North West Counties Football League

1986/87 Tables 1987/88 Tables 1988/89 Tables

North West Counties League Division 1  1987/88

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Colne Dynamoes 34 24 7 3 71 14 +57 55 ▲Champions
2nd  Rossendale United 34 24 7 3 68 23 +45 55 Runners Up
3rd  Clitheroe 34 18 10 6 51 20 +31 46 -
4th  Colwyn Bay 34 20 7 7 60 42 +18  45* * -2 Points
5th  St Helens Town 34 18 6 10 61 36 +25 42 -
6th  Ellesmere Port & Neston 34 17 5 12 55 48 +7 39 -
7th  Darwen 34 14 10 10 55 45 +10 38 -
8th  Warrington Town 34 16 5 13 68 47 +21 37 -
9th  Kirkby Town 34 11 13 10 57 54 +3 35 -
10th  Burscough 34 14 7 13 45 51 -6 35 -
11th  Leyland Motors 34 10 11 13 53 53 0 31 -
12th  Prescot Cables 34 10 11 13 34 45 -11  29* * -2 Points
13th  Bootle 34 12 5 17 43 61 -18 29 -
14th  Formby 34 6 10 18 32 63 -31 22 -
15th  Salford 34 8 6 20 33 66 -33 22 -
16th  Skelmersdale United 34 4 11 19 34 64 -30 19 -
17th  Atherton Laburnum Rovers 34 4 7 23 31 78 -47 15 -
18th  Glossop 34 5 4 25 30 71 -41 14 Relegated

North West Counties League Division 2  1987/88

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Ashton United 42 32 6 4 107 30 +77 70 ▲Champions
2nd  Flixton 42 27 10 5 94 38 +56 64 Runners Up
3rd  Wren Rovers 42 26 9 7 92 51 +41 61 -
4th  Newcastle Town 42 26 7 9 81 39 +42 59 -
5th  Maine Road 42 23 4 15 74 48 +26 50 -
6th  Maghull 42 18 11 13 73 66 +7 47 -
7th  Vauxhall Motors 42 15 16 11 58 50 +8 46 -
8th  Atherton Collieries 42 20 6 16 63 63 0 46 -
9th  Whitworth Valley 42 15 12 15 50 60 -10 42 Resigned
10th  Ashton Town 42 17 8 17 64 70 -6  40* * -2 Points
11th  Oldham Town 42 13 11 18 44 51 -7 37 -
12th  Cheadle Town 42 13 11 18 47 62 -15  35* * -2 Points
13th  Chadderton 42 13 9 20 55 71 -16 35 -
14th  Great Harwood Town 42 14 8 20 52 66 -14  34* * -2 Points
15th  Blackpool Mechanics 42 12 10 20 57 77 -20 34 -
16th  Nelson 42 12 10 20 49 76 -27 34 Resigned
17th  Ford Motors 42 12 9 21 59 70 -11 33 Resigned
18th  Daisy Hill 42 12 8 22 55 66 -11 32 -
19th  Padiham 42 10 14 18 53 76 -23  32* * -2 Points
20th  Newton 42 10 12 20 47 84 -37  30* * -2 Points
21st  Nantwich Town 42 8 13 21 41 68 -27 29 -
22nd  Bacup Borough 42 8 8 26 38 71 -33 24 -

Teams Leaving the North West Counties League

 ▲Colne Dynamoes were Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division 1
 Ford Motors Resigned from the League and joined the Liverpool County Combination
 Nelson Resigned from the League and joined the West Lancashire League
 Whitworth Valley Resigned from the League and joined the Manchester League

Team Name Changes

 - Kirkby Town changed their name to Knowsley United

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