Atherton LR in the Goldline Trophy

The Goldline Trophy was started in 1998 for clubs in the Bolton area and served three main purposes. Firstly it was a way of helping clubs raise some extra money. Secondly, it gave an extra interest to pre-season games. Finally, with most clubs having played at one time in the now defunct Bolton Combination, it was a chance to renew old friendships. With the clubs involved playing in many different Leagues now, such as the North West Counties, West Lancs, Manchester and Lancashire Amateur Leagues, most of the teams hadn't met in competitive football for many years despite all playing within a small area.

The Goldline Trophy was organised on a group basis, with the group winners progressing to a knock-out stage. A full list of previous finals is given at the foot of the page.

Click on the date of each competition to see the match reports

 

2010/11

Knock-out stage

Stoneclough (Final 8pm kick off) 23rd March

N

0 - 2 -
Eagley (S/F) 3rd November

N

3 - 3 4-2p Brad Cooke, Mark Prince, Phil Howard (pens by Mark Prince, Brad Cooke, Phil Howard and Keiran Halliwell)
Euxton (Q/F) 4th August Away 3 - 1 Phil Howard (2), Danny Smith

Group C Matches

Ashton Athletic July 28th Away 0 - 0 -
Breightmet United * July 22nd Home 0 - 1 -
Prestwich Heys July 17th Away 3 - 1 Phil Howard, OG's (2)
* Match awarded 1-0 to Breightmet as Atherton were deemed to have failed to fulfil the fixture after the club postponed the match without, in the view of the Goldline committee, good cause.

Semi-Final played at Chorley FC

Final at Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium

 

 

Group 1 Final Table 2010/11

Ashton Athletic 3 2 1 0 8 1 7
Atherton LR 3 1 1 1 3 2 4
Breightmet United 3 1 1 1 3 6 4
Prestwich Heys 3 0 1 2 4 9 1

 

 

 

2009/10

Knock-out stage

Charnock Richard (Final) 6th April Reebok 0 - 0 4-3p (pens Danny Smith, Jake Patton, Chris Lawton, Leigh Marsden)
Prestwich Heys (S/F) 15th December Chorley 2 - 1 Jon Stephenson, Brad Cooke
Stoneclough (Q/F) 27th October Home 3 - 3 4-3p Jake Patton, Danny Smith, Rob Smith (Pens by Danny Smith, Jake Patton, Ryan Sutcliffe, Mark Prince)

Group C Matches

Ashton Athletic August 4th Home 2 - 2 Mark Prince, Danny Smith
Daisy Hill August 1st Away 6 - 3 Brad Cooke (2), Paul Gallagher, Neil Holmes, Daniel Smith, Craig Ward
Eagley July 23rd Home 1 - 0 Ryan Sutcliffe

 

Group 1 Final Table 2009/10

Atherton LR 3 2 1 0 9 5 7
Eagley 3 1 1 1 1 1 4
Daisy Hill 3 1 0 2 6 9 3
Ashton Athletic 3 0 2 1 4 5 2

Ticket from the 2010 final

Programme for the 2010 Final

 

2008/09

Knock-out stage

Stoneclough (Final) April 6th Reebok 2 - 1 Daniel Smith, Phil Howard
Charnock Richard (S/F) January 26th Chorley 3 - 1 Daniel Smith (2), Brad Cooke
Atherton Collieries (Q/F) September 1st

Away

1 - 0 Paul Crompton

Group C Matches

Charnock Richard July 30th Away 2 - 1 Paul Crompton, Phil Howard
Prestwich Heys July 28th Home 0 - 3 -
Hindsford July 23rd Home 4 - 2 Ben Hyde (2), Paul Crewe, OG

 

Group 1 Final Table 2008/09

Charnock Richard 3 2 0 1 14 2 6
Atherton LR 3 2 0 1 6 6 6
Prestwich Heys 3 2 0 1 6 8 6
Hindsford 3 0 0 3 4 14 0

 

Ticket from the 2009 final

Programme for the 2009 final

2007/08

Knock-out stage

Ashton Athletic (Q/F) October 2nd

Away

0 - 4 -

Group C Matches

Breightmet United August 7th Away 0 - 3 -
Bolton County July 28th Home 0 - 0 -
Daisy Hill July 24th Home 3 - 0 Darren Kinsey, Ashley Elliott, Ian Berry

 

Group C Final Table 2007/08

Breightmet United 3 3 0 0 9 2 9
Atherton LR 3 1 1 1 3 3 4
Daisy Hill 3 1 0 2 5 6 3
Bolton County 3 0 1 2 1 7 1

