The Third Season
Wigan Borough lost the services of their manager in July 1923 when Herbert Bamlett was named as the new manager of Middlesbrough following the sacking of former incumbent Jimmy Howie. The club acted as quickly as possible and appointed former Woolwich Arsenal player Charles Bell to take over the running of the club after leaving his position as first team coach of Notts County. There had been over a hundred applicants for the vacancy.
The annual general meeting had seen John Heaton jnr. re-elected as club chairman whilst Alec Young retained his presidency and Tom Culshaw became vice chairman and Tom Heaton came onto the board. Messrs George Henry Moore, Richard Walsh, John Sidney Young and H Ivers resigned their positions and wished not to be relected. A Mr H Greenough had agreed to join the board but had since changed his mind. In May 1923 Councillor Alfred Clarke resigned from the board due to ill health and his place was taken by Councillor Alfred Peacock, despite the fact he had been unsuccessful a few months earlier.
The annual general meeting had seen John Heaton jnr. re-elected as club chairman whilst Alec Young retained his presidency and Tom Culshaw became vice chairman and Tom Heaton came onto the board. Messrs George Henry Moore, Richard Walsh, John Sidney Young and H Ivers resigned their positions and wished not to be relected. A Mr H Greenough had agreed to join the board but had since changed his mind. In May 1923 Councillor Alfred Clarke resigned from the board due to ill health and his place was taken by Councillor Alfred Peacock, despite the fact he had been unsuccessful a few months earlier.
Shortly after the previous campaign the Supporters Club financed the draining of the playing surface. The work involved the laying of 8,000 tiles in a 'scientific manner' in trenches that were four yards apart. This work was extremely urgent as the previous winter had seen horrendous weather conditions ruin the pitch. Volunteers had also spruced the ground up to a very good standard for which the chairman, John Heaton jnr. thanked them profusely.
Prior to Mr Bamlett's decision to take on the Middlesbrough manager vacancy he had worked hard with regards to incoming players. His biggest coup was the signing of Len Armitage from Leeds United and he also secured the signatures of John Boylan and Bill Morton from Lincoln City. Players from the previous campaign that he had not retained included Harry Dennison who had signed for Stalybridge Celtic, Tom MacIntrye who had signed for Chesterfield, whilst Ernie Kidd moved on to Ashington.
This is how the season panned out...
25/08/23 ------Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Wigan Borough - 9,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, Findlay, Jones, Glover, Armitage (debut), Spencer, Stevenson
Just prior to this game manager Mr Charles Bell appointed the club secretary Mr Garfield Wallace, to be his managerial/secretarial assistant.
27/08/23 ------Wigan Borough 3-0 Rochdale - (Armitage 2, Glover) - 13,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, Findlay, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton (debut), Stevenson
01/09/23 ------Wigan Borough 1-0 Doncaster Rovers - (Armitage) - 10,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, Findlay, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Stevenson
03/09/23 ------Rochdale 1-0 Wigan Borough - 7,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Pendleton (debut), Harrison, Findlay, Jones, Glover, Williams, Morton Rae (debut)
08/09/23 ------Wigan Borough 1-1 Ashington - (Jones) - 11,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Findlay, Harrison, McRae (debut), Jones, Glover, Williams, Morton, Rae
12/09/23------ Wigan Borough 0-0 Rochdale (Lancashire Senior Cup, first round) - 6,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Leigh, Harrison, McRae, Jones, Glover, Morton, Milne, Rae
15/09/23 ------Ashington 3-0 Wigan Borough - 6,000
Hunter, Fare, Currie, Leigh (debut), Harrison, McRae, Jones, Glover, Kershaw, Morton, Rae
19/09/23 ------Wrexham 0-0 Wigan Borough - 6,300
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Fare, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
22/09/23 ------Wigan Borough 4-1 Hartlepools United - (Armitage, Fare (pen), McRae, Rae) - 8,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Frae, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
29/09/23 ------Hartlepools United 0-0 Wigan Borough - 5,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Fare, McRae, Boylan (debut), Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
2/10/73 ------ Rochdale 1-0 Wigan Borough - (Lancashire Senior Cup, first round replay) - 3,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Fare, Findlay, Mercer, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
06/10/23 ------Wigan Borough 0-1 Durham City - 7,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Fare, Findlay, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
13/10/23 ------Durham City 2-2 Wigan Borough - (Armitage, Glover) - 6,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Findlay, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
20/10/23 ------Wigan Borough 3-0 Crewe Alexandra - (Armitage 2, Glover) - 8,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
27/10/23 ------Crewe Akexandra 0-2 Wigan Borough - (Glover, Morton) - 6,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
03/11/23 ------Wigan Borough 2-0 Accrington Stanley - (Armtage 2) - 8,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
10/11/23 ------Accrington Stanley 2-2 Wigan Borough - (Armitage 2) - 6,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
17/11/23 ------Halifax Town 1-2 Wigan Borough - (Armitage 2) - 3,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Williams, Rae
24/11/23 ------Wigan Borough 0-1 Halifax Town - 9,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
01/12/24 -----Wigan Borough 1-1 Nelson - (FA Cup, fifth qualifying round) - (Glover) - 13,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
04/12/23 -----Nelson 0-1 Wigan Borough - (FA Cup fifth qualifying round replay) - (Armitage) - 4,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Fare, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
08/12/23 ------Wigan Borough 3-1 Wrexham - (McRae, Fare (pen), Armitage) - 8,000
Heyes, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
Goalkeeper Alec Hunter handed Mr Bell a transfer request citing the need to play regular first team football, even if it meant the former Tottenham Hotspur star moving elsewhere.
