

 3pm unknown  HT 2-2. Played at Tonge's ground.
 At the start, Hurst objected to Berry's right full-back so a reserve was played. 
Then afterwards, Berry's protested against one of Hurst's players,
but this was then dismissed by the Manchester FA
 Sat 26 Feb 1898   Manchester Talbot  3-3  Stretford 

 Manchester 

Talbot FC 

  3pm 

 Mr J Gilchrist 

(Berry's) 

 HT 3-1. Attendance "A large crowd"
Neutral venue not used - match was played at

Manchester Talbot's home ground in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.




SEMI-FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 12 Mar 1898   Stretford  1-3
AET		  Manchester Talbot 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford) 

  unknown 

 Mr J Gilchrist 

(Berry's) 

  HT 1-0. FT 1-1. Extra time 2x 15mins was played
 Neutral venue not used - match was played at Stretford's home ground. 




FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 19 Mar 1898   Hurst Ramblers  4-1  Manchester Talbot 

 Bank Lane 

(Clayton) 

  unknown  unknown  HT 4-0. Attendance 6000
 Played at Newton Heath's ground 



NAME CHANGES
• St Augustine's - Changed name to Manchester St Augstine's

OUTGOING
• Droylsden - did not enter again until 1902/03
• Eccles - did not enter again
• Higher Crumpsall - did not enter again
• Hulme - believed to have folded
• Levenshulme - did not enter again until 1900/01
• Little Lever - did not enter again
• Livingstone Mill - believed to have folded
• Manchester Zion - did not enter again until 1909/10

• Newtown Rovers - did not enter again

• Pilkington - believed to have folded

• Wilbraham - believed to have folded


1898-99 : Berry's Association


• There was a big increase in clubs this season - from 27 up to 46.  With 11 clubs leaving, that meant a whole 26 new clubs - plus 4 more that returned after a time away
• The four returning teams were North East Manchester (7 seasons away), South West Manchester (5 seasons away), Didsbury (4 seasons away) and Marple (two seasons)
• Despite the big increase in new clubs, still many had byes to the 2nd Round - 22 clubs in all.  In addition 4 more "selected clubs" had a bye to the Quarter Final stage
• The previous season winners Hurst Ramblers were one of the selected clubs, now playing in the Lancashire Combination.  Berry's Association were also in the Lancashire Comnbination, and they showed their class with a big win in the Final against former winners Freetown
• The changes made a few seasons earlier, effectively moving the better Junior clubs to the Manchester Senior Cup, had come full circle now with the strong Manchester League providing 12 of their 13 clubs - only Prestwich didn't enter


NAME CHANGES
• Manchester St Augustine's - New name for St Augustine's
 


NEWLY ENTERING
• Astley Bridge Wanderers - from the Bolton area (Astley Meadow ground)
• Chorlton-cum-Hardy Congregational - from South Manchester
• Dinting Lads' Club - from the Glossop area
• Disley - from the Stockport area
• Failsworth Ramblers - from East Manchester area
• Glossop Lads' Club - from the Glossop area
• Glossop St James - also known as Whitfield St James (Gladstone Street ground)
• Heywood - from the Heywood area, north of Manchester (Egerton Park ground)
• Hyde - from the Hyde area, east of Manchester (Townsend Street ground)

• Marple Brabyns - from Marple Bridge, south east of Manchester (Lower Fold ground)

• Moston - from North Manchester area
• Mottram - from east of Manchester, near the Derbyshire border

• Newton Heath Loco - from East Manchester area

• Ross Place Old Boys - from the Levenshulme area of Manchester

• Rossall - from the Salford area

• Sale Holmfield - from Sale area in South Manchester (Altrincham Road ground)

• Seedley - from the Salford area (Weaste Lane ground)

• Seedley Albion - from the Salford area

• Springfield - from the Failsworth area, in East Manchester

• St Matthew's Old Boys - from the Levenshulme area of Manchester

• Stayley Swifts - from the Stalybridge area

• Stalybridge North End - from the Stalybridge area

• Tame Valley - from the Ashton-u-Lyne area

• Thornton Pickard's - from the Altrincham area

• Werneth Albion - from the Hyde area, east of Manchester (Gee Cross ground)

• Zion Pleasant Sunday Afternoon - from the Chorlton area, south of Manchester

 

 

RETURNING AFTER A BREAK

• Didsbury - returning from four seasons away

• Marple - returning from two seasons away

• North East Manchester - returning from seven seasons away

• South West Manchester - returning from five seasons away

 


LEAGUES
Of the 46 teams entering this season, there are 8 teams that I am unsure of which (if any) league they were in - Didsbury, Moston, Failsworth Ramblers, Newton Heath Loco, North East Manchester, St Matthew's Old Boys, Springfield, and Gorton Ramblers. The rest played as follows:


