Blackpool Boroughs Ground had been condemned by new health and safety laws and thus the club had been left homeless. The owners took up an offer from Wigan Athletic to use their old Springfield Park ground and thus "Springfield Borough" was born in 1987. A five year agreement (with a further five year option) to play at Springfield Park had been agreed but an argument over unpaid rent in late January/February 1988 saw the club being told they had to leave at the end of the season. The club moved on to Chorley after just one season in Wigan.

The clubs results in 1987-1988 are as follows......

Springfield Borough - 1987-1988 Stones Bitter Second Division

Date	Opposition	Venue	KO	Result	Tries	Goals	Att	Referee
Sun 30 Aug	Huddersfield Barracudas	Away	3:30	Won 22-16	Thompson, Hudson, Briscoe, Melling	Smith 3	486	A.Bowman
Wed 2 Sept	Rochdale Hornets	Away	7:30	Lost 06-08	Bamber	Smith 1	894	K.Allatt
Fri 4 Sept	Barrow	Home	7:45	Lost 06-29	Melling	Howarth 1	2431	B.Simpson
Sun 13 Sept	LC R1: Workington	Away	3:30	Lost 10-12	Briscoe	Smith 3	549	G.Holgate
Sun 20 Sept	Oldham	Away	3:00	Lost 20-22	B.Eccles, Duane, Hodson	Smith 4	3114	F.Tickle
Sun 27 Sept	Huddersfield Barracudas	Home	3:00	Won 32-10	Bamber, C.Eccles, Duane, Frodsham, Price	Smith 3	721	C.Steele
Sun 4 Oct	Whitehaven	Away	3:30	Won 13-12	French, Frodsham	Smith 2, B.Eccles DG	1966	G.Kershaw
Fri 9 Oct	Carlisle	Home	7:45	Won 12-09	French	Smith 4	549	S.Haigh
Sun 18 Oct	York	Away	3:00	Won 24-10	Briscoe 2, Frodsham, C.Eccles	Smith 4	1056	G.Holgate
Sun 25 Oct	Keighley	Away	3:15	Won 20-18	Frodsham 2, Duane, French	Smith 2	1037	R.Tennant
Sun 1 Nov	Runcorn Highfield	Away	3:00	Lost 20-26	Stewart 2, B.Eccles, Frodsham	Smith 2	412	R.Shrimpton
Sun 8 Nov	Rochdale Hornets	Home	12:00	Won 20-11	Bacon, Frodsham, Bamber	Smith 4	*631	J.Kendrew
Fri 13 Nov	JPT R1: Barrow	Home	7:30	Won 14-02	Bimson	Smith 5	629	P.Volante
Sun 22 Nov	JPT R2: Wakefield	Home	3:00	Won 14-08	Frodsham, B.Eccles	Smith 3	1265	D.Carter
Fri 27 Nov	York	Home	7:45	Postponed	Due to John Player Trophy Quarter Final	-	-	-
Sun 29 Nov	JPT QF: Leeds	Home	3:00	Lost 12-22	Frodsham, McKenzie	Smith 2	3894	K.Spencer
Fri 11 Dec	Whitehaven	Home	7:45	Postponed	Due to Frozen Pitch	-	-	-
Sun 20 Dec	Batley	Away	2:30	Won 20-16	Ganley, Frodsham, McKenzie	Smith 4	552	A.Burke
Sat 26 Dec	Keighley	Home	3:00	Lost 10-20	Frodsham	Smith 3	1031	G.Holgate
Sun 3 Jan	Oldham	Home	3:00	Lost 04-20	-	Smith 3	2562	P.Houghton
Sun 10 Jan	Carlisle	Away	3:00	Lost 00-29	-	-	639	J.Holdsworth
Sun 17 Jan	Fulham	Home	3:00	Won 17-00	Winnard, Donlan, McFarland	Smith 2, B.Eccles DG	532	D.Drinkwater
Sun 24 Jan	Workington Town	Away	2:30	Won 12-06	B.Eccles	Smith 4	554	C.Steele
Sun 31 Jan	CC R1: Runcorn Highfield	Away	3:00	Won 08-06	Stewart	Smith 2	550	S.Haigh
Sun 7 Feb	Mansfield Marksmen	Home	3:00	Won 14-07	Briscoe, Garner	Smith 3	546	P.Volante
Sun 14 Feb	CC R2: Salford	Away	3:00	Lost 10-12	C.Eccles	Smith 3	2352	R.Whitfield
Sun 21 Feb	Dewsbury	Home	3:00	Won 32-12	Briscoe 2, Litherland 2, Stewart, Bamber	Smith 4	420	C.Tidball
Sun 6 Mar	Barrow	Away	2:30	Won 04-00	Stewart	-	1188	C.Hodgson
Sun 13 Mar	Batley	Home	3:00	Won 26-00	Litherland 2, Maloney, Garner, McKenzie	Smith 3	366	G.Kershaw
Sun 20 Mar	York	Home	3:00	Won 22-12	Donlan, Emson, Griffiths, Maloney	Smith 3	404	K.Dockray
Sun 27 Mar	Dewsbury	Away	3:30	Lost 11-20	Briscoe, Litherland	Smith 1 + DG	514	A.Burke
Fri 1 April	Runcorn Highfield	Home	11:00	Won 20-06	C.Eccles, Briscoe, Stewart	Smith 4	513	R.Tennant
Sun 3 April	Mansfield Marksmen	Away	3:00	Lost 06-18	Stewart	Smith 1	227	C.Steele
Fri 8 April	Workington Town	Home	7:45	Won 11-06	Griffiths, Briscoe	Wood 1, B.Eccles DG	337	A.Burke
Thu 14 Apr	Whitehaven	Home	8:00	Won 36-04	Wood 2, Viller, Litherland, Karalius, Ganley, Hankinson	Smith 4	-	G.Berry
Sun 17 Apr	Fulham	Away	3:00	Lost 08-09	Stewart	Smith 2	584	S.Cross
Sun 24 Apr	2nd Div Prem R1: Sheffield	Home	6:30	Won 11-10	Viller	Smith 3 + DG	**530	K.Allatt
Sun 8 May	2nd Div Prem R1: Oldham	Away	3:00	Lost 10-18	Briscoe	Smith 3	4667	R.Tennant

