Astbury 0
Nantwich 5
Crewe & District FA Cup (2nd Round)
Astbury |
0 - 5
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Nantwich |
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Crewe & District FA Cup |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Les Ashcroft Dennis Beswick (pen.) Selwyn Salisbury Selwyn Salisbury Bobby Wright |
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| Team Managers | |
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Selection Committee |
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| Starting Eleven | |
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Arthur Cooper Bob Pike .1 Walker .2 John Dean .3 Bob Ashcroft .4 Dennis Beswick .5 Bill Bailey .6 Geoff Heath .7 Les Ashcroft .8 Selwyn Salisbury .9 Bobby Wright .10 |
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| Bench | |
| None. | |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | |
Match Report
Farm outbuilding was used as the changing room - a draughty corrugated iron shed.
Squad Statistics (as at January 21st, 1956)
| 1955-56 | All Time | All Time | |||||||||||||
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| League | Cups | League | Cups | All | All | ||||||||||
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Bob Pike (GK) | - |
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13 | - | 9 | - | 32 | - | 11 | - | 43 | - | |||
| Bob Ashcroft | 22 |
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15 | 1 | 10 | - | 35 | 6 | 11 | - | 46 | 6 | |||
| Dennis Beswick | 30 |
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13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 69 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 94 | 7 | |||
| Walker | - |
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1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | |||
| John Dean | 20 |
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14 | - | 10 | - | 65 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 86 | 18 | |||
| Bill Bailey | 20 |
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6 | - | 6 | 1 | 6 | - | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Selwyn Salisbury | 24 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Arthur Cooper | - |
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7 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | 9 | 1 | |||
| Geoff Heath | 31 |
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13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 176 | 34 | 55 | 9 | 231 | 43 | |||
| Bobby Wright | 21 |
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3 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Les Ashcroft | 22 |
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10 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 18 | |||