if its consolidation you want urky, stick with wilkes
mid table all the way
http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/1997/5/30/826694.html
appointed player manager of Darwen May 1997
1997-98 NWC-1 42 6 13 23 42 93 31 21/22
1998-99 NWC-2 36 13 12 11 64 53 51 8/19
1999-00 NWC-2 34 20 6 8 69 35 66 4/18
2000-01 NWC-2 38 16 7 15 72 66 55 11/20
2001-02 NWC-2 40 15 10 15 77 73 55 11/21
2002-03 NWC-2 34 14 7 13 59 64 49 8/18
2003-04 NWC-2 38 17 11 10 81 67 59 * 6/20
points deducted for playing an ineligible player, careless
http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/2004/5/31/487681.html
resigned as Darwen manager May 2004 then took over at Padiham
2004-05 NWC-2 36 21 7 8 84 56 70 4/19
2005-06 NWC-2 36 19 5 12 76 52 62 5/19
2006-07 NWC-2 34 21 6 7 75 39 69 3/18
mid table in 2007-08 season when he left in january
no promotions in 12 years in the NWCL