North West Counties Football League

1985/86 Tables 1986/87 Tables 1987/88 Tables

North West Counties League Division 1  1986/87

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Stalybridge Celtic 38 25 8 5 74 39 +35 58 ▲NPL Div 1
2nd  Accrington Stanley 38 19 15 4 63 32 +31 53 ▲NPL Div 1
3rd  Clitheroe 38 20 12 6 76 47 +29 52 -
4th  Kirkby Town 38 22 4 12 71 48 +23 48 -
5th  Bootle 38 19 10 9 52 38 +14 48 -
6th  St Helens Town 38 19 9 10 65 37 +28 47 -
7th  Winsford United 38 19 8 11 55 39 +16 46 ▲NPL Div 1
8th  Fleetwood Town 38 16 13 9 61 49 +12 45 ▲NPL Div 1
9th  Penrith 38 16 10 12 62 59 +3 42 ▲NPL Div 1
10th  Rossendale United 38 14 11 13 66 59 +7 39 -
11th  Congleton Town 38 13 11 14 38 39 -1 37 ▲NPL Div 1
12th  Burscough 38 11 11 16 58 54 +4 33 -
13th  Leyland Motors 38 13 7 18 52 56 -4 33 -
14th  Eastwood Hanley 38 10 11 17 40 50 -10 31 ▲NPL Div 1
15th  Radcliffe Borough 38 11 8 19 46 57 -11 30 ▲NPL Div 1
16th  Leek Town 38 9 12 17 42 55 -13 30 ▲NPL Div 1
17th  Netherfield 38 12 5 21 45 73 -28 29 ▲NPL Div 1
18th  Irlam Town 38 4 13 21 36 74 -38 21 ▲NPL Div 1
19th  Curzon Ashton 38 4 12 22 35 78 -43 20 ▲NPL Div 1
20th  Glossop 38 5 8 25 33 87 -54 18 -

North West Counties League Division 2  1986/87

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Droylsden 34 20 8 6 79 42 +37 48 ▲NPL Div 1
2nd  Warrington Town 34 16 13 5 48 34 +14 45 Runners Up
3rd  Ashton United 34 19 6 9 73 45 +28 44 -
4th  Wren Rovers 34 18 8 8 65 39 +26 44 -
5th  Colwyn Bay 34 17 9 8 61 43 +18 43 ▲Promoted
6th  Darwen 34 15 8 11 45 47 -2 38 ▲Promoted
7th  Chadderton 34 14 9 11 52 47 +5 37 -
8th  Colne Dynamoes 34 14 8 12 57 44 +13 36 ▲Promoted
9th  Skelmersdale United 34 13 10 11 52 53 -1 36 ▲Promoted
10th  Ellesmere Port & Neston 34 15 5 14 68 54 +14 35 ▲Promoted
11th  Formby 34 13 7 14 54 55 -1 33 ▲Promoted
12th  Blackpool Mechanics 34 12 8 14 56 64 -8 32 -
13th  Lancaster City 34 12 7 15 55 53 +2 31 ▲NPL Div 1
14th  Prescot Cables 34 12 6 16 46 48 -2  28* ▲Promoted
15th  Great Harwood Town 34 9 8 17 36 59 -23  24* * -2 Points
16th  Oldham Town 34 7 9 18 38 57 -19 23 -
17th  Atherton Laburnum Rovers 34 8 5 21 32 61 -29 21 ▲Promoted
18th  Salford 34 1 8 25 17 89 -72 10 ▲Promoted

* Prescot Cables were Deducted 2 Points

North West Counties League Division 3  1986/87

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Atherton Collieries 24 16 4 4 46 22 +24 36 ▲Champions
2nd  Flixton 24 15 5 4 58 29 +29 35 Runners Up
3rd  Maghull 24 14 2 8 44 29 +15 30 ▲Promoted
4th  Nelson 24 12 6 6 37 29 +8 30 ▲Promoted
5th  Newton 24 11 5 8 42 36 +6 27 ▲Promoted
6th  Ford Motors 24 9 8 7 38 27 +11 26 ▲Promoted
7th  Bacup Borough 24 10 6 8 27 27 0 26 ▲Promoted
8th  Cheadle Town 24 9 5 10 33 44 -11 23 ▲Promoted
9th  Daisy Hill 24 6 7 11 21 42 -21  17* ▲Promoted
10th  Padiham 24 4 8 12 35 39 -4 16 ▲Promoted
11th  Nantwich Town 24 5 6 13 26 42 -16 16 ▲Promoted
12th  Ashton Town 24 4 9 11 29 39 -10  15* ▲Promoted
13th  Whitworth Valley 24 3 5 16 17 48 -31 11 ▲Promoted

* Daisy Hill & Ashton Town were Deducted 2 Points

Teams Leaving the North West Counties League

 Stalybridge Celtic were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Droylsden were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Accrington Stanley were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 ▲Congleton Town were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Curzon Ashton were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Eastwood Hanley were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Fleetwood Town were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Irlam Town were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Lancaster City were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Leek Town were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Netherfield were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Penrith were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Radcliffe Borough were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1
 Winsford United were Promoted to the newly formed Northern Premier League Division 1

Teams Joining the North West Counties League

 Newcastle Town Joined from the Mid-Cheshire League
 Maine Road Joined from the Manchester League
 Vauxhall Motors Joined from the West Cheshire League

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