North West Counties Football League

1995/96 Tables 1996/97 Tables 1997/98 Tables

North West Counties League Division 1  1996/97

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Trafford 42 29 7 6 99 38 +61 94 ▲Champions
2nd  Newcastle Town 42 27 7 8 71 31 +40 88 Runners Up
3rd  Clitheroe 42 23 14 5 75 36 +39 83 -
4th  Penrith 42 23 10 9 75 49 +26 79 ►NL Division 1
5th  Burscough 42 22 9 11 68 48 +20 75 -
6th  Eastwood Hanley 42 20 10 12 64 51 +13 70 Resigned
7th  Mossley 42 20 8 14 79 57 +22 68 -
8th  Blackpool Rovers 42 17 16 9 70 47 +23 67 -
9th  Prescot Cables 42 17 11 14 68 60 +8 62 -
10th  Vauxhall Motors 42 14 15 13 70 69 +1 57 -
11th  Nantwich Town 42 14 11 17 74 74 0 53 -
12th  Glossop North End 42 14 11 17 56 67 -11 53 -
13th  Bootle 42 15 8 19 61 73 -12 53 Demoted
14th  St Helens Town 42 14 6 22 65 79 -14 48 -
15th  Atherton Collieries 42 12 9 21 63 85 -22 45 -
16th  Kidsgrove Athletic 42 10 14 18 53 73 -20 44 -
17th  Rossendale United 42 11 9 22 51 76 -25 42 -
18th  Chadderton 42 10 11 21 49 80 -31 41 -
19th  Holker Old Boys 42 10 9 23 60 80 -20 39 -
20th  Maine Road 42 9 11 22 49 85 -36 38 -
21st  Darwen 42 9 10 23 49 81 -32 37 -
22nd  Salford City 42 8 12 22 53 82 -29 36 -

North West Counties League Division 2  1996/97

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Ramsbottom United 38 27 6 5 100 34 +66 87 ▲Champions
2nd  Haslingden 38 27 6 5 90 32 +58 87 Runners Up
3rd  Garswood United 38 26 5 7 90 38 +52 83 -
4th  Tetley Walker 38 24 5 9 105 58 +47 77 -
5th  Castleton Gabriels 38 22 8 8 78 39 +39 74 -
6th  Leek County School Old Boys 38 22 7 9 67 49 +18 73 -
7th  Formby 38 21 6 11 86 57 +29 69 -
8th  Maghull 38 17 7 14 52 50 +2 58 -
9th  Cheadle Town 38 15 8 15 59 63 -4 53 -
10th  Skelmersdale United 38 14 10 14 72 66 +6 52 -
11th  Nelson 38 14 10 14 64 72 -8 52 -
12th  Stantondale 38 11 12 15 59 69 -10 45 -
13th  Middlewich Athletic 38 13 6 19 54 65 -11 45 -
14th  Squires Gate 38 12 4 22 44 79 -35 40 -
15th  Daisy Hill 38 10 5 23 47 76 -29 35 -
16th  Bacup Borough 38 9 6 23 48 83 -35 33 -
17th  Ashton Town 38 6 14 18 53 77 -24 32 -
18th  Blackpool Mechanics 38 7 5 26 48 88 -40 26 -
19th  Oldham Town 38 6 7 25 48 113 -65 25 -
20th  Colne 38 6 5 27 35 91 -56 23 -

Teams Leaving the North West Counties League

 ▲Trafford were Promoted to Northern Premier League Division 1
 Penrith Transferred to the Northern League Division 1
 Eastwood Hanley Resigned from the League and Folded

Teams Joining the North West Counties League

 Atherton Laburnum Rovers were Relegated from the Northern Premier League Division 1
 Warrington Town were Relegated from the Northern Premier League Division 1
 ▲Fleetwood Freeport - newly formed club
 ▲Woodley Sports Joined from the Manchester League

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