The
village of Hesketh Bank has a long tradition of
football going back as far as the late 19th century.
The present club was formed in 1922. Until the
1987/88 season when joining the West Lancashire
League, the club played mainly in the local Southport
& District League. In common with most village
sides, the club was kept alive by the efforts
of a small number of individuals who worked hard
to provide football for the community.
In
the late 1970's and early 1980's there was a complete
re-organisation of the club which saw a planned
programme of improvements, including the re-drainage
of the pitch, building of changing rooms in conjunction
with the Cricket Club, pitch side fencing, the
stand and refreshment facilities.
In
1995 a new unified club was born out of an amalgamation
of the senior club and the Hesketh Bank Boys club
who had been formed in 1972. The club now currently
operates teams from under 8's through to Veterans.
All the teams are sponsored which enables them
to turn out in the traditional black and amber
quartered kits. The amalgamation of the two clubs
helps maintain the continuity of youngsters being
able to move up through the youth teams and into
the senior squads.
This
photo appeared in the Southport Visitor
and was taken at the rear of Southport F.C.
The 1922 team was....
Top
row :- A. Hull, Tom Miller, Bobby Cookson,
Hugh Taylor, Nick Whiteside, Robert Cookson,
? Scambler
Front Row:- William Cookson, George Wignall,
George Harrison, Ted Hornby, R. Iddon
These two
photos are likely to be circa 1950's and
look like a before and after. The 'before'
photo is definitely at Station Road so maybe
it was a medals final - because the 'after'
photo looks like the actual Medals trophy
is being held. Hesketh Bank won the trophy
in 1953, 57, 58 & 1960 and they could
have won in 54,55,& 56 because we don't
know the winners from those years.
Top
Photo Back Row (L-R): Ted Brammel,
Bill Coulton, ALan Jones, Jack Johnson,
Gill Rimmer, Tom Alty, Frank Stringfellow,
Bob Checkley, Joe Taylor
Fornt Row:
Tommy Wright, Geoff Guy, Dennis Stringfellow,
John Mee, Frank Baxter, Ben Ball
This
photo is possibly a presentation evening again
circa 1950's. Bill Coulton who for many, many
years was on the committee appears in all
three '1950s'
photo's - he's second left front row on this
photo.
Almost
certainly the 1971 Reserve cup competition
and I think the final was played at Southport
Trinity where Hesketh Bank were victorious
(but we have no suggestions on the opponents,
some of whom are pictured).
The
Hesketh
Bank players recognised include Geoff Iddon,
Martin Neary, Harry Buck, David Cookson,
Ken Taylor, Alan Wright, Dick Quinlan, ?
Rimmer, ? Edmondson, ? Mee, ? Rae,
1987
- the picture was taken in front of the
pond on the cricket pitch before our first
ever match in the West Lancashire League
which we joined when leaving the Southport
& District. We lost 3-1 at home to Vernon
Carus of Penwortham - Aidy Hall scoring
our
only goal. The team was....
Top
row:- Geoff Iddon (see 1971 team), Mark
Elliott, Tony Rothwell, Steve Johnson, Martin
Worden, John Elliott.
Front Row:- Phil Miller, Paul Dawson, Paul
Sergeant, Dave Culshaw, Chris Nolan, Aidy
Hall.
