Honours & Records

Honours

Vanarama National League Champions

2021-22

Vanarama National League North Champions
2018-19

Football League Division Two Runners Up
1996-97

Football League Division Three (North) Champions
1921-22, 1936-37

Football League Division Three (North) Runners Up
1928-29, 1929-30

Football League Division Four Champions
1966-67

Football League Division Four Runners Up
1990-91

Football League Two Play-Off Winners
2007-08

Football League Division Two Play-Off Finalists
1993-94

Football League Division Three Play-Off Finalists
1991-92

Football League Trophy Finalists
1991-92, 1992-93

Football League Division Three (North) Cup Winners
1934-35

Football League Division Three (North) Cup Finalists
1933-34

Lancashire League Winners
1899-1900

Lancashire Combination Winners
1904-05

Cheshire League Runners-Up (Reserves)
1909-10, 1927-28, 1936-37

Manchester Senior Cup Winners
1897-98, 1898-99, 1914-15, 1922-23

Cheshire Senior Cup Winners
1905-06, 1914-15, 1946-47, 1948-49, 1965-66, 2015-16, 2021-22

Cheshire Medal Winners
1922-23, 1924-25, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31

Cheshire Bowl Winners
1933-34, 1948-49, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1960-61, 1962-63

Cheshire Friendly Trophy Winners
1965-66, 1966-67

Cheshire Premier Cup Winners
1969-70, 1970-71, 2010-11

Records

Individual Records
Most League Appearances Andy Thorpe, 489, 1978-86, 1989-92
Most League Goals Jack Connor, 132, 1951-56
Highest Scorer In A League Season Alf Lythgoe, 46, 1933-34
Most FA Cup Appearances Jack ‘Tiger’ Bowles, 31, 1938-51
Most FA Cup Goals 8 – Jack Connor and Joe Foster (1951-56 and 1897-1905)
Most League Cup Appearances Jim Gannon, 37, 1991-2000
Most League Cup Goals Alun Armstrong, 8, 1994-97
Record Transfer Fee Received £1.6million from Middlesbrough for Alun Armstrong, Feb 1998
Record Transfer Fee Paid £800,000 to Nottingham Forest for Ian Moore, July 1998
Youngest League Player Paul Turnbull, 16 years 97 days v Wrexham, April 30 2005
Oldest League Player Alec Herd, 40 years 47 days v Crewe Alex, 25 December 1951
Most Capped Player Jarkko Wiss, 9, Finland
Club Records
First League Game v Leicester Fosse, 1st September 1900
First FA Cup Game v Halliwell Rovers, 25th October 1892
First League Cup Game v Carlisle United, 10th October 1960
Most goals scored in a season 115 – 1933/34, Division Three (North)
Most goals scored at home 84 – 1933/34, Division Three (North)
Most goals scored away 40 – 1956/57, Division Three (North)
Least goals scored in a season 27 – 1969/70, Division Four
Least goals scored at home 17 – 1969/70, Division Four
Least goals scored away 8 – 1901/02, Division Two
Most goals conceded in a season 102 – 2001/02, Division One
Most goals conceded at home 46 – 2004/05, League One
Most goals conceded away 69 – 1925/26, Division Two
Least goals conceded in a season 21 – 1921/22, Division Three (North)
Least goals conceded at home 10 – 1921/22, Division Three (North); 1959/60, Division Three (North)
Least goals conceded away 11 – 1921/22, Division Three (North)
The Football League record for winning consecutive matches without conceding a goal 9 – 2006/07, League Two
Record Results
Record League Home Victory 13-0 v Halifax Town, 6th January 1934
Record FA Cup Home Victory 7-0 v Wrexham, 4th December 1893
Record League Cup Home Victory 6-3 v Mansfield Town, 24th August 1997
Record League Home Defeat 0-6 v Peterborough United, 2nd February 1961
Record FA Cup Home Defeat 0-5 v West Bromwich Albion, 16th February 1935
Record League Cup Home Defeat 0-7 v Sheffield Wednesday, 6th October 1986
Record League Away Win 7-1 v Bradford City, 18th September 1965
Record FA Cup Away Win 7-2 v King’s Lynn, 14th December 1912
Record League Cup Away Win 5-2 v Sheffield United, 24th September 1996
Record League Away Defeat 0-9 v Everton res., 9th December, 1893
Record FA Cup Away Defeat 1-8 v Bury, 29th October 1892
Record League Cup Away Defeat 0-7 v Crystal Palace, 4th September 1979

Record Attendances

Record Home League Attendance 27,304 v Lincoln City, 1st May 1937
Record Home FA Cup Attendance 27,883 v Liverpool, 11th February 1950
Record Home League Cup Attendance 16,535 v Norwich City, 1st November 1972
Lowest Home League Attendance 1,039 v Southend United, 15th February 1985
Lowest Home FA Cup Attendance 2,001 v Peterborough*, 6th November 2010
Lowest Home League Cup Attendance 1,476 v Carlisle United, 18th August 1987
Record Away League Attendance 43,500 v Manchester United, 10th April 1925
Record Away FA Cup Attendance 51,851 v Liverpool, 30th January 1965
Record Away League Cup Attendance 42,384 v Manchester United, 30th August 1978
Lowest Away League Attendance 500 v Glossop, 17th April 1915
Lowest Away FA Cup Attendance 1,358 v Southport, 29th October 2011
Lowest Away League Cup Attendance 1,433 v Tranmere Rovers, 2nd September 1986

* Only complete figures are counted. In the early days of the FA Cup, two games were recorded as 500; some crowds were simply reported as ‘moderate’.

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