 

2006/07

Knock-out stage

Prestwich Heys (Q/F) October 4th

Home

2 - 3 Ged McAllister (2)

Group C Matches

Daisy Hill August 5th Away 4 - 3 Duncan Richards, Rick Arnold (3)
Stoneclough July 24th Home 3 - 3 Kristian Evans, Rick Arnold, Stuart Welstead
Ashton Town July 19th Home 1 - 1 Ged McAllister

 

Group C Final Table 2006/07

Atherton LR 3 1 2 0 8 7 5
Ashton Town 3 1 2 0 3 1 5
Stoneclough 3 1 1 1 5 6 4
Daisy Hill 3 0 1 2 5 7 1

 

2005/06

Group C Matches

Blackrod Town August 1st N 0 - 3 -
Stoneclough July 27th N 1 - 3 Martin Love
Eagley July 23rd Away 0 - 2 -
Match v Stoneclough played at Radcliffe Town. Match v Blackrod Town played at Atherton Town

 

Group C Final Table 2005/06

Eagley 3 3 0 0 8 3 9
Blackrod Town 3 2 0 1 10 3 6
Stoneclough 3 1 0 2 8 13 3
Atherton LR 3 0 0 3 1 8 0

 

2004/05

Knock-out stage

Eagley (Final) March 31st

N

5 - 3 Phil Howard (3), Ben Obong, Mark Westworth
Charnock Richard (S/F) December 9th

N

2 - 1 Paul Crompton, Ben Obong
Turton (Q/F) August 26th

Away

1 - 1 5-4p Phil Howard

Group 2 Matches

Stoneclough August 12th Home 6 - 0 Crompton (4), Howard (2)
Atherton Town August 3rd Away 3 - 1 Curley (pen), Settle, Wynne
Blackrod Town July 29th Away 1 - 2 Strange

Semi-final played at Radcliffe Borough. Final played at Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium

 

Group 2 Final Table 2004/05

Blackrod Town 3 3 0 0 8 4 9
Atherton LR 3 2 0 1 10 3 6
Stoneclough 3 1 0 2 5 10 3
Atherton Town 3 0 0 3 3 9 0

 

Ticket from the 2005 Goldline Trophy final

Programme cover from the 2005 Goldline Trophy final

 

2003/04

Knock-out stage

Blackrod Town (Final) April 1st

N

4 - 1 Wayne Jopson, Ben Obong, Steve Cunningham, Chris Curley
Hindsford AFC (S/F) November 25th

N

5 - 1 Chris Curley, Barry Massey, Ben Obong (3)
Tempest Utd (Q/F) September 4th

Home

4 - 2 Liam Boden, Ian Gibson (pen), Lee Patterson, Matty Dunthorne

Group 4 Matches

Breightmet United August 7th Away 1 - 1 Barry Massey
Hindsford AFC August 3rd Away 3 - 3 Ryan Caine (2), Jason Kaye
Ashton Athletic July 24th Away 4 - 2 Paul Crompton (2), Barry Massey,Andy Meehan

Semi final played at Radcliffe Boroughs Stainton Park ground. Final played at Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium

 

Group 4 Final Table 2003/04

Atherton LR 3 1 2 0 8 6 5
Hindsford 3 1 2 0 7 5 5
Breightmet United 3 1 2 0 4 3 5
Ashton Athletic 3 0 0 3 6 11 0

 

Ticket from the 2004 Goldline Trophy final

Programme from the 2004 Goldline Trophy final

 

2002/03

Knock-out stage

Prestwich Heys (S/F) January 22nd

N

1 - 2 aet Barry Sharrocks
Daisy Hill (Q/F) September 19th

N

3 - 2 aet Luke Hardman, Steve Lord, Dave Roach

Group D Matches

Charnock Richard September 5th Home 1 - 0 Martin Kelly
Ashton Athletic August 8th Away 5 - 1 Anthony Smith (2), Chris Arnold, Jamie Cavanagh, Scott Weir
Radcliffe Amateurs August 3rd Home 5 - 2 Barry Massey(2), Luke Hardman, Mark Parry, Dave Wallace
Blackrod Town July 29th Away 0 - 2 -

Both the quarter final and semi final were played at Atherton Collieries Alder Street ground

 

Group D Final Table 2002/03

Charnock Richard 4 3 0 1 16 8 9
Atherton LR 4 3 0 1 11 5 9
Blackrod Town 4 2 0 2 6 8 6
Ashton Athletic 4 1 0 3 10 17 3
Radcliffe Amateurs 4 1 0 3 8 13 3

