Match Date	Opponents	F-A	GOAL	SCORERS
5-Sep-1908	Buxton	4-1	HITCHEN -2	BARTON	THOMAS
12-Sep-1908	SALE HOLMFIELD	3-1	THOMPSON S. -2	HITCHEN
19-Sep-1908	Shrewsbury Town (FAC Pr.)	1-4	HITCHEN
26-Sep-1908	BUXTON	4-2	THOMAS	THOMPSON S.	CLIFF
			BARTON
3-Oct-1908	New Mills	0-2
10-Oct-1908	BERRY'S	2-1	HITCHEN	BARTON
17-Oct-1908	Hooley Hill	1-5	MASSEY
24-Oct-1908	ALTRINCHAM	3-0	BARTON	THOMPSON S.	ROSE -p.
31-Oct-1908	Hazel Grove	1-5	THOMPSON S.
7-Nov-1908	TYLDESLEY ALBION	1-1	WINNINGTON
14-Nov-1908	Sale Holmfield	1-2	PICKFORD
21-Nov-1908	Salford United	3-4	THOMAS -2	ROSE -p.
28-Nov-1908	Altrincham	1-5	ROSE -p.
5-Dec-1908	TONGE	1-0	THOMAS
12-Dec-1908	Tyldesley Albion	4-1	THOMPSON S.	BARTON	LEATHER
			ROSE -p.
25-Dec-1908	NORTHWICH VICTORIA	2-4	BARTON	LEATHER
26-Dec-1908	SALFORD UNITED	4-1	BARTON -3	LEATHER
1-Jan-1909	DENTON	4-1	ROSE -2p	THOMPSON S.	THOMAS
2-Jan-1909	Congleton Town (CSC 3)	1-5	HITCHEN
16-Jan-1909	RAMSBOTTOM	4-1	THOMAS M.	THOMPSON S.	HITCHEN
			LEATHER
23-Jan-1909	Macclesfield	1-2	ROSE -p.
13-Feb-1909	Newton Heath Athletic	5-2	BARTON -3	LEATHER	THOMAS
20-Feb-1909	HAZEL GROVE	0-3
27-Feb-1909	Berry's	2-2	THOMPSON S.	HULME
6-Mar-1909	HOOLEY HILL - abd. 70 minutes	1-1	ROSE -p.
20-Mar-1909	Tonge	1-3	BARTON
27-Mar-1909	NEWTON HEATH ATHLETIC	8-0	BARTON -4	WINNINGTON -2	LEATHER
			Toole (og)
3-Apr-1909	NEW MILLS	0-0
9-Apr-1909	Northwich Victoria	3-0	THOMPSON S. -2	LEATHER
10-Apr-1909	Denton	1-4	WINNINGTON
17-Apr-1909	Ramsbottom	1-4	HILDITCH
24-Apr-1909	MACCLESFIELD	1-1	LEATHER

Eccles Borough and Rochdale, having spent one season in the Manchester League, moved on to the Lancashire Combination and the Stretford club also departed. Replacements were Hazel Grove, New Mills (hoping for a better experience than their earlier one) and Tyldesley Albion.

THE MANCHESTER LEAGUE TABLE

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average	Points
1	Macclesfield	30	18	6	6	78	43	1.81	42
2	Northwich Victoria	30	17	4	9	73	51	1.43	38
3	Altrincham	30	16	4	10	82	56	1.46	36
4	Tonge	30	16	3	11	54	45	1.20	35
5	New Mills	30	13	8	9	73	45	1.62	34
6	Hazel Grove	30	13	8	9	62	47	1.32	34
7	Sale Holmfield	29	15	3	11	65	56	1.16	33
8	Salford United	30	14	5	11	61	55	1.11	33
9	WITTON ALBION	30	13	5	12	67	59	1.14	31
10	Tyldesley Albion	30	12	6	12	74	67	1.10	30
11	Denton	30	11	7	12	70	67	1.04	29
12	Ramsbottom	30	12	5	13	61	81	0.75	29
13	Hooley Hill	30	11	6	13	57	54	1.06	28
14	Berry's Association	29	10	5	14	52	53	0.98	25
15	Buxton	30	7	4	19	38	74	0.51	18
16	Newton Heath Athletic	30	0	3	27	34	148	0.23	3

Once again all 16 clubs who started the season completed it and, for the fifth campaign in a row, the records were well-kept, leaving no disputes about the final table. One game (between Berry’s Association and Sale Holmfield) appears, however, not to have been played – quite why this was is a mystery. Just over 1,000 goals were scored in League games.