This team picture was taken on January 25th and J. Barnes & W. Mellor were making very rare 1st team appearances that afternoon.
RESULTS
This season was the very first that Witton Albion had been entered into the F.A. Challenge Cup
Match Date | Opponents | F-A | GOAL | SCORERS | |
7-Sep-1907 | NEWTON HEATH ATHLETIC | 1-0 | PYE | ||
14-Sep-1907 | Denton | 0-1 | |||
21-Sep-1907 | Welshpool (FAC Pr.) | 3-1 | THOMAS | MASON | BOOTH |
28-Sep-1907 | MACCLESFIELD | 0-0 | |||
5-Oct-1907 | WHITCHURCH ALEXANDRA (FAC 1q.) | 2-0 | BOOTH | BARTON | |
12-Oct-1907 | Salford United | 2-2 | RANDLES | ROSE -p. | |
19-Oct-1907 | TRANMERE ROVERS (FAC 2q.) | 4-1 | THOMAS -3 | HILDITCH | |
26-Oct-1907 | Eccles Borough | 2-2 | BRITTLETON -2 | ||
2-Nov-1907 | Oswestry United (FAC 3q.) | 1-8 | BARTON | ||
9-Nov-1907 | BERRY'S | 4-3 | BARTON -2 | MELLOR | CLIFF |
16-Nov-1907 | ECCLES BOROUGH | 3-0 | MASON | HITCHENSON | BARTON |
23-Nov-1907 | Stretford | 3-1 | BARTON | BRITTLETON | MASON |
7-Dec-1907 | Buxton | 2-3 | BARTON -2 | ||
14-Dec-1907 | DENTON | 1-2 | THOMAS | ||
21-Dec-1907 | Sale Holmfield | 2-5 | BRITTLETON | ROSE -p. | |
25-Dec-1907 | Northwich Victoria | 2-0 | HITCHEN -2 | ||
26-Dec-1907 | RAMSBOTTOM | 2-1 | BARTON -2 | ||
28-Dec-1907 | SALFORD UNITED | 0-0 | |||
1-Jan-1908 | Altrincham | 2-3 | HEWITT T | HEWITT A -p. | |
4-Jan-1908 | CREWE ALEXANDRA (CSC 3) | 2-3 | BARTON | HEWITT T. | |
11-Jan-1908 | BUXTON | 0-0 | |||
18-Jan-1908 | Newton Heath Athletic | 2-3 | THOMAS | RANDLES | |
25-Jan-1908 | STRETFORD | 0-4 | |||
8-Feb-1908 | Rochdale | 0-3 | |||
15-Feb-1908 | TONGE | 3-1 | BARTON -2 | THOMPSON | |
22-Feb-1908 | Berrys | 2-2 | BARTON | THOMPSON | |
29-Feb-1908 | HOOLEY HILL | 6-1 | BARTON -3 | JOHNSON | THOMAS |
THOMPSON | |||||
7-Mar-1908 | Hooley Hill | 2-7 | THOMAS | HEWITT A -p. | |
14-Mar-1908 | Tonge | 4-2 | BARTON -2 | THOMAS | ROSE -p. |
21-Mar-1908 | SALE HOLMFIELD | 1-0 | BARTON | ||
28-Mar-1908 | Macclesfield | 2-2 | THOMPSON | BARTON | |
4-Apr-1908 | ALTRINCHAM | 3-1 | BARTON | QUINN | PYE |
17-Apr-1908 | NORTHWICH VICTORIA | 0-0 | |||
18-Apr-1908 | ROCHDALE | 1-0 | THOMAS | ||
20-Apr-1908 | Ramsbottom | 0-5 |
Heywood United and Pendlebury became the latest Manchester League clubs to move to the Lancashire Combination. Neither team had fared especially well and this, along with ‘previous switchers of competition’ also not having excelled in the Manchester League, that the ‘stronger’ Lancashire Combination was, in fact, not vastly superior, as has been claimed. Eccles Borough, Ramsbottom and Rochdale were all admitted to the Manchester League.
THE MANCHESTER LEAGUE TABLE
Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Average | Points |
1 | Denton | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 108 | 48 | 2.25 | 47 |
2 | Northwich Victoria | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 53 | 1.42 | 40 |
3 | Eccles Borough | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 44 | 1.34 | 39 |
4 | Macclesfield | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 63 | 39 | 1.62 | 37 |
5 | Tonge | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 67 | 46 | 1.46 | 36 |
6 | Altrincham | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 53 | 1.19 | 32 |
7 | WITTON ALBION | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 54 | 0.96 | 32 |
8 | Sale Holmfield | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 70 | 53 | 1.32 | 31 |
9 | Ramsbottom | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 68 | 0.90 | 28 |
10 | Rochdale | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 63 | 0.78 | 28 |
11 | Buxton | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 52 | 0.67 | 27 |
12 | Hooley Hill | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 59 | 0.95 | 25 |
13 | Salford United | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 68 | 0.72 | 23 |
14 | Berry's Association | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 66 | 0.70 | 23 |
15 | Stretford | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 75 | 0.57 | 20 |
16 | Newton Heath Athletic | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 88 | 0.38 | 12 |
All the clubs which started the season also finished it. There was no repeat of the tight finish of the previous season at the top and matters were pretty clear-cut at the foot of the table also.