With more investment in the playing squad, including the signing of former Liverpool player Alan Kennedy, 1988–89 saw the club win the First Division with only a single defeat, and subsequent promotion to the Premier Division.
Colne | River Colne | River Colne, West Yorkshire | Earls Colne | River Colne, Hertfordshire | River Colne, Essex | Colne Valley | Colne Valley regional park | Colne Water | Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency) | Colne Priory | Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station |