North West Non League

Manchester Amateur League

1903-04

• 1903-04 was the opening season of the league, and a single division was played.
• The league was formed at the start of June 1903 at a meeting at Mosley Hotel in Manchester, with 11 teams initially announced as joining the new league.
• Wilmslow dropped out later in the summer, and instead continued to play local friendlies for the 1903-04 season.
• At a Lancashire FA meeting in Manchester on Tuesday 28 July 1903, the league officially applied for Lancs FA affiliation.
• By mid-September 1903, Barr Hill and Coston Park had joined to bring the numbers to 12.
• Barr Hill withdrew after the fixtures were released, but before any games were played, and so Longsight Loco came in to replace them. This caused some confusion with the local papers, who sometimes named Barr Hill in the weekend's fixtures instead of Longsight Loco.
• Many sources quote one of the founder member teams as Croston Park, but later in the season correct it to Coston Park. It is confirmed as Coston Park, as this was an area near Longsight, just south of Manchester city centre, and there is no evidence of anywhere called Croston Park.
• Also regularly spelled incorrectly is Bolton Wickliffe - several papers call them Bolton Wycliffe. However they were named after John Kensit's Wickliffe Preachers of the Protestant Truth Society in Bolton.
• Only 11 teams ended up completing 1903-04, as Coston Park folded during the season.


INCOMING
• Astley Bridge Amateurs - from the Bolton & District Association
• Bolton Wickliffe - no league - local friendlies
• Broughton - no league - local friendlies
• Coston Park - no league - local friendlies
• Denton Corinthians - no league - local friendlies
• Eccles - no league - local friendlies
• Longsight Loco - new club
• Manchester South End - no league - local friendlies
• Monton Amateurs - new club
• Old Collegians - new club
• Stanley Athletic - no league - local friendlies
• West Salford - from the Salford Alliance

 

   1903-04                        Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Longsight Loco   20   14   3   3   67-28   2.39   31   Champions 
 2.   Old Collegians   20   13   3   4   54-22   2.45   29   Runners-up 
 3.   Bolton Wickliffe   20   13   2   5   74-29   2.55   28   
 4.   Denton Corinthians   20   12   3   5   56-34   1.65   27   
 5.   Astley Bridge Amateurs   20   13   0   7   60-32   1.88   26   
 6.   Eccles   20   11   2   7   63-31   2.03   24   
 7.   Broughton   20   12   0   8   54-46   1.17   24   
 8.   Stanley Athletic   20   5   3   12   37-50   0.74   13   
 9.   Manchester South End   20   4   3   13   37-71   0.52   11   
 10.   Monton Amateurs   20   3   0   17   18-89   0.20   6   
 11.   West Salford   20   0   1   19   18-94   0.19   1   
.  Coston Park   17   5   2   10   19-48   0.40   12   Resigned - record expunged 


OUTGOING
• Astley Bridge Amateurs - FOLDED after the season
• Coston Park - FOLDED in March 1904
• Denton Corinthians - no league - local friendlies
• Monton Amateurs - didn't play 1904-05 (possibly played friendlies only) but resumed the season after
• Stanley Athletic - FOLDED after the season
• West Salford - FOLDED after the season
 


1904-05

•  The league continued with one division this season
•  With 6 teams leaving at the end of the first season, 8 new teams joined
 

INCOMING
• Didsbury - from the South West Manchester League
• Fallowfield - believed dormant since leaving the Manchester League in 1899, possibly playing friendlies only
• Manchester Social - from the Manchester Sunday School League
• Mawdsley - new club, sometimes referred to as Bolton Mawdsley
• Mosley - from the Manchester Sunday School League
• Old Trafford - from the Sale & District League
• Rusholme - from South West Manchester League
• Smithills - no league - local friendlies

 

   1904-05                        Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Broughton   24   17   6   1   62-21   2.95   40   Champions 
 2.   Rusholme   24   15   5   4   57-25   2.28   35   Runners-up 
 3. 

 Old Collegians 

  24   15   4   5   75-33   2.27   34   
 4. 

 Old Trafford 

  24   11   9   4   52-25   2.08   31   
 5.   Longsight Loco   24   11   6   7   68-43   1.58   28   
 6.   Manchester South End   24   11   3   10   45-57   0.79   25   
 7.   Bolton Wickliffe   24   10   1   13   41-35   1.1714   21   
 8.   Mosley   24   10   1   13   48-41   1.1707   21   
 9.   Manchester Social   24   8   5   11   39-50   0.78   21   
 10.   Smithills   24   8   3   13   47-60   0.78   19   
 11.   Eccles   24   7   4   13   40-58   0.69   18   
 12.   Mawdsley   24   7   3   14   32-61   0.52   17   
 13.   Didsbury   24   1   0   23   17-109   0.16   2   
 .   Fallowfield   20   4   2   14   17-50   0.34   10   Resigned - record expunged 


• At the end of the season, champions Broughton played a Rest Of League XI and lost the game 1-0