15/12/23 -----Wigan Borough 0- 6 Northampton Town - (FA Cup, first round) - 18,463
Heyes, Kershaw, Fare, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
22/12/23 ------Wigan Borough 4-0 Grimsby Town - (Glover 2, Armitage, Whitfield) - 2,000
Hunter, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Spencer, Rae
25/12/23 ------Walsall 3-0 Wigan Borough - unknown
Hunter, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Spencer, Rae
26/12/23 ------Wigan Borough 2-1 Walsall - (Armitage 2) - 12,000
Hunter, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Williams, Davis (debut)
29/12/23 ------New Brighton 5-0 Wigan Borough - 7,000
Hunter, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Williams, Davis
05/01/24 ------Wigan Borough 1-0 New Brighton - (Armitage) - unknown
Heyes, Kershaw, Jennings, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Davis
19/01/24 ------Wigan Borough 1-1 Southport - (Davis) - 9,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Fare, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Davis
26/01/24 ------Southport 1-1 Wigan Borough - (Armitage) - 8,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, McRae, McGrahan, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Spencer, Cook (debut)
02/02/24------ Darlington 3-1 Wigan Borough - (Mercer) - 5,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, McRae, McGrahan, Jones, Mercer, Armitage, Spencer, Cook
This was Charlie Bell's last match as the manager of Wigan Borough. Similarly to Mr Bamlett, Charlie was also the club's secretary and Mr Garfield Wallace who was his assistant secretary took temporary charge. He had tendered his resignation a few days after the defeat at Darlington and it was accepted unanimously.
09/02/24 ------Wigan Borough 2-2 Darlington - (Mercer, Glover) - 4,000
Hunter, Kershaw, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Mercer, Armitage, Glover Cook
13/02/24 ------Wigan Borough 2-1 Hurst - (Manchester Senior Cup, first round) - (Spencer, Whitfield) - unknown
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Spencer, Armitage, Glover, Cook
Caretaker manager Garfield Wallace snapped up local left back AR Hilton following this game.
16/02/24 ------Wigan Borough 4-0 Barrow - (Glover 2, Fare (pen), Armitage) - 5,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Spencer, Armitage, Glover, Morton
23/02/24 ------Barrow 2-1 Wigan Borough
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McGrahan, Jones, Spencer, Armitage, Glover, Kettle
01/03/24----- Lincoln City 1-1 Wigan Borough - (Spencer) - unknown
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McGrahan, Jones, Pendleton, Armitage, Glover, Kettle
08/03/24 ------Wigan Borough 0-0 Lincoln City - 5,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McGrahan, Jones, Pendleton, Armitage, Glover, Kettle
15/03/24 -----Wigan Borough 1-2 Tranmere Rovers - (Smith) - 7,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McGrahan, Jones, Pendleton, Glover, Smith, Kettle
18/03/24 ------ Bury 1-1 Wigan Borough - (Manchester Senior Cup, second round) - (Glover) - 3,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Pendleton, Glover, Spencer, Kettle
22/03/24------Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Wigan Borough - 5,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McGrahan, Jones, Pendleton, Glover, Smith, Kettle
27/03/24 ------Grimsby Town 1-1 Wigan Borough - (McRae) - unknown
Heyes, Fare, Currie, Jennings, Whitfield, Welsby (debut), Jones, Glover, Smith, McRae, Kettle
29/03/24 ------Wigan Borough 0-1 Bradford Park Avenue - 8,000
Heyes, Fare, Currie, Jennings, Whitfield, Welsby, Jones, Glover, Ormston (debut), McRae, Kettle
