Congleton Town 6-0 Cammell Laird 1907
Macron Cup quarter Final
Saturday 16th February 2019
Congleton is a town and civil
parish in east Cheshire on the banks of the River Dane. The town is situated 25
miles south of Manchester and west of the Macclesfield Canal. The first
recorded reference to the town's name was in 1282 as ‘Congelton’. Congle is the old Norse
kang meaning “a bend” followed by the element the Old
English tun meaning settlement (population over 26,000)
Congleton Town
FC was formed in 1901, joining the Crewe
and District League which they won in their first three seasons between 1901–02
and 1903–04. In 1906 they joined the North Staffordshire and District League
where they played until the outbreak of World War I. When the league resumed
after the conflict they played one final season in the league, finishing as
1919-20 league champions.
Cheshire County League 1920-1939,
1946-1965 and 1978-1983
Macclesfield & District
League 1939-40 (champions)
Manchester Football League
1965-1968
Mid-Cheshire League 1968-1978
(champions: 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78)
North West Counties League
1982-1986 and 2000 -present
Northern Premier League Division
One 1987-2000
Ivy Gardens,
Booth Street,
Congleton,
Cheshire
CW12 4DG
Current NWCL grounds visited 19/60
Capacity 5,000 (250 seats)
Record Attendance: 6,800 v.
Macclesfield Town, 1954
There are small covered
enclosures on each side of the pitch, which gives shelter to 1200 spectators.
The clubhouse bar is behind the main stand along with refreshment facilities.
Macron Cup QF
3pm ko
Weather:
Att.180
The Bears booked their place in
the semi-finals of the Macron Cup with a bit of help from their opponents. They
took the lead on 13 minutes when Jack Davies fired into his own net, before a
late bout of first half pressure saw Billy Hosler-Gregg fire in from close
range in stoppage time.
Early in the second half a good
left wing run and shot by Mini Adegbenro made it 3-0, before five minutes of
madness from Cammell Laird. A reckless hack from Tom Hackett on Steve Foster
presented John Main to make it 4-0 from the penalty spot, before they went down
to nine men following a second yellow card for Paddy Hamid.
The nine men battled on but the
Bears stretched their lead to bring up the half dozen with goals from Foster
and Dan Cope to wrap up the tie.
Matchday Stats
& Spondoolicks
CTFC 6(Davies 13OG Hosler-Gregg
45+5 Adegbenro 50 Main 57pen Foster 68 Cope 82)
CL1907 0
Red cards: Hackett(reckless
challenge) 55, Hamid (two yellows) 59
Admission £6
Programmes sold out and club shop
shut so no spon spent at the ground apart from...
Coffee £1
We left Newcastle on the 0801
Transpennine Express train before swapping at Huddersfield and Manchester
Piccadilly, to arrive in Stockport at 10.50.
This was another of our
Smidrophenia ale trail weekends, this time visiting the many splendid pubs in
Stockport. My intended match was Stockport Town v Ellesmere Rangers, but this
match has now disappeared from the schedule since I booked up this weekend
break late last year, so I plumped for the game at Congleton instead.
After a few early pub ticks I
left the breadknife in Stockport and caught the 1357 Northern Rail train for
the half hour journey into leafy Cheshire. When I arrived at the station I fell
for the oldest trick in the book, as someone had turned the ‘town centre 1
mile’ sign the opposite way around, so I started walking away from my
destination. The upshot of this was I lost out on time for a few quick bevvies,
instead rushing straight to the match and arriving just as they were kicking
off. I managed to tick off the JDW pub on my way back to the station, before a
fab night out and Sunday session in Stockport.
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