Division 4

SADDLEWORTH RANGERS (relegated 3rd from bottom of division 3)
WEST BANK SWANS (relegated 4th from bottom of division 2)
BAMBER BRIDGE
LEYLAND WARRIORS
LEIGH CENTRAL LIONS
CADISHEAD RHINOS
ROCHDALE MAYFIELD
ECCLES
BLACKPOOL STANLEY (saved from relegation)
HINDLEY (promoted 1st from division 5)
ROCHDALE COBRAS (promoted 2nd from division 5)
WATERHEAD (promoted 3rd from division 5)

all very strange especially when the two teams at the bottom of division 3 Langworthy Reds and Hindpool weren't relegated, Irlam,Pilk's and Higgenshaw were promoted as expected and Widnes Tigers were relegated to division 5 .

Division 6 line-up is as follows (I think)...

Accrington
Ashton Bears A
Blackbrook A
Blackpool Scorpions A
Chester
Fitton Hill
Folly Lane A
Halton Simms
Haydock A
Irlam Hornets A
Leigh East A
Little Hulton
Rochdale Cobras A
Widnes West Bank A

4th Sept.

Westhoughton v Wild Boar
Bury v Newton
Crosfields v Eccleston
Cuthberts v Widnes T
Wigan Bulldogs v Chorley
Rylands v Bolton

Blimey, that is going to be a strong division.

Is the new Chester side in Div 6 anything to do with Chester Gladiators who play in the Summer Conference & NW Merit League?

Division 4 looks tasty, glad we went up. Local derbies for us with Waterhead, Saddleworth and the big fixtures against Rochdale Mayfield should be a ball!!!!!

Hindley too, thought they may go up a few divisions but hey it makes our season more fun…always close games between Rochdale Cobras and Hindley.



Don’t know much about other sides….used to play Bamber Bridge in my Milnrow days about 7 or 8 years ago...good games!!! and Cobras played Leigh Central in a cup game in our 1st season, we got spanked



Looks like it going to be fun for our 2nd team too, looking forward to it as im playing for the 2nds this year!!!!

SpringView are in 3.....and we were in 3 last year.

That is a blinder of a league....no easy games for anyone!

...Shame about TWO Cumbria trips. One would have done.

A seperate entity but a lot of the lads from Gladiators will be playing for them and the guys behind it are also involved at Gladiators. The new club was set up to stop lads switching to RU or football.

Gladiators will remain a summer focused club.

Some strong looking leagues for next year, though there are some weird promotions/relegations/reprieves...

Langworthy and Blackpool Stanley won 1 game between them last year yet both have been saved whilst teams who got alot more points have been relegated, Widnes St Maries finished 3rd in Div 2 last year yet are in Div 3 this year? Whats that about?? Will be interesting to see how many Div 6 games get canned for one reason or another next year, what with it being mainly the 'A' league