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Halliwell F.C. was an English association football club based in Halliwell, in north-west Bolton.
The club was an early member of the Lancashire Football Association and took part in the first Lancashire Senior Cup in 1879. Drawn to visit the strong Accrington side in the first round, Halliwell took a surprise lead, but went down 4–1; Halliwell was blamed for playing "very roughly", and injuring four of the home side, although only one player (Yates) had to leave the field, and even that was after slipping.
The club first took part in the FA Cup in 1882–83, winning 3–2 at Great Lever in the first round in front of over 4,000 spectators, in something of a shock result, as the Leverites had brought in Alf Jones and Evans from Walsall Swifts to boost their squad. In the second round, Halliwell lost 3–1 at Eagley.
For the 1883–84 season, the club sought players "from all over Lancashire", and had invested nearly £300 into making the ground "one of the best in Lancashire". These suggest that the club had turned professional, along with many other clubs from the county, backed by the local factories; Halliwell had patronage from a blue manufacturer, W. Edge & Sons. This caused problems for the club in competitions, because it was effectively barred from fielding its best players, as professionals were banned from them until 1885 and after then residency requirements sometimes stopped them from taking part. The club did enjoy its longest run in the Lancashire Senior Cup in 1882–83, winning through three rounds to the final 12 clubs, but it had the misfortune at that stage to be drawn to visit Blackburn Rovers, at that time the strongest side in England, and lost 4–0.
The club changed almost its entire playing roster for 1884–85, only four players being carried over, and importing 5 players from Scottish Cup semi-finalist Kilmarnock Athletic, plus two from Eagley. This enabled the club to field a first-class eleven in friendlies, but many of the players were ineligible for Cup competitions. Halliwell lost in the first round of the 1884-85, in a considerable surprise, to Lower Darwen; amongst Halliwell's earlier results that season was a 20–0 win at Southport Wanderers, on the same day as Lower Darwen were losing 5–0 to Preston Zingari. However the lack of Halliwell's star players reduced the attendance to a mere 50.
By 1885, the club was employing seven Scottish players - more than anyone in England other than Preston North End and Burnley. The club also had a deal in principle to sign Frank Sugg, but Burnley gazumped Halliwell for his signature, with Sugg being paid to be club secretary. The strength of the new side was demonstrated in the Lancashire Cup, as Halliwell held Preston North End to a 3–3 draw in the first round, with Preston relying on a late, and ostensibly offside, equalizer to force the draw; Preston duly won the replay.
In the 1885–86 FA Cup, the club was drawn against Fishwick Ramblers of Preston in the first round, and was initially suspended from the competition for fielding an Astley Bridge player in a friendly match without permission. However, on appeal, the FA lifted the suspension, and Halliwell won the tie 2–1, despite the FA's rules on professional eligibility requiring Halliwell to field mostly a reserve team. The same eligibility rules seemed to have cost the club in the second round, its reserves losing 3–1 at Hurst, but Halliwell's protest against the size of the Hurst pitch was upheld and a replay ordered. Rather than attend the replay, Hurst scratched, but it was a stay of execution for the Halliwellians, as a side which "consisted almost entirely of second eleven youngsters" lost 6–1 to South Shore, in front of a "mere handful" of spectators.
In the 1886–87 FA Cup the club was drawn away to Cup holders Blackburn Rovers in the first round; the Rovers had adopted professionalism before any of the other Lancashire clubs (other than Darwen F.C.) and had a considerable advantage from both the head-start and their players being grandfathered into the residency requirements. Halliwell, forced to drop six of their best players because of the regulations, scratched from the tie, and played the match as a friendly instead. The ability of the Halliwell full-strength side was shown by the Halliwellians managing a 3–3 draw against the Rovers.
Halliwell F.C.
Halliwell F.C. was an English association football club based in Halliwell, in north-west Bolton.
The club was an early member of the Lancashire Football Association and took part in the first Lancashire Senior Cup in 1879. Drawn to visit the strong Accrington side in the first round, Halliwell took a surprise lead, but went down 4–1; Halliwell was blamed for playing "very roughly", and injuring four of the home side, although only one player (Yates) had to leave the field, and even that was after slipping.
The club first took part in the FA Cup in 1882–83, winning 3–2 at Great Lever in the first round in front of over 4,000 spectators, in something of a shock result, as the Leverites had brought in Alf Jones and Evans from Walsall Swifts to boost their squad. In the second round, Halliwell lost 3–1 at Eagley.
For the 1883–84 season, the club sought players "from all over Lancashire", and had invested nearly £300 into making the ground "one of the best in Lancashire". These suggest that the club had turned professional, along with many other clubs from the county, backed by the local factories; Halliwell had patronage from a blue manufacturer, W. Edge & Sons. This caused problems for the club in competitions, because it was effectively barred from fielding its best players, as professionals were banned from them until 1885 and after then residency requirements sometimes stopped them from taking part. The club did enjoy its longest run in the Lancashire Senior Cup in 1882–83, winning through three rounds to the final 12 clubs, but it had the misfortune at that stage to be drawn to visit Blackburn Rovers, at that time the strongest side in England, and lost 4–0.
The club changed almost its entire playing roster for 1884–85, only four players being carried over, and importing 5 players from Scottish Cup semi-finalist Kilmarnock Athletic, plus two from Eagley. This enabled the club to field a first-class eleven in friendlies, but many of the players were ineligible for Cup competitions. Halliwell lost in the first round of the 1884-85, in a considerable surprise, to Lower Darwen; amongst Halliwell's earlier results that season was a 20–0 win at Southport Wanderers, on the same day as Lower Darwen were losing 5–0 to Preston Zingari. However the lack of Halliwell's star players reduced the attendance to a mere 50.
By 1885, the club was employing seven Scottish players - more than anyone in England other than Preston North End and Burnley. The club also had a deal in principle to sign Frank Sugg, but Burnley gazumped Halliwell for his signature, with Sugg being paid to be club secretary. The strength of the new side was demonstrated in the Lancashire Cup, as Halliwell held Preston North End to a 3–3 draw in the first round, with Preston relying on a late, and ostensibly offside, equalizer to force the draw; Preston duly won the replay.
In the 1885–86 FA Cup, the club was drawn against Fishwick Ramblers of Preston in the first round, and was initially suspended from the competition for fielding an Astley Bridge player in a friendly match without permission. However, on appeal, the FA lifted the suspension, and Halliwell won the tie 2–1, despite the FA's rules on professional eligibility requiring Halliwell to field mostly a reserve team. The same eligibility rules seemed to have cost the club in the second round, its reserves losing 3–1 at Hurst, but Halliwell's protest against the size of the Hurst pitch was upheld and a replay ordered. Rather than attend the replay, Hurst scratched, but it was a stay of execution for the Halliwellians, as a side which "consisted almost entirely of second eleven youngsters" lost 6–1 to South Shore, in front of a "mere handful" of spectators.
In the 1886–87 FA Cup the club was drawn away to Cup holders Blackburn Rovers in the first round; the Rovers had adopted professionalism before any of the other Lancashire clubs (other than Darwen F.C.) and had a considerable advantage from both the head-start and their players being grandfathered into the residency requirements. Halliwell, forced to drop six of their best players because of the regulations, scratched from the tie, and played the match as a friendly instead. The ability of the Halliwell full-strength side was shown by the Halliwellians managing a 3–3 draw against the Rovers.