North West Non League

Manchester JUNIOR CUP


Club Details

 

• This is the basic history of every team related to the Manchester Junior Cup, as I add them to the records.
• All info is believed accurate but if you can correct any errors then please let me know.
• For new clubs, sometimes it can only be assumed they were newly formed as there were no references seen previously, but they could maybe have been playing in friendlies or in an obscure league with limited to no coverage.
• Sometimes clubs changed names, or the Manchester FA (or the local paper themselves) would report them as a shortened name, making it hard to identify if they are a continuation of a previous similarly-named club, or a replacement, or if it was the 1st team or the Reserves. Until conclusive evidence turns up, I have to use best guess logic in some cases.
• For formation and folded dates, I have used either direct reported evidence or best guess using logic from the available results and reports.
• Where teams had both First Team and Reserves enter in different seasons, the record of the Reserves is shown seperately in purple.



NOTE - only including seasons 1887-1906 so far

 

Team Name  Formed   MJC Seasons   Best performance   Folded 

 Ground

(where known) 

  Note 
 Abbey Hey  1901  1902/03   1st Qual Round 1902/03  1904 ?, Manchester

 Not related to the modern Abbey Hey club 
 Altrincham           

 see Broadheath 
 Ardwick Amateurs  1893  1893/94   2nd Round 1893/94  1894 ?, Manchester

 Related to cricket team of the same name
 Not clear if reformed for one season in 1907/08 or this was an unrelated club 
 Another club with the same name played 1963/64 season 
 Ardwick Reserves  1880  1888/89-1891/92   3rd Round 1891/92  1894 Hyde Road, Manchester

 Reserve side of Ardwick, who were previously Gorton until 1887. 
 Folded just before new club Manchester City replaced them at Hyde Road 
 Ashton Borough  1892 1892/93 1st Round 1892/93 1893  ?, Ashton-u-Lyne 

 
 Ashton Hibernians           

see Ashton St Mary's
 Ashton Holy Trinity  1901 1904/05 1st Prel Round 1904/05 1906  Rayner Lane, Ashton-u-Lyne 

 
 Ashton North End  1886 1887/88-1894/95 Winners 1888/89 1899

 Rayner Lane, Ashton-u-Lyne / 
 Athletic Grounds, Ashton-u-Lyne (from 1895) 

Merged with Ashton Town in 1893
 Moved to Athletic Grounds stadium (Manchester Rd) two years later 
 Ashton St Mary's /
Ashton Hibernians 		 1885 1887/88
1888/89

 1st Round 1887/88 

& 1888/89

 1889 Tame Valley, Ashton-u-Lyne

Changed name to Ashton Hibernians in 1888. 

A later Ashton St Mary's played 1890-1901
 Ashton Town  1892 1892/93 Final 1892/93 1893  Athletic Grounds, Ashton-u-Lyne 

Merged with Ashton North End in 1893
 Ashton-under-Lyne  1900 1900/01 1st Qual Round 1900/01 1905  Athletic Grounds, Ashton-u-Lyne 

 
 Astley Bridge Wanderers  1892 1898/99 2nd Round 1898/99 1905  Astley Meadow, Bolton 

 

 Berry's Association 

          

see W Berry's Employes
 Beswick  1887 1891/92-1894/95

 1st Round 1891/92 

& 1892/93

 1895 ?, Manchester

 
 Beswick Rovers  1886 1891/92-1893/94 2nd Round 1891/92 & 1892/93 1893 ?, Manchester

Folded after 5 league games of 1893/94 season
 Bolton Red Star  1887 1891/92 2nd Round 1891/92 1892 ?, Bolton

 
 Black Lane Temperance  1894

 1901/02 

 & 1905/06 

 1st Round 1905/06 1906 ?, Radcliffe

 
 Bradford and Clayton  1887 1887/88 1st Round 1887/88 1896 Bradford and Clayton Athletic Ground, Manchester

Probably related to Bradford and Clayton Athletic club
Their Bank Street ground became home to Newton Heath in 1893

 Broadheath / Altrincham / 

 Broadheath Reserves 

 1891

1895/96-1901/02 

 & 1903/04-1905/06 

1899/00

 Final 1896/97 & 1904/05 

 1st Prel Round 1899/00 

  

 Stamford Park, Altrincham / 
 Stockport Road, Timperley

 (from 1897) / 

 Navigation Lane, Altrincham

 (from 1899) / 

Timperley Station, Timperley (from 1901) / 

Pollitt's Field, Altrincham (from 1903)

Changed name to Altrincham in 1903

 Both 1st team and Reserves played in the 1899/00 season 
 Burnage  1889 1893/94 4th Round 1893/94 1894 ?, Manchester

