Liverpool County Football Combination Explained

The Liverpool County Football Combination was a football league based in Merseyside, England. It was founded in 1908 and had its first season in 1909–10. A second division was quickly formed, and the league ran with two divisions for the majority of its existence.

The league had a knockout competition, the George Mahon Cup,[1] for the entire duration of its existence.

The league's last season was 2005–06, when the league champions were Speke. At the conclusion of the 2005–06 season, the league merged with the I Zingari League to form a new competition – the Liverpool County Premier League, which took the County Combination's former place at step 7 (or level 11) of the English football league system and as a feeder to the North West Counties Football League First Division. The George Mahon Cup is still contested by teams in the new league.[2]

Season summary

SeasonDivision 1 ChampionsDivision 1 Runners-UpDivision 2 ChampionsDivision 2 Runners-Up
1909-10[3] Garston Gasworks Prescot Wireworks
1910-11 Prescot WireworksBanks RoadWidnes County Reserves
1911-12 Garston North EndL & N.W.R. PerwayPrescot Swifts
1912-13 Garston GasworksPrescot Wireworks
1913-14 Wallasey Borough
1914-15 Burscough Rangers[4] St Helens Town
1915-16 Competition suspended - World War One
1916-17 Competition suspended - World War One
1917-18 Competition suspended - World War One
1918-19 Competition suspended - World War One
1919-20 Competition suspended - World War One
1920-21 Frodsham Athletic
1921-22 Burscough RangersFrodsham
1922-23 New Brighton ReservesWigan Borough Reserves
1923-24 New Brighton ReservesOrmskirk
1924-25 Port Sunlight AthleticEverton 'A'
1925-26 Burscough RangersWhiston Parish Church
1926-27 Burscough RangersNew Brighton Reserves
1927-28 MarineWhiston
1928-29 WhistonMarine
1929-30 Liverpool 'A'Bootle Celtic
1930-31 MarineEverton 'A'
1931-32 Everton 'A'Whiston
1932-33 WhistonEverton 'A'
1933-34 MarineEverton 'A'
1934-35 MarineEverton 'A'
1935-36 Everton 'A'
1936-37 Everton 'A'Earlestown Bohemians
1937-38 Everton 'A'Hoylake Athletic
1938-39 Everton 'A'
1939-40 Competition suspended - World War Two
1940-41 Competition suspended - World War Two
1941-42 Competition suspended - World War Two
1942-43 Competition suspended - World War Two
1943-44 Competition suspended - World War Two
1944-45 Competition suspended - World War Two
1945-46 MarineMarlboroughSkelmersdale United Reserves
1946-47 Liverpool 'A'Castner KellnerNapiers
1947-48 Earlestown F.C.FormbyEverton 'B'Ellesmere Port Town Reserves
1948-49 FormbyEverton 'A'Everton 'B'Runcorn Athletic
1949-50 BurscoughSkelmersdale United Reserves Burscough Reserves
1950-51[5] Everton 'A'Everton 'B'Earlestown Reserves
1951-52 FormbyFleetwood HeskethEverton 'B'
1952-53Everton 'A'FormbyEverton 'B'Brenka
1953-54Everton 'A'Burscough ReservesLiverpool 'B'
1954-55Everton 'A'Liverpool 'A'Aintree S.S.Everton 'B'
1955-56Liverpool 'A'Marine Reserves
1956-57Unit ConstructionSouth Liverpool Reserves
1957-58Dunlop (Speke)Marine Reserves
1958-59Guinness ExportsBurscough Reserves
1959-60Guinness ExportsUnit Construction
1960-61Rylans RecreationGuinness Exports
1961-62Guinness ExportsLangtonGuinness Exports ReservesWaterloo Ramblers
1962-63Guinness ExportsLangtonGuinness Exports ReservesUnit Construction Reserves
1963-64Guinness ExportsUnit ConstructionGuinness Exports ReservesLiverpool Transport
1964-65LangtonFormbyDunlop (Speke) ReservesLucas Sports
1965-66Lucas SportsMaghull
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69LangtonGuinness Exports Reserves
1969-70LangtonLucas Sports
1970-71LangtonLucas Sports
1971-72LangtonDunlop (Speke)
1972-73Langton
1973-74BootleLucas Sports
1974-75Ainsdale
1975-76[6] Aintree S.S.
1976-77Aintree S.S.
1977-78Prescot B.I.
1978-79
1979-80[7] St Dominics Garswood United
1980-81[8] St Dominics
1981-82[9] St DominicsEarle
1982-83[10] St Dominics Earle
1983-84[11] BRNESCSt Dominics LMTLittlewoods Ath
1984-85[12] BRNESCSpeke B C O BKirkby Town Reserves
1985-86[13] St DominicsWaterloo DockAvon AthleticEvans
1986-87BRNESC
1987-88[14] Uniasco StantondaleDerry
1988-89[15] St DominicsBootle ReservesFord Motors
1989-90Waterloo DockSt Dominics
1990-91StantondaleSt Dominics
1991-92Yorkshire Copper TubeSt Dominics
1992-93St DominicsLucas Sports
1993-94St DominicsLucas Sports
1994-95St DominicsWaterloo Dock
1995-96Stockbridge Waterloo Dock
1996-97Waterloo DockStockbridge
1997-98St DominicsCrawford United Biscuits
1998-99St DominicsManweb
1999-2000Waterloo DockYorkshire Copper Tube
2000-01Yorkshire Copper TubeWaterloo Dock
2001-02St. AloysiusSpeke
2002-03SpekeWaterloo Dock
2003-04Waterloo DockSpeke
2004-05Waterloo DockSt Dominics
2005-06Speke Waterloo Dock

