The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the North West of England in 1891–92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903. In 1968 the Combination lost five of its clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League. In 1982 it was finally merged with the Cheshire County League to form the North West Counties League. Champions Member clubs A total of 190 clubs and reserve teams played in the Lancashire Combination: Accrington Accrington Stanley (modern) Accrington Stanley (original) Accrington Stanley reserves ACI Horwich Altrincham Ashton Athletic Ashton Town Ashton United Astley & Tyldesley Collieries Astley Bridge Astley Bridge Wanderers Atherton Atherton Collieries Bacup Borough Bacup Borough reserves Bangor City Barnoldswick & District Barnoldswick Town Barnoldswick United Barrow Barrow reserves Bell's Temperance Berry's Association Black Lane Temperance Blackburn Park Road Blackburn Rovers reserves Blackburn Rovers 'A' Blackpool 'B' Blackpool Mechanics Blackpool reserves Bolton ST Bolton St Lukes Bolton Wanderers 'B' Bolton Wanderers reserves Bootle Bootle Athletic Brynn Central Burnley 'A' Burnley reserves Burscough Burscough Rangers Burscough reserves Bury reserves Caernarfon Town Carlisle United Chadderton Chester Chorley Chorley reserves Chorley St George's Clitheroe Colne Colne Dynamoes Colne Town Corinthians Crewe Alexandra reserves Cromptons Recreation Daisy Hill Darwen Darwen reserves De Havilland Denton Dick, Kerr's Droylsden Droylsden United Dukinfield Town Earlestown Eccles United Ellesmere Port Town Everton reserves Failsworth Fleetwood Fleetwood Rangers Fleetwood reserves Ford Motors Formby Glossop North End Glossop North End reserves Great Harwood Great Harwood reserves Great Harwood Town Guinness Exports Halliwell Haslingden Hebden Bridge Heywood Heywood United Hindley Hindley Central Hindley Green Athletic Hindsford Horwich RMI Horwich RMI reserves Hyde Hurst Ramblers Hyde St George's Kirkby Town Kirkby Town reserves Lancaster City Lancaster City reserves Leyland Leyland Motors Little Lever Liverpool reserves Liverpool Stanley Lomax Lomond Lostock Hall Lucas Sports Lytham Macclesfield Maghull Manchester Central Manchester City reserves Manchester North End Manchester Polytechnic Manchester United reserves Marine Morecambe Morecambe reserves Nantwich Nelson Nelson reserves Netherfield Netherfield reserves New Brighton New Brighton reserves New Brighton Tower reserves Newton Heath Athletic Newton-le-Willows Northern Meols Northern Nomads Northwich Victoria Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic reserves Oldham Athletic 'A' Oldham Dew Oswaldtwistle Rovers Oswestry United Padiham Pendlebury Plank Lane Portsmouth Rovers Port Sunlight Prescot Cables Prescot Cables reserves Prescot Preston North End 'A' Preston North End reserves Prestwich Heys Radcliffe Borough Rawtenstall Rochdale Rochdale reserves Rolls Royce Rossendale United Rossendale United reserves Royton St Anne's Athletic St Helens Recreation St Helens Town