North West Counties Football League

1984/85 Tables 1985/86 Tables 1986/87 Tables

North West Counties League Division 1  1985/86

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Clitheroe 38 20 14 4 61 30 +31 54 Champions
2nd  Congleton Town 38 22 10 6 51 29 +22 54 Runners Up
3rd  Eastwood Hanley 38 22 9 7 68 45 +23 53 -
4th  Stalybridge Celtic 38 21 10 7 62 39 +23 52 -
5th  Fleetwood Town 38 21 10 7 70 34 +36  50* * -2 Points
6th  Irlam Town 38 16 14 8 66 45 +21 46 -
7th  Leek Town 38 20 6 12 64 44 +20 46 -
8th  Curzon Ashton 38 18 9 11 52 50 +2 45 -
9th  Burscough 38 15 10 13 45 35 +10 40 -
10th  St Helens Town 38 15 8 15 65 55 +10 38 -
11th  Accrington Stanley 38 13 11 14 62 60 +2 37 -
12th  Leyland Motors 38 13 8 17 62 67 -5 34 -
13th  Winsford United 38 14 6 18 55 68 -13 34 -
14th  Radcliffe Borough 38 12 9 17 48 49 -1 33 -
15th  Bootle 38 11 7 20 46 54 -8 29 -
16th  Penrith 38 9 8 21 46 63 -17 26 -
17th  Netherfield 38 8 10 20 38 76 -38 26 -
18th  Glossop 38 7 10 21 37 69 -32 24 -
19th  Prescot Cables 38 5 9 24 33 68 -35 19 Relegated
20th  Fromby 38 5 8 25 35 86 -51 18 Relegated

North West Counties League Division 2  1985/86

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Kirkby Town 34 24 7 3 85 30 +55 55 ▲Champions
2nd  Rossendale United 34 20 8 6 81 36 +45 48 Runners Up
3rd  Wren Rovers 34 18 8 8 60 46 +14 44 -
4th  Warrington Town 34 17 9 8 62 48 +14 43 -
5th  Colwyn Bay 34 17 8 9 74 53 +21 42 -
6th  Chadderton 34 15 12 7 66 48 +18 42 -
7th  Colne Dynamoes 34 15 9 10 59 43 +16 39 -
8th  Great Harwood Town 34 13 10 11 38 45 -7 36 -
9th  Skelmersdale United 34 14 5 15 58 53 +5 33 -
10th  Droylsden 34 13 7 14 48 56 -8 33 -
11th  Atherton Laburnum Rovers 34 12 6 16 49 61 -12 30 -
12th  Lancaster City 34 10 9 15 57 66 -9 29 -
13th  Ellesmere Port & Neston 34 9 9 16 45 61 -16 27 -
14th  Ashton United 34 11 5 18 46 64 -18  26* * -1 Point
15th  Darwen 34 8 8 18 48 57 -9 24 -
16th  Salford 34 9 4 21 38 72 -34 22 -
17th  Ford Motors 34 5 10 19 36 64 -28 20 ▼Relegated
18th  Nantwich Town 34 5 8 21 31 78 -47 18 ▼Relegated

North West Counties League Division 3  1985/86

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Blackpool Mechanics 28 22 2 4 77 33 +44  44* ▲Champions
2nd  Oldham Town 28 14 9 5 56 29 +27 37 Runners Up
3rd  Maghull 28 15 6 7 62 36 +26 36 -
4th  Daisy Hill 28 13 7 8 62 45 +17 33 -
5th  Atherton Collieries 28 13 7 8 48 37 +11 33 -
6th  Bolton ST 28 12 7 9 42 34 +8  29* Resigned
7th  Cheadle Town 28 9 10 9 42 26 +16 28 -
8th  Bacup Borough 28 10 8 10 36 40 -4 28 -
9th  Padiham 28 8 10 10 44 45 -1 28 -
10th  Prestwich Heys 28 10 6 12 53 66 -13 26 Resigned
11th  Newton 28 7 10 11 43 48 -5 24 -
12th  Whitworth Valley 28 7 8 13 42 48 -6 22 -
13th  Huyton Town 28 7 7 14 41 71 -30 21 Resigned
14th  Nelson 28 7 7 14 36 65 -29 19 * -2 Points
15th  Ashton Athletic 28 1 6 21 24 85 -61 8 Resigned

* Blackpool Mechanics & Bolton ST were Deducted 2 Points

Teams Leaving the North West Counties League

 ▼Ashton Athletic Resigned from the League and Joined the Manchester League
 ▼Bolton ST Resigned from the League and Folded
 ▼Huyton Town Resigned from the League and Folded
 ▼Prestwich Heys Resigned from the League and Joined the Manchester League

Teams Joining the North West Counties League

 Ashton Town Joined from the Manchester League
 Flixton Joined from the Manchester League

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