• Manchester League (12) - Moss Side; Fallowfield; Broadheath; Manchester Talbot; Tonge; Lymm; Stretford; South West Manchester; Newton Heath Athletic; Urmston; Seedley; Marple
• Glossop & District Amateur League (5) - Glossop All Saints; Dinting Lads' Club; Glossop Lads' Club; Glossop St James; Mottram
• Central Lancashire League (3) - Freetown; Heywood; Manchester St Augustine's
• Stockport & District League (3) - Marple Brabyns; Hyde; Disley
• Manchester Combination (3) - Zion Pleasant Sunday Afternoon; Rossall; Sale Holmfield
• Lancashire Combination (2) - Hurst Ramblers; Berry's Association
• Manchester Federation (2) - Seedley Albion; Chorlton-cum-Hardy Congregational

• Stalybridge & District League (2) - Stayley Swifts; Stalybridge North End
• Hyde & District League (2) - Werneth Albion; Hyde St George's

• Didsbury & District League (2) - Ross Place Old Boys; Thornton Pickard's
• Lancashire Alliance (1) - Astley Bridge Wanderers
• Ashton & District League (1) - Tame Valley
 


BYES

 

 BYE TO ROUND  TEAMS
 2nd Round 

 Thornton Pickard's; Disley; Marple Brabyns, Chorlton-cum-Hardy Congregational; Disley; Hyde;  

Zion Pleasant Sunday Afternoon; Glossop St James; Tame Valley; Tonge; Freetown; Rossall;

Moss Side; Seedley; Heywood; Astley Bridge Wanderers; Moston; Failsworth Ramblers;

 Newton Heath Loco; North East Manchester; St Matthew's Old Boys; South West Manchester 
 Quarter Final   Stretford; Manchester Talbot; Hurst Ramblers; Berry's Association



 

FIRST ROUND

 

DATE

HOME

SCORE

AWAY

GROUND

KO

 REFEREE 

NOTE
 Sat 24 Sept 1898  Broadheath  5-2  Glossop Lads' Club

Stockport Road

(Timperley)

  3.30pm  unknown

HT 2-1.

Attendance: "a large number of spectators"

Since being removed from their Talbot Road ground,

Glossp Lads' Club could not find a suitable venue,

 so "accepted financial conditions" to play at Broadheath. 

The Glossop newspaper reporter was barred

from the Broadheath ground
 Sat 24 Sept 1898   Fallowfield  13-0  Mottram  unknown 3.30pm unknown

 
 Sat 24 Sept 1898   Lymm 13-0  Dinting Lads' Club unknown 3.30pm unknown  
 Sat 24 Sept 1898   Newton Heath Athletic  3-0  Ross Place Old Boys 

 Brewery Park 

 (Newton Heath) 

 3.30pm unknown

 
 Sat 24 Sept 1898   Sale Holmfield  6-1  Hyde St George's 

 Altrincham Road 

(Sale)

 3.30pm unknown

 Attendance: "a large crowd present"

Venue was switched from Hyde to Sale
 Sat 24 Sept 1898   Seedley Albion 1-5  Manchester St Augustine's  unknown 3.30pm unknown  HT 1-3
 Sat 24 Sept 1898   Springfield

 unknown 

  Gorton Ramblers  unknown 3.30pm unknown

Result not known, but Springfield went through

to the next round 
 Sat 24 Sept 1898   Stalybridge North End  0-4  Marple  unknown 3.30pm unknown  
 Sat 24 Sept 1898  Stayley Swifts 2-3  Glossop All Saints  unknown 3.30pm unknown

 HT 2-0.

Attendance: "a poor attendance of spectators"

"a fair number of followers of the Saints"
 Sat 24 Sept 1898   Werneth Albion 4-4  Urmston 

Gee Cross

(Hyde)

 3.30pm unknown HT 2-1 

 

 

 

FIRST ROUND - REPLAY

 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 15 Oct 1898   Urmston  4-2  Werneth Albion 

 unknown 

  unknown  unknown

  

 

 


SECOND ROUND
 

DATE

HOME

SCORE

AWAY

GROUND

KO

 REFEREE 

NOTE
 Sat 5 Nov 1898   Astley Bridge Wanderers  2-2  Tonge 

 Astley Meadow 

 (Bolton) 

  unknown  unknown  
 Sat 5 Nov 1898   Broadheath  2-3   Sale Holmfield  

 Stockport Road 

(Timperley) 

 unknown

 unknown 

 HT 1-1.