02/04/24 ------Wigan Borough 2-1 - (Manchester Senior Cup, second round replay) - (McRae, Glover) - 3,000
Heyes, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, McRae, McGrahan, Jones, Smith, Glover, Kettle, Davis
05/04/24 ------Bradford Park Avenue 4-0 Wigan Borough - 8,000
Heyes, Fare, Currie, Jennings, McRae, McGrahan, Jones, Glover, Ormston, Kettle Davis
12/04/24 ------Wigan Borough 3-1 Chesterfield - (Ormston 2, Kettle) - 5,000
Heyes, Fare, Currie, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Ormston, Kettle Davis
19/04/24 -----Chesterfield 1-0 Wigan Borough - unknown
Heyes, Fare, Currie, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Ormston, Kettle Davis
21/04/24------Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-3 Wigan Borough - (Kettle 2, Mercer) - 21,426
Heyes, Fare, Currie, McGrahan, Whitfield, Welsby, Jones, Mercer, Glover, Kettle, McRae
22/04/24 ------Wigan Borough 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers - (McRae) - 12,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, Welsby, Jones, Mercer, Glover, Kettle, McRae
26/04/24 ------Wigan Borough 3-1 Rotherham County - (Fare (pen), Findlay, McRae) - unknown
Heyes, Fare, Ward, Pendleton, Whitfield, Welsby, Jones, Mercer, Ormston, Findlay, McRae
28/04/24 ------Manchester City 1-0 Wigan Borough - (Manchester Senior Cup, SEMI FINAL) - 6,568
Heyes, Fare, Ward, Findlay, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Mercer, Ormston, Glover, Davis
03/05/24 ------Rotherham County 4-0 Wigan Borough - 5,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, Jones, McRae,Mercer, Ormston. Glover, Welsby
1923/24 – 42 14 14 14 55 53 42 10th
The Reserve team had been accepted into the Lancashire Combination at the start of the season following a two season stint in the Liverpool Combination. The league consisted of twenty teams and Wigan Borough finished their debut campaign in a creditable 9th position.
1923/24 -- 38 16 9 13 76 54 41 9th
The players to feature throughout the season were ...
Len Armitage, John Boylen, Charlie Cook, Sam Currie, Tommy Davis, Harry Fare, Andrew Findlay, Billy Glover, Albert Harrison, Edward Heyes, Alec Hunter. Jack Jennings, George Jones, Jack Kerhaw, Billy Kettle, Charles Leigh, Jimmy McRae, James McGrahan, Arthur Mercer, Bill Morton, Arthur Ormston, Jack Pendleton, George Rae, Andy Smith, Henry Spencer, Arthur Stevenson, Fred Ward, Arthur Welsby, Frank Whitfiled, Archie Williams
Known amateur and reserves players were...
R Higson, A L Davies, goalkeepers, H Balfour, R Harrison, W Corwood, J Yates, J W Brown, J Wareing, Graham Smith, SE Joyce, S Green and Billy Dickinson.
More information on these players can be found in the 'Players A to Z' section/s of this site. Photographs can be found in the 'Historical Photographs' section ...
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Prior to Mr Bamlett's decision to take on the Middlesbrough manager vacancy he had worked hard with regards to incoming players. His biggest coup was the signing of Len Armitage from Leeds United and he also secured the signatures of John Boylan and Bill Morton from Lincoln City. Players from the previous campaign that he had not retained included Harry Dennison who had signed for Stalybridge Celtic, Tom MacIntrye who had signed for Chesterfield, whilst Ernie Kidd moved on to Ashington.
This is how the season panned out...
25/08/23 ------Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Wigan Borough - 9,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, Findlay, Jones, Glover, Armitage (debut), Spencer, Stevenson
Just prior to this game manager Mr Charles Bell appointed the club secretary Mr Garfield Wallace, to be his managerial/secretarial assistant.