 
 Castleton  1894 1894/95-1896/97 2nd Round 1894/95 & 1895/96 1911 ?, Castleton

 
 Cheetham Hill  1885

 1887/88 & 

 1904/05 

 1st Round 1887/88 & 

 1st Prel Round 1904/05 

 1914 Alms Hill, Cheetham Hill

 
 Chorlton Road Congregational  1898 1900/01  1st Prel Round 1900/01  1914  Brooks's Bar, Manchester 

 
 Chorlton-cum-Hardy Congregational  1898 1898/99 2nd Round 1898/99 1905 ?, Chorlton-cum-Hardy

 
 Clayton Bridge Amateurs  1886 1887/88-1888/89 2nd Round 1887/88 1898 ?, Manchester

Possibly didn't have Amateurs suffix until 1890s
 Compstall  1890 1892/93 & 1895/96 Quarter Final 1895/96 1899 ?, Compstall

   
 Crabtree's Employes  1892 1894/95 3rd Round 1894/95 1895 ?, Manchester

  Employes is an archaic spelling of Employees 
 Crossley's Old Boys  1903 1903/04 2nd Prel Round 1903/04 1904 ?, Manchester

 
 Daisy Nook Rovers  1899 1899/00

 3rd Prel Round 1899/00 

 1905 ?, Failsworth

Often shortened to just Nook Rovers
 Deane  1891 1892/93 3rd Round 1892/93 1893 ?, Daubhill, Bolton

   
 Denton Lads' Club  1890 1893/94-1895/96 Semi-Final 1895/96 1898 ?, Denton

   

 Denton / 

 Denton Reserves 

 1880

 1899/00-1901/02 

 & 1903/04-1905/06 

1889/90

Final 1905/06 

2nd Round 1889/90

 1916  Chapel House, Denton 

 Reserves played in the 1889/90 season as the 1st team were in the Combination as a Senior side. 

 By 1899, they were Junior so the 1st team could enter 
 Denton Rovers  1884 1887/88 2nd Round 1887/88 1903 ?, Denton

 
 Denton Wanderers  1885 1891/92 & 1895/96 2nd Round 1891/92 & 1895/96 1896  Denton Station, Denton 

 
 Didsbury  1893

1893/94 &

 1899/00-1901/02 

 & 1904/05 

 3rd Round 1898/99 & 

 1st Qual Round 1900/01 

 1935 ?, Didsbury

The 3rd Round in 1898/99 was equivalent to the 1st Qualifying Round in 1900/01   

 Didsbury Athletic 

1903

 1904/05-1905/06 

2nd Prel Round 1905/06 

1908

?, Didsbury

 
 Dinting Lads' Club  1898 1898/99 1st Round 1898/99 1903 ?, Dinting

   
 Disley  1889 1898/99 4th Round 1898/99 1905 ?, Disley

 
 Droylsden  1892

 1897/98 & 

1902/03

 2nd Round 1897/98 1903  Butcher's Arms, Droylsden 

 Not related to current Droylsden side 
 Droylsden  1894 1905/06 1st Prel Round 1905/06    Butcher's Arms, Droylsden 

 This is the current Droylsden side who changed their name from Droylsden United in 1905 
 Dukinfield  1898 1900/01-1901/02  2nd Prel Round 1901/02  1902 ?, Dukinfield

 
 Dukinfield Borough  1900

1900/01 &

1902/03

 1st Qual Round 1900/01 

 & 1902-03 

 1903  Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield 

 
 Dukinfield Onwards  1887 1893/94 2nd Round 1893/94 1902 ?, Dukinfield

   
 East Manchester  1890 1890/91 1st Round 1890/91 1891 ?, Manchester

 Not related to later East Manchester clubs 
 Eccles  1897 1897/98 3rd Round 1897/98 1906 ?, Barton

 Formed by a merger of Patricroft and Eccles Rovers 
 Eccles Borough           

 see Springfield Athletic 
 Eccles Rovers  1893 1896/97 2nd Round 1896/97 1897 ?, Eccles

Merged with Patricroft to form Eccles in 1897
 Edge Lane Amateurs  1898 1901/02 1st Qual Round 1900/01 1903 ?, Droylsden

 It is believed that the Edge Lane club played as Amateurs just for 1901/02 season. 