  Attendance: "a large attendance

of supporters of both teams" 

 Broadheath down to 10 men for the first 10 mins 
 Sat 5 Nov 1898   Glossop All Saints  2-2  Didsbury unknown unknown unknown  HT 1-1 
 Sat 5 Nov 1898   Glossop St James   1-1   Fallowfield  unknown unknown unknown

 
 Sat 5 Nov 1898   Hyde 

4-1

VOID

  Urmston

 Townsend Street 

 (Hyde) 

 unknown unknown

 HT 2-1.

 Match was voided after a protest

and was re-played on 19 Nov 
 Sat 5 Nov 1898 

  Manchester St

Augustine's 

1-2

VOID

  Heywood unknown unknown unknown

Match was voided after a protest

 and was re-played at Heywood on 19 Nov 
 Sat 5 Nov 1898   Marple 1-6  Disley 

Wearside

(Compstall)

 unknown unknown

HT 0-2.

  Attendance: "a good attendance" 
 Sat 5 Nov 1898  Marple Brabyns 3-1

  Chorlton-cum-Hardy 

 Congregational 

 Marple Bridge 

(Marple)

 unknown unknown HT 0-0 
 Sat 5 Nov 1898   Moss Side 2-1  Failsworth Ramblers  

 Princess Road 

 (Manchester) 

 unknown unknown HT 1-0 
 Sat 5 Nov 1898   Moston   unknown   Freetown  unknown unknown unknown

Result not known

  but Freetown went through to the next round 
 Sat 5 Nov 1898   Newton Heath Athletic  5-1  Rossall 

 Brewery Field 

 (Clayton) 

 unknown unknown

 Also reported as 5-0.

A protest was lodged by Rossall but it was refused 

and the result stood
Sat 5 Nov 1898  Newton Heath Loco  8-6 Springfield unknown unknown unknown  
Sat 5 Nov 1898  North East Manchester   unknown   South West Manchester  unknown unknown unknown

Result not known

  but North East Manchester

went through to the next round 
Sat 5 Nov 1898 Seedley 1-0  St Matthew's Old Boys 

 Weaste Lane 

(Salford)

 unknown unknown HT 0-0
Sat 5 Nov 1898 Tame Valley

6-2

VOID

W/O

 awarded 

 Thornton Pickard's unknown unknown unknown

HT 4-0.

Attendance: "only a few spectators assembled"

 Match voided after a protest

and Tame Valley were disqualified. 

Thornton Pickard's went through to the next round
Sat 5 Nov 1898

 Zion Pleasant

Sunday Afternoon 

 2-4 Lymm unknown unknown unknown  
 Sat 19 Nov 1898  Heywood 4-1

 Manchester St

Augustine's 

Egerton Park

(Heywood)

 2.30pm unknown

HT 1-1.

Original match was ordered to be re-played

after a protest was made
 Sat 19 Nov 1898   Hyde

1-2

AET

  Urmston 

 Townsend Street 

 (Hyde) 

 2.30pm unknown

FT 1-1. Extra time was played

Original match was ordered to be re-played

after a protest was made

 

 

 

SECOND ROUND - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 19 Nov 1898   Fallowfield  4-3  Glossop St James  unknown  2.30pm  unknown  
 Sat 19 Nov 1898  Didsbury 5-1

 Glossop All Saints 

 unknown 2.30pm unknown  
 Sat 19 Nov 1898   Tonge 8-0  Astley Bridge Wanderers 

 Tonge Hall 

 (Middleton) 

 2.30pm unknown  HT 4-0 




THIRD ROUND
 

DATE HOME SCORE AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 26 Nov 1898   Didsbury   unknown   Urmston unknown  2.45pm  unknown  Result unknown but Urmston went through to the next round 
 Sat 26 Nov 1898   Disley 4-1  Thornton Pickard's  unknown 2.45pm unknown  Also reported as 4-0
 Sat 26 Nov 1898   Fallowfield 1-1  Sale Holmfield  unknown 2.45pm unknown  
 Sat 26 Nov 1898   Freetown   10-0   Newton Heath Loco  unknown 3.15pm unknown

 HT 5-0.

 Venue switch to Freetown

KO delayed 30 mins due to visitors arriving late. 
 Sat 26 Nov 1898   Lymm  10-1  Marple Brabyns  unknown 2.45pm unknown  
 Sat 26 Nov 1898   Newton Heath Athletic  2-4  Heywood

 Brewery Park 

 (Newton Heath) 

 2.55pm

 J W Taylor 

 (Manchester) 

 HT 1-2.

 Over 60 Heywood fans present.

KO delayed 10 mins
Sat 26 Nov 1898 Seedley 3-2  North East Manchester 

 Weaste Lane 

 (Salford) 

 2.45pm unknown

 HT 1-1.