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*Home Fixture was played on same day as Wigan v Auckland Tour Match at Central Park.
**Home Fixture was played on same day as Wigan v Warrington Premiership Match at Central Park.

Springfield Borough Player List (1987-1988)

Squad	Appearances			Scoring
Player	Starts	Subs	Total	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
Mike Smith	34	-	34	-	96	2	194
Simon Bamber	27	5	32	4	-	-	16
Bob Eccles	30	1	31	4	-	3	19
Carl Briscoe	28	3	31	11	-	-	44
Steve Garner	30	-	30	2	-	-	8
Steve Griffiths	30	-	30	2	-	-	8
Michael Stewart	28	-	28	8	-	-	32
Cliff Eccles	21	6	27	4	-	-	16
David Bacon	21	1	22	1	-	-	4
Steve Donlan	19	1	20	2	-	-	8
Ian Duane	15	3	18	3	-	-	12
Denis Litherland	17	-	17	6	-	-	24
Chris Ganley	16	1	17	2	-	-	8
Graham Karalius	9	7	16	1	-	-	4
Tommy Frodsham	15	-	15	11	-	-	44
Ian McKenzie	15	-	15	3	-	-	12
John Emson	13	2	15	1	-	-	4
Geoff Bimson	12	2	14	1	-	-	4
Roy Howarth	8	4	12	-	1	-	2
Courtney Thompson	11	-	11	1	-	-	4
Jimmy Green	8	3	11	-	-	-	-
Tony Hodson	7	3	10	2	-	-	8
Billy Price	2	8	10	1	-	-	4
Mick Nanyn	6	3	9	-	-	-	-
Steve Brennan	6	-	6	-	-	-	-
Brian Parkes	8	-	8	-	-	-	-
Steve Melling	6	1	7	2	-	-	8
Gary French	6	-	6	3	-	-	12
Paul Gamble	5	-	5	-	-	-	-
Mark Viller	5	-	5	2	-	-	8
Ian Winnard	5	-	5	1	-	-	4
Dave Maloney	4	1	5	2	-	-	8
Tracey Grundy	2	3	5	-	-	-	-
David Wood	4	1	5	2	1	-	10
Danny Wilson	4	-	4	-	-	-	-
Paul Hankinson	3	-	3	1	-	-	4
Joe Smith	3	-	3	-	-	-	-
David Brown	2	1	3	-	-	-	-
Paul Broston	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
Paul Roberts	-	2	2	-	-	-	-
Adrian Swindells	1	1	2	-	-	-	-
Geoff Jamieson	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Dave McFarland	1	-	1	1	-	-	4
Mike O'Hara	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Derrick Seabrook	1	-	1	-	-	-	-

1987-1988 2nd Division Table