 They scratched their only game in the Cup 
 Fairfield  1888 1888/89-1890/91 Semi-Final 1888/89 1909 Edge Lane, Droylsden

 Later moved to Gransmoor Lane ground 
 Fairfield United  1893 1895/96 2nd Round 1895/96 1908 ?, Manchester

 There were multiple Fairfield United teams playing 
 Others in Bury, Buxton and Liverpool 
 This was the one in the East Manchester area 
 Failsworth           

see Failsworth Albion
 Failsworth Albion /
Failsworth 		 1887

1887/88
1895/96

 & 1901/02 

 & 1903/04-1904/05 

 Semi-Final 1903/04 1908  Lord Lane, Failsworth 

Changed name to Failsworth in 1888
 Failsworth Parish Church Reserves  1888 1888/89 2nd Round 1888/89 1910 ?, Failsworth

Reserve side of Failsworth Parish Church
 Failsworth Ramblers  1896 1898/99 2nd Round 1898/99 1912 ?, Failsworth

 
 Fallowfield  1891 1897/98-1898/99 3rd Round 1898/99 1905 ?, Fallowfield

 
 Farnworth Alliance  1891 1891/92-1892/93 3rd Round 1892/93 1897 ?, Farnworth

 
 Fernleigh  1902 1902/03 Quarter Final 1902/03 1904 ?, Royton

 
 Flowery Field  1887 1887/88 1st Round 1887/88 1910 ?, Hyde

 
 Freetown  1890

 1896/97-1900/01 & 

 1902-03 & 

 1904/05 

 Winners 1896/97 1905 ?, Bury

 
 Glenside  1898 1899/00 2nd Prel Round 1899/00 1904  Slack Road, Lower Crumpsall 

 
 Glossop All Saints  1895 1896/97-1898-99  2nd Round 1897/98 & 1898/99  1899 ?, Glossop

 
 Glossop Lads' Club  1895 1898-99 1st Round 1898/99 1904 ?, Glossop

They had been removed from their Talbot Road ground in 1898 before playing in the Manchester Junior Cup
 Glossop North End  1886 1893/94-1894/95

 3rd Round 1893/94 

& 1894/95

   ?, Glossop

Changed name to Glossop in 1899 then back to GNE in 1992
 Glossop St James  1895 1898/99-1900/01 2nd Round 1898/99 1903  Gladstone Street, Glossop 

 Commonly referred to as Whitfield St James in local reports 
 Glossop United  1898 1903/04  Qual Round 1898/99  1905  North Road, Glossop 

 
 Golborne  1886 1889/90 1st Round 1889/90 1896 ?, Golborne

 
 Gorton Albion  1888 1895/96 3rd Round 1895/96 1896 ?, Manchester

Later club formed 1906-1910
 Gorton Celtic  1891 1893/94 3rd Round 1893/94 1896 ?, Manchester

 
 Gorton Ramblers  1887 1895/96-1898/99 2nd Round 1895/96 & 1897/98 1905 ?, Manchester

 
 Greenheys  1883 1899/00 2nd Prel Round 1899/00 1903 ?, Rusholme

 
 Hadfield  1892 1895/96-1896/97 Winners 1895/96 1899 ?, Hadfield

 
 Hadfield Ramblers  1892 1904/05 1st Prel Round 1904/05 1904 ?, Hadfield

 Believed to have folded before the scheduled first match of the season 
 Harpurhey  1892 1892/93-1893/94 & 1895/96 2nd Round 1893/94 & 1895/96 1904 ?, Manchester

 
 Harpurhey Wesleyans Athletic  1901 1903/04 1st Prel Round 1903/04 1905 ?, Manchester

 
 Hatherlow  1888 1891/92-1892/93 3rd Round 1891/92 1895 ?, Stockport

 
 Heathfield  1900  1901/02-1902/03   Quarter Final 1902/03  1914 ?, Newton Heath

 
 Heaton Norris /
Stockport County Reserves 		 1883 1888/89
1890/91-1891/92		 1st Round 1888/89
Quarter Final 1890/91		  

 Wilkes Field, Stockport 

 Green Lane, Stockport 

 Originally Heaton Norris Rovers - renamed in 1888. 

 Changed name to Stockport County in 1890. 
 As County were now not Junior, they then entered their Reserves 
 Heaton Norris  1899 1899/00 1st Qual Round 1899/00 1904  South Reddish, Stockport 

Not related to the earlier Heaton Norris that became Stockport County
 Heaton Park /
Heaton Park Reserves 		 1887

 1892/93 

 & 1905/06 
1888/89

 1st Prel Round 1905/06
1st Round 1888/89		 1922  Heaton Park, Manchester 

Both the first team and the reserves competed in different seasons
 Heaton Park Albion  1890 1896/97 1st Round 1896/97 1898  Heaton Park, Manchester 

