North West Counties Football League

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North West Counties League Premier Division  2024/25

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Bury 46 33 10 3 131 49 +82 109 ▲Champions
2nd  Lower Breck 46 33 7 6 122 46 +76 106 PO Winners
3rd  Ramsbottom United 46 29 10 7 92 42 +50 97 Playoffs
4th  Padiham 46 25 12 9 104 72 +32 87 Playoffs
5th  West Didsbury & Chorlton 46 26 8 12 99 57 +42 86 Playoffs
6th  Chadderton 46 23 8 15 103 86 +17 77 -
7th  Irlam 46 21 12 13 83 65 +18  74* -1 Point
8th  FC St Helens 46 21 8 17 86 70 +16 71 -
9th  AFC Liverpool 46 22 4 20 90 90 0 70 -
10th  Stockport Town 46 19 9 18 65 68 -3 66 -
11th  Burscough 46 20 6 20 69 79 -10 66 -
12th  Charnock Richard 46 18 10 18 98 87 +11 64 -
13th  Abbey Hey 46 18 9 19 80 89 -9 63 -
14th  Cheadle Town 46 18 7 21 62 61 +1 61 -
15th  FC Isle of Man 46 17 10 19 77 82 -5 61 -
16th  Glossop North End 46 16 9 21 67 77 -10 57 -
17th  Barnoldswick Town 46 15 12 19 65 82 -17 57 -
18th  Longridge Town 46 13 9 24 70 108 -38 48 -
19th  Litherland REMYCA 46 12 10 24 64 92 -28 46 -
20th  South Liverpool 46 10 11 25 51 98 -47 41 -
21st  Pilkington 46 10 10 26 67 108 -41 40 -
22nd  Prestwich Heys 46 10 6 30 52 90 -38 36 -
23rd  Colne 46 9 9 28 50 99 -49 36 Relegated
24th  Squires Gate 46 7 8 31 69 119 -50 29 Relegated

*Irlam were Deducted 1 Point for fielding an ineligible player

North West Counties League Premier Division Playoffs

Semi Finals

Date Home Score Away
26/04/2025 Lower Breck 2-1 West Didsbury & Chorlton
26/04/2025 Ramsbottom United 1-2 Padiham

Final

Date Home Score Away
03/05/2025 Lower Breck 2-0 Padiham

North West Counties League Division 1 North  2024/25

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Atherton LR 34 25 3 6 77 31 +46 78 ▲Champions
2nd  Nelson 34 24 1 9 88 38 +50 73 ►Playoffs
3rd  Droylsden 34 21 6 7 67 37 +30 69 ►Playoffs
4th  Holker Old Boys 34 20 8 6 84 42 +42 68 ►Playoffs
5th  Euxton Villa 34 20 5 9 71 46 +25 65 PO Winners
6th  Darwen 34 20 1 13 78 54 +24 61 -
7th  Ashton Town 34 15 8 11 62 51 +11 53 -
8th  Maine Road 34 16 3 15 66 48 +18 51 -
9th  AFC Blackpool 34 16 4 14 72 68 +4  49* -3 Points
10th  Maghull 34 14 5 15 74 74 0 47 -
11th  Daisy Hill 34 13 7 14 59 58 +1 46 -
12th  Bacup Borough 34 13 6 15 64 61 +3 45 -
13th  Ashton Athletic 34 12 6 16 53 69 -16 42 -
14th  Thornton Cleveleys 34 12 2 20 53 75 -22 38 -
15th  Steeton 34 9 5 20 46 73 -27 32 -
16th  Route One Rovers 34 8 4 22 45 82 -37 28 NCEL
17th  Garstang 34 6 4 24 32 83 -51 22 -
18th  Skelmersdale United 34 2 2 30 23 124 -101 8 Relegated

*AFC Blackpool were Deducted 3 Points

North West Counties League Division 1 North Playoffs

Semi Finals

Date Home Score Away
19/04/2025 Droylsden 1-1 Holker Old Boys
Droylsden Won 3-1 on Penalties
19/04/2025 Nelson 1-1 Euxton Villa
Euxton Villa Won 10-9 on Penalties

Final

Date Home Score Away
26/04/2025 Droylsden 0-2 Euxton Villa

North West Counties League Division 1 South  2024/25

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Winsford United 34 27 5 2 93 29 +64 86 ▲Champions
2nd  Abbey Hulton United 34 22 3 9 85 40 +45 69 PO Winners
3rd  Stafford Town 34 20 7 7 85 39 +46 67 ►Playoffs
4th  Sandbach United 34 20 5 9 62 50 +12 65 ►Playoffs
5th  Eccleshall 34 17 6 11 56 45 +11 57 ►Playoffs
6th  Cheadle Heath Nomads 34 15 7 12 58 52 +6 52 ►Div 1 North
7th  Ashville 34 15 5 14 58 50 +8 50 -
8th  Stockport Georgians 34 15 4 15 61 66 -5 49 -
9th  Market Drayton Town 34 14 5 15 70 63 +7 47 -
10th  Cammell Laird 34 14 5 15 59 59 0 47 -
11th  Alsager Town 34 13 7 14 61 57 +4 46 -
12th  Runcorn Town 34 11 6 17 63 72 -9 39 -
13th  New Mills 34 11 5 18 39 47 -8 38 -
14th  Barnton 34 10 6 18 44 71 -27 36 -
15th  Allscott Heath 34 9 7 18 46 86 -40 34 -
16th  Foley Meir 34 8 6 20 55 81 -26 30 -
17th  Shawbury United 34 6 9 19 33 67 -34 27 -
18th  Wolverhampton Sporting 34 7 6 21 42 96 -54 27 -

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North West Counties League Division 1 South Playoffs

Semi Finals

Date Home Score Away
19/04/2025 Abbey Hulton United 5-0 Eccleshall
19/04/2025 Stafford Town 5-4 Sandbach United

Final

Date Home Score Away
26/04/2025 Abbey Hulton United 2-2 Stafford Town
Abbey Hutton United Won 3-0 on Penalties

End of Season Notes

Teams Leaving the North West Counties League - 2024/25

 ▲Bury were Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division 1 West
 ▲Lower Breck were Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division 1 West
 ▲Winsford United were Promoted to the Midland League Premier Division
 ♦▲Abbey Hulton United were Promoted to the Midland League Premier Division
 Route One Rovers Transferred to the Northern Counties East League
 Skelmersdale United were Relegated to the Liverpool County Premier League

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Teams Joining the North West Counties League - 2025/26

 City of Liverpool were Relegated from the Northern Premier League Division 1 West
 Wythenshawe were Relegated from the Northern Premier League Division 1 West
 ▲MSB Woolton were Promoted from the Liverpool County Premier Division
 ▲Telford Town were Promoted from the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division
 ▲Fulwood Amateurs were Promoted from the West Lancashire League Premier Division
 ▲Haughmond were Promoted from the Salop Leisure League

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