Notes and References

  1. News: And If You Know Your History . Toffee Web . 16 December 2008 . 6 November 2010 . 9 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110109005945/http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/09-10/comment/fan/10231.html . dead .
  2. News: George Mahon Cup Final at Goodison Park . Liverpool Echo . 22 May 2010 . 6 November 2010.
  3. Web site: Liverpool County Combination Tables 1909-1959. https://archive.today/20130222004237/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs_2_N2/LivCo09.htm. dead. 22 February 2013. NonLeagueMatters.net. 16 May 2012.
  4. Season abandoned in November 1914 upon the outbreak of World War One
  5. Web site: Liverpool County Combination Tables 1950-1975. https://archive.today/20130222145002/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs_2_N2/LivCo50.htm. dead. 22 February 2013. NonLeagueMatters.net. 17 May 2012.
  6. Web site: Liverpool County Combination Tables 1975-2006. NonLeagueMatters.net. 17 May 2012. https://archive.today/20130222002625/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs_2_N2/LivCo75.htm. 22 February 2013. dead.
  7. Web site: Non League Tables for 1979-1980. NonLeagueMatters.co.uk. 16 May 2012.
  8. Web site: Non League Tables for 1980-1981. NonLeagueMatters.co.uk. 16 May 2012.
  9. Web site: Non League Tables for 1981-1982. NonLeagueMatters.co.uk. 16 May 2012.
  10. Web site: Non League Tables for 1982-1983. NonLeagueMatters.co.uk. 16 May 2012.
  11. Web site: Non League Tables for 1983-1984. NonLeagueMatters.co.uk. 16 May 2012.
  12. Web site: Non League Tables for 1984-1985. NonLeagueMatters.co.uk. 16 May 2012.
  13. Web site: Non League Tables for 1985-1986. NonLeagueMatters.co.uk. 16 May 2012.
  14. Web site: Non League Tables for 1987-1988. NonLeagueMatters.co.uk. 16 May 2012.
  15. Web site: Non League Tables for 1988-1989. NonLeagueMatters.co.uk. 16 May 2012.