OUTGOING
• Bolton Wickliffe - joined the Bolton Amateur League
• Fallowfield - FOLDED around the start of March 1905
• Mawdsley - joined the Bolton Amateur League
• Rusholme - joined the Manchester Federation
• Smithills - joined the Bolton Amateur League

All three Bolton-based left the league to join the newly formed Bolton Amateur League, as described by the Bolton Evening News:

 

 

 


1905-06

•  The league created a 2nd Division and a number of new teams joined the league into both divisions
•  New club Salford Borough from Barr Hill in Pendleton reportedly applied to join the league. Despite promise of financial "assistance" from Sir Lees Knowles MP and other "well known gentlemen", they were ultimately not successful in their application.
•  Another club that was unsuccessful were Ashton Amateurs from Ashton-u-Lyne. As a result of their failure, they chose to fold, as reported by the Stalybridge Reporter on 2nd September 1905:

 


 

DIVISION 1

 

INCOMING
• Cheetham Hill - from the Heaton Park & District League Division 1
• Heaton Park - no league - local friendlies
• Manchester YMCA - new club
• Unsworth - Unknown league
• Wilmslow - after dropping out just before the first season 1903-04, they finally joined from the Stockport & District League

 

   1905-06 - DIVISION 1  Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Unsworth  22   15   3   4   60-26   2.31   33   Champions 
 2.   Old Trafford  22   13   3   6   56-16   3.50   29   Runners-up 
 3.   Cheetham Hill   22   13   3   6   50-30   1.67   29   
 4.   Didsbury   22   10   8   4   58-42   1.38   28   
 5.   Heaton Park   22   13   1   8   58-43   1.35   27   
 6.   Old Collegians   22   12   1   9   51-38   1.34   25   
 7.   Manchester Social  22   7   8   7   39-50   0.78   22   
 8.   Broughton  22   9   3   10   52-35   1.49   21   
 9.   Mosley  22   7   6   9   34-38   0.89   20   
 10.   Longsight Loco  22   6   4   12   40-58   0.69   16   
 11.   Manchester South End  22   4   5   13   34-67   0.51   13   
 12.   Manchester YMCA  22   0   1   21   16-105   0.15   1   
 .   Eccles  15   4   2   9   23-51   0.45   10   Resigned - record expunged 
 .   Wilmslow  18   5   3   10   28-42   0.67   13   Resigned - record expunged 



• The above table is not the official final table printed in the newspapers, due to a couple of issues that I have corrected:
 - Manchester Social's Goals For is one lower in this table, and Goals Against is one higher. This is due to a miscalculation by the league when expunging Wilmslow's records from their table. So the originally published Manchester Social goal record was incorrectly 38-51 0.75
 - Unsworth have an extra goal in the above corrected table due to a 6-0 win on 21 Oct that was correct but with only 5 goals credited, while the opposition for the game, Manchester YMCA, had all 6 logged as Goals Against in the table. The newspaper printed version of the table has Unsworth's record as 59-26 2.27
• On Saturday 28 April, champions Unsworth hosted a Rest of League XI and lost 8-0
• Old Trafford's 2-1 win on the final day, meant there was a need for a play-off for Runners-up. The game took place at Old Trafford's ground on Monday 30 April with Old Trafford victors 2-1 and so secured Runners-up spot
 

OUTGOING
• Broughton - no league, local friendlies, but joined the Lancashire Amateur League Manchester Section in 1907-08
• Eccles - Resigned from the league around 21 January 1906 but their Reserves continued in Division 2 until the end of the season when the club FOLDED
• Manchester Social - FOLDED after the season
• Wilmslow - After resigning in March 1906, they continued to play friendlies and county cup ties until 1909 when they then folded

 

 

 

DIVISION 2

 

•  Some of Division 2 are newly formed Reserve sides of teams in Division 1 
•  The league introduced promotion with the top 2 non-reserve teams moving to Division 1, subject to agreement at the next AGM
•  The final table is not yet known, but most results have been located, with 18 outstanding. Approximate positions are listed where not confirmed, with the record including the known results

 

 

INCOMING
• Broughton Reserves - new reserve side of Broughton
• Eccles Reserves - from the Eccles & District League and reserve side of Eccles
• Eccles Trinity - from the Eccles & District League
• Didsbury Reserves - new reserve side of Didsbury
• Gorton Parish Church - no league - local friendlies, though had previously been in the North Manchester League
• Heaton Park Reserves - reserve side of new club Heaton Park
• Manchester Nomads - new club
• Manchester Social Reserves - new reserve side of Manchester Social
• Manchester South End Reserves - new reserve side of Manchester South End
• Manchester YMCA Reserves - new reserve side of Manchester YMCA
• Monton Amateurs - returned to the league after a year out, either re-formed or after playing just friendlies
• Old Collegians Reserves - new reserve side of Old Collegians
• Stretford CS Old Boys- CS is presumed to be "Catholic School" due to the Catholic school opening a couple of years earlier, but this is not confirmed. They changed their name after their first season
• Unsworth Reserves - reserve side of new club Unsworth

 

