Ellesmere Port Town
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Formed: 1892 (Dormant 1978-1981 1989-1992, 1994-2011)
Ground: Dunkirk Lane
Nickname: The Port
Previous Names: Ellesmere Port & Neston (1981-1989)



Head to Head Statistics

First Team Competitive Matches
Venue Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst
Home 1 1 0 0 5 1
Away 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 1 0 0 5 1
First Team Friendly Matches
Venue Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst
Home 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 2 2 0 0 4 1
Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 2 0 0 4 1
Reserve & Youth Team Matches
Venue Pld Won Drn Lst For Agst
Home 22 11 4 7 49 45
Away 25 2 6 17 32 68
Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 47 13 10 24 81 113

Ellesmere Port Town have enjoyed several incarnations since organised football commenced in the area in 1892. Initially joining the Wirral League – the forerunner of the West Cheshire League – the club won the Wirral Amateur Cup in 1899 and the Pyke Cup in 1914 before falling dormant during the First World War. Reformed in 1919, they moved grounds from the Boathouse Field to Grace Road and were rewarded by lifting the treble of West Cheshire League, the Pyke Cup and Wirral Senior Cup in 1921. Vying for local supremacy with the likes of Ellesmere Cement Works and Shell, the Port joined the former in the Cheshire County League in 1924, moving once again to a new ground at Whitby Road. Success proved elusive and, after finishing bottom in two of their three seasons, the club dropped back into junior football.

The post war period brought a boom in fortunes and by 1948 they had returned to the fold of the Cheshire County League. Now resident at York Road, they won three consecutive titles (1957-58, 1958-59 & 1959-60) confirming their position as one of England's leading non-league teams. With gates averaging over 3,000, Port applied to join the Football League but received just one vote at the Annual General Meeting held in London in June 1960.

Whilst a further league title followed two years later, interest started to dwindle and consequently they missed out on becoming founder members of the Northern Premier League (NPL) in 1968. That same year their York Street ground disappeared as part of a Council funded town centre redevelopment, the club moving to a new ground at Thornton Road on the edge of the M53 motorway. The Ellesmere Port Stadium was officially opened in September 1968 by former player Joe Mercer; Wrexham providing the opposition in a floodlit friendly match.

Promoted to the NPL in 1971, increasing financial difficulties led to the club resigning from the league in 1973 and dropping down into the lower level Lancashire Combination. The ever-increasing popularity of speedway at the Stadium, in the form of the Ellesmere Port Gunners (1972-1985), further exacerbated the club’s problems and by 1978 they had folded altogether. Further attempts to restore senior football to the town came in the form of Ellesmere Port & Neston (1981-1989) and Ellesmere Port Town (1992-1994) both of who had spells in the North West Counties League. In 2011, the latest club to bear the title re-emerged in the junior ranks and is now playing in the West Cheshire League.

Past Meetings

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First Team Competitive Matches
1930-31
25/02/1931 Welsh Cup  (H)  5 - 1
First Team Friendly Matches
1972-73
31/07/1972 Friendly  (A)  2 - 1
1968-69
11/09/1968 Friendly  (A)  2 - 0
Reserve & Youth Team Matches
1993-94
31/07/1993 Reserve Friendly  (A)  1 - 1
1992-93
01/08/1992 Reserve Friendly  (A)  6 - 0
1987-88
05/08/1987 Reserve Friendly  (A)  0 - 3
1967-68
04/05/1968 Cheshire County League  (H)  3 - 3
24/02/1968 Cheshire County League  (A)  2 - 3
1966-67
07/10/1966 Cheshire County League  (H)  1 - 3
20/08/1966 Cheshire County League  (A)  0 - 3
1965-66
29/01/1966 Cheshire County League  (A)  0 - 3
21/08/1965 Cheshire County League  (H)  1 - 6
1964-65
31/03/1965 Cheshire County League  (A)  1 - 4
19/12/1964 Cheshire County League  (A)  P - P
24/10/1964 Cheshire County League  (H)  0 - 5
1963-64
21/12/1963 Cheshire County League  (H)  1 - 3
31/08/1963 Cheshire County League  (A)  0 - 1
1962-63
18/05/1963 Cheshire County League  (A)  1 - 1
19/01/1963 Cheshire County League  (A)  P - P
01/10/1962 Cheshire County League  (H)  3 - 2
1961-62
21/03/1962 Cheshire County League  (A)  0 - 6
30/12/1961 Cheshire County League  (A)  P - P
16/09/1961 Cheshire County League  (H)  2 - 2
1960-61
21/01/1961 Cheshire County League  (H)  2 - 1
24/12/1960 Cheshire County League  (A)  0 - 3
1959-60
20/02/1960 Cheshire County League  (A)  2 - 6
21/11/1959 Cheshire County League  (H)  3 - 1
1958-59
20/04/1959 Cheshire County League  (H)  1 - 2
27/12/1958 Cheshire County League  (A)  2 - 4
1957-58
08/03/1958 Cheshire County League  (A)  1 - 2
09/11/1957 Cheshire County League  (H)  1 - 0
1956-57
29/12/1956 Cheshire County League  (H)  0 - 2
10/11/1956 Cheshire County League  (A)  2 - 5
1955-56
14/01/1956 Cheshire County League  (H)  4 - 4
08/10/1955 Cheshire County League  (A)  1 - 3
1954-55
08/01/1955 Cheshire County League  (H)  4 - 2
18/09/1954 Cheshire County League  (A)  3 - 3
1953-54
19/04/1954 Cheshire County League  (H)  2 - 1
16/04/1954 Cheshire County League  (A)  2 - 1
1952-53
06/04/1953 Cheshire County League  (H)  0 - 2
03/04/1953 Cheshire County League  (A)  0 - 1
1951-52
27/10/1951 Cheshire County League  (H)  2 - 0
06/10/1951 Cheshire County League  (A)  1 - 3
1950-51
05/05/1951 Cheshire County League  (H)  0 - 0
02/09/1950 Cheshire County League  (A)  0 - 2
1949-50
11/03/1950 Cheshire County League  (A)  2 - 2
19/11/1949 Cheshire County League  (H)  4 - 1
1948-49
13/11/1948 Cheshire County League  (A)  1 - 4
29/09/1948 Cheshire County League  (H)  3 - 1
1930-31
25/04/1931 North Wales Football Combination Challenge Cup  (A)  3 - 3
14/02/1931 North Wales Football Combination Challenge Cup  (H)  4 - 3
20/12/1930 North Wales Football Combination  (H)  8 - 1
29/11/1930 North Wales Football Combination  (A)  1 - 1

Head to Head Records (Competitive Matches Only)



Most Appearances

1. Tommy Bamford - 1 Apps

2. Ralph Burkinshaw - 1 Apps

3. John Clayton - 1 Apps

4. Wynne Crompton - 1 Apps

5. Dick Finnegan - 1 Apps


Top Goalscorers

1. Tommy Bamford - 3 Goals

2. Jack Mustard - 1 Goals

3. Billy Welsh - 1 Goals