Bolton County were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
Breightmet United left from Division One
Elton Vale were relegated from Premier Division to Division One
Govan Athletic left from Division One
Heyside were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
Heywood St James left from Division One
Irlam Steel left from Division One
Prestwich Heys were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
Rochdale Town left from Premier Division
Uppermill left from Division One
Wilmslow Albion were relegated from Premier Division to Division One
Final League Tables
Premier Division
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Avro 28 25 1 2 105 34 76
2 Wythenshawe Amateurs 28 20 2 6 84 37 62
3 East Manchester 28 17 5 6 76 43 56
4 Springhead 28 17 4 7 63 39 55
5 Hindsford 28 13 6 9 77 55 45
6 Heyside 28 11 9 8 55 45 42
7 Rochdale Sacred Heart 28 10 6 12 66 64 35 *
8 Stockport Georgians 28 10 5 13 54 65 35
9 Walshaw Sports 28 10 4 14 50 64 34
10 Dukinfield Town 28 10 3 15 58 63 33
11 Bolton County 28 9 6 13 49 64 33
12 Royton Town 28 8 2 18 49 70 26
13 Manchester Gregorians 28 7 4 17 39 71 25
14 A F C Monton 28 6 4 18 39 104 22
15 Old Altrinchamians 28 3 7 18 40 86 16
Prestwich Heys reserves Record expunged
* - Rochdale Sacred Heart - 1 point deducted
Division One
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Chadderton reserves 22 15 4 3 91 30 49
2 Manchester Central 22 13 3 6 60 33 42
3 Beechfield United 22 15 1 6 60 31 38 *
4 Elton Vale 22 12 2 8 55 41 37 #
5 Pennington 22 11 1 10 53 52 34
6 Boothstown 22 8 5 9 39 57 29
7 Atherton Town 22 8 4 10 47 47 28
8 Chapel Town 22 8 4 10 46 56 27 #
9 Leigh Athletic 22 8 3 11 43 62 26 #
10 Wilmslow Albion 22 5 4 13 41 64 19
11 Hollinwood 22 6 2 14 50 75 18 !
12 Westbury Sports Club 22 5 3 14 43 80 17 #
* - Beechfield United 8 points deducted
# - Four teams each 1 point deducted
! - Hollinwood 2 points deducted
Following this season
Altrincham Hale joined Division One
Atherton Laburnum Rovers joined Division One
Avro left from Premier Division
Beechfield United were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
Bolton Lads & Girls Club joined Division One
Chadderton reserves were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
Chapel Town left from Division One
Govan Athletic joined Division One
Heywood St James joined Division One
Hollinwood left from Division One
Manchester Central were promoted from Division One to Premier Division
Prestwich Heys reserves left from Premier Division
Radcliffe Juniors joined Division One
Tintwistle Athletic joined Division One
Uppermill joined Division One
Westbury Sports Club left from Division One
Wythenshawe Amateurs left from Premier Division
Lower Divisions
Division Two
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Altrincham Hale 20 14 2 4 60 31 44
2 Tintwistle Athletic 20 13 3 4 62 39 42
3 Bolton Lads & Girls Club 20 13 3 4 61 39 42
4 Radcliffe Juniors 20 12 2 6 62 38 38
5 Govan Athletic 20 11 4 5 73 34 37
6 Heywood St James 20 8 3 9 40 46 27
7 Uppermill 20 6 3 11 54 48 21
8 Atherton LR Development 20 6 4 10 29 56 21 *
9 Breightmet United 20 5 2 13 31 63 17
10 Irlam Steel 20 4 4 12 32 61 15 *
11 Hindley Juniors 20 2 2 16 24 73 7 *
* - Atherton LR Dev, Irlam Steel and Hindley Juniors each 1 point deducted
Division Three
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Rochdale Sacred Heart reserves 20 18 0 2 97 22 54
2 Wythenshawe Amateurs reserves 20 14 1 5 70 32 43
3 Avro reserves 20 12 4 4 56 27 36 *
4 Atherton Town reserves 20 10 3 7 42 32 33
5 Manchester Gregorians reserves 20 8 4 8 34 34 28
6 Hindsford reserves 20 9 1 10 46 48 28
7 Walshaw Sports reserves 20 8 4 8 38 56 28
8 Dukinfield Town reserves 20 7 3 10 50 49 24