   1905-06 - DIVISION 2  Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Eccles Trinity   23   20   3   0   121-19   6.37   43   1 result missing - Promoted to Division 1 
 2.   Stretford CS Old Boys   20   12   6   2   53-23   2.30   30  4 results missing - Promoted to Division 1
.   Monton Amateurs   22   15   4   3   78-25   3.12   34   Estimated final position - 2 results missing 
 .   Unsworth Reserves   20   13   4   3   54-19   2.84   30   Estimated final position - 4 results missing 
 .   Gorton Parish Church   23   14   1   8   56-35   1.60   29   Estimated final position - 1 result missing 
 .   Manchester South End Reserves   22   9   6   7   42-31   1.35   24   Estimated final position - 2 results missing - Moved to A Division 
 .   Manchester Nomads  23   10   2   11   65-42   1.55   22   Estimated final position - 1 result missing 
 .   Old Collegians Reserves  19   8   2   9   33-41   0.80   18   Estimated final position - 5 results missing - Moved to A Division 
 .   Didsbury Reserves  21   7   1   13   38-79   0.48   15   Estimated final position - 3 results missing - Moved to A Division 
 .   Manchester Social Reserves  22   5   2   15   40-85   0.47   12   Estimated final position - 2 results missing 
 .   Eccles Reserves  20   5   2   13   48-59   0.81   12   Estimated final position - 4 results missing 
 .   Broughton Reserves   20   1   3   16   34-85   0.40   5   Estimated final position - 4 results missing 
 .   Manchester YMCA Reserves  21   0   2   19   16-135   0.12   2   Estimated final position - 3 results missing - Moved to A Division 
 .   Heaton Park Reserves  11   5   1   5   32-22   1.45   11   Resigned - record expunged 

 

• On Saturday 21 April, unbeaten champions Eccles Trinity hosted a Div 2 Rest of League XI and lost 7-2
• After the season, Stretford CS Old Boys changed their name to Stretford Amateurs


OUTGOING
• Broughton Reserves - left the league along with the 1st team
• Eccles Reserves - FOLDED after the season
• Heaton Park Reserves - Resigned in January 1906 after 11 games but then joined both the Middleton Junction Amateur League and the Heaton Park & District League for 1906-07. It is not clear which of those two Reserves was the more senior
• Manchester Social Reserves - FOLDED after the season
• Unsworth Reserves - joined the Heaton Park & District League

 


1906-07

•  The league added a 3rd Divison exclusively for Reserve sides - called A Division, so Reserve teams of Div 1 sides were no longer allowed in Division 2
•  Manchester Social (Div 1) and their Reserves (A Div) folded before the start of the season "due to insufficient support", after they originally had a place set in the league.
•  Timperley YMCI were originally due to start in Div 2 but were moved to Div 1 to replace Manchester Social
•  Due to Timperley YMCI moving to Div 1, Cadishead Albion were elected to replace them in Div 2, with both teams also fielding Reserves in the A Division


DIVISION 1

INCOMING
• Levenshulme - newly founded after an earlier club from 1885 folded in 1903
• Timperley YMCI - from the Sale & District League Division 1 - YMCI is Young Men's Christian Institute, similar to the YMCA, but after the 1908-09 season they dropped YMCI and changed their name to Timperley
 

   1906-07 - DIVISION 1  Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Unsworth  22   19   0   3   78-21   3.71   38   Champions 
 2.   Old Trafford  22   15   5   2   57-16   3.56   35   
 3.   Cheetham Hill   22   13   3   6   47-28   1.68   29   
 4.   Heaton Park   22   12   2   8   59-35   1.69   26   
 5.   Mosley   22   10   6   6   48-39   1.23   26   
 6.   Levenshulme   22   12   1   9   41-36   1.14   25   
 7.   Manchester South End  22   11   2   9   42-39   1.08   24   
 8.   Timperley YMCI  22   10   1   11   53-46   1.15   21   
 9.   Didsbury  22   6   3   13   31-42   0.74   15   
 10.   Eccles Trinity  22   5   1   16   24-59   0.41   11   
 11.   Stretford Amateurs  22   5   0   17   24-71   0.34   10   
 12.   Manchester YMCA  22   2   1   19   25-72   0.35   5   Relegated to Division 2 
 .   Longsight Loco  19   3   2   14   39-52   0.75   8   Resigned - record expunged 
 .   Old Collegians  8   3   2   3   18-13   1.38   8   Resigned - record expunged 


• The above table is the official final table printed in the newspapers, but there are a number of issues with it:
 - Stretford Amateurs' goal average does not match due to discrepancies with recorded results - an alternative total from the results is 23-74 0.31
 - Levenshulme's goals record also does not quite match and the expected figures are 42-37 1.14
 - Manchester YMCA have a draw logged in the above table in error after confusion with expunged records - their only actual draws were both against expunged teams Old Collegians and Longsight Loco, so they should have 1 less point. Their expected goal avergae is also way out from what is expected and so should really be 27-105 0.26
• On Saturday 27 April, champions Unsworth hosted a Rest of Div 1 XI and lost 3-2
• Bottom two clubs Manchester YMCA and Stretford Amateurs faced the re-election vote, and while Stretford Amateurs survived and remained in Div 1, Manchester YMCA did not and so were relegated