 
 Heywood  1897 1898/99-1902/03

 Winners 1901/02 

 1904  Egerton Park, Heywood 

 
 Heywood Central           

see Hooley Bridge
 Heywood Rovers  1883 1895/96-1896/97  Quarter Final 1895/96  1897  Egerton Park, Heywood 

Partly merged with Heywood Cricket & Football Club in 1886 forming Heywood Central but also continued as Rovers.
In 1897 the new Heywood FC was effectively a merger involving the just-folded Heywood Rovers and Heywood Swifts.
Heywood named their Reserves as Heywood Rovers until 1898.
The team then continued independently 1898-1901.
A later Rovers club formed 1905-1913
 Heywood United  1897

 1901/02 

 & 1905/06 

Semi-Final

 1905/06

 1915

 Crimble Vale, Heywood (until 1904/05) /

 Central Grounds, Heywood (from 1905/06) 

 
 Heywood West End  1897 1899/00-1900/01

1st Qual Round

 1899/00 & 1900/01 

 1914 Broadfield, Heywood

 
 Higher Crumpsall  1888 1894/95 & 1896/97-1897/98   4th Round 1894/95  1908  Moorfields, Crumpsall / 
Greenhill, Crumpsall (from 1897)

 
 Hollinwood  1890

 1890/91 &   1892/93-1893/94 & 

1903/04

   2nd Round 1890/91 & 1893/94  1904 ?, Hollinwood

 

 Hooley Bridge / 

 Heywood Central 

 1898 1899/00  1st Prel Round 1899/00  1901 Central Grounds, Heywood

 Ground also known as Bamford Road. 

 Changed name to Heywood Central in 1900. 

 Not related to the earlier club 1886-1896 or later club 
 Hooley Hill / 
 Hooley Hill Reserves 		 1888 1892/93-1895/96
1888/89-1889/90		 Semi-Final 1892/93
 2nd Round 1888/89 		 1896  Pack Horse Ground, Audenshaw 

Both the first team and the reserves competed in different seasons. 

 A later club formed in 1898 until folding again in 1912 
 Hooley Hill  1898

 1899/00-1902/03 & 

 1905/06 

 Semi-Final 1901/02 

 & 1904/05 

 1912  Pack Horse Ground, Audenshaw 

 Reformation after original club folded in 1896 
 Hooley Hill Albion  1897 1905/06

2nd Prel Round 1905/06

 1917

 Athletic Grounds, Ashton-u-Lyne (1905/06) / 

 Pack Horse Ground, Audenshaw 

 Took over the ground of Ashton-under-Lyne when they folded in 1905 for one season 
 Hooley Hill Caledonians  1891 1892/93   2nd Round 1892/93  1893 ?, Hooley Hill

 
 Hulme  1887  1887/88-1888/89 &
1891/92-1892/93 &
1895/96-1897/98 		 Quarter-Final 1891/92 1904 ?, Manchester

 

 Hulme St Mary's / 

 Manchester St Mary's 

 1888 1888/89
1889/90 & 1892/93 & 1895/96		 Quarter Final 1889/90 1898 ?, Whalley Range

Changed name to Manchester St Mary's in 1889
 Hurst Nook Rovers  1884 1887/88-1894/95 Winners 1887/88 & 1889/90 1895 Rosehill, Ashton-u-Lyne

 
 Hurst Ramblers  1884 1888/89-1894/95 & 1897/98-1899/00 Winners 1890/91 & 1893/94
& 1897/98		 1900 Infirmary/Darnton Road, Ashton-u-Lyne /
Hurst Cross, Ashton-u-Lyne (1892-1895)

Moved to Hurst Cross when Hurst folded in 1892
Moved back to Infirmary Road in 1895. Infirmary Road was renamed Darnton Road in 1898
 Hurst Reserves  1878 1888/89-1889/90 Final 1889/90 1892 Hurst Cross, Ashton-u-Lyne

Reserve side of Hurst who played in the "Senior" Cup
Folded in June 1892 but reformed in 1909.
 Hurst changed name to Ashton United in February 1947 
 Hurst Wanderers  1883 1887/88  Quarter/Semi-Final TBC 1887/88  1901 ?, Ashton-u-Lyne

Some 1887/88 match results not yet known
 Hyde  1885

 1898/99 & 1900-01 

 & 1904/05 

 1st Qual Round 1900/01 & 

 Qual Round 1904/05 

 1917  Townsend Street, Hyde 

In 1906 merged with Hyde St George's, keeping the Hyde name
 Hyde St George's  1887 1897/98-1901/02

 2nd Qual Round

 1900/01 & 1901/02 

 1906  Ewen Fields, Hyde 

In 1906 merged with Hyde
 Kearsley Reserves  1888 1888/89  1st Round 1888/89  1895 ?, Kearsley