 Venue switched to Seedley's ground.

It is possible that this game was protested with protest refused,

due to the fact that the fixture was considered

unresolved when the draw was made.

However Seedley played in the next round and

there appears to have been no re-played game
 Sat 26 Nov 1898   Tonge  4-2  Moss Side 

 Tonge Hall 

 (Middleton) 

 2.45pm unknown

 Reported as if it was a re-played tie, but the papers were confused

due to the previous week, the teams had met

in a Manchester League game

 

 

 

THIRD ROUND - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 3 Dec 1898   Sale Holmfield   unknown   Fallowfield 

 Altrincham Road 

(Sale)

  unknown  unknown

 Date and venue believed to be correct, though no result traced. 

However, Sale Holmfield went through to the next round




FOURTH ROUND
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Mon 26 Dec 1898   Disley  unknown   Lymm 

 unknown

  unknown  unknown  Result not known, but Lymm went through to the next round 
 Mon 26 Dec 1898   Freetown  unknown  Seedley  unknown unknown  Mr J Barlow 

 Result not known, but Freetown went through to the next round 
 Mon 26 Dec 1898   Heywood  1-4 Tonge

 Egerton Park

(Heywood) 

 unknown unknown  FT 0-2. Attendance: 3000
 Mon 26 Dec 1898   Sale Holmfield  unknown  Urmston 

 Altrincham Road 

(Sale)

 unknown unknown  Result not known, but Urmston went through to the next round


 


QUARTER FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 14 Jan 1899   Berry's Association  8-1  Urmston 

 Church Lane  

(Harpurhey) 

  2.45pm 

 unknown 

 HT 5-0.

 Score also reported as 8-2 
 Sat 14 Jan 1899   Freetown 2-2  Manchester Talbot  unknown 2.45pm unknown  HT 2-1 
 Sat 14 Jan 1899   Hurst Ramblers  5-0  Lymm

 Darnton Road  

 (Ashton-u-Lyne) 

 2.45pm unknown  HT 2-0 
 Sat 14 Jan 1899   Tonge 

2-1

VOID

  Stretford 

Tonge Hall

(Middleton)

 2.45pm unknown

The game was voided and later re-played

at Stretford after a protest 
 Sat 28 Jan 1899   Stretford 0-3  Tonge 

 Longford Bridge 

(Stretford)

  unknown  unknown

 The protest of the original game meant this 

 re-played game was at Stretford's ground 


 

 

QUARTER FINAL - REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 28 Jan 1899   Manchester Talbot 

 3-3 

 AET 

  Freetown 

 unknown 

  unknown  unknown

 FT 2-2 

 

 

 

QUARTER FINAL - 2nd REPLAY
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 4 Feb 1899   Manchester Talbot   1-3   Freetown 

 unknown 

  unknown  unknown

 

 

 


SEMI-FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO REFEREE NOTE
 Sat 18 Feb 1899   Berry's Association  4-1  Hurst Ramblers 

 Bank Lane 

(Clayton)

  unknown  unknown

 HT 1-0. Attendance: 4000

 Played at Newton Heath's ground 
 Sat 18 Feb 1899   Freetown  2-1  Tonge

 Central Grounds 

 (Heywood) 

  unknown 

 Mr J Gilchrist 

(Berry's) 

 HT 1-1. Attendance: 2000

 Played at Hooley Bridge's Central Grounds ground 

 



FINAL
 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY GROUND KO  REFEREE  NOTE
 Sat 18 Mar 1899   Berry's Association  4-0  Freetown 

 Hyde Road 

 (Manchester) 

  unknown  unknown

 HT 3-0. Attendance 2000
 Manchester City's ground used as a neutral venue 

for the first time since 1893

 

 



NAME CHANGES
• None

OUTGOING
• Astley Bridge Wanderers - did not enter again

• Chorlton-cum-Hardy Congregational - did not enter again

• Dinting Lads' Club - did not enter again

• Disley - did not enter again

• Failsworth Ramblers - did not enter again

• Fallowfield - did not enter again

• Glossop All Saints - believed to have folded

• Glossop Lads' Club - did not enter again

• Gorton Ramblers - did not enter again

• Hyde - did not enter the following season but returned for the 1900/01 season

• Lymm - did not enter the following season but returned for the 1900/01 season

• Manchester St Augustine's - did not enter again

• Moston - did not enter again

• Mottram - believed to have folded

• Newton Heath Loco - did not enter again until 1952/53 (TBC)

• North East Manchester - believed to have folded

• Rossall - believed to have folded

• Seedley - did not enter again

• Seedley Albion - believed to have folded

• St Matthew's Old Boys - did not enter again

• Stalybridge North End - did not enter again

• Stayley Swifts - did not enter again

• Tame Valley - did not enter again

• Thornton Pickard's - did not enter again

 