9 Wilmslow Albion reserves 20 5 1 14 32 80 16
10 Stockport Georgians reserves 20 2 5 13 28 58 10 #
11 Springhead reserves 20 3 2 15 21 76 10 #
Royton Town reserves Record expunged
* - Avro reserves 4 points deducted
# - Stockport Georgians res and Springhead res each 1 point deducted
Division Four
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 East Manchester Academy 16 11 2 3 72 22 35
2 Elton Vale reserves 16 11 1 4 50 29 34
3 Rochdale Sacred Heart "A" 16 10 3 3 42 28 33
4 Leigh Athletic reserves 16 7 1 8 38 60 22
5 Pennington reserves 16 5 3 8 35 51 18
6 AFC Monton reserves 16 5 2 9 32 43 16 *
7 Bolton County reserves 16 4 3 9 38 41 15
8 Old Altrinchamians reserves 16 3 4 9 16 41 13
9 Hollinwood reserves 16 5 3 9 41 49 10 #
Heyside reserves Record expunged
Irlam Steel reserves Record expunged
* - AFC Monton reserves 1 point deducted
# - Hollinwood reserves 8 points deducted
Division Five
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Chadderton EDS 18 15 1 2 117 23 46
2 Uppermill reserves 18 15 1 2 81 29 46
3 Boothstown reserves 18 11 2 5 45 33 35
4 Heywood St James reserves 18 8 4 6 52 48 28
5 Altrincham Hale reserves 18 8 2 8 62 60 26
6 Atherton Town "A" 18 7 3 8 39 45 24
7 Bolton Lads & Girls Club res 18 8 0 10 55 66 23 *
8 Tintwistle Athletic reserves 18 6 2 10 54 55 20
9 Govan Athletic reserves 18 2 1 15 22 66 6 *
10 Breightmet United reserves 18 2 0 16 30 132 6
* - Bolton Lads & Girls Club res and Govan Athletic res each 1 point deducted
League Cups
Gilcryst Cup
Round 1
Manchester Gregorians 1-1 Heyside (Heyside won 5-4 on penalties)
Wythenshawe Amateurs 5-1 Stockport Georgians
Dukinfield Town 4-2 Walshaw Sports
Springhead 1-1 East Manchester (Springhead won 4-2 on penalties)
Prestwich Heys reserves 1-4 Avro
Hindsford 1-7 Rochdale Sacred Heart
Royton Town 3-3 Bolton County (Bolton County 5-4 on penalties)
AFC Monton 6-1 Old Altrinchamians
Quarter Finals
Heyside 1-3 Wythenshawe Amateurs
Dukinfield Town 0-0 Springhead (Dukinfield Town won 5-4 on penalties)
Avro 2-2 Rochdale Sacred Heart (Rochdale Sacred Heart won 6-5 on penalties)
Bolton County 1-1 AFC Monton (AFC Monton won 4-3 on penalties)
Semi-Finals
Wythenshawe Amateurs 4-0 Dukinfield Town
Rochdale Sacred Heart 4-0 AFC Monton
Final (@ Hyde United, 12/5/18)
Wythenshawe Amateurs 3-0 Rochdale Sacred Heart
Murray Trophy
Group Stage
Group A
Athe
Boot
Brei
Radc
Tint
West
Atherton Town
3-0
5-0
0-2
Boothstown
0-2
4-1
Breightmet United
2-2
5-2
Radcliffe Juniors
0-4
5-0
5-0
Tintwistle United
2-0
6-1
Westbury Sports Club
0-8
2-3
0-5
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Atherton Town 5 4 0 1 20 2 12
2 Tintwistle Athletic 5 4 0 1 16 5 12
3 Radcliffe Juniors 5 3 0 2 13 10 9
4 Boothstown 5 2 1 2 9 10 7
5 Breightmet United 5 1 1 3 7 16 4
6 Westbury Sports Club 5 0 0 5 4 26 0
Group B
Altr
Elto
Gova
Heyw
Penn
Wilm
Altrincham Hale
2-1
2-3
6-3
Elton Vale
2-2
2-3
1-3
Govan Athletic
1-2
1-3
Heywood St James
3-1
4-0
Pennington
1-3
3-2
Wilmslow Albion
1-8
2-1
0-2
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Heywood St James 5 5 0 0 16 6 15
2 Altrincham Hale 5 4 0 1 15 9 12
3 Pennington 5 3 0 2 10 9 9
4 Elton Vale 5 1 1 3 14 11 4
5 Wilmslow Albion 5 1 0 4 6 21 3
6 Govan Athletic 5 0 1 4 7 12 1
Group C
Athe
Beec
Chad
Hind
Manc
Uppe
Atherton LR Development
2-2
2-2
Beechfield United
8-0
1-1
Chadderton reserves
1-2
1-4
5-3
Hindley Juniors
2-7
1-6
1-7
Manchester Central
2-0
1-2
2-1
Uppermill
4-0
4-1
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Manchester Central 5 3 1 1 14 6 10
2 Chadderton reserves 5 3 0 2 15 11 9
3 Beechfield United 5 2 2 1 15 6 8
4 Atherton LR Dev'ment 5 2 2 1 13 11 8
5 Uppermill 5 2 1 2 13 9 7
6 Hindley Juniors 5 0 0 5 5 32 0
Group D
Bolt
Chap
Holl
Irla
Leig
Bolton Lads & Girls Club
2-2
2-2