1st team played in the Lancashire Junior Cup
 Kearsley was sometimes written as its historic spelling Kersley 
 Ladybarn  1899 1899/00 2nd Prel Round 1899/00  1903 ?, Fallowfield

 
 Ladybarn Lads' Club  1891 1895/96  2nd Round 1895/96  1914 ?, Fallowfield

 
 Lees Amateurs  1887 1887/88  2nd Round 1887/88  1964 ?, Lees

Club possibly not continuous to 1964 TBC
 Levenshulme  1885

 1895/96-1897/98 

 & 1900/01-1902/03 

  Quarter Final 1896/97  1903  Stockport Road, Levenshulme 

 Folded in January 1903 not long after being knocked out of the Cup. 

 They reformed in 1906 in the Manchester Amateur League 
 Little Lever  1882 1897/98  3rd Round 1897/98  1993 ?, Little Lever

 
 Livingstone Mill  1897 1897/98  2nd Round 1897/98  1898 ?, Newton Heath

 
 Longsight  1889

 1889/90-1891/92 

 & 1896/97 

  2nd Round 1889/90 & 1890/91  1910

 High Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock (until 1907) / 

 Slade Lane, Manchester (from 1907) 

High Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock is now called Hathersage Road
 Longsight Rovers  1890

1899/00

 3rd Prel Round 1899/00  1900 ?, Levenshulme

 
 Longsight St John's  1891 1893/94  1st Round 1893/94  1894 ?, Longsight

 
 Longsight Steam Shed  1895 1896/97  2nd Round 1896/97  1897 ?, Longsight

 
 Lower Crumpsall  1897 1899/00 2nd Prel Round 1899/00  1902 ?, Crumpsall

 
 Lymm  1895

1896/97-1898/99

& 1900/01

  Quarter Final 1898/99  1902 ?, Lymm

 
 Manchester & Salford Teachers Association  1902 1902/03 Preiminary Round 1902/03 1903 ?, Manchester

 
 Manchester Artillery (3rd Battery)  1894 1894/95  2nd Round 1894/95  1895 ?, Manchester

 
 Manchester Clifford Reserves  1884 1889/90  1st Round 1889/90  1889 ?, Greenheys

 Merged with Manchester Welsh in December 1889 shortly after being knocked out of the cup. 

 They were then incorporated into Manchester FC based at the Manchester rugby union club 
 Manchester North End  1885 1887/88-1890/91  Quarter Final 1888/89 & 1889/90
& 1890/91 		 1912 Church Lane, Harpurhey

Shared ground with W Berry's Employes
 Manchester Press  1889 1889/90  2nd Round 1889/90  1891 ?, Manchester

 Joined the new Manchester League in 1890 but folded in 1891 
 Manchester Reserves  1877 1888/89  1st Round 1888/89  1890 ?, Manchester

Reserve side of Manchester FC, linked to the rugby union club.

 The football side was briefly closed but immediately reformed in Dec 1889 after both Manchester Clifford and Manchester Welsh were incorporated into the club
 Manchester Social  1892 1893/94  2nd Round 1893/94  1906 Platt Lane, Rusholme

 
 Manchester South End  1885

 1887/88-1888/89 

 & 1905/06 

  2nd Round 1888/89  1914 Alexandra Park, Manchester

Not related to a later Manchester South End club
 Manchester St Augustine's           

see St Augustine's
 Manchester St Bride's 

1889

 1890/91  1st Round 1890/91  1893  Brooks's Bar, Manchester 

 Merged with West Manchester in 1891 to play as their Reserves 
The merged Reserve team was West Manchester St Bride's.

 They de-merged in 1892 and played a further season as Manchester St Bride's 
 Manchester St Mary's           

see Hulme St Mary's
 Manchester Talbot  1893 1893/94-1902/03  Final 1897/98  1903

 ?, Chorlton /

 Princess Road, Moss Side 

Often referred to as just Talbot.

 Played at Princess Road from 1900/01 
 Manchester Willert  1887 1889/90  1st Round 1889/90  1892 ?, Manchester

 
 Manchester Zion  1897 1897/98  1st Round 1897/98  1921 ?, Chorlton

 
 Marple  1882 1892/93-1893/94 & 1895/96 & 1898/99  4th Round 1892/93  1900 Wearside, Compstall

 
 Marple Brabyns  1889 1898/99-1899/00  Quarter Final 1899/00  1908  Lower Fold, Marple Bridge 

 

 Medlock Central / 

 South West Manchester 

 1890 1890/91-1892/93 & 1898/99-1899/00  1st Qual Round 1899/00  1904 ?, Rusholme / Northumberland Road (Old Trafford)

Changed name to South West Manchester in 1891.