OUTGOING
• Old Collegians - FOLDED on 19 November 1906 after 8 games, when they were 4th in the table due to "lack of support and injuries to players"
• Longsight Loco - FOLDED in April 1907

 

 

DIVISION 2

•  Due to the remaining Reserve sides joining the new A Divison, a number of new clubs joined the league in Division 2
•  I have created my own table using the known results, but due to 9 results missing, the below table is incomplete. Therefore some of the final positions are unconfirmed due to the missing results. No final table has yet been discovered to use instead

INCOMING
• Birch St Agnes - from the Sale & District League
• Cadishead Albion - from the Eccles & District Alliance
• Ducie Avenue Old Boys - new club
• Longsight - from the Manchester Alliance
• Manchester Welsh - from the Eccles & District League
• Pendleton St Anne's - from the Manchester Sunday School League Division 1
• South Manchester Amateurs - new club
• West Gorton Baptists - from no league - local friendlies, having previously been in the Manchester Sunday School & Lads League
• Whalley Range Presbyterian - from the Sale & District League
• Whalley Range Wesleyans - from the Sale & District League
• Woodlands - from no league - local friendlies
 

   1906-07 - DIVISION 2  Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Pendleton St Anne's   23   21   1   1   90-14   6.43   43   1 result missing - Promoted to Division 1 
 2.   Ducie Avenue Old Boys   22   16   2   4   78-29   2.69   34  2 results missing - Promoted to Division 1
 3.   Cadishead Albion   22   15   1   6   60-24   2.50   31  2 results missing - Promoted to Division 1
 4.   Monton Amateurs   22   15   2   5   60-30   2.00   32   2 results missing 
 5.   Gorton Parish Church   24   14   3   7   55-31   1.77   31    
 6.   Longsight   22   9   7   6   46-33   1.39   25   2 results missing 
 .   Woodlands   22   8   3   11   28-44   0.64   19   Estimated final position - 2 results missing 
 .   West Gorton Baptists  24   5   7   12   30-55   0.55   17   Estimated final position 
 .   Manchester Welsh   21   6   4   11   43-57   0.75   16   Estimated final position - 3 results missing 
 .   Birch St Agnes  23   7   1   15   34-64   0.53   15   Estimated final position - 1 result missing 
 .   Whalley Range Wesleyans  23   6   3   14   30-62   0.48   15   Estimated final position - 1 result missing 
 .   Manchester Nomads  21   4   2   15   29-66   0.44   10   Estimated final position - 3 results missing 
 13.   Whalley Range Presbyterian   23   1   2   20   10-84   0.12   4   1 result missing 
 .   South Manchester Amateurs  18   4   2   12   26-60   0.43   10   Resigned - record expunged 



• On Saturday 27 April, champions Pendleton St Anne's hosted a Rest of Div 2 XI and won 2-1
• While South Manchester Amateurs did resign after 18 games in March, they did not fold, as they continued the following season in a different league

OUTGOING
• Manchester Nomads - no league - away friendlies until folding in 1909
• South Manchester Amateurs - joined the South Manchester & District League
• Whalley Range Presbyterian - played friendlies against other church sides before moving to the Manchester Amateur Alliance in 1911
• Whalley Range Wesleyans - FOLDED after the season
 

 

A DIVISION
 

•  I have created my own table using the known results, but due to 12 results missing, the below table is incomplete. Therefore some of the final positions are unconfirmed due to the missing results. No final table has yet been discovered to use instead


INCOMING
• Cadishead Albion Reserves - reserve side of new club
• Levenshulme Reserves - reserve side of Div 1 club, unclear if came in from another league - had a few years earlier been in the Sale & District League
• Longsight Reserves - new reserve side
• Mosley Reserves - from the Manchester Sunday School League
• Old Trafford Reserves - new reserve side
• Stretford Amateurs Reserves - new reserve side
• Timperley YMCI Reserves - probably from the lower divisions of the Sale & District League but not confirmed
 

   1906-07 - A DIVISION  Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Old Trafford Reserves   18   15   1   2   67-12   5.58   31   A Division Champions 
 2.   Levenshulme Reserves   17   13   1   3   48-16   3.00   27   1 result missing 
 .   Timperley YMCI Reserves   16   10   1   5   48-32   1.50   21   Estimated final position - 2 results missing 
 .   Didsbury Reserves   14   8   2   4   35-22   1.59   18   Estimated final position - 4 results missing 
 .   Mosley Reserves   15   6   3   6   45-27   1.67   15   Estimated final position - 3 results missing 
 .   Manchester South End Reserves   11   5   2   4   25-22   1.14   12   Estimated final position - 7 results missing 
 .   Cadishead Albion Reserves   18   4   2   12   16-48   0.33   10   Estimated final position 
 .   Manchester YMCA Reserves  16   3   3   10   19-61   0.31   9   Estimated final position - 2 results missing 
 .   Longsight Reserves  16   3   1   12   22-49   0.45   7   Estimated final position - 2 results missing 
 .   Stretford Amateurs Reserves  15   3   0   12   17-53   0.32   6   Estimated final position - 3 results missing 
 .   Old Collegians Reserves  7   3   1   3   11-11   1.00   7   Resigned - record expunged 



