Northwich Victoria
HEAD to HEAD 61 of 94

61. Northwich Victoria


Total Matches Played 277 Won 122 Drawn 56 Lost 99 Goals 476-449

League Matches Played 126 - (Home) Won 27 Drawn 23 Lost 13 Goals 125-92 - (Away) Won 25 Drawn 10 Lost 28 Goals 95-112

Pictured is John Bishop from the 1-2 defeat in Mid-Cheshire Senior Cup Final of May 8th 1988

First Home Encounter #: December 25th 1897 The Cheshire League 4-1 att. n/k

Last Home Encounter: April 9th 2024 Mid-Cheshire FA S.C. Final 2-1 att. 692

First Away Encounter #: November 11th 1897 The Cheshire League 5-0 att. n/k

Last Away Encounter: April 17th 2017 NPL 1st Division North 5-0 att. 427

Biggest Home Win: April 7th 1950 Cheshire County League 7-1 att. 9,500

Biggest Away Win: October 1st 1966 F.A. Cup 3rd Qualifying Rd. 6-1 att. 2,660

Heaviest Home Defeats: February 15th 1913 Cheshire Senior Cup Rd. 2 2-6 att. 4,442
May 2nd 1960 Northwich Senior Cup S/F 2-6 att. 1,054

Heaviest Away Defeat: April 10th 1936 Cheshire County League 0-6 att. n/k

Highest Ever Attendance: April 17th 1948 Cheshire S.C. Final at Crewe 4-1 att. 13,600

Highest Home Attendance*: April 7th 1950 Cheshire County League 7-1 att. 9,500

Lowest Home Attendance*: April 23rd 2015 Mid-Cheshire FA S.C. Final 0-4 att. 160

Highest Away Attendance*: April 15th 1949 Cheshire County League 2-1 att. 11,290

Lowest Away Attendance*: April 17th 2017 NPL 1st Division North 5-0 att. 427

# These were against the Vics' Reserve Team before the following season when their First Team took over after leaving The Combination.

* Attendances only regularly recorded since 1947

Some Details of the 175 matches played since 1934

Goal Scorers (326): 14: JOE DALE. 11: Eric Hyde 10: Archie Elsby 9: Bill Challenger, Frank Fidler & Jack Christopher 7: Bill Tynan
6: Harry McCann, Roly Lewis, Stan Smith & Freddie Taberner
5: Henry Williams & Reg Dorsett
4: Tommy Douglas, Jack Cheetham, Jack Stubbs, Trevor Ogden & Brian Rimmer
3: Jack Whitfield, Fred Sweeney, John Wainwright, Harry Fowler, Jim Pennington, Fred Ridgway, Eric Barber, Colin Barnes, Bernard Hackett, Gerry Duffy, Chris Chrimes, Jim McDonald, Dave Carrick, Robbie Wheeler, Brendan Burke, Robbie Cowley & Mike Moseley
2: Joseph Jones, Ernie Brain, Tom Drinkwater, Ronald Young, Billy Rudd, Norman Gallimore, Fred Flavell, Len Mills, Jack Waring, Ron Jones, Eddie Davies, Ralph Gregory, Gordon Smith, Alf Ashley, Don Triner, Harold Bridges, Jack Bowden, Dennis Hill, Archie Wood, Albert Johnson, Jack Wilkinson, Ian Duthie, Jim McLean, Johnny Lovell, Colin Gwinneth, Ray Gryba, Frank Deakin, Paddy Daly, Don Ratcliffe, John White, Peter Henderson, Mick Kilduff, Paul Higginbotham, Jim McCluskie, Joe Connor, Carl Alford, Karl Thomas, Rob Hopley, Bradley Baurass & Will Jones.
1: Arthur Nixon, Charles Ramsden, H. Dugdale, Dick Watson, Carr, Alf White, Bill Foulkes, Tommy Lawrence, Bill Whitehead, Frank Schofield, Bill Evans, Dick Allmark, Ralph Piercy, Sid Hall, Joe Dixon, Tony Redican, Geoff Sellars, Ken Yearsley, Terry Melia, Malcolm Wagstaffe, Reg Tapley, John Houghton, Bill Taylor, Tony Lee, Tony O’Connor, Mike Phoenix, Tony Bailey, Eli Gorton, Kenny Davies, David Bates, Bobby Lodge, Peter Collins, Bobby Cunliffe, Ken Barnes, John Lloyd, Graham Moult, Alan Haspell, Paul Mason, George Lewicki, Dave Griffiths, Alex Gibson, Phil Gee, Alan Heathcote, Bob Johnston, Len Williams, Brian Jackson, Steve Craven, Tony Jarvis, Stewart Anderson, Colin Rose, Steve McNeilis, Phil Farrelly, Dean Pritchard, Carl Macauley, Geoff Horsfield, Danny Graystone, Eddie Bishop, Gary Furnival, Ben Johnson, Carl Rendell, Darrell Dicken, Dave Nolan, Tom Spearritt, Ben Mills, Steve Tames, Joe Duckworth & Harry Brazel. Plus Own goals: Billy Wootton (17/9/1936), Gilbert Williams (25/12/1937), Mike Jones (3/3/1956), Ron Cope (26/12/1963), Bill Powell (28/10/1968)

Hat Tricks (7): 2- ERIC HYDE (7/4/50 in 7-1 & 25/12/1950 in 6-1 home Cheshire League).
Frank Fidler (3/7/1947 away in 5-1 Cheshire League Cup), Fred Ridgway (25/12/1954 in 7-3 home Cheshire League), Stan Smith (27/3/59 away in 3-0 Cheshire League), Freddie Taberner (1/10/1966 away in 6-1 FA Cup) & Brian Rimmer (28/10/1968 away in 5-0 Floodlit League)

Goalkeeper Clean Sheets (35): 6: MARK RADCLIFFE. 4: Peter Mellor. 3: Les Newton & Jim Bell. 2: George Ashbrook, Johnny Southern & Keith Mason.
1: Fred Bryce, George Heppell, Tony Yoxall, Bob Park, David Lamb, Ged Johnson, John Bell, Brian Fitzgerald, Barry Alcock, Ally Anderson, Robin Simpson, Gary Walker & Danny Roberts.