By the 1898/99 season they had moved grounds

to Northumberland Road
 Middleton  1890

1890/91-1894/95 

& 1901/02

  Winners 1891/92 & 1892/93
& 1894/95 		 1902

 Hollin Lane, Middleton / 

Boarshaw Lane, Middleton (from 1891)

Not related to later Middleton sides.

 Moved to Boarshaw Lane ground in 1891 
 Middleton Parish Church  1888 1894/95-1895/96  3rd Round 1894/95  1898  Parson's Field, Middleton 

 
 Miles Platting Local  1891 1891/92  1st Round 1891/92  1892 ?, Manchester

May be another name for Miles Platting's

reserve side Miles Platting Swifts
 Millbrook St James  1901 1903/04 2nd Prel Round 1903/04 1907  Millbrook, Stalybridge 

 
 Molyneux  1892 1892/93-1895/96  Quarter Final 1893/94  1896  High Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock 

Seperate club from Longsight
However newspapers sometimes confused them
 Monton  1888 1888/89-1889/90  2nd Round 1889/90  1897 ?, Monton

Not related to later Monton sides
 Moss Side  1894 1897/98-1899/00  3rd Round 1898/99  1900

Withington Road, Manchester / 

Princess Road, Moss Side

 Ground was Withington Road up to 1897/98 and Princess Road after that 
 Mossley  1898 1900/01 1st Prel Round 1900/01 1904 Luzley, Mossley

Not related to later Mossley side.

Renamed from Round Hey in 1899
 Mossley Amateurs  1895  1900/01-1902/03  1st Qual Round 1902/03 1918

 Broadcarr, Mossley / 

 Luzley, Mossley (from 1902/03) 

 
 Mossley Ramblers  1883 1895/96  2nd Round 1895/96  1897 ?, Mossley

 
 Moston  1898 1898/99 2nd Round 1898/99 1909

?, Moston

Folded year not yet confirmed
 Mottram  1898 1898/99 1st Round 1898/99 1899

?, Mottram

 
 New Mills  1886 1892/93-1893/94 & 1896/97  2nd Round 1896/97  1898 ?, New Mills

Not related to later New Mills sides
 Newton Heath           

 see Newton Heath Athletic 
 Newton Heath Alexandra  1885 1887/88-1888/89

 1st Round 1887/88 

& 1888/89 

 1892 ?, Newton Heath

 

 Newton Heath Athletic / 

 Newton Heath 

 1892 1896/97-1905/06  Winners 1899/00  1915

 Brewery Park, Newton Heath 

After Newton Heath renamed as Manchester United in 1902,

 Newton Heath Athletic renamed as Newton Heath until 1910, 

before changing back to Athletic
 Newton Heath Loco  1898 1898/99  3rd Round 1898/99  1962 ?, Newton Heath

 A seperate Newton Heath Loco club was formed in 1963 
 Newton Heath Swifts  1878 1888/89 & 1890/91-1891/92  2nd Round 1888/89    North Road, Newton Heath

 Reserves of Newton Heath Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LYR). 
 They amended the name to just Newton Heath in 1892. 
 In 1902 Newton Heath changed again to Manchester United 
 Newton Moor  1895 1899/00  1st Prel Round 1899/00  1900 ?, Hyde

 
 Newton St Mark's  1887 1888/89 & 1890/91-1892/93

 Semi-Final 1888/89 

& 1890/91 & 1891/92 

 1893 ?, Monsall

 Were sometimes referred to as Newton Heath St Mark's in error. 
 Folded in late Feb 1893 just before their Quarter Final. 

 Not related to the 1899-1907 club 
 Newtown Rovers  1888 1896/97-1897/88  2nd Round 1897/98  1902 ?, New Mills

 
 North East Manchester  1887 1890/91 & 1898/99  3rd Round 1898/99  1902 ?, Manchester

 
 Old Collegians  1903  1903/04-1904/05   Quarter Final 1903/04  1906  Heaton Park, Manchester 

 
 Old Trafford  1889 1893/94  1st Round 1893/94  1935 Elsinore Road, Manchester

 
 Oldham Athletic  1895 1900/01-1903/04 Winners 1902/03    Hudson Fold, Oldham 

 
 Oldham Emmanuel  1903 1904/05

 Qual Round 1904/05 &

 1st Round 1905/06 

 1906 Black Lane, Oldham

 The Qualifying Round of 1904/05 is considered the same level as the 1st Round in 1905/06 

