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Into the Archives!
GREAT HARWOOD TOWN RESULTS 1985-86
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Pre-season friendlies: |
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A |
Padiham |
D |
1-1 |
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Scorer unknown |
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A |
Whitworth Valley |
W |
1-0 |
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Greenhalgh |
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A |
G.E.C. |
W |
2-1 |
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Lally Moran |
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| AUG |
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| Sat 10th |
A |
Ellesmere Port & Neston |
D |
0-0 |
| Wed 14th |
H |
LANCASTER CITY |
W |
3-1 |
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Lally 2 Ashcroft |
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| Sat 17th |
A |
CHADDERTON |
L |
1-2 |
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Lally |
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| Tues 20th |
A |
Colne |
D |
0-0 |
| Mon 26th |
A |
Lancaster City |
D |
0-0 |
| Sat 31st |
H |
WREN ROVERS |
W |
2-1 |
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Foy Walker |
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| SEPT. |
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| Wed 4th |
H |
COLNE DYNAMOES |
D |
0-0 |
| Sat 7th |
A |
Kirkby Town |
L |
0-2 |
| Sat 14th |
A |
Ashton Athletic (League Cup 2nd Round) |
D |
0-0 |
| Wed 18th |
H |
ASHTON ATHLETIC (Lg. Cup 2nd R. Rep) |
W |
4-3aet |
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Allen 2 Martin (pen) Walker |
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| Sat 21st |
A |
Salford |
W |
3-1 |
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Brown Martin (pen) Own Goal |
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| Sat 28th |
H |
FORD MOTORS |
D |
0-0 |
| OCT |
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| Sat 5th |
H |
ATHERTON LABURNUM ROVERS |
W |
3-0 |
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Allen Bennett Geldard |
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| Sat 12th |
A |
Nantwich Town |
D |
0-0 |
| Sat 19th |
H |
COLWYN BAY |
D |
3-3 |
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Allen 2 Geldard |
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| Sat 26th |
A |
Darwen |
W |
1-0 |
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Geldard (pen) |
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| NOV |
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| Sat 2nd |
H |
DROYLSDEN |
W |
3-0 |
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Allen 2 Benko |
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| Wed 6th |
A |
Fleetwood Town (Lancs. Floodlit Cup) |
L |
2-5 |
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Allen 2 |
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| Sat 9th |
A |
Warrington Town |
D |
1-1 |
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McCrae |
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| Wed 20th |
H |
BOOTLE (League Cup 3rd Round) |
W |
2-0 |
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Bennett McCrae |
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| Sat 23rd |
H |
ASHTON UNITED |
W |
2-1 |
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Blackburn Martin (pen) |
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| Sat 30th |
A |
Droylsden |
L |
0-6 |
| DEC |
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| Mon 9th |
A |
Lancaster City (Lancs. Floodlit Cup) |
L |
0-3 |
| Sat 14th |
A |
Wren Rovers |
D |
1-1 |
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Goldsborough |
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| Thur 26th |
A |
Rossendale United |
L |
1-3 |
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Geldard |
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| JAN |
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| Sat 11th |
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Atherton Laburnum Rovers |
L |
0-3 |
| Tues 14th |
H |
CHORLEY (Lancs. Floodlit Cup) |
L |
2-4 |
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Bennett Geldard |
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| FEB |
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| Tues 4th |
A |
Chorley |
W |
4-2 |
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Bennett Blackburn Jones McCrae |
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| Sat 8th |
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Colwyn Bay |
W |
1-0 |
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McCrae |
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| MARCH |
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| Wed 5th |
H |
KIRKBY TOWN (League Cup 4th Round) |
L |
0-2 |
| Sat 8th |
H |
SALFORD |
L |
0-2 |
| Wed 12th |
H |
LANCASTER CITY |
W |
2-0 |
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Bennett Goldsborough |
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| Sat 15th |
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Ford Motors |
W |
1-0 |
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Goldsborough |
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| Wed 19th |
H |
FLEETWOOD TOWN |
L |
1-2 |
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Bennett |
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| Sat 22nd |
H |
SKELMERSDALE UNITED |
W |
2-0 |
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Bennett Goldsborough |
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| APRIL |
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| Sat 5th |
A |
Chadderton |
D |
1-1 |
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Bennett |
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| Sat 12th |
H |
NANTWICH TOWN |
W |
3-0 |
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Bennett 2 Goldsborough |
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| Sat 19th |
A |
Ashton United |
L |
1-2 |
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Bennett |
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| Tues 22nd |
H |
DARWEN |
W |
3-2 |
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Geldard 2 Martin |
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| Sat 26th |
A |
Skelmersdale United |
L |
0-1 |
| Wed 30th |
H |
ROSSENDALE UNITED |
L |
0-7 |
| MAY |
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| Sat 5th |
H |
ELLESMERE PORT & NESTON |
W |
1-0 |
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Jones |
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| Sat 12th |
H |
WARRINGTON TOWN |
L |
0-2 |
| Tues 15th |
H |
KIRKBY TOWN |
L |
1-3 |
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Bennett |
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The Robins finished the season in 8th place form 18 teams in the North West Counties 2nd Division, which considering the lack of fire-power-just 38 goals in 34 games, was quite an achievement.
Some of the highlights were reserved for the final game against Kirkby when Eric Geldard was sent off for swearing and throwing mud at a lineman! The same game was held up when sheep invaded the pitch, and
before the game Kirkby were presented with the League Champions Trophy.
It was Malcolm Darling’s first, and only, season as Harwood’s manager as he quit a month after the final game.
Chairman Tom Edwardson left England to set up home in Spain, leaving the club’s future once again in jeopardy. He’d rescued the club two years earlier as they looked set to drop into ‘junior football’.
Great Harwood Town Reserves won the Division Two title in their first season under the manager ship of Joe Kocsis.
| GOALSCORERS |
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LEAGUE |
CUP |
TOTAL |
| BENNETT |
7 |
5 |
12 |
| ALLEN |
5 |
4 |
9 |
| GELDARD |
6 |
1 |
7 |
| GOLDSBOROUGH |
4 |
1 |
5 |
| LALLY |
3 |
1 |
4 |
| MARTIN |
3 |
1 |
4 |
| McCRAE |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| BLACKBURN |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| JONES |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| WALKER |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| ASHCROFT |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| BENKO |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| BROWN |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| FOY |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| GREENHALGH |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| MORAN |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| OWN GOALS |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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1984 Reports
