North West Counties Football League

League Formed 1982/83 Tables 1983/84 Tables

North West Counties League Division 1  1982/83

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Burscough 38 26 7 5 93 45 +48 59 Champions
2nd  Rhyl 38 23 11 4 76 30 +46 57 Runners Up
3rd  Horwich RMI 38 22 10 6 77 35 +42 54 ▲Promoted
4th  Stalybridge Celtic 38 17 15 6 60 32 +28 49 -
5th  Winsford United 38 18 10 10 72 48 +24 46 -
6th  Darwen 38 17 12 9 68 46 +22 46 -
7th  Lancaster City 38 17 11 10 69 54 +15 45 -
8th  Congleton Town 38 13 14 11 52 35 +17 40 -
9th  Penrith 38 17 6 15 69 61 +7 40 -
10th  Accrington Stanley 38 13 12 13 56 55 +1 38 -
11th  Leek Town 38 14 9 15 42 44 -2 37 -
12th  Curzon Ashton 38 14 8 16 46 47 -1 36 -
13th  Ashton United 38 13 10 15 55 69 -14 36 -
14th  Bootle 38 14 6 18 55 79 -24  32* * -2 Points
15th  Prescot Cables 38 9 13 16 50 60 -10 31 -
16th  Formby 38 10 8 20 48 69 -20 28 -
17th  Leyland Motors 38 7 10 21 34 74 -40 24 -
18th  Glossop 38 6 11 21 29 67 -38 23 -
19th  St Helens Town 38 5 10 23 29 80 -51 20 -
20th  Nantwich Town 38 6 5 27 43 93 -50 17 Relegated

North West Counties League Division 2  1982/83

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Radcliffe Borough 38 33 4 1 110 25 +85 70 ▲Champions
2nd  Caernarfon Town 38 28 7 3 85 28 +57 63 Runners Up
3rd  Wren Rovers 38 23 7 8 84 38 +46 53 -
4th  Eastwood Hanley 38 23 7 8 81 42 +39 53 -
5th  Kirkby Town 38 22 3 13 80 60 +20 47 Resigned
6th  Irlam Town 38 17 8 13 79 52 +27 42 -
7th  Chadderton 38 18 6 14 55 51 +4 42 -
8th  Rossendale United 38 15 10 13 75 68 +7 40 -
9th  Ford Motors 38 18 4 16 61 58 +2 40 -
10th  Ellesmere Port & Neston 38 17 5 16 56 68 -12 39 -
11th  Skelmersdale United 38 13 11 14 70 63 +7 37 -
12th  Fleetwood Town 38 12 8 18 54 80 -26 32 -
13th  Atherton Laburnum Rovers 38 11 9 18 52 70 -18 31 -
14th  Lytham 38 11 5 22 54 71 -17 27 -
15th  Great Harwood Town 38 8 10 20 54 76 -22 26 -
16th  Salford 38 10 6 22 43 86 -43 26 -
17th  Droylsden 38 11 5 22 49 71 -22  25* * -2 Points
18th  Prescot BI 38 10 5 23 46 81 -35 25 -
19th  Padiham 38 8 6 24 41 74 -33 22 Relegated
20th  New Mills 38 7 4 27 40 106 -66 18 Resigned

North West Counties League Division 3  1982/83

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Colne Dynamoes 34 25 5 4 95 37 +58 55 ▲Champions
2nd  Warrington Town 34 24 6 4 83 33 +50 54 Runners Up
3rd  Clitheroe 34 22 7 5 87 35 +52 51 -
4th  Prestwich Heys 34 18 11 5 70 37 +33 47 -
5th  Vulcan Newton 34 13 10 11 70 65 +5 36 -
6th  Blackpool Mechanics 34 11 13 10 67 56 +11 35 -
7th  Bacup Borough 34 14 7 13 53 45 +8 35 -
8th  Atherton Collieries 34 12 11 11 55 57 -2 35 -
9th  Whitworth Valley 34 13 9 12 54 65 -11 35 -
10th  Nelson 34 7 16 11 49 56 -7 30 -
11th  Daisy Hill 34 10 10 14 47 58 -11 30 -
12th  Maghull 34 10 9 15 56 61 -5 29 -
13th  Ashton Town 34 12 5 17 53 73 -20 29 -
14th  Newton 34 8 12 14 59 62 -3 28 -
15th  Oldham Dew 34 10 8 16 48 61 -13 28 -
16th  Bolton ST 34 9 6 19 50 84 -34 24 -
17th  Wigan Rovers 34 5 7 22 35 72 -37 17 Resigned
18th  Ashton Athletic 34 3 8 23 18 92 -74 14 -

Teams Leaving the North West Counties League

 Rhyl were Promoted to the Northern Premier League
 Horwich RMI were Promoted to the Northern Premier League
 ▼Kirkby Town Resigned from the League and Folded
 ▼New Mills Resigned from the League and Folded
 ▼Wigan Rovers Resigned from the League

Teams Joining the North West Counties League

 ▼Netherfield were Relegated from the Northern Premier League
 Cheadle Town Joined from the Manchester League
 Urmston Town Town Joined from the Manchester League

League Formed 1982/83 Tables 1983/84 Tables