 Although they entered 1906/07, they folded before playing a game 
 Openshaw  1888 1888/89  1st Round 1888/89  1890 ?, Openshaw

 
 Openshaw Clarence  1886 1899/00 3rd Prel Round 1899/00 1939  Edge Lane, Droylsden 

 
 Parkfield Central  1890  1902/03-1903/04   Quarter Final 1903/04  1908

 Woodside, Middleton / 

 Tonge Hall, Middleton (from 1903) 

Played at Tonge's ground from 1903/04
 Pendlebury  1904 1904/05-1905/06  Winners 1905/06  1933 ?, Pendlebury

 
 Pendleton  1890 1890/91  1st Round 1890/91  1900 ?, Pendleton

Not related to later Pendleton sides
 Pendleton Lads' Club  1897 1905/06 1st Prel Round 1905/06 1917 London Street, Pendleton

 
 Pilkington  1897 1897/98  2nd Round 1897/98  1898 ?, Bury

 
 Reddish  1888 1888/89 & 1895/96  3rd Round 1895/96  1898 ?, Reddish

 
 Rochdale Clifford  1887 1891/92  2nd Round 1891/92  1912 ?, Rochdale

 
 Romiley  1890 1899/00-1901/02

 1st Qual Round 

 1900/01 & 1901/02 

 1904 ?, Romiley

 
 Ross Place Old Boys  1894 1898/99-1899/00  2nd Prel Round 1899/00  1900 ?, Levenshulme

 
 Rossall  1898 1898/99  2nd Round 1898/99  1899 ?, Salford

 
 Rossall Mission  1900 1903/04 2nd Prel Round 1903/04 1905  ?, Newton Heath 

 

 Royton / 

 Royton Reserves 

 1888

1905/06

1888/89-1891/92

 Quarter Final 1905/06 

 2nd Round 1888/89 

 & 1891/92 

 1907 ?, Royton

 Both reserves and first team played in different seasons 
 Rusholme  1889

 1893/94-1896/97 & 

 1902/03 & 

 1905/06 

  Quarter Final 1895/96 & 1896/97  1977 Platt Lane, Manchester

 

 Sale Holmfield 

1892

 1898/99-1901/02 

 & 1904/05-1905/06 

  Quarter Final 1904/05 

1910

Altrincham Road, Sale / 

 Atkinson Road, Sale (from 1899/00) 

 Sometimes written as Sale Holmefield 
Salford United          

see Weaste Amateurs

 Seedley 

1891

1898/99

 4th Round 1898/99 

1905

 Weaste Lane, Salford 

 

 Seedley Albion 

1898

1898/99

 1st Round 1898/99 

1899

?, Salford

 
 Slade  1897 1899/00

 1st Prel Round 1899/00 

 1910 ?, Manchester

 
 South West Manchester           

see Medlock Central

 Springfield 

1898

1898/99-1900/01

 2nd Qual Round 1900/01 

1905

?, Failsworth

 

 Springfield Athletic / 

 Eccles Borough 

 1901 1905/06  Quarter Final 1905/06  1928 ?, Eccles

 Changed name to Eccles Borough in 1907 

 and then Eccles United in 1915 

 St Augustine's / Manchester St Augustine's 

1892

1896/97-1898/99

 Quarter Final 1897/98 

1906

?, Miles Platting

Name seemed to generally change in 1898 to the full Manchester St Augustine's

 St Matthew's Old Boys 

1894

1898/99

 2nd Round 1898/99 

1903

?, Levenshulme

 
 Stalybridge Albion            

See Stalybridge Rovers
 Stalybridge Athletic  1888 1901/02 1st Qual Round 1901/02 1904  Crookbottom, Stalybridge 

Disbanded at the end of 1904

 Stalybridge North End 

1884

1898/99

 1st Round 1898/99 

1939

?, Stalybridge

 

 Stalybridge Rovers / 

 Stalybridge Albion  

 1885

1889/90 & 1891/92 &
1893/94-1894/95

 1903/04-1904/05

 Semi-Final 1894/95 

2nd Prel Round 1904/05

 1908  Crookbottom, Stalybridge 

 Changed name from Stalybridge St George's in 1888. 

 Stalybridge Albion were the reserves and changed name to Stalybridge Rovers Reserves in 1906 
 Stand  1905 1905/06 1st Prel Round 1905/06 1928  ?, Stand, Bury 

 
 Stayley Swifts  1896 1898/99 1st Round 1898/99 1910 ?, Stayley

 Then the village name was interchageably spelt Staley or Stayley. 

 Now Stayley is preferred. 

