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
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Knock-out stage |
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| 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 |
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Group C Matches |
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| 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 |
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Group 1 Final Table 2010/11 |
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| 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 |


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Knock-out stage |
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| 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) |
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Group C Matches |
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| 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 |
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Group 1 Final Table 2009/10 |
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| 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
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Knock-out stage |
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| 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 |
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Group C Matches |
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| 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 |
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Group 1 Final Table 2008/09 |
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| 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
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Knock-out stage |
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| Ashton Athletic (Q/F) | October 2nd |
Away |
0 - 4 | - |
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Group C Matches |
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| 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 |
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Group C Final Table 2007/08 |
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| 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 |
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Knock-out stage |
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| Prestwich Heys (Q/F) | October 4th |
Home |
2 - 3 | Ged McAllister (2) |
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Group C Matches |
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| 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 |
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Group C Final Table 2006/07 |
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| 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 |
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Group C Matches |
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| 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 | ||||
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Group C Final Table 2005/06 |
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| 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 |
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Knock-out stage |
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| 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 |
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Group 2 Matches |
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| 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 |
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Semi-final played at Radcliffe Borough. Final played at Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium |
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Group 2 Final Table 2004/05 |
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| 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
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Knock-out stage |
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| 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 |
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Group 4 Matches |
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| 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 |
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Semi final played at Radcliffe Boroughs Stainton Park ground. Final played at Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium |
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Group 4 Final Table 2003/04 |
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| 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
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Knock-out stage |
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| 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 |
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Group D Matches |
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| 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 | - |
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Both the quarter final and semi final were played at Atherton Collieries Alder Street ground |
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Group D Final Table 2002/03 |
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| 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 |
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Group B Matches |
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| 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 |
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Group B Final Table 2001/02 |
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| 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 |
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Group 2 Matches |
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| 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 |
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Group 2 Final Table 2000/01 |
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| 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 |
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Group Matches |
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| 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 |
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Group 2 Final Table 1999/2000 |
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| 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 |
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Knock-out Stage |
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| 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 |
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Group 2 Matches |
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| 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) |
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Semi-final played at Radcliffe Borough. Final played at Leigh RMI. |
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Group 2 Final Table 1998/99 |
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| 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
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GOLDLINE TROPHY FINALS |
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| 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 |