OUTGOING
• Timperley YMCI Reserves - didn't play in 1907-08, though they did play in the Manchester Central League in 1908-09 before the club had changed their name to just Timperley in 1909
• Old Collegians Reserves - FOLDED on 19 November 1906 due to "lack of support and injuries to players"

 


1907-08

•  The league continued with 3 divisons as previously, although Divison 1 increased to 15 teams


DIVISION 1

•  Two matches are missing, both of which were due to be played 27th April 1908 or later. Results for these have not been traced, and it is possible they were not played, and so the table does not include these and is therefore incomplete


INCOMING
• Barrowfields - from the Heaton Park & District League
 

   1907-08 - DIVISION 1  Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Old Trafford  28   20   5   3   86-43   2.00   45   Champions 
 2.   Timperley YMCI  28   18   3   7   83-50   1.66   39   Runners-up 
 3.   Pendleton St Anne's   28   16   6   6   70-33   2.12   38   
 4.   Heaton Park   28   18   2   8   80-39   2.05   38   
 5.   Cheetham Hill   28   15   7   6   66-36   1.83   37   
 6.   Barrowfields   28   18   1   9   70-41   1.71   37   
 7.   Cadishead Albion  28   16   4   8   74-45   1.64   36   
 8.   Unsworth  28   16   2   10   73-48   1.52   34   
 9.   Levenshulme  28   10   4   14   52-56   0.93   24   
 10.   Manchester South End  28   10   3   15   36-69   0.52   23   
 11.   Ducie Avenue Old Boys  27   7   3   17   56-65   0.86   15   1 result missing (if played was on or after 27 Apr) 
 12.   Eccles Trinity  28   7   1   20   36-91   0.40   15     
 13.   Didsbury  28   3   7   18   23-75   0.31   13   
 14.   Mosley  28   7   4   4   40-95   0.42   12  Some sources show F-A as 40-93 with GA as 0.43
 15.   Stretford Amateurs  27   3   4   20   22-76   0.29   10   1 result missing (if played was on or after 27 Apr) - Relegated to Division 2 



•  Ducie Avenue Old Boys had 2 points deducted for breach of Rule 10 - playing an ineligible man
•  The missing result is Ducie Avenue Old Boys v Stretford Amateurs and may not have been played

OUTGOING
• Didsbury - joined the Manchester Federation
• Manchester South End - joined the Lancashire Amateur League Manchester Section
• Mosley - joined the Manchester Sunday School League

 

 

DIVISION 2

•  The final table is not yet known, and 41 results have yet to be located. Approximate positions are shown where not confirmed, with the table including the known results only.
•  The top 2 are confirmed, but Longsight could not have finished 3rd yet are also promoted


INCOMING
• Cheetham St Luke's - from the Manchester Sunday School League Division 1
• Chorlton Amateurs - from the Manchester Central Combination
• Clayton - from the Sale & District League, though this league folded in Sept 1906 with the league secretary H Berry subsequently banned from all football matters. It is presumed Clayton played friendlies for the remainder of the 06-07 season before joining the MAL
• Manchester Zion - from the Manchester Sunday School Division 1
• South East Manchester - new club, presumed part of the existing South East Manchester cricket club
• Urmston Congregational - from the Manchester Central Combination
• Withington Athletic - from the Manchester Sunday School League, where they were known as Withington Primitive Methodists Athletic, often shortened to Withington Primitives. They officially changed their name when joining the MAL
 

   1907-08 - DIVISION 2  Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Manchester Zion   22   17   3   2   95-25   3.80   37   4 results missing - after all their 26 games they had scored 105 goals - Promoted to Division 1 
 2.   Woodlands   24   16   4   4   80-39   2.05   36   2 results missing - Promoted to Division 1
 .   Gorton Parish Church   23   17   1   5   66-30   2.20   35   Estimated final position - 3 results missing
 .   Clayton   21   10   5   6   52-41   1.27   25   Estimated final position - 5 results missing 
 .   Longsight   21   8   6   7   33-40   0.83   22   Estimated final position - 5 results missing - Promoted to Division 1 
 .   Withington Athletic   17   9   2   6   35-23   1.52   20   Estimated final position - 9 results missing 
 .   South East Manchester   20   8   4   8   50-44   1.14   20   Estimated final position - 6 results missing 
 .   Monton Amateurs   18   7   4   7   29-34   0.85   18   Estimated final position - 8 results missing 
 .   Urmston Congregational   17   5   4   8   31-46   0.67   14   Estimated final position - 9 results missing 
 .   West Gorton Baptists  20   6   2   12   34-56   0.61   14   Estimated final position - 6 results missing 
 .   Manchester YMCA   23   4   4   15   26-61   0.43   12   Estimated final position - 3 results missing 
 .   Manchester Welsh  19   2   6   11   27-50   0.54   10   Estimated final position - 7 results missing 
 .   Chorlton Amateurs  19   3   4   12   17-46   0.37   10   Estimated final position - 7 results missing 
 .   Birch St Agnes   18   3   3   12   18-58   0.31   9   Estimated final position - 8 results missing 
 .   Cheetham St Luke's  12   4   0   8   21-31   0.68   8   Resigned - record expunged 