 Appears to be a Reserve side of the Stayley club 
 Stockport Christ Church  1891 1891/92  1st Round 1891/92  1901 ?, Stockport

 
 Stockport County Reserves           

 see Heaton Norris (1888 version) 
 Stretford  1884 1889/90-1905/06  Semi-Final 1897/98  1912 Longford Bridge, Stretford

Possibly merged with Stretford South End in 1890 keeping the Stretford FC name TBC
 Stretford Clifford  1894 1899/00  1st Prel Round 1899/00  1901 ?, Stretford

 
 Stretford South End  1889 1889/90  2nd Round 1889/90  1890 ?, Stretford

 Possibly merged with Stretford in 1890 keeping the Stretford FC name TBC 
 Swinton Albion  1900 1900/01 1st Prel Round 1900/01 1901 ?, Swinton

 
 Talbot           

see Manchester Talbot
 Tame Valley  1895 1898/99  2nd Round 1898/99  1902 ?, Ashton-u-Lyne

 
 Taunton  1887 1887/88-1889/90 &
1891/92-1893/94		  Final 1887/88  1894 Newmarket Road, Ashton-u-Lyne

 
 Taunton Swifts  1890 1894/95-1895/96  2nd Round 1894/95 & 1895/96  1901 ?, Ashton-u-Lyne

 Though Swifts was a common suffix for a Reserve side, 

 this appears to be an independent first team 
 Thornsett United  1903  1903/04-1905/06  Quarter Final 1903/04 1913 ?, Birch Vale

 

 Thornton Pickards 

1896

1898/99

 3rd Round 1898/99

1909

?, Altrincham

 
 Tonge  1887

1889/90-1894/95
 & 1896/97-1905/06 

  Final 1893/94  1923  Tonge Hall, Middleton 

 
 Uppermill  1884 1902/03  2nd Qual Round 1902/03  1903 ?, Uppermill

 
 Unsworth  1900 1905/06  Qual Round 1905/06  1910 ?, Unsworth

 
 Urmston  1889

 1897/98-1899/00 & 

 1903/04-1905/06 

  Quarter Final 1898/99 & 1899/00 1971 ?, Urmston

Not related to the earlier Urmston club from 1880 that absorbed Flixton in 1881 

 W Berry's Employes / 

 Berry's Association 

 1890 1891/92-1892/93
 & 1894/95-1905/06 

 Winners 1898/99 

 & 1903/04 & 1904/05 

 1911 Church Lane, Harpurhey

 Employes is an archaic spelling of Employees. 
 From 1897 was known as Berry's Association. 
 Shared ground with Manchester North End 
 Walshaw  1890 1899/00 2nd Qual Round 1899/00 1903  Greetland Park, Walshaw 

 
 Waterloo  1887 1887/88  Semi-Final 1887/88  1889 ?, Ashton-u-Lyne

 

 Weaste Amateurs / 

 Salford United 

 1903  1904/05-1905/06   1st Round 1905/06  1936 The Willows, Salford (from 1905/06)

 Changed name to Salford United in 1905 and moved to The Willows. 

 The ground was shared with Salford RLFC and was sometimes called Mount Vernon 
 Werneth Albion  1888 1898/99-1901/02

 2nd Qual Round 1899/00

 & 1900/01 & 1901/02 

 1904

Gee Cross, Hyde

 
 Werneth Amateurs  1887 1887/88  1st Round 1887/88  1925 ?, Werneth, Oldham

 

 West Manchester Swifts / 

 West Manchester St Bride's 

 1884 1888/89-1890/91
1891/92		  Quarter Final 1888/89  1897  Brooks's Bar, Manchester 

 Reserve side of West Manchester of the Lancashire League. 
 Swifts merged with local rivals Manchester St Bride's in 1891. 
 The new Reserve team was called West Manchester St Bride's. 
 The name was used until the end of the 1891/92 season. 
 After this West Manchester Reserves name was used. 
 West Royton  1891 1894/95  2nd Round 1894/95  1896 ?, Royton

 Withdrew before their only scheduled game 
 West Salford  1894 1894/95  2nd Round 1894/95  1904 Weaste Lane, Salford

 
 Whalley Range  1887 1891/92  Quarter Final 1891/92  1892 ?, Chorlton-cum-Hardy

 
 Whitfield St James           

see Glossop St James
 Wilbraham  1894 1896/97-1897/98  2nd Round 1897/98  1898 ?, Manchester

 
 Worsley  1889 1889/90  1st Round 1889/90  1897 ?, Worsley

 
 Zion Pleasant Sunday Afternoon  1896 1898/99-1902/03

 2nd Qual Round 1900/01 

 1904 ?, Chorlton-cum-Hardy

 Linked to Manchester Zion in Chorlton