Manchester North End F.C. was an

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club based in

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History

The club was founded as New Cross F.C. and were champions of the 1920–21 Manchester Amateur League (Southern Division). For the 1921–22 season they relocated their ground to Moston Lane, Blackley and joined the

Manchester Football League The Manchester Football League is a association football, football league in England, affiliated with Manchester Football Association, Manchester FA, covering a 30-mile radius from Manchester Town Hall. It was formed in 1893, although play ceased ...

and that season were the Manchester League runners-up. For the next season, 1922–23, the club were members of the higher ranked

Lancashire Combination The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the North West of England in 1891–92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903. In 1968 the Combination lost five of its clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League. In 1982 i ...

. In the following close season the club changed its name to Manchester North End F.C. and continued under this new name for the 1923–24 season in the Lancashire Combination. Thereafter from the 1924–25 season, until its demise in 1939, Manchester North End were members of the

Cheshire County League The Cheshire County League was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1919, drawing its teams largely from Cheshire, surrounding English counties and North Wales. Initially the league was dominated by the reserve teams of Fo ...

. In addition to the first team in the Lancashire Combination and then the Cheshire County League the club operated a reserve team in the Manchester League and were champions on two occasions. During most seasons of its existence Manchester North End participated in the

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, England's foremost cup competition, reaching the fourth qualifying round twice. In 1938, the club lost its ground in Blackley when it was sold for building development, and relocated to

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. After finishing bottom of the Cheshire League in the 1938–39 season, the club did not seek re-election, and disbanded shortly after the end of the season.

League Records

First Team

Reserves Team

FA Cup results

Sources

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References

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