Month: April 2020

For this evening’s look into the club’s past, Glyn Williams profiles legendary defender Albert Jelly. The club captain during Cables’ ‘golden era of the late 1940s and early 1950s, Jelly lifted the Liverpool Senior Non-League Cup twice, having made his home in Lancashire after growing up in Surrey. He played almost 400 First Team matches for Cables and was noted…

Today’s Cables Greats feature by Glyn Williams is about a former player who remains involved with the club today – Harry Boydell. Originally written as a birthday tribute to Harry, Glyn’s article looks at his career and early life. We hope you enjoy the piece, which remains as relevant now as it did when first published in 2013. You can read…

Having reached four consecutive Liverpool Senior Cup Finals, Prescot Cables has become synonymous with the County Cup in recent years.  But on 24th April 1890, Prescot Football Club reached the final of the Liverpool Junior Cup by winning the second replay of their semi-final against Saltney. In the late 19th Century, the Junior Cup was one of only two competitions…

In the latest Cables Greats article by Glyn Williams, we explore the careers of two shot-stoppers who, having played for Liverpool, would end their careers at Hope Street. The stories of Alf Hobson and Harry Nickson are fascinating, contrasting tales. You can read Glyn’s piece by clicking here.  The picture above is, of course, a modern goalkeeping moment…

In addition to the Cables Greats series of articles, which is being published on Saturdays and Wednesdays, we’re delighted to be adding additional Long Reads to the website whenever we can. These are stories about specific elements of the club’s long history, or local football and its personalities. Today, Glyn Williams looks at the club’s years in the Lancashire Combination, while Roy…

For today’s instalment of Cables Greats, Glyn Williams offers profiles of four men whose careers combined playing on the hallowed turf of Hope Street with an appearance in the FA Cup Final. Whether playing for Prescot at the beginning of their playing days or before hanging up their boots, all have interesting stories. There’s more to all these players than strutting…

In the second of Glyn Williams’ series of articles, Cables Greats, we examine the careers of three men who won international caps prior to their arrival at Hope Street. Two were former Liverpool players and the other combined his time in the United Kingdom with his studies; all three enjoyed distinguished careers. You can read the stories of Don McKinlay, Jack Bamber…

Today is a day we stop to think and pay our respects to 96 football fans who tragically never made it home from a football match on 15th April 1989. One of those was ex-Prescot player David Hawley who played for us in the late 60s as a teenager, when we were Prescot Town. Our thoughts are with the families…

The club is indebted to supporter and local historian Glyn Williams, who has given us permission to publish his series of articles about notable former Prescot players online. Cables Greats originally appeared in matchday programmes between 2012 and 2017. To make up for the lack of matches at present, Glyn’s pieces will be published on Saturdays at 3:00pm and 7:45pm on…