 

2001/02

Group B Matches

Hindsford AFC August 8th Away 1 - 3 Jason Holroyd
Rivington August 4th Home 9 - 1 Barry Massey(3), Jason Holroyd, Chris Dalton, Steve Strange, Mike Rhead, Mark Parry (pen), Own Goal
Charnock Richard July 31st Away 2 - 2 Barry Massey, Mark Parry (pen)
Elton Fold July 26th Home 2 - 1 Phil Sheehan, Anthony Smith

 

Group B Final Table 2001/02

Charnock Richard 4 3 1 0 8 2 10
Hindsford 4 3 0 1 10 6 9
Atherton LR 4 2 1 1 14 7 7
Elton Fold 4 1 0 3 6 8 3
Rivington 4 0 0 4 3 18 0

 

2000/01

Group 2 Matches

Stand Athletic August 17th Home 1 - 1 Mike Rhead
Breightmet United August 15th Away 1 - 1 Colin Entwistle
Rivington August 8th Home 2 - 1 Colin Entwistle, Damien Stewart
Turton August 5th Home 1 - 1 Damien Stewart

 

Group 2 Final Table 2000/01

Breightmet United 4 3 1 0 11 4 10
Rivington 4 2 0 2 6 3 6
Atherton LR 4 1 3 0 5 4 6
Turton 4 1 1 2 5 13 4
Stand Athletic 4 0 1 3 7 10 1

 

1999/2000

Group Matches

Charnock Richard August 3rd Away 0 - 2 -
Pennington July 29th Away 2 - 6 Paul Vandenburg, Jamie MacDonald
Tempest United July 24th Home 2 - 2 Mark Maddox, Tony Maas
BSF Veterans July 17th Home 1 - 4 John Paul Hughes

 

Group 2 Final Table 1999/2000

Pennington 4 3 0 1 15 6 9
Tempest United 4 2 2 0 5 3 8
BSF Veterans 4 2 0 2 10 10 6
Charnock Richard 4 1 1 2 3 5 4
Atherton LR 4 0 1 3 5 14 1

 

1998/99

Knock-out Stage

Atherton Town (Final) March 23rd

N

3 - 0 Frank Bird, Steve Dixon, Anthony Smith
Little Lever (S/F) February 3rd

N

1 - 0 Phil Magardo
Eagley (Q/F) November 9th Home 1 - 1 (5-4p) Steve Bird

Group 2 Matches

Tempest United September 2nd Home 0 - 3 -
Pennington August 10th Home 5 - 0 Steve Cunningham (3), Jonathan Dunn (2)
Hindsford AFC August 6th Home 4 - 2 Steve Bird, Steve Cunningham, Jonathan Dunn (2)

Semi-final played at Radcliffe Borough. Final played at Leigh RMI.

 

Group 2 Final Table 1998/99

Atherton LR 3 2 0 1 9 5 6
Tempest United 3 2 0 1 5 3 6
Hindsford 3 1 0 2 4 6 3
Pennington 3 1 0 2 2 6 3

 

Ticket from the 1999 Goldline Trophy final

Programme cover from the 1999 Goldline Trophy final

 

GOLDLINE TROPHY FINALS

1998/99 Atherton LR Atherton Town 23rd March Hilton Park, Leigh

3 - 0

1999/00 Pennington Bolton County 1st December Hilton Park, Leigh 5 - 2
2000/01 Charnock Richard Tempest United 13th November Reebok Stadium 1 - 0
2001/02 Atherton Collieries Charnock Richard 8th April Reebok Stadium 1 - 0
2002/03 Prestwich Heys Atherton Collieries 9th April Reebok Stadium 3 - 0
2003/04 Atherton LR Blackrod Town 1st April Reebok Stadium 4 - 1
2004/05 Atherton LR Eagley 31st March Reebok Stadium 5 - 3
2005/06 Charnock Richard Prestwich Heys 20th March Reebok Stadium 2 - 1
2006/07 Prestwich Heys Charnock Richard 12th March Reebok Stadium 1 - 1 2-0p
2007/08 Euxton Villa Charnock Richard 31st March Reebok Stadium 2 - 0
2008/09 Atherton LR Stoneclough 6th April Reebok Stadium 2 - 1
2009/10 Atherton LR Charnock Richard 6th April Reebok Stadium 0 - 0 4-3p
2010/11 Stoneclough Atherton LR 23rd March Reebok Stadium 2 - 0

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