1967–68 Lancashire Combination
| Season | 1967–68 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Morecambe |
|
← 1966–67 1968–69 → | |
The 1967–68 Lancashire Combination was the 67th in the history of the Lancashire Combination, a football competition in England.
Division One
| Season | 1967–68 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Morecambe |
|
← 1966–67 1968–69 → | |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GAvg |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morecambe (C) (P) | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 112 | 41 | 2.732 | 65 | Founder member of Northern Premier League |
| 2 | Guinness Exports | 42 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 85 | 37 | 2.297 | 64 | Joined Cheshire County League |
| 3 | Skelmersdale United | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 94 | 49 | 1.918 | 56 | Joined Cheshire County League |
| 4 | Fleetwood (P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 43 | 1.674 | 54 | Founder member of Northern Premier League |
| 5 | Marine | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 78 | 60 | 1.300 | 52 | |
| 6 | Great Harwood | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 71 | 50 | 1.420 | 51 | |
| 7 | South Liverpool (P) | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 76 | 53 | 1.434 | 49 | Founder members of Northern Premier League |
| 8 | Netherfield (P) | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 103 | 88 | 1.170 | 49 | |
| 9 | Horwich RMI | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 79 | 52 | 1.519 | 47 | Joined Cheshire County League |
| 10 | Lancaster City | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 72 | 67 | 1.075 | 47 | |
| 11 | Chorley (P) | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 72 | 65 | 1.108 | 43 | Founder member of Northern Premier League |
| 12 | St Helens Town | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 68 | 65 | 1.046 | 40 | |
| 13 | Kirkby Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 54 | 60 | 0.900 | 39 | |
| 14 | Burscough | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 53 | 64 | 0.828 | 36 | |
| 15 | Droylsden | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 52 | 84 | 0.619 | 36 | Joined Cheshire County League |
| 16 | Wigan Rovers | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 56 | 69 | 0.812 | 34 | |
| 17 | Clitheroe | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 58 | 86 | 0.674 | 34 | |
| 18 | Southport Reserves | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 66 | 0.894 | 33 | Left the league |
| 19 | Barrow Reserves | 42 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 55 | 78 | 0.705 | 30 | |
| 20 | Prescot Town | 42 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 53 | 109 | 0.486 | 25 | |
| 21 | Bacup Borough | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 105 | 0.324 | 22 | |
| 22 | Rossendale United | 42 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 50 | 115 | 0.435 | 18 |
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
Division Two
| Season | 1967–68 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Oldham Athletic Reserves |
| Promoted |
Darwen Radcliffe Borough Leyland Motors Dukinfield Town Blackpool Mechanics Wigan Athletic Reserves Nelson Lytham |
|
← 1966–67 | |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GAvg |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oldham Athletic Reserves (C) | 32 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 102 | 21 | 4.857 | 53 | Left the league |
| 2 | Darwen (P) | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 72 | 35 | 2.057 | 48 | Promotion to Lancashire Combination |
| 3 | Morecambe Reserves | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 77 | 50 | 1.540 | 41 | Left the league |
| 4 | Ashton United | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 67 | 52 | 1.288 | 39 | Joined Cheshire County League |
| 5 | Radcliffe Borough (P) | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 62 | 52 | 1.192 | 38 | Promotion to Lancashire Combination |
| 6 | Leyland Motors (P) | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 55 | 66 | 0.833 | 35 | |
| 7 | Dukinfield Town (P) | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 69 | 54 | 1.278 | 33 | |
| 8 | Chorley Reserves | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 55 | 1.236 | 33 | Left the league |
| 9 | Fleetwood Reserves | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 71 | 71 | 1.000 | 33 | |
| 10 | Blackpool Mechanics (P) | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 62 | 58 | 1.069 | 30 | Promotion to Lancashire Combination |
| 11 | Wigan Athletic Reserves (P) | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 67 | 66 | 1.015 | 29 | |
| 12 | Nelson (P) | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 63 | 67 | 0.940 | 29 | |
| 13 | Netherfield Reserves | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 63 | 92 | 0.685 | 22 | Left the league |
| 14 | Lancaster City Reserves | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 45 | 85 | 0.529 | 22 | |
| 15 | Lytham (P) | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 82 | 0.512 | 21 | Promotion to Lancashire Combination |
| 16 | Horwich RMI Reserves | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 82 | 0.610 | 19 | Left the league |
| 17 | Padiham | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 43 | 90 | 0.478 | 19 |
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.</sup