•  Cheetham St Luke's folded at the end of 1907 so their record was expunged. Note that the 12 games listed are the known results only and there may be others played un-traced before they folded


OUTGOING
• Birch St Agnes - believed to be playing local friendlies before later joining the Manchester Amateur Alliance
• Cheetham St Luke's - FOLDED at the end of December 1907
• Clayton - joined the Heaton Park & District League
• Manchester Welsh - believed to be playing local friendlies before later joining the Manchester Central League
• Monton Amateurs - joined the South Manchester and District League
• South East Manchester - presumed FOLDED after the season
• Withington Athletic - presumed FOLDED after the season
 

 

 

A DIVISION

•  This was the final season of the A Division for some time, and all the Reserve teams left the league. It is not clear if all the games were played or if a number of teams may have failed to finish the season, due to the limited number of results found.
•  It seems apparent that Manchester Welsh Reserves and Didsbury Reserves withdrew within a few weeks, with Clayton Reserves around February 1908.
•  The table below shows all the known results only as no final table has been traced.
•  The A Division winners are not known due to the amount of missing results


INCOMING
• Birch St Agnes Reserves - new reserve side of the Div 2 team
• Clayton Reserves - reserve side of the new Div 2 team
• Heaton Park Reserves - from the Middleton Junction Amateur League or the Heaton Park & District League - it is not clear which of the two leagues contained the official Reserves as they fielded a side in both. It is probable that they amalgamated them to form a new Reserve side to return to the MAL
• Manchester Welsh Reserves - new reserve side of the Div 2 team
• Pendleton St Anne's Reserves - from the Manchester Sunday School League
 

   1907-08 - A DIVISION  Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Old Trafford Reserves   15   12   3   0   58-13   4.46   27    5 results missing - A Division Champions 
 2.   Cadishead Albion Reserves   13   10   1   2   66-18   3.67   21    7 results missing - A Division Runners-up 
 .   Heaton Park Reserves   11   7   1   3   50-21   2.38   15    Estimated final position - 9 results missing 
 .   Manchester South End Reserves   14   5   3   6   27-24   1.13   13    Estimated final position - 6 results missing 
 .   Levenshulme Reserves   11   5   1   5   28-39   0.72   11    Estimated final position - 9 results missing 
 .   Mosley Reserves   10   4   2   4   16-17   0.94   10    Estimated final position - 10 results missing 
 .   Stretford Amateurs Reserves   10   3   3   4   16-18   0.89   9    Estimated final position - 10 results missing 
 .   Pendleton St Anne's Reserves  10   3   1   6   23-33   0.70   7    Estimated final position - 10 results missing 
 .   Birch St Agnes Reserves  10   3   1   6   19-33   0.58   7    Estimated final position - 10 results missing 
 .   Manchester YMCA Reserves  9   2   1   6   9-41   0.22   5    Estimated final position - 11 results missing 
 .   Longsight Reserves  13   0   1   12   10-65   0.15   1    Estimated final position - 7 results missing 
 .   Clayton Reserves  8   2   0   6   21-31   0.23   4   Resigned - record expunged 
 .   Didsbury Reserves  4   1   1   2   12-7   1.71   3   Resigned - record expunged 
 .   Manchester Welsh Reserves  4   0   0   4   4-22   0.18   0   Resigned - record expunged 



OUTGOING
• Birch St Agnes Reserves - presumed FOLDED after the season
• Cadishead Albion Reserves - joined the Manchester Central League
• Clayton Reserves - FOLDED in February 1908
• Didsbury Reserves - withdrew from the league in January 1908 but reformed later in the year to join the Manchester Central League
• Heaton Park Reserves - joined the Manchester Central League
• Levenshulme Reserves - joined the Manchester Central League
• Longsight Reserves - joined the Manchester Central League
• Manchester South End Reserves - joined the Lancashire Amateur League with their 1st team
• Manchester Welsh Reserves - FOLDED around November 1907
• Manchester YMCA Reserves - joined the Heaton Park & District League
• Mosley Reserves - presumed FOLDED after the season
• Old Trafford Reserves - joined the Manchester Central League
• Pendleton St Anne's Reserves - presumed FOLDED after the season
• Stretford Amateurs Reserves - presumed FOLDED after the season

 


1908-09

•  The league reduced to 2 divisons and Division 1 reverted back to having 14 teams, with Division 2 increasing to 16


