LEAGUE HONOURS
LEAGUE NAME
POSITION
DATE
DIVISION ONE
4th
1926
DIVISION TWO
CHAMPIONS
1895, 1997*
RUNNERS-UP
1924
DIVISION THREE
CHAMPIONS
1961
RUNNERS-UP

1968
DIVISION FOUR
PROMOTION
1974, 1985
MIDLAND SENIOR LEAGUE
CHAMPIONS
1991,1995
LANCASHIRE LEAGUE
CHAMPIONS
1891, 1892
* = Winners in 1997 of 'new' Division Two Championship.

 

CUP HONOURS
CUP NAME POSITION DATE
F.A. CUP WINNER 1900,1903
LEAGUE CUP SEMI-FINAL 1963
F.A. YOUTH CUP SEMI-FINAL 1966
LANCASHIRE CUP WINNER 1891/2, 1898/9. 1902/3, 1905/6, 1925/6, 1957/8, 1982/3, 1986/7
MANCHESTER SENIOR CUP WINNER

1894, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1925, 1935, 1951, 1952, 1962, 1968

 

OTHER COMPETIOTNS PLAYED IN
COMMENT DATE
PLAYED ONLY FRIENDLY MATCHES 1885-1888
LANCASHIRE LEAGUE 1889-1893

 

OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD (UP TO THE END OF 1998/1999 SEASON)
DIVISION PLAYED WON DRAWN LOST FOR AGAINST POINTS
1/P 804 279 180 345 1176 1340 738
2/1 1622 601 352 669 2396 2572 1575
3/2 966 370 256 340 1371 1225 1131
4/3 540 230 151 159 831 635 767
TOTAL 3932 1480 939 1513 5774 5772 4211

 

BIGGEST VICTORIES
LEAGUE OPPONENTS SCORE DATE
DIVISION 3 TRANMERE ROVERS 8-0 10/01/1970
DIVISION 2 BURNLEY 8-1 16/12/1928
DIVISION 2 TRANMERE ROVERS 8-1 16/09/1958
DIVISION 2 SOUTHAMPTON 8-2 10/11/1951

CUP OPPONENTS SCORE DATE
F.A. CUP STOCKTON 12-1 02/02/1897
LEAGUE CUP BRIGHTON 5-1 12/09/1961

 

BIGGEST DEFEATS
LEAGUE OPPONENTS SCORE DATE
DIVISION 1 SHEFFIELD UTD. 0-8 06/04/1896
DIVISION 3 SWINDON TOWN 0-8 08/12/1979

CUP OPPONENTS SCORE DATE
F.A. CUP FULHAM 0-6 07/01/1939
F.A. CUP LEEDS 0-6 22/01/1966
LEAGUE CUP WESTHAM UTD. 0-10 25/10/1983
LEAGUE CUP NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0-7 23/09/1980

 

MOST POINTS IN A SEASON
LEAGUE POINTS POINTS PER WIN DATE
DIVISION 4 84 3 1984/5
DIVISION 3 68 2 1960/1

 

MOST GOALS SCORED IN A SEASON
LEAGUE GOALS DATE
DIVISION 3 108 1960/61

 

MOST GOALS CONCEDED IN A SEASON
LEAGUE GOALS DATE
DIVISION 1 99 1928/29

 

MOST LEAGUE WINS IN A SEASON
WINS DATE
30 1960/61

 

MOST LEAGUE DRAWS IN A SEASON
DRAWS DATE
20 1978/79

 

MOST LEAGUE DEFEATS IN A SEASON
DEFEATS DATE
25 1956/57, 1966/67

 

MOST GOALS IN A SEASON
GOALS PLAYER DATE COMMENTS
43 CRAIG MADDEN 1981/82 35 LEAGUE, 8 CUP

 

MOST GOALS IN A SINGLE MATCH
LEAGUE GOALS PLAYER OPPONENTS DATE
DIVISION 2 5 RAY POINTER ROTHERHAM 02/10/1965
DIVISION 2 5 EDDIE QUIGLEY MILLWALL 15/02/1947

 

OLDEST PLAYER IN A LEAGUE GAME
PLAYER AGE
BRUCE GROBBELAAR 40 YEARS, 337 DAYS

 

YOUNGEST PLAYER IN A LEAGUE GAME
PLAYER AGE
BRIAN WILLIAMS 16 YEARS, 133 DAYS

 

MOST CAPPED PLAYER
PLAYER CAPS (COUNTRY)
BILL GORMAN 11 (EIRE)

 

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES
PLAYER GAMES DATE COMMENTS
NORMAN BULLOCK 539 1920-35 506 LEAGUE, 33 FA CUP

 

MOST CAREER LEAGUE GOALS
PLAYER GOALS DATE COMMENTS
CRAIG MADDEN 153 1977-86 129 LEAGUE, 21 CUP, 4 OTHERS

 

MOST UNDEFEATED LEAGUE MATCHES
GAMES DATE
18 1960/61

 

MOST UNDEFEATED HOME MATCHES
GAMES DATE
25 1967/68

 

MOST UNDEFEATED AWAY MATCHES
GAMES DATE
8 1961

 

MOST CONSECUTIVE LEAGUE WINS
GAMES DATE
9 1960/61

 

MOST CONSECUTIVE HOME LEAGUE WINS
GAMES DATE
15 1894/95

 

MOST CONSECUTIVE AWAY LEAGUE WINS
GAMES DATE
6 1960/61