Chapel Town
8-0
Hollinwood
1-2
1-4
Irlam Steel
2-7
1-6
1-7
Leigh Athletic
2-0
1-2
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Bolton Lads & Girls C 4 3 1 0 14 6 10
2 Leigh Athletic 4 2 1 1 8 7 7
3 Hollinwood 4 2 0 2 9 5 6
4 Chapel Town 4 1 0 3 10 16 3
5 Irlam Steel 4 1 0 3 6 13 3
Quarter Finals
Altrincham Hale 2-2 Bolton Lads & Girls Club (Altrincham Hale won 7-6 on penalties)
Manchester Central 2-2 Chadderton reserves (Manchester Central won 4-3 on penalties)
Tintwistle Athletic 1-0 Atherton Town
Heywood St James 1-1 Leigh Athletic (Leigh Athletic won 4-2 on penalties)
Semi-Finals
Altrincham Hale 3-4 Manchester Central
Tintwistle Athletic 3-2 Leigh Athletic
Final (@ Hyde United, 4/5/18)
Manchester Central 0-0 Tintwistle Athletic (Manchester Central won 2-1 on penalties)
Open Trophy
Group Stage
Group A
Spri
Stoc
Wals
Wilm
Wyth
Springhead res
4-3
Stockport Georgians res
2-1
1-1
Walshaw Sports res
3-4
1-4
Wilmslow Albion res
3-3
0-1
2-7
Wythenshawe Amateurs res
7-4
7-1
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Wythenshawe Amats res 4 4 0 0 25 8 12
2 Springhead reserves 4 2 0 2 13 15 6
3 Stockport Georg. res 4 1 2 1 7 12 5
4 Walshaw Sports res 4 1 1 2 6 9 4
5 Wilsmlow Albion res 4 0 1 3 8 15 1
Royton Town res played 1 game (0-5 v Wilmslow) before withdrawing
Group B
Athe
Avro
Duki
Hind
Manc
Roch
Atherton Town res
1-2
2-0
Avro reserves
1-0
2-0
Dukinfield Town res
L-W
1-2
1-10
Hindsford res
1-0
2-1
2-4
Manchester Gregorians res
1-0
1-2
Rochdale Sacred Heart res
4-4
2-3
5-2
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Avro reserves 5 5 0 0 8 3 15
2 Rochdale SH reserves 5 3 1 1 25 11 10
3 Hindsford reserves 5 3 0 2 7 7 9
4 Man. Gregorians res 5 2 0 3 6 10 6
5 Atherton Town res 5 1 1 3 7 8 4
6 Dukinfield Town res 5 0 0 5 2 16 0
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Uppermill reserves 4 3 1 0 13 4 10
2 E Manchester Academy 4 2 2 0 15 6 8
3 Atherton Town "A" 4 1 1 2 7 10 4
4 Altrincham Hale res 4 1 0 3 5 18 3
5 Pennington reserves 4 0 2 2 9 11 2
Group B
Brei
Gova
Holl
Leig
Roch
Breightmet United res
0-10
0-3
Govan Athletic res
2-1
1-1
Hollinwood res
4-2
6-5
Leigh Athletic res
5-2
6-0
Rochdale Sacred Heart "A"
5-1
4-5
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Hollinwood reserves 4 3 0 1 22 11 9
2 Leigh Athletic res 4 3 0 1 18 10 9
3 Rochdale Sac Hrt "A" 4 2 0 2 17 12 6
4 Govan Athletic res 4 2 0 2 7 14 6
5 Breightmet United res 4 0 0 4 3 20 0
Group C
Bolt
Elto
Heyw
Irla
OldA
Bolton L & G C res
0-3
2-7
Elton Vale res
3-2
7-0
Heywood St James res
5-4
1-7
Irlam Steel res
3-2
0-3
Old Altrinchamians res
3-1
1-1
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Elton Vale reserves 4 4 0 0 20 3 12
2 Old Altrincham. res 4 2 1 1 7 9 7
3 Irlam Steel reserves 4 2 0 2 12 10 6
4 Heywood St James res 4 1 1 2 9 15 4
5 Bolton L & G C res 4 0 0 4 7 18 0
Group D
AFC
Bolt
Boot
Chad
Tint
AFC Monton res
1-3
5-1
Bolton County reserves
4-2
0-2
Boothstown res
3-3
1-5
Chadderton EDS
4-2
13-0
Tintwistle Athletic res
1-2
1-1
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Chadderton EDS 4 3 1 0 21 4 10
2 Bolton County res 4 2 0 2 11 9 6
3 AFC Monton reserves 4 1 1 2 11 11 4
4 Tintwistle Ath res 4 1 1 2 5 8 4
5 Boothstown 4 1 1 2 6 22 4
Quarter Finals
Leigh Athletic reserves 3-0 Old Altrinchamians reserves
Chadderton EDS 5-2 East Manchester Academy
Uppermill reserves 3-3 Hollinwood reserves (Uppermill reserves won 4-3 on penalties)
Bolton County reserves 1-2 Elton Vale reserves
Semi-Finals
Leigh Athletic reserves 4-4 Chadderton EDS (Leigh Athletic reserves won 3-2 on penalties)
Uppermill reserves 3-1 Elton Vale reserves
Final (@ Trafford, Postponed 8/5/18)
Leigh Athletic reserves v Uppermill reserves. Not played, competition declared null and void.