27/08/23 ------Wigan Borough 3-0 Rochdale - (Armitage 2, Glover) - 13,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, Findlay, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton (debut), Stevenson
01/09/23 ------Wigan Borough 1-0 Doncaster Rovers - (Armitage) - 10,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, Findlay, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Stevenson
03/09/23 ------Rochdale 1-0 Wigan Borough - 7,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Pendleton (debut), Harrison, Findlay, Jones, Glover, Williams, Morton Rae (debut)
08/09/23 ------Wigan Borough 1-1 Ashington - (Jones) - 11,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Findlay, Harrison, McRae (debut), Jones, Glover, Williams, Morton, Rae
12/09/23------ Wigan Borough 0-0 Rochdale (Lancashire Senior Cup, first round) - 6,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Leigh, Harrison, McRae, Jones, Glover, Morton, Milne, Rae
15/09/23 ------Ashington 3-0 Wigan Borough - 6,000
Hunter, Fare, Currie, Leigh (debut), Harrison, McRae, Jones, Glover, Kershaw, Morton, Rae
19/09/23 ------Wrexham 0-0 Wigan Borough - 6,300
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Fare, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
22/09/23 ------Wigan Borough 4-1 Hartlepools United - (Armitage, Fare (pen), McRae, Rae) - 8,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Frae, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
29/09/23 ------Hartlepools United 0-0 Wigan Borough - 5,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Fare, McRae, Boylan (debut), Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
2/10/73 ------ Rochdale 1-0 Wigan Borough - (Lancashire Senior Cup, first round replay) - 3,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Fare, Findlay, Mercer, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
06/10/23 ------Wigan Borough 0-1 Durham City - 7,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Fare, Findlay, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
13/10/23 ------Durham City 2-2 Wigan Borough - (Armitage, Glover) - 6,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Findlay, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
20/10/23 ------Wigan Borough 3-0 Crewe Alexandra - (Armitage 2, Glover) - 8,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Stevenson
27/10/23 ------Crewe Akexandra 0-2 Wigan Borough - (Glover, Morton) - 6,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
03/11/23 ------Wigan Borough 2-0 Accrington Stanley - (Armtage 2) - 8,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
10/11/23 ------Accrington Stanley 2-2 Wigan Borough - (Armitage 2) - 6,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
17/11/23 ------Halifax Town 1-2 Wigan Borough - (Armitage 2) - 3,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Williams, Rae
24/11/23 ------Wigan Borough 0-1 Halifax Town - 9,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
01/12/24 -----Wigan Borough 1-1 Nelson - (FA Cup, fifth qualifying round) - (Glover) - 13,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
04/12/23 -----Nelson 0-1 Wigan Borough - (FA Cup fifth qualifying round replay) - (Armitage) - 4,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Fare, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
08/12/23 ------Wigan Borough 3-1 Wrexham - (McRae, Fare (pen), Armitage) - 8,000
Heyes, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
Goalkeeper Alec Hunter handed Mr Bell a transfer request citing the need to play regular first team football, even if it meant the former Tottenham Hotspur star moving elsewhere.
15/12/23 -----Wigan Borough 0- 6 Northampton Town - (FA Cup, first round) - 18,463
Heyes, Kershaw, Fare, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Morton, Rae
22/12/23 ------Wigan Borough 4-0 Grimsby Town - (Glover 2, Armitage, Whitfield) - 2,000
Hunter, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Spencer, Rae
25/12/23 ------Walsall 3-0 Wigan Borough - unknown
Hunter, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Spencer, Rae
26/12/23 ------Wigan Borough 2-1 Walsall - (Armitage 2) - 12,000
Hunter, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Williams, Davis (debut)
29/12/23 ------New Brighton 5-0 Wigan Borough - 7,000
Hunter, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Williams, Davis
05/01/24 ------Wigan Borough 1-0 New Brighton - (Armitage) - unknown
Heyes, Kershaw, Jennings, Pendleton, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Davis
19/01/24 ------Wigan Borough 1-1 Southport - (Davis) - 9,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Fare, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Rae, Davis
26/01/24 ------Southport 1-1 Wigan Borough - (Armitage) - 8,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, McRae, McGrahan, Jones, Glover, Armitage, Spencer, Cook (debut)
02/02/24------ Darlington 3-1 Wigan Borough - (Mercer) - 5,000
Heyes, Kershaw, Ward, Pendleton, McRae, McGrahan, Jones, Mercer, Armitage, Spencer, Cook
This was Charlie Bell's last match as the manager of Wigan Borough. Similarly to Mr Bamlett, Charlie was also the club's secretary and Mr Garfield Wallace who was his assistant secretary took temporary charge. He had tendered his resignation a few days after the defeat at Darlington and it was accepted unanimously.
09/02/24 ------Wigan Borough 2-2 Darlington - (Mercer, Glover) - 4,000
Hunter, Kershaw, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Mercer, Armitage, Glover Cook
13/02/24 ------Wigan Borough 2-1 Hurst - (Manchester Senior Cup, first round) - (Spencer, Whitfield) - unknown
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Spencer, Armitage, Glover, Cook
Caretaker manager Garfield Wallace snapped up local left back AR Hilton following this game.
