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Despite a high finish in the table, the club made a loss of £2 7s, and at the season's close players "scattered in all directions". The club therefore told the
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successful. With a handful of matches to go, the Saints were top of the table, but this meant that bigger and richer clubs were scouting out the team's players. Norwich
Victoria took two players with no notice, which meant the team had to use replacements who were not registered with the league,
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By 1887–88 the club had "through decimation and other circumstances" given up on senior football, and lost 7–0 at
Northwich Swifts in the second round of the Cheshire Cup. The club did try one more time in the FA Cup in the qualifying rounds of 1888-89, but again lost at the first time of asking,
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Cheshire Cup, the club was not successful. Apart from its runner-up finish, the club's best run was in 1884-85. It reached the semi-final, but lost 5–2 to Northwich Victoria, after leaving the pitch with 10 minutes to go, after a kick at a prostrate player
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costing the club two points. The club then had to forfeit a match to
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Northwich Victoria. This was the club's only successful run in any competition; the club entered the
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a 3–0 defeat in a friendly with
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355:"Proposed football association for Cheshire".
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490:"Proposed Cheshire League".
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415:"Out & About Chester".
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400:"Welsh Challenge Cup".
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404:: 5. 18 November 1882.
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535:"Association Notes".
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520:"Cheshire League".
509:: 5. 29 March 1899.
505:"Cheshire League".
461:"WELSH CUP 1889/90"
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277:Revival of the club
205:Cheshire Senior Cup
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370:"Football notes".
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163:football
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304:Colours
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177:History
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