GB0129U163

Salford City Archive Service

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U163 Records of and Athletic Football Club, /T$52/ - 1977, n.d. Deposited? D.L.W. Foster, Esq., 5 Enticott Road, Cadishead, Irlam, , MJO 5Hw*, Manager of the Club, July, 1981 (indefinite loan), Catalogueds A.N. Cross, July, 1981. Locations Archives Centre, 658/662 Liverpool Road, Irlam, Manchester, M30 5AD.

The following information has been supplied by Mr. D.L.W. Foster. The team began with twelve players who lived locally or had been to local schools and who played as Glazebrook Rovers Football Club in the Unaston League from 1952 to 1956. From 1952 to 1955 they were champions of this League. They used Cadishead Park. In 1956 they transferred to and District Football League. The team had been trying to obtain their own pitch and this was achieved when they were asked to join Irian and Cadishead Youth Club. They became the football section of the Club and played from i960 under the name Irlam and Cadishead Youth Club, from i960 to 1963 as an under-eighteen team and from 1563 as an "open age" team. At the end of the 1972-73 season they had to leave the Youth Club because of restrictions as to age. They played under the name "Irlam Ship Hotel" from 1973 to 1975 and under the name "Irlam and Cadishead Athletic" from 1975 to 1977 when the team ceased to continue.

Details of the team and its performances can be found in the following registers, esp, on their opening pages. Accounts of the team also appeared in issues of the Cadishead and Irlam Guardians photocopies of some of these accounts have been sent to Irlam District Library for inclusion in its Local History Collection. They also describe the work for the Club of Mr, Foster who acted as manager, secretary and treasurer.

REGISTRATION U163/R1 "Glazebrook Rovers F.C.", register of players /J952/-59, listing names, addresses and details of matches,1956-59,1966-70, at end,analysis of number^of appaarancoo by playere, n.d. 1956-59, and list of "Club Gear", n.d.5 at front notes on performances by the team during the years 1952-59 (1 vol. enclosing loose lists of members (with some notes of payment of subscriptions) for years 1966-67, 1968-70, n.d., and printed list of "Final League positions (1969-70)", incl. Irlam and Cadishead Y.C.) UNOFFICIAL COLLECTIONS

REGIbTFulTION ( con td.) U163/R2 Irlam and Cadishead Youth Club (football section), 1961-62 register of players listing names, addresses and details of matches (1 exercise book)

/R3 do., register of players, giving information as 1962-67, above, 1962-67 (1 vol. enclosing 3 loose sheets n.d. with analysis of appearances and results for the years 1965-64 (and list of members on a photograph), with lis t of number of appearances by players, n.d., and with list of members for year 1964-65)

/h4 do., register of players giving information as 1966-70 above, 1966-70 (1 vol. enclosing 4 loose sheets with analysis of performances by members for years 1967-70)

/R5 Register of players, giving information as above, 1970-77 1970-77, with at end notes on performances, 1973-74? scorers and injuries, 1974-77* and bookings, 1974-76 (1 vol. enclosings lis t of members for years 1974-75, 1977-78; analysis of performances, 1970-73) For name of the Club during these years see introduction to this catalogue.

/ii6 "Club register" written on paper with printed 1976-77 letterheading of the Warrington and District Football League, giving names, addresses and notes of appearances during the years 1976-77 (2 docs.)

/R7 Printed "Final League Tables", giving details of 1967-75 divisions and places in tables of Clubs in the Harrington and District Football League^ for the years 1966-75 removed from publications (1 bdle.)