It’ll be 122 years on from Altrincham beating Newton Heath 6-0 on good Friday. They’ve done nowt since
Sorry to spoil the story, but are we sure this is the same Newton Heath?
The Newton Heath FC who had grown out of the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway were in the League Second Division, where they had games on the 1st, 3rd and 4th April 1899. Their reserves were in the Lancashire Combination, but we might have played them in the Manchester Senior Cup or something, I suppose.
However, Newton Heath Athletic, who were from the Motive Power department at Newton Heath Loco Works were in the Manchester League alongside Broadheath, (as we then were) so they seem much more likely opponents. They played on, as Newton Heath Loco, at Ceylon Street, just off Oldham Road, which was still there until around 2007 or 2008, when it was lost for housing. People sometimes say, because of the confusion between the two clubs, that this was Manchester United's first ground.
6-0 was a very good win, even so, as Newton Heath Athletic were Manchester League champions, with Broadheath finishing third.