DIVISION 1

•  It is not clear why Levenshulme were chosen for promotion to Division 1 along with 1st placed Manchester Zion and runners-up Woodlands. Possibly Gorton Parish Church did not wish to be promoted, or were not considered worthy, and possibly Levenshulme had made it to 4th place
•  Apart from the three teams promoted from Division 2, no other teams came into Division 1 this season
•  Only the final positions noted in the table are confirmed - I have added the last known details for the missing records
 

   1908-09 - DIVISION 1 

Pl

W

D

L

F-A

GA

Points

Note
 1.   Barrowfields  25   20   4   1   77-27   2.85   44   1 result missing - Champions  
 2.   Heaton Park  26   19   2   5   90-38   2.37   40   Runners-up after winning a Play-Off v Cadishead Albion
 3.   Cadishead Albion   26   20   0   6   75-30   2.50   40   
 4.   Old Trafford   24   14   3   7   82-41   2.00   31   2 results missing 
 5.   Timperley YMCI   26   12   6   8   ?-?   ?   30   Goals at 25 games was 47-46 1.02 - 26th game was a defeat 
 6.   Levenshulme  26   10   9   7   57-52   1.10   29   
 7.   Manchester Zion  26   11   7   8   45-43   1.05   29   
 8.   Unsworth  24   10   4   10   50-29   1.72   24   2 results missing 
 9.   Woodlands  26   9   5   12   ?-?   ?   23   Goals at 25 games was 29-46 0.63 - 26th game was a defeat 
 10.   Cheetham Hill  26   7   4   15   ?-?   ?   19   Goals at 25 games was 40-53 0.75 - 26th game was a draw 
 11.   Pendleton St Anne's  25   6   4   15   40-59   0.68   16   1 result missing 
 .   Ducie Avenue Old Boys  25   5   4   16   28-74   0.38   14   Estimated final position - 1 result missing 
 .   Eccles Trinity  24   3   6   15   28-80   0.35   12   Estimated final position - 2 results missing 
 14.   Longsight  26   1   1   24   10-86   0.12   3   


•  With Heaton Park and Cadishead Albion finishing on level points, a play-off for runners-up spot was arranged, and took place at Old Trafford's ground on Wed 28 April. Heaton Park won the game 3-0 with all the goals coming in the last 15 mins. Cadishead were missing their forward Earlam who was on loan with Manchester United Reserves at the time
•  On the last Saturday of the season, 24 April, champions Barrowfields played a Rest Of League XI and lost the game 2-0
•  After the season, Timperley YMCI changed their name to Timperley


OUTGOING
• Ducie Avenue Old Boys - presumed FOLDED after the season
• Eccles Trinity - went on to play local friendlies before folding by 1910
 


DIVISION 2

•  The final table is not yet known, and 42 results have yet to be located. Approximate positions are shown where not confirmed, with the table including the known results only.

INCOMING
• Blackley - from the Heaton Park & District League Division 2
• Cheetham Hill Congregational Pleasant Sunday Afternoon - from the Manchester Sunday School League Division 1
• Chorlton Road Congregational - from the Manchester Sunday School League Division 1
• Crumpsall - from the Blackley & District League
• Gorton Congregational - from the Manchester Central League
• Longfield - from the Manchester Central League
• Moorside - from the Eccles & District Alliance
• Newton Heath St Anne's - from the Manchester Sunday School League Division 1
• Old Trafford St John's - from the Manchester Central Combination
• Urmston - from no league (or unknown league) - earlier were in the Manchester Federation until 1907
 

   1908-09 - DIVISION 2  Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Longfield   23   21   1   1   115-21   5.48   43   7 results missing - Promoted to Division 1 
 2.   Gorton Congregational   24   20   3   1   79-30   2.63   43   6 results missing - Promoted to Division 1 
 .   Blackley   24   15   5   4   52-26   2.00   35   Estimated final position - 6 results missing 
 .   Crumpsall   27   13   6   8   61-44   1.39   32   Estimated final position - 3 results missing 
 .   Newton Heath St Anne's   25   13   4   8   70-43   1.63   30   Estimated final position - 5 results missing 
 .   Urmston   23   14   2   7   54-41   1.32   30   Estimated final position - 7 results missing 
 .   Moorside   26   15   0   11   61-57   1.07   30   Estimated final position - 4 results missing 
 .   Cheetham Hill Congregational Pleasant Sunday Afternoon   23   11   5   7   52-32   1.63   27   Estimated final position - 7 results missing 
 .   Urmston Congregational  28   12   2   14   51-67   0.76   26   Estimated final position - 2 results missing 
 .   Stretford Amateurs  27   8   4   15   42-89   0.47   20   Estimated final position - 3 results missing 
 .   Gorton Parish Church  25   7   4   14   45-50   0.90   18   Estimated final position - 5 results missing 
 .   Chorlton Road Congregational  24   7   3   14   39-61   0.64   17   Estimated final position - 6 results missing 
 .   Manchester YMCA  24   5   6   13   29-56   0.52   16   Estimated final position - 6 results missing 
 .   Old Trafford St John's  23   5   4   14   35-57   0.61   14   Estimated final position - 7 results missing 
 .   Chorlton Amateurs  25   6   1   18   37-76   0.49   13   Estimated final position - 5 results missing 
 16.   West Gorton Baptists   27   1   2   24   27-99   0.27   4   3 results missing 


•  On the final Saturday of the season, 24 April, champions Longfield faced a team of the best of the 2nd Division. Result of the game not known.


