Liverpool County Football Combination

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

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