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Manchester Premier Cup
The Manchester Premier Cup (also known as the Frank Hannah Manchester Premier Cup) is an annual English football knockout tournament involving teams from Greater Manchester, England. It is a County Cup competition of the Manchester Football Association and involves Non-league football clubs, although at least one Football League club has entered the competition. Ashton United F.C. are the current holders. History The Manchester Premier Cup, originally known as the Manchester County FA Shield, was first competed for in the 1934–35 season, when Manchester North End beat Hurst 5–2, in the final to become the inaugural champions at their Charles Street Ground in Blackley in front of a crowd of 2,400. The gate receipts of £59 were distributed 50% to the FA and 25% to each of the finalists. For the 1955–56 season the name was changed to the Manchester Intermediate Cup and was again changed for the 1979–80 season to the present name. The competition has been dominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Wigan. The county was created on 1 April 1974, as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, and designated a functional Manchester City Region, city region on 1 April 2011. Greater Manchester is formed of parts of the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Cheshire, Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Greater Manchester spans , which roughly covers the territory of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, second most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest attendance of 84,569 was set in 1934 at an FA Cup sixth round match between Manchester City and Stoke City, a record for an English club ground. By Manchester City's last season at Maine Road in 2002–03, it was an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 35,150 and of haphazard design with stands of varying heights due to the ground being renovated several times over its 80-year history. The following season Manchester City moved to the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, a mile from the city centre and near Ardwick where the club originally formed in 1880. History Decision to move Plans to build Maine Road were first announced in May 1922, following a decision by Manchester City F.C. to leave their Hyde Road ground, which di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Curzon may refer to: People Americans * Aria Curzon (born 1987), American actress * Walter de Curzon Poultney (1845–1929), one of Baltimore, Maryland's most colorful and flamboyant high-society members Britons * Christopher Curzon (born 1958), retired English cricketer * Clifford Curzon (1907–1982), English classical pianist * Ephraim Curzon (born ), English soldier and rugby footballer * Frederic Curzon (1899–1973), English composer, conductor and musician * George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859–1925), British statesman, who served as the Governor General of India * Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston (1885–1958), United States-born British marchioness * Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston (1870–1906), British peeress of American background * Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (1810–1873), English traveller, diplomat and author * Sarah Anne Curzon (1833–1898), British-born Canadian poet, journalist, editor, and playwright French * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stalybridge
Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census. Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester city centre and north-west of Glossop. When a water-powered cotton mill was constructed in 1776, Stalybridge became one of the first centres of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. The wealth created in the 19th century from the factory-based cotton industry transformed an area of scattered farms and homesteads into a self-confident town. History Early history The earliest evidence of human activity in Stalybridge is a flint Scraper (archaeology), scraper from the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age.Nevell (1992), p. 38. Also bearing testament to the presence of man in prehistory are the Stalybridge cairns. The two monuments are on the summit of Hollingworthall Moor apart. One of the round cairns is the best-preserved Bronze Age monume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bower Fold
Bower Fold in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England, is the home ground of Stalybridge Celtic football club and, intermittently, Oldham rugby league club. History There has been a ground at Bower Fold since 1906. The current main stand was built in 1996, with the covered stand at the Town End (Joe Jackson Stand) dating from 1994. The main stand replaced a wooden one dating from 1909, which held 500 fans, before being converted to tip-up seating with a reduced capacity of around 400 persons. The Lord Pendry Stand (named after the local politician Tom Pendry) opened in 2004, replacing a covered terrace dating from the 1950s. The Mottram End cover stems from construction starting in the 1970s and finishing in the mid-1980s. The main stand, holding about 700 people, is all seated. Its opposite stand, the Lord Pendry stand has 652 seats. It is possible for the ground to be segregated with self-contained areas which include separate turnstiles, refreshment facilities and toilets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestwich
Prestwich ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, north of Manchester city centre, north of Salford and south of Bury. Historically part of Lancashire, Prestwich was the seat of the ancient parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, in the hundred of Salfordshire. The Church of St Mary the Virgin—a Grade I listed building—has lain at the centre of the community for centuries. The oldest part of Prestwich, around Bury New Road, is known as Prestwich Village. There is a large Jewish community in Prestwich which, together with neighbouring Whitefield, Cheetham Hill, Crumpsall and Broughton Park, forms the second-largest in the United Kingdom. History Toponymy Prestwich is possibly of Old English origin, derived from ''preost'' and ''wic'', which translates to the priest's farm. Another possible derivation is priest's retreat. Wic was a place-name element derived from the Latin vicus, place. Its most common meaning is dairy-farm. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Prestwich ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, north of Manchester city centre, north of Salford and south of Bury. Historically part of Lancashire, Prestwich was the seat of the ancient parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, in the hundred of Salfordshire. The Church of St Mary the Virgin—a Grade I listed building—has lain at the centre of the community for centuries. The oldest part of Prestwich, around Bury New Road, is known as Prestwich Village. There is a large Jewish community in Prestwich which, together with neighbouring Whitefield, Cheetham Hill, Crumpsall and Broughton Park, forms the second-largest in the United Kingdom. History Toponymy Prestwich is possibly of Old English origin, derived from ''preost'' and ''wic'', which translates to the priest's farm. Another possible derivation is priest's retreat. Wic was a place-name element derived from the Latin vicus, place. Its most common meaning is dairy-farm. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains * -bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–1950) ***Bury and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1983) ***Bury North (UK Parliament constituency), from 1983 *** Bury South (UK Parliament constituency), from 1983 ** County Borough of Bury, 1846–1974 ** Metropolitan Borough of Bury, from 1974 ** Bury Rural District, 1894–1933 * Bury, Somerset, a hamlet * Bury, West Sussex, a village and civil parish ** Bury (UK electoral ward) * Bury St Edmunds, a town in Suffolk, commonly referred to as Bury * New Bury, a suburb of Farnworth in the Bolton district of Greater Manchester Elsewhere * Bury, Hainaut, Belgium, a village in the commune of Péruwelz, Wallonia * Bury, Quebec, Canada, a municipality * Bury, Oise, France, a commune Sports * Bury (professional wrestling), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mossley
Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire meet in Mossley and local government wards and church parishes correspond to their boundaries. Mossley had a population of 10,921 at the 2011 Census. It is the only parished area of Tameside, having had a parish council since 1999. History Toponymy Believed to originate in around 1319, the name Mossley means "a woodland clearing by a swamp or bog". Events Mossley—alongside neighbouring Stalybridge and Uppermill in Saddleworth—helped launch the annual Whit Friday Band Contest, an internationally known brass band event. This came about when the three towns held unconnected brass band events on 6 June 1884. Public venue George Lawton, the son of magistrate and alderman John Lawton, inherited a family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire meet in Mossley and local government wards and church parishes correspond to their boundaries. Mossley had a population of 10,921 at the 2011 Census. It is the only parished area of Tameside, having had a parish council since 1999. History Toponymy Believed to originate in around 1319, the name Mossley means "a woodland clearing by a swamp or bog". Events Mossley—alongside neighbouring Stalybridge and Uppermill in Saddleworth—helped launch the annual Whit Friday Band Contest, an internationally known brass band event. This came about when the three towns held unconnected brass band events on 6 June 1884. Public venue George Lawton, the son of magistrate and alderman John Lawton, inherited a family f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, which had a population of 237,110 in 2019. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, and with little early history to speak of, Oldham rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and among the first ever industrialised towns, rapidly becoming "one of the most important centres of cotton and textile industries in England." At its zenith, it was the most productive cotton spinning mill town in the world,. producing more cotton than France and Germany combined. Oldham's textile industry fell into decline in the mid-20th century; the town's last mill closed in 1998. The demise of textile processing in Oldham depressed and heavily a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census. Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester city centre and north-west of Glossop. When a water-powered cotton mill was constructed in 1776, Stalybridge became one of the first centres of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. The wealth created in the 19th century from the factory-based cotton industry transformed an area of scattered farms and homesteads into a self-confident town. History Early history The earliest evidence of human activity in Stalybridge is a flint scraper from the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age.Nevell (1992), p. 38. Also bearing testament to the presence of man in prehistory are the Stalybridge cairns. The two monuments are on the summit of Hollingworthall Moor apart. One of the round cairns is the best-preserved Bronze Age monument in Tameside,Nevell (1992), pp. 39–41. an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