OUTGOING
• Moorside - joined the Manchester & Salford League
• Old Trafford St John's - local friendlies until joining the Lancashire & Cheshire League in 1911
• Stretford Amateurs - FOLDED after the season
• West Gorton Baptists - joined the Manchester Sunday School Union Divison 2

 


1909-10

•  The league continued with 2 divsions, increasing Divsion 1 back to 15 teams

DIVISION 1

•  With the two teams promoted from Division 2, only one new team came into Division 1 this season
•  For the first time since 1906-07, a Division 1 team didn't complete the season - Unsworth had their record expunged


INCOMING
• Manchester Athletics Club - new team, part of the existing Athletics club in Fallowfield
 

   1909-10 - DIVISION 1 Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Old Trafford   26   20   4   2   66-18   3.67   44   Champions 
 2.   Cheetham Hill   26   20   2   4   76-32   2.38   42   
 3.   Barrowfields   26   18   3   5   64-31   2.06   39   
 4.   Cadishead Albion   26   17   2   7   71-34   2.09   36   
 5.   Longfield   26   16   2   8   85-36   2.36   34   
 6.   Heaton Park   26   13   1   12   75-47   1.60   25   
 7.   Gorton Congregational   26   10   3   13   53-51   1.04   23   
 8.   Manchester Zion   26   7   7   12   63-74   0.85   21   
 9.   Manchester Athletics Club   26   7   7   12   52-72   0.72   21   
 10.   Pendleton St Anne's   26   8   5   13   30-67   0.45   21   
 11.   Timperley   26   7   4   15   61-65   0.94   18   
 12.   Levenshulme   26   8   2   16   41-47   0.87   18   
 13.   Woodlands   26   6   5   15   55-65   0.85   17   
 14.   Longsight   26   0   4   22   20-113   0.18   4   
.  Unsworth                               Resigned - record expunged 


• Heaton Park had 2 points deducted
• Unsworth resigned mid-season and their record was expunged


OUTGOING
• Longsight - FOLDED after the season
• Manchester Athletics Club - believed to have FOLDED the football team, though the Athletics club continued on
• Pendleton St Anne's - re-joined the Manchester Sunday School League Division 1
• Timperley - joined the Manchester Southern League
• Unsworth - FOLDED mid-season in early 1910
 


DIVISION 2

•  Only a limited number of final positions and table detail are known. The division ran again with 16 teams, although Chorlton Amateurs folded in early 1910 and so didn't complete the season


INCOMING
• Cavendish - from the Manchester Sunday School League Division 2
• Chorlton Pleasant Sunday Afternoon - from the Manchester Sunday School League Division 2
• Crumpsall Lads Club - from the Heaton Park & District League
• Gorse Hill - from the Manchester Amateur Combination
• Manchester Victoria - no league - local friendlies
• Woodhouses - from the Central Oldham League
 

   1909-10 - DIVISION 2  Pl W D L F-A GA Points Note
 1.   Gorse Hill   28   23   2   3   73-29   2.52   48   Promoted to Division 1 
 2.   Woodhouses   28                           Promoted to Division 1 
 3.   Blackley   28   16   3   9   69-37   1.86   35   Promoted to Division 1 
 .   Crumpsall Lads Club   28                           Unknown final position 
 .   Gorton Parish Church   28                           Unknown final position 
 .   Cheetham Hill Congregational Pleasant Sunday Afternoon   28                           Unknown final position 
 .   Chorlton Road Congregational   28                           Unknown final position 
 8.   Urmston Congregational  28   10   7   11   40-51   0.78   27     
 .   Cavendish  28                           Unknown final position 
 .   Newton Heath St Anne's  28                           Unknown final position 
 .   Manchester YMCA  28                           Unknown final position 
 .   Crumpsall  28                           Unknown final position 
 .   Urmston  28                           Unknown final position 
 14.   Manchester Victoria  28   4   7   17   40-55   0.73   15     
 15.   Chorlton Pleasant Sunday Afternoon   28                             
.  Chorlton Amateurs                               Resigned - record expunged 


• Chorlton Amateurs resigned mid-season and their record was expunged
• Cheetham Hill Congregational Pleasant Sunday Afternoon changed their name to Cheetham at the end of the season


OUTGOING
• Chorlton Amateurs - FOLDED mid-season in early 1910
• Chorlton Pleasant Sunday Afternoon - FOLDED after the season
• Chorlton Road Congregational - local friendlies before joining the Lancashire & Cheshire League in 1911
• Crumpsall Lads Club - local friendlies
• Gorton Parish Church - joined the Manchester Central League
• Manchester Victoria - joined the Manchester & Salford Districts League
• Urmston - local friendlies before joining the Lancashire & Cheshire League in 1914