16/02/24 ------Wigan Borough 4-0 Barrow - (Glover 2, Fare (pen), Armitage) - 5,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Spencer, Armitage, Glover, Morton
23/02/24 ------Barrow 2-1 Wigan Borough
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McGrahan, Jones, Spencer, Armitage, Glover, Kettle
01/03/24----- Lincoln City 1-1 Wigan Borough - (Spencer) - unknown
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McGrahan, Jones, Pendleton, Armitage, Glover, Kettle
08/03/24 ------Wigan Borough 0-0 Lincoln City - 5,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McGrahan, Jones, Pendleton, Armitage, Glover, Kettle
15/03/24 -----Wigan Borough 1-2 Tranmere Rovers - (Smith) - 7,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McGrahan, Jones, Pendleton, Glover, Smith, Kettle
18/03/24 ------ Bury 1-1 Wigan Borough - (Manchester Senior Cup, second round) - (Glover) - 3,000
Hunter, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Pendleton, Glover, Spencer, Kettle
22/03/24------Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Wigan Borough - 5,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, McGrahan, Jones, Pendleton, Glover, Smith, Kettle
27/03/24 ------Grimsby Town 1-1 Wigan Borough - (McRae) - unknown
Heyes, Fare, Currie, Jennings, Whitfield, Welsby (debut), Jones, Glover, Smith, McRae, Kettle
29/03/24 ------Wigan Borough 0-1 Bradford Park Avenue - 8,000
Heyes, Fare, Currie, Jennings, Whitfield, Welsby, Jones, Glover, Ormston (debut), McRae, Kettle
02/04/24 ------Wigan Borough 2-1 - (Manchester Senior Cup, second round replay) - (McRae, Glover) - 3,000
Heyes, Fare, Currie, Pendleton, McRae, McGrahan, Jones, Smith, Glover, Kettle, Davis
05/04/24 ------Bradford Park Avenue 4-0 Wigan Borough - 8,000
Heyes, Fare, Currie, Jennings, McRae, McGrahan, Jones, Glover, Ormston, Kettle Davis
12/04/24 ------Wigan Borough 3-1 Chesterfield - (Ormston 2, Kettle) - 5,000
Heyes, Fare, Currie, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Ormston, Kettle Davis
19/04/24 -----Chesterfield 1-0 Wigan Borough - unknown
Heyes, Fare, Currie, McGrahan, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Glover, Ormston, Kettle Davis
21/04/24------Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-3 Wigan Borough - (Kettle 2, Mercer) - 21,426
Heyes, Fare, Currie, McGrahan, Whitfield, Welsby, Jones, Mercer, Glover, Kettle, McRae
22/04/24 ------Wigan Borough 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers - (McRae) - 12,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, McGrahan, Whitfield, Welsby, Jones, Mercer, Glover, Kettle, McRae
26/04/24 ------Wigan Borough 3-1 Rotherham County - (Fare (pen), Findlay, McRae) - unknown
Heyes, Fare, Ward, Pendleton, Whitfield, Welsby, Jones, Mercer, Ormston, Findlay, McRae
28/04/24 ------Manchester City 1-0 Wigan Borough - (Manchester Senior Cup, SEMI FINAL) - 6,568
Heyes, Fare, Ward, Findlay, Whitfield, McRae, Jones, Mercer, Ormston, Glover, Davis
03/05/24 ------Rotherham County 4-0 Wigan Borough - 5,000
Heyes, Fare, Ward, Jennings, Whitfield, Jones, McRae,Mercer, Ormston. Glover, Welsby
1923/24 – 42 14 14 14 55 53 42 10th
The Reserve team had been accepted into the Lancashire Combination at the start of the season following a two season stint in the Liverpool Combination. The league consisted of twenty teams and Wigan Borough finished their debut campaign in a creditable 9th position.
1923/24 -- 38 16 9 13 76 54 41 9th
The players to feature throughout the season were ...
Len Armitage, John Boylen, Charlie Cook, Sam Currie, Tommy Davis, Harry Fare, Andrew Findlay, Billy Glover, Albert Harrison, Edward Heyes, Alec Hunter. Jack Jennings, George Jones, Jack Kerhaw, Billy Kettle, Charles Leigh, Jimmy McRae, James McGrahan, Arthur Mercer, Bill Morton, Arthur Ormston, Jack Pendleton, George Rae, Andy Smith, Henry Spencer, Arthur Stevenson, Fred Ward, Arthur Welsby, Frank Whitfiled, Archie Williams
Known amateur and reserves players were...
R Higson, A L Davies, goalkeepers, H Balfour, R Harrison, W Corwood, J Yates, J W Brown, J Wareing, Graham Smith, SE Joyce, S Green and Billy Dickinson.
More information on these players can be found in the 'Players A to Z' section/s of this site. Photographs can be found in the 'Historical Photographs' section ...
Copyright © 2012 - This Northern Soul. All rights reserved