Lancashire Combination

The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the North West of England in 1891–92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903. In 1968 the Combination lost five of its clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League. In 1982 it was finally merged with the Cheshire County League to form the North West Counties League.

Champions

Member clubs

The following clubs and reserve teams played in the Lancashire Combination:

• Accrington
• Accrington Stanley (modern)
• Accrington Stanley (original)
• Accrington Stanley reserves
• ACI Horwich
• Adlington
• Altrincham
• Ashton Athletic
• Ashton Town (1903)
• Ashton Town (1953)
• Ashton United
• Astley & Tyldesley Collieries
• Astley Bridge
• Astley Bridge Wanderers
• Atherton
• Atherton Collieries
• Bacup Borough
• Bacup Borough reserves
• Bangor City
• Barnoldswick & District
• Barnoldswick Town
• Barnoldswick United
• Barrow
• Barrow reserves
• Bell's Temperance
• Berry's Association
• Black Lane Temperance
• Blackburn Park Road
• Blackburn Rovers reserves
• Blackburn Rovers 'A'
• Blackpool 'B'
• Blackpool Mechanics
• Blackpool reserves
• Bolton ST
• Bolton St Luke's
• Bolton Wanderers 'B'
• Bolton Wanderers reserves
• Bootle
• Bootle Athletic
• Brynn Central
• Burnley 'A'
• Burnley reserves
• Burscough
• Burscough Rangers
• Burscough reserves
• Bury reserves
• Caernarfon Town
• Carlisle United
• Chadderton
• Chester

• Chorley
• Chorley reserves
• Chorley St George's
• Clitheroe
• Clitheroe Central
• Colne
• Colne Dynamoes
• Colne Town
• Crewe Alexandra reserves
• Cromptons Recreation
• Daisy Hill
• Darwen
• Darwen reserves
• De Havilland
• Denton
• Dick, Kerr's
• Droylsden
• Droylsden United
• Dukinfield Town
• Earlestown (1880–1911)
• Earlestown (1945–63)
• Eccles United
• Ellesmere Port Town
• Everton reserves
• Failsworth
• Fleetwood
• Fleetwood Rangers
• Fleetwood reserves
• Ford Motors
• Formby
• Glossop North End
• Glossop North End reserves
• Great Harwood
• Great Harwood reserves
• Great Harwood Town
• Guinness Exports
• Halliwell
• Haslingden
• Hebden Bridge
• Heywood
• Heywood United
• Hindley
• Hindley Central
• Hindley Green Athletic
• Hindsford
• Horwich RMI
• Horwich RMI reserves
• Hurst Ramblers
• Hyde

• Hyde St George's
• Kirkby Town
• Kirkby Town reserves
• Lancaster City
• Lancaster City reserves
• Leyland
• Leyland Motors
• Little Lever
• Liverpool reserves
• Liverpool Stanley
• Lomax
• Lomond
• Lostock Hall
• Lucas Sports
• Lytham
• Macclesfield
• Maghull
• Manchester Central
• Manchester City reserves
• Manchester North End
• Manchester Polytechnic
• Manchester United reserves
• Marine
• Milnthorpe Corinthians
• Morecambe
• Morecambe reserves
• Nantwich
• Nelson
• Nelson reserves
• Netherfield
• Netherfield reserves
• New Brighton
• New Brighton reserves
• New Brighton Tower reserves
• Newton Heath Athletic
• Newton-le-Willows
• North Meols
• Northern Nomads
• Northwich Victoria
• Oldham Athletic
• Oldham Athletic reserves
• Oldham Athletic 'A'
• Oldham Dew
• Oswaldtwistle Rovers
• Oswestry United
• Padiham (original)
• Padiham (revival)
• Pendlebury
• Plank Lane
• Portsmouth Rovers

• Port Sunlight
• Prescot Cables
• Prescot Cables reserves
• Prescot
• Preston North End 'A'
• Preston North End reserves
• Prestwich Heys
• Radcliffe Borough
• Rawtenstall
• Rochdale (1896)
• Rochdale (1907)
• Rochdale reserves
• Rochdale Town
• Rolls Royce
• Rossendale United
• Rossendale United reserves
• Royton
• St Anne's Athletic
• St Helens Recreation
• St Helens Town
• Skerton
• Skelmersdale United
• Skelmersdale United reserves
• South Liverpool (1890s)
• South Liverpool
• Southport Central
• Southport reserves
• Stalybridge Celtic
• Stalybridge Celtic reserves
• Stalybridge Rovers
• Stockport County reserves
• Stubshaw Cross Rovers
• Tranmere Rovers
• Tranmere Rovers reserves
• Turton
• Tyldesley Albion
• Vulcan Institute
• Vulcan Newton
• Walkden Central
• Whitworth Valley
• Wigan Athletic
• Wigan Athletic reserves
• Wigan Borough
• Wigan Borough reserves
• Wigan Rovers
• Wigan Town
• Witton Albion
• Workington
• Wren Rovers

In 1894, the competition took over the North East Lancashire League. One of the clubs admitted as a result, Brierfield, withdrew before the season started.

References

External links

• Full list of Lancashire Combination league tables RSSSF