57. Mossley

Total Matches Played 151 Won 69 Drawn 37 Lost 45 Goals 286-253

League Matches Played 132 - (Home) Won 38 Drawn 15 Lost 13 Goals 145-90 - (Away) Won 22 Drawn 19 Lost 25 Goals 110-140

Pictured is Lee Cropper volleying his shot narrowly wide in the 1-1 draw from August 25th 2015.

First Home Encounter: March 1st 1919 Lancashire Combination 2-0 att. n/k

First Away Encounter: March 8th 1919 Lancashire Combination 1-2 att. n/k

Last Home Encounter: August 15th 2023 N.P.L. Division One 2-1 att. 450

Last Away Encounter: December 16th 2023 N.P.L. Division One 1-1 att. 469

Biggest Home Win: # May 1st 1926 Cheshire County League 13-2 att. n/k

Biggest Away Win: September 3rd 1962 Cheshire County League 5-2 att. 975

Heaviest Home Defeat: October 27th 1971 Cheshire County League 0-5 att. 400

Heaviest Away Defeats: March 22nd 1971 Cheshire County League 0-5 att. 400
April 20th 1981 Northern Premier League 0-5 att. 580

Highest Home Attendance*: November 26th 1949 F.A. Cup Round 1 Proper 0-1 att. 5,202

Lowest Home Attendance*: November 15th 1972 North West Floodlit Cup 3-1 att. 220

Highest Away Attendance*: September 16th 1919 Cheshire County League 1-4 att. 4,000

Lowest Away Attendance*: October 20th 2015 N.P.L. Division One 0-4 att. 112

* Attendances only regularly recorded since about 1948
# Mossley reportedly turned up with just 5 players and recruited in the town!

Goal Scorers – Since 1933 - (219): 6: JOE DALE 5: George Stubbs, Harry McCann, Reg Dorsett, Stan Smith, Brian Griffin, John Walker & Dave Esser.
4: Billy Challenger, Jackie Cheetham, Archie Elsby, Ian Duthie, Paddy Daly & Peter Henderson.
3: Harry Litherland, Ernie Brain, Roly Lewis, Brian Johnson, Gerry Duffy, Ian Hodge, Tony Jarvis & Karl Thomas.
2: Joe Jones, Jack Waring, Littler, Frank Fidler, Jack Chew, Alf Ashley, Eric Hyde, Jack Christopher, Jack Wilkinson, Chris Chrimes, Lenny Dickinson, Terry Dunn, Tony Burke, Ken Barnes, Bill Tynan, Jim McDonald, Trevor Ogden, Dave Carrick, Kevin Aston, John White, Terry Farrell, Brian Jackson, Mike Whitlow, Andy Grimshaw, Jim McCluskie & Danny Andrews.
1: H.Lowe, Steven Morris, Tommy Douglas, Dick Allmark, Billy Rudd, Ralph Piercy, Ralph Gregory, Stuart Cowden, Geoff Sellars, Jim Pennington, Eric Barber, Neville Jones, Len Stephenson, Keith Higgins, Peter Proctor, John Houghton, Ken Chaytor, Bill Taylor, Brian Russell, Tony Lee, Colin Gwinneth, Jack Dobson, John Lovell, Alex Croft, Terry Murphy, Colin Jones, Les Sutton, Fred Taberner, Barry Wheatley, Chris Nicholl, David Hughes, Brian Rimmer, Alan Haspell, Mick Rogers, Les Milner, Robbie Wheeler, Dave Griffiths, Bobby Owen, John Yates, Mark Tansey, Brian Jackson, Tony Quinn, Frank Corrigan, Gary Blore, John Rogers, Austin Salmon, Steve Phillips, John McMahon, Steve Skeete, Neil Peters, Mike Kilduff, Paul Higginbotham, John Brown, Steve Ellis, John Coleman, Joe Connor, Nicky Maynard, Jordan King, Shaun Whalley, Mark Peers, Mike Moseley, Adam Warlow, Alex Titchiner, Ian Kearney, Andy Kinsey, Jamie Harrison, Matt Doughty, Anthony Gardner, Ben Mills, Ben Harrison, Ollie Hitchcox, Mike Koral & Matt Lowton. + 4 Own Goals: Eddie George (29/10/55), Willie Kelly (4/9/57), Alan Walker (25/4/59) & Gary Riley (10/10/87).

Four Goal Haul: John Eyres (8/4/22), Jump (1/5/26) & Dave Esser (1/10/85)

Known Hat-Tricks: Dick Best (20/12/19), Harry Gregory (1/5/26), Walter Lees (12/4/30), Harry Litherland (8/2/36), Jackie Cheetham (27/2/37), Brian Johnson (29/10/55), Reg Dorsett (4/9/57), Paddy Daly (14/8/68) & John Walker (29/12/79).

Goalkeeping Clean Sheets – (32): 5: MIKE SHERLOCK. 2: James Mather, Jim Bell, Mark Radcliffe, Johnny Southern, Bob Fletcher, Barry Alcock & Robin Simpson. 1: George Scales, Charlie Jones, R. Burke, Fred Bryce, Les Newton, David Lamb, Peter Mellor, Wyn Dicken, Brian Fitzgerald, Ally Anderson, Keith Mason, Jon Kennedy & Matt Cooper.