1899-1900 : Newton Heath Athletic


• There was another big turnover of clubs this season, though overall there was a reduction from 46 to 40.  With 25 clubs leaving, that meant 18 new clubs - and all of them were brand new to the competition
• However these numbers are subject to change as a full list of 1st and 2nd Preliminary Round ties have not been uncovered - indeed there couid be more teams and games added.  I have already had 2 games initially included, that I now believe were listed in the Cup results in error - Seedley Athletic 5-2 Milford (at New Barns) and Marple 3-1 Bollington Cross (at Wearside).  There is no other record of any of those clubs in other rounds, and if they did play, there are not enough slots in the later rounds to fit them in.  Plus Bollington was outside the Manchester Junior Cup 12 mile radius to be able to qualify

• There was a strange situation where (it appears) that Broadheath Reserves of the Manchester Combination entered, as well as their 1st team who had a bye to the later rounds.  While 1st Teams and Reserves had entered in different seasons before, this was the first example of both playing in the same season's competition.  They were also the first Reserve side in the competition since they all left in 1892

• This was the season that I have offically noted the format of the cup to incorporate a Preliminary section and a Qualifying section.  Previously it was very vague, but seems to be clearly indicated this season that the early 3 rounds were "Preliminary competition", followed by a with a 1st and 2nd Qualifying Rounds, followed by the 1st Round "proper", which was technically the Quarter Finals.  As previously, the Quarter Finals ie "1st Round Proper" was when the "selected clubs" entered.  This time, there was also a big batch of clubs given a bye to the 1st Qualifying Round ie to bypass the Preliminary rounds - mainly Manchester League clubs
• So at present, it appears that 16 clubs started in the 1st Preliminary Round, 8 more in the 2nd Preliminary Round (though the club that lost to Walshaw is a mystery at present), 12 more into the 1st Qualifying Round and then 4 more into the Quarter Finals
• The previous season winners Berry's Association were one of the selected clubs, thrashing Marple Brabyns in the Quarter Final but being soundly beaten by Newton Heath Athletic in the Semis 

• Freetown had received a bye in the Semis due to Hurst Ramblers folding, having beaten Urmston 3-0 in the Quarter Final. However, they were beaten heavily in the Final by Newton Heath Athletic, who claimed their first Junior Cup win
• The Cup was now clearly at 2 levels with the lower amateur clubs with little chance of reaching the latter stages, never mind winning the competition, and reaching the 1st Round proper for them was clearly an achievement

 



NAME CHANGES
• None
 


NEWLY ENTERING
• Broadheath Reserves - the Reserve side of Broadheath who were also in the competition
• Daisy Nook Rovers - from the Failsworth area, east of Manchester - were commonly referred to as Nook Rovers
• Denton - from East Manchester - their Reserves had previously played in the cup 1889/90 (Chapel House ground)

• Glenside - from North Manchester (Slack Road ground)

• Greenheys - from South Manchester
• Heaton Norris - from the Stockport area (South Reddish ground)
• Heywood West End - from the Heywood area, north of Manchester (Broadfield ground)

• Hooley Bridge - from the Heywood area, north of Manchester (Central Grounds ground)

• Hooley Hill - from East Manchester, this was a re-formed club not directly related to the previous Hooley Hill that folded in 1896 (Pack Horse ground)

• Ladybarn - from South Manchester

• Longsight Rovers - from South Manchester
• Lower Crumpsall - from North Manchester
• Newton Moor - from the Hyde area

• Openshaw Clarence - from East Manchester (Edge Lane ground)

• Romiley - from the Stockport area

• Slade - from South Manchester
• Stretford Clifford - from South Manchester
• Walshaw - from the Bury area, north of Manchester (Greetland Park ground)

 

 

RETURNING AFTER A BREAK

None

 


LEAGUES
Of the 40 teams entering this season, all of the 39 identified teams played in a league as follows:


• Manchester League (9) - Tonge; Sale Holmfield; Manchester Talbot; Newton Heath Athletic; Stretford; Urmston; Moss Side; Broadheath; South West Manchester

• North Cheshire League (7) - Marple Brabyns; Hyde St George’s; Werneth Albion; Hooley Hill; Newton Moor; Denton; Romiley

• Manchester Combination (5) - Openshaw Clarence; Stretford Clifford; Broadheath Reserves; Longsight Rovers; Glenside
• Central Lancashire League (4) - Freetown; Heywood; Heywood West End; Walshaw
• Didsbury & District League (4) - Ross Place Old Boys; Ladybarn; Didsbury; Slade
• Manchester Alliance (3) - Daisy Nook Rovers; Springfield; Lower Crumpsall
• Lancashire Combination (2) - Hurst Ramblers; Berry's Association
• Manchester Federation (2) - Greenheys; Zion Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
• Glossop & District Amateur League (1) - Glossop St James
• Stockport & District League (1) - Heaton Norris

• Rochdale Association League (1) - Hooley Bridge



BYES

 

 BYE TO ROUND  TEAMS
 2nd Preliminary Round 

 Heywood West End; Daisy Nook Rovers; Hooley Hill; Ladybarn; Openshaw Clarence; 

Springfield; Walshaw; - plus one other club identity unknown
1st Qualifying Round 

 Heywood; Sale Holmfield; Manchester Talbot; Newton Heath Athletic; Marple Brabyns; Urmston; 

 Hyde St George’s; Stretford; Moss Side; Broadheath;South West Manchester; Werneth Albion 
 Quarter Final   Freetown; Tonge; Hurst Ramblers; Berry's Association 

 

 

 

FIRST PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

DATE

HOME

SCORE

AWAY

GROUND

KO

 REFEREE 

NOTE
 Sat 23 Sept 1899  Denton 2-0  Broadheath Reserves 

 Chapel House 

 (Denton) 

  unknown  unknown

HT 1-0
 Sat 23 Sept 1899   Greenheys  13-1  Stretford Clifford  unknown unknown unknown

 
 Sat 23 Sept 1899   Heaton Norris 

 0-1 

 VOID 

  Glossop St James 

 South Reddish 

 (Stockport) 

 3.35pm unknown

Very heavy thunderstorms.

 Match ordered to be re-played at Glossop St James 

 "owing to something irregular, 

 on a protest from Heaton Norris" 
 Sat 23 Sept 1899   Longsight Rovers  4-3  Didsbury  unknown unknown unknown

 
 Sat 23 Sept 1899   Lower Crumpsall  4-0  Hooley Bridge

 unknown

  unknown  unknown

 Venue unconfirmed as could have been switched

 to Hooley Hill's Pack Horse Ground 
 Sat 23 Sept 1899   Newton Moor 1-3  Ross Place Old Boys  unknown  unknown  unknown  HT 1-1
 Sat 23 Sept 1899   Romiley

 2-2 

  Slade  unknown unknown unknown

 
 Sat 23 Sept 1899    Zion Pleasant Sunday Afternoon 

 unknown 

 Glenside unknown unknown unknown  Result unknown but it was a draw and went to a replay  
 Sat 14 Oct 1899   Glossop St James  1-3  Heaton Norris 

 Gladstone Street  

 (Glossop) 

 unknown unknown

 HT 1-0.

Attendance: "a big gate"

 Re-played match after the first 

 was voided from Heaton Norris protest 

 

 

 

FIRST PRELIMINARY ROUND - REPLAY

 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
unknown   Slade   unknown   Romiley   unknown   unknown   unknown 

 Result unknown but Romiley went through through to the next round. 

 Date unknown but was sometime in October 1899 
 Sat 7 Oct 1899   Glenside  3-1  Zion Pleasant Sunday Afternoon  

 Slack Road 

 (Crumpsall) 

  unknown  unknown

  

 

 

 

SECOND PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

 DATE   HOME   SCORE   AWAY   GROUND   KO   REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 28 Oct 1899  Glenside  1-3  Daisy Nook Rovers 

  Slack Road 

 (Crumpsall) 

  unknown   unknown 

 
 Sat 28 Oct 1899    Heaton Norris   unknown 

 Ross Place Old Boys 

 South Reddish 

 (Stockport)  

  unknown   unknown 

Not confirmed as Heaton Norris at home.

 Score unknown but Heaton Norris

went through to the next round 
 Sat 28 Oct 1899   Heywood West End  6-0  Greenheys 

 Broadfield 

 (Heywood) 

  unknown   unknown 

HT 2-0.

 Greenheys played the match with 10 men  
 Sat 28 Oct 1899   Hooley Hill  1-2  Denton 

 Pack Horse Ground 

 (Audenshaw) 

  unknown   unknown 

 
 Sat 28 Oct 1899   Ladybarn  1-2  Openshaw Clarence  unknown   unknown   unknown 

 
 Sat 28 Oct 1899   Romiley  2-2  Longsight Rovers  unknown   unknown  unknown   
 Sat 28 Oct 1899   Springfield 

 2-1 

  Lower Crumpsall  unknown  unknown  unknown  Not confirmed which team was at home

 

It is believed that Walshaw were in the 2nd Preliminary Round, rather than having a bye to the 3rd Preliminary Round, but there is no record of who they did or were meant to play.  It is probable that the team they were due to play was another team given a bye to the 2nd Preliminary Round, as all 1st Preliminary Round winners are accounted for, and no trace of either the 1st or 2nd Preliminary draw or Fixture lists can be found. So it is likley that Walshaw received a Walkover.

 

In addition, 2 other games played on Sat 28 Oct were (presumably incorrectly), attributed to the 2nd Preliminary Round.  They were Seedley Athletic 5-2 Milford (at New Barns, Salford) and Marple 3-1 Bollington Cross (at Wearside, Compstall).  No other evidence of these teams being in the cup that season has been traced. It is extremely unlikley that Bollington Cross from near Macclesfield would qualify for the Cup, due to being, as the crow flies, 14 miles away from Manchester centre, 2 miles more than the maxiumum allowed.  The confusion could have come from the previous season's 2nd Round when both Marple and Seedley (though not Athletic) were present.  The games in question were probably friendlies, as there is no evidence of Marple or Seedley Atlhetic in the 3rd Preliminary Round - all 4 ties are known.

 

 

 

SECOND PRELIMINARY ROUND - REPLAY

 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 11 Nov 1899   Longsight Rovers   1-0   Romiley   unknown   unknown   unknown 

 Game was ordered to be played to a finish on the day,

 due to the next round being the following Saturday. 

 So it is not clear if this result was after extra time 

or within the 90 mins

 

 

 

THIRD PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

DATE

HOME

 SCORE 

AWAY

GROUND

KO

 REFEREE 

NOTE
 Sat 18 Nov 1899  Denton 6-1  Longsight Rovers 

 Chapel House 

 (Denton) 

  2.45pm  unknown  Not confirmed which team was at home 
 Sat 18 Nov 1899   Heaton Norris   4-2 

 Openshaw Clarence 

 South Reddish 

 (Stockport) 

 2.45pm unknown

HT 3-2.

 Not confirmed which team was at home

 Game was stopped late into the 2nd half due to darkness, 

but the result was allowed to stand
 Sat 18 Nov 1899   Heywood West End 

 7-1 

  Daisy Nook Rovers 

 Broadfield 

 (Heywood) 

 2.45pm

 Mr Bamford 

(Bury)

 "Not confirmed which team was at home" 
 Sat 18 Nov 1899   Walshaw    unknown   Springfield

 Greetland Park 

 (Walshaw) 

 2.45pm unknown

Match result not known

 but Walshaw went through to the next round 

 

 

 

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND

 

DATE

HOME

SCORE

AWAY

GROUND

KO

 REFEREE 

NOTE
 Sat 9 Dec 1899  Broadheath  unknown   South West Manchester 

 Navigation Lane 

 (Altrincham)

  2.30pm unknown

 Match result not known

 but Broadheath went through to the next round 
 Sat 9 Dec 1899   Denton  unknown  Werneth Albion 

 Chapel House 

 (Denton) 

  2.30pm unknown

 Match result not known

 but Werneth Albion went through to the next round 
 Sat 9 Dec 1899   Heaton Norris 

 2-3 

  Newton Heath Athletic 

 South Reddish 

 (Stockport) 

  2.30pm unknown

 
 Sat 9 Dec 1899   Heywood  0-0  Sale Holmfield 

 Egerton Park 

 (Heywood)

  2.30pm

 Mr Broughton 

 (Manchester) 

 
 Sat 9 Dec 1899   Manchester Talbot  3-1  Heywood West End 

 unknown

  2.30pm unknown

 HT 1-1.

Attendance: "a moderate attendance"
 Sat 9 Dec 1899   Marple Brabyns  unknown  Hyde St George's 

 Marple Bridge 

 (Marple)

  2.30pm  unknown

  Match result not known

 but Marple Brabyns went through to the next round  
 Sat 9 Dec 1899   Stretford

 unknown 

  Walshaw 

 Longford Bridge 

 (Stretford) 

 2.30pm unknown

Match result not known

 but it was a draw and went to a replay 
 Sat 9 Dec 1899    Urmston 

 unknown 

 Moss Side unknown 2.30pm unknown

 Match result not known

 but Urmston went through to the next round 

 

 

 

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND - REPLAY

 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
Sat 23 Dec 1899  Sale Holmfield   Abandoned   Heywood  

 Atkinson Road 

 (Sale) 

 		  2.30pm   unknown 

HT 3-0. 

Attendance: "a very good gate".

 Heywood were "late due to the fog"

so actual KO would have been later

 Match was abandoned due to darkness at 75:30. 

 Score at the time was Sale Holmfield 6 Heywood 2. 

Match was re-played at Heywood a week later
Sat 23 Dec 1899 Walshaw  Postponed 

Stretford

Greetland Park 

 (Walshaw) 

 2.30pm unknown 

Match was postponed due to the fog

It was played a week later
Sat 30 Dec 1899 Heywood 7-2  Sale Holmfield 

Egerton Park 

 (Heywood)

 unknown  unknown 

 HT 6-0. 

 Original game had been re-played 

 despite Heywood's lateness being the reason

 for the game finishing early in darkness. 

 Heywood were trailing 6-2 at the close on 75:30. 

 With the game now at Heywood, and the score reversed, 

 Sale Holmfield can feel hard done to  
 Sat 30 Oct 1899  Walshaw 5-3  Stretford  

  Greetland Park 

 (Walshaw) 

  unknown  unknown

  

 

 

 

SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND

 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
Sat 30 Dec 1899  Broadfield 

 0-2

VOID

 W/O

 awarded 

  Werneth Albion   

 Navigation Lane 

 (Altrincham) 

 		  2.30pm   unknown 

HT 0-2. 

 The game was voided due to a Broadheath protest

 that Werneth Albion played an ineligible player (James Hopwood). 

There was no re-played game

and the tie was awarded to Broadheath.
Sat 30 Dec 1899  Newton Heath Athletic   5-1 

 Manchester Talbot 

 Brewery Park 

 (Newton Heath) 

 2.30pm unknown 

 
 Sat 6 Jan 1900  Urmston 3-0  Walshaw  unknown  unknown  unknown 

 
 Sat 13 Jan 1900  Heywood 0-1  Marple Brabyns 

 

 Egerton Park 

 (Heywood)

 

  unknown  unknown

HT 0-0.

 Two different reports state different attendance perspectives: 

 "a good number of spectators" and 

"a moderate attendance"

 

 

 

QUARTER FINAL

 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
Sat 27 Jan 1900  Berry's Association   11-0   Marple Brabyns 

 Church Lane 

 (Harpurhey) 

  3.00pm   unknown 

HT 2-0. 

 Attendance: "poor" 
Sat 27 Jan 1900  Broadheath   1-4 

 Hurst Ramblers 

 Navigation Lane 

 (Altrincham) 

 3.00pm  unknown 

HT 1-1
 Sat 27 Jan 1900  Tonge 2-2  Newton Heath Athletic 

Tonge Hall 

 (Middleton) 

 3.00pm  unknown 

 
 Sat 27 Jan 1900  Urmston 0-3  Freetown 

  unknown 

 3.00pm  unknown 

HT 0-3

 

 

 

QUARTER FINAL - REPLAY

 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 3 Feb 1900   Newton Heath Athletic   1-0   Tonge 

 Brewery Park 

 (Newton Heath) 

  unknown   unknown 

 HT 1-0.

 Attendance: "a record gate" 

 

 

 

 

SEMI-FINAL

 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 24 Feb 1900   Hurst Ramblers   W/O awarded   Freetown  unknown   2.00pm   unknown 

Hurst Ramblers folded just before the game.

 It had been stated that the game would go ahead 

 as planned at an un-named neutral venue. 

 However it did not go ahead and the tie was awarded to Freetown 
 Sat 24 Feb 1900   Newton Heath Athletic   3-0 

 Berry's Association 

 Bank Park 

 (Newton Heath) 

 2.00pm unknown 

HT 1-0. Attendance: 4000.

 Game played at the Newton Heath (not Athletic) ground.

Final score also reported to be 3-1

 

 

 

FINAL

 

DATE HOME  SCORE  AWAY  GROUND  KO  REFEREE   NOTE 
 Sat 3 Feb 1900   Newton Heath Athletic   6-0   Freetown 

 Hyde Road 

 (Manchester) 

  3.30pm   Mr Helme 

 HT 0-0.

 Played at Manchester City's ground 

 All 6 goals in the 2nd half  

 

 



NAME CHANGES
• Hooley Bridge - Changed name to Heywood Central

OUTGOING

• Broadheath Reserves - did not enter again

• Daisy Nook Rovers - did not enter again

• Glenside - did not enter again

• Greenheys - did not enter again

• Heaton Norris - did not enter again

• Hurst Ramblers - believed to have folded

• Ladybarn - believed to have folded

• Longsight Rovers - believed to have folded

• Lower Crumpsall - did not enter again

• Marple Brabyns - did not enter again

• Moss Side - believed to have folded

• Newton Moor - believed to have folded

• Openshaw Clarence - did not enter again

• Ross Place Old Boys - believed to have folded

• Slade - did not enter again

• South West Manchester - did not enter again

• Stretford Clifford - did not enter again

• Urmston - did not enter again until 1903/04

• Walshaw - did not enter again