Prescot Cables Football Club
Hope Street
Prescot
L34 6HD
Tel 0151 430 0507
Fax 0151 426 6440
Mob 07745 068935
Email
prescotcables@hotmail.com
Prescot Cables joined the Lancashire Combination in 1927-28, taking over the record of Fleetwood
who resigned after playing 22 matches. (Until 1968, when the Northern Premier League was
formed, the Lancashire Combination was the premier league for non-league football in the
north-west of England). Cables came runner-up in the Combination on three consecutive seasons
from 1930-31 to 1932-33. In 1932 Valerie Park hosted its record attendance (8,122) in a game
against Ashton National. Unfortunately for the Cables, the glory years were not to return for
another 20 years.
The years 1954 to 1960 were
probably the club's most
successful. In 1954-55 they
finished Lancashire Combination
Division Two runner-up and were
promoted to Division One. The
next season but one (1956-57)
they finished champions of the
Lancashire Combination. The
following two seasons they were
runners-up. In 1954-55 the
Cables registered their record
victory in a competitive game
(18-3) against Great Harwood. In
the F.A. Cup too the Cables
shone. In 1957-58 they fought
their way to the first round
proper for the first time, only to
be beaten away at Hartlepool United. They were in the first round proper again in 1959-60; this
time they were beaten away at Darlington.
By 1975 fortunes at the club had dipped drastically. The Cables joined Mid Cheshire Football
League and unsurprisingly they finished champions in 1976-77. In 1978-79 they joined Cheshire
County League as founder members of Division Two, finished League Division Two Champions
in 1979-80 and won promotion to Division One. This was arguably the highest level of football
being played finished runners-up and the following season they were crowned